{"id":8402,"date":"2016-06-11T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T01:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=8402"},"modified":"2017-03-09T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:27:51","slug":"actors-worth-following-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors worth following, part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-4\/\">part 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Gary Oldman<\/h2>\n<p>Oldman really disappears into his characters. The one time where I felt his character didn&#8217;t work well was Zorg in <strong>The Fifth Element<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Batman Begins<\/li>\n<li>Immortal Beloved<\/li>\n<li>L\u00e9on: The Professional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Dark Knight<\/li>\n<li>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Dark Knight Rises<\/li>\n<li>The Fifth Element<\/li>\n<li>Rosencrantz &amp; Guildenstern Are Dead<\/li>\n<li>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Air Force One<\/li>\n<li>Bram Stoker&#8217;s Dracula<\/li>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (+3 more in the series)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sam Rockwell<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing I first become aware of Rockwell with <strong>Galaxy Quest<\/strong>, in which he (among others) is brilliant. He&#8217;s very funny, and if you want to see that he&#8217;s a great actor watch <strong>Moon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Galaxy Quest<\/li>\n<li>The Green Mile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/li>\n<li>Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/li>\n<li>Conviction<\/li>\n<li>Everybody&#8217;s Fine<\/li>\n<li>Laggies<\/li>\n<li>Matchstick Men<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Right<\/li>\n<li>The Way Way Back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Iron Man 2<\/li>\n<li>Moon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Not-so-great movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Maggie Smith<\/h2>\n<p>I likely first became aware of Smith with <strong>Sister Act<\/strong>. As with Judi Dench, I haven&#8217;t seen any of the movies she made as a young woman.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Gosford Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Becoming Jane<\/li>\n<li>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Keeping Mum<\/li>\n<li>The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Sister Act<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Harry Potter and the Philsopher&#8217;s Stone (+7 more in the series)<\/li>\n<li>Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tilda Swinton<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible I first became aware of Swinton in <strong>Possible Worlds<\/strong>. No matter what movie she&#8217;s in you can be sure her character will be utterly unique. Swinton disappears into her roles &#8212; in <strong>Snowpiercer<\/strong> you can&#8217;t even tell it&#8217;s her. She seems like a person so interesting you&#8217;d like to meet her.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Adaptation.<\/li>\n<li>Broken Flowers<\/li>\n<li>Moonrise Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/li>\n<li>Snowpiercer<\/li>\n<li>Thumbsucker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Orlando<\/li>\n<li>Possible Worlds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>Constantine<\/li>\n<li>Only Lovers Left Alive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Audrey Tautou<\/h2>\n<p>Tautou burst on the scene, at least to North American audiences, in <strong>Am\u00e9lie<\/strong>. Most of her movies are French movies, which tend to be different than North American movies in an interesting way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Am\u00e9lie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese Puzzle<\/li>\n<li>Dirty Pretty Things<\/li>\n<li>The Da Vinci Code<\/li>\n<li>A Very Long Engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Lies<\/li>\n<li>He Loves Me&#8230; He Loves Me Not<\/li>\n<li>Priceless<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Charlize Theron<\/h2>\n<p>Theron&#8217;s ability to depict rage is one of the main reasons for watching <strong>Snow White and the Huntsman<\/strong>. She also outshone the title character in&nbsp;<strong>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Italian Job<\/li>\n<li>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Places<\/li>\n<li>Hancock<\/li>\n<li>In the Valley of Elah<\/li>\n<li>Snow White and the Huntsman<\/li>\n<li>Sweet November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Prometheus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once\n<ul>\n<li>Aeon Flux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Denzel Washington<\/h2>\n<p>Washington starred in the TV show <strong>St. Elsewhere<\/strong> before making the jump to movies. He directed <strong>Antwone Fisher<\/strong> and <strong>The Great Debaters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Inside Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Equalizer<\/li>\n<li>Flight<\/li>\n<li>The Great Debaters<\/li>\n<li>Man on Fire<\/li>\n<li>Much Ado About Nothing (1993)<\/li>\n<li>Unstoppable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Deja Vu<\/li>\n<li>Safe House<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sigourney Weaver<\/h2>\n<p>Weaver burst on the scene in the science fiction classic <strong>Alien<\/strong>. She&#8217;s identified with that series of 4 films, but she&#8217;s also made her mark in many other varied movies. She made a brilliant foray into TV with the miniseries <strong>Political Animals<\/strong> in which she played the US Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Aliens<\/li>\n<li>Dave<\/li>\n<li>Political Animals (TV miniseries)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Alien: Resurrection<\/li>\n<li>Copycat<\/li>\n<li>Gorillas in the Mist<\/li>\n<li>The Ice Storm<\/li>\n<li>Snow Cake<\/li>\n<li>Vantage Point<\/li>\n<li>The Village<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Alien<\/li>\n<li>Alien3<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters<\/li>\n<li>Ghostbusters II<\/li>\n<li>The Girl in the Park<\/li>\n<li>Working Girl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Worth watching once on the big screen in 3D\n<ul>\n<li>Avatar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Robin Williams<\/h2>\n<p>Williams was one of the funniest people ever. He starred in the TV show <strong>Mork and Mindy<\/strong>. He usually made comedies but demonstrated he could be equally great at drama in movies like <strong>Insomnia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Awakenings<\/li>\n<li>Dead Poets Society<\/li>\n<li>The Fisher King<\/li>\n<li>Good Will Hunting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Aladdin<\/li>\n<li>The Birdcage<\/li>\n<li>Dead Again<\/li>\n<li>Good Morning, Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Insomnia<\/li>\n<li>Man of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/li>\n<li>World&#8217;s Greatest Dad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Bicentennial Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movies\n<ul>\n<li>Night at the Museum<\/li>\n<li>Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movies\n<ul>\n<li>Jumanji<\/li>\n<li>Popeye<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Bruce Willis<\/h2>\n<p>Willis starred in the TV show <strong>Moonlighting<\/strong>. He&#8217;s starred in a fair number of action and science fiction movies &#8212; he&#8217;s even starred in 2 time travel movies, both of which are brilliant. He also starred in the 2 best M. Night Shyamalan movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Looper<\/li>\n<li>Moonrise Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>The Sixth Sense<\/li>\n<li>Twelve Monkeys<\/li>\n<li>Unbreakable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>16 Blocks<\/li>\n<li>Death Becomes Her<\/li>\n<li>RED<\/li>\n<li>RED 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Fifth Element<\/li>\n<li>Surrogates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great but violent\n<ul>\n<li>Die Hard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Armageddon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 4. Gary Oldman Oldman really disappears into his characters. The one time where I felt his character didn&#8217;t work well was Zorg in The Fifth Element. Masterpieces Batman Begins Immortal Beloved L\u00e9on: The Professional Great movies The Dark Knight Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Good movies The Dark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[84,42,6],"class_list":["post-8402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-actors","tag-lists","tag-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8402"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10444,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions\/10444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}