Actors worth following, part 6
This list continues from part 5.
Drew Barrymore
Barrymore first wowed audiences as a kid in E.T. but has done much more interesting work as an adult. She also directed Whip It.
- Masterpiece
- 50 First Dates
- Great movies
- Charlie’s Angels
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Ever After
- Everybody’s Fine
- The Wedding Singer
- Whip It
- Good movies
- Batman Forever
- Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
- Mediocre movie, used to be better
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Ethan Hawke
Hawke burst on the scene as a student of Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society — since then he’s starred in a variety of movies including 2 brilliant science fiction movies. He’s directed a couple of movies and a documentary.
- Masterpieces
- Dead Poets Society
- Gattaca
- Predestination
- Great movies
- Lord of War
- Reality Bites
- Good movie
- Before Sunrise
Nicholas Hoult
Hoult dove right into unusual roles as a berserker in Mad Max: Fury Road and a zombie in Warm Bodies.
- Masterpieces
- About a Boy
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Warm Bodies
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Great movies
- Dark Places
- X-Men: Apocalypse
- X-Men: First Class
Anna Kendrick
Kendrick bust on the scene in Up in the Air with George Clooney, and she’s used her singing talents in at least 3 of her movies.
- Great movies
- Mr. Right
- Pitch Perfect
- Pitch Perfect 2
- Rocket Science
- Up in the Air
- Good movie
- Into the Woods
Michelle Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer will convince you she’s Catwoman, a woman who turns into a hawk during the day, or a witch who’s hundreds of years old.
- Masterpiece
- Stardust
- Great movies
- Ladyhawke
- People Like Us
- Good movies
- What Lies Beneath
- The Witches of Eastwick
- Wolf
- Mediocre movies
- Batman Returns
- Dark Shadows
Sarah Polley
Polley starred in the first few seasons of the TV show Road to Avonlea. She’s also a director, and directed Take This Waltz.
- Masterpieces
- Last Night (1998)
- My Life Without Me
- The Secret Life of Words
- The Sweet Hereafter
- Great movie
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
- Good movies
- Guinevere
- Mr. Nobody
- No Such Thing
- Splice
Alan Rickman
Whether he’s playing a good guy or a bad guy, or a good guy who pretends to be a bad guy for years, Rickman is always mesmerizing. He also directed 2 movies.
- Masterpiece
- Galaxy Quest
- Great movies
- Love Actually
- Quigley Down Under
- Snow Cake
- Good movie
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Great but violent
- Die Hard
- Worth watching once
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (+7 more in the series)
Will Smith
Smith starred in the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and then leapt onto the big screen.
- Masterpiece
- Six Degrees of Separation
- Great movies
- Hancock
- Hitch
- I Am Legend
- Men in Black
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Good movies
- I, Robot
- Men in Black 3
- Mediocre movie
- Men in Black II
- Bad movie
- Independence Day
Ben Stiller
Stiller has directed several movies, including Tropic Thunder and Zoolander. Not all of his movies are winners, but he’s still worth paying attention to.
- Masterpieces
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Tropic Thunder
- Great movies
- Reality Bites
- Zoolander
- Good movies
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- Starsky & Hutch
- Mediocre movies
- Mystery Men
- Night at the Museum
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
- The Zero Effect
Renée Zellweger
Zellwegger’s most famous role is likely Bridget Jones, whom she’s going to play for the third time. She co-created the TV show Cinnamon Girl but only the pilot was made.
- Masterpiece
- Jerry Maguire
- Great movies
- Appaloosa
- Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Down with Love
- Nurse Betty
- Good movies
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
- Chicago