Hugh Laurie, House
Actors/Actresses who were perfect for their roles
by Anonymous | reply 126 | January 18, 2020 9:21 PM |
Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 23, 2019 10:46 PM |
January Jones was actually perfect as Betty Draper.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 23, 2019 10:49 PM |
Janeane Garofalo, Lyla, Girlfriend's Guide To Divorce.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 23, 2019 10:49 PM |
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 23, 2019 10:59 PM |
Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker
Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 23, 2019 11:06 PM |
Diana Ross, “Mahogany”
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 23, 2019 11:08 PM |
House wasn't much of a role though.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 23, 2019 11:09 PM |
Angie for Murder, She Wrote.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 23, 2019 11:15 PM |
The actress who plays Princess Anne in The Crown season 3. Erin Doherty. Damn she is amazing
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 23, 2019 11:17 PM |
Toni Colette, as Muriel/Mariel Heslop, in “Muriel’s Wedding.”
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 23, 2019 11:17 PM |
David Hyde Pierce as Frasier's bro
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 23, 2019 11:18 PM |
Julia Roberts IS Harriet Tubman
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 23, 2019 11:19 PM |
Clint Walker in Cheyenne.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 23, 2019 11:20 PM |
Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 23, 2019 11:26 PM |
Pretty much everyone in the original "Murder on the Orient Express", but particularly Rachel Roberts, Wendy Hiller, Pierre Cassel and Lauren Bacall.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 23, 2019 11:28 PM |
Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer.
Actually Twin Peaks was very solidly cast.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 23, 2019 11:29 PM |
Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 23, 2019 11:30 PM |
Marlon Brando as The Godfather, and all of the actors who played his sons.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 23, 2019 11:30 PM |
Travolta in Saturday Night Fever
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 23, 2019 11:31 PM |
Kathy Bates in Misery and James Gandolfini in The Sopranos.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 23, 2019 11:35 PM |
Montgomery Clift in Judgement at Nuremberg.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 23, 2019 11:35 PM |
Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 23, 2019 11:39 PM |
[quote] Marlon Brando as The Godfather, and all of the actors who played his sons.
As much as I loved The Godfather, James Caan always stuck out like a sore thumb. He's a good actor, but there was no physical resemblance between him and the rest of the family. I realize this does happen in real life, though.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 23, 2019 11:42 PM |
Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 23, 2019 11:50 PM |
Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls, LHOTP
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 24, 2019 12:35 AM |
James Garner as Bret Maverick
James Garner as Jim Rockford
Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper
by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 24, 2019 12:59 AM |
Regina Taylor as Lilly and John Aaron Bennett as John Morgan in "I'll Fly Away"
Ursula Howells as Miss Blacklock in the Miss Marple mystery "A Murder is Announced"
EVERYBODY in the 1985-86 version of "Mapp and Lucia"
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 24, 2019 1:16 AM |
Zelda Rubinstein as Tangina in Poltergeist
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 24, 2019 1:20 AM |
Tony Todd in Candyman
by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 24, 2019 1:25 AM |
Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp in Nightmare on Elm Street.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 24, 2019 1:30 AM |
Jaleel White as Urkel. Unfortunately, because of this, they overused the character.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 24, 2019 1:30 AM |
Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West
by Anonymous | reply 33 | November 24, 2019 1:31 AM |
Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs
by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 24, 2019 1:31 AM |
Michael Clark Duncan as John Coffey. long before he was cast he was an audience member on the oprah Winfrey show (i swear he was but I can't find record of it) and when oprah spoke to him I said 'omg, he should be John Coffey' and then he was. and then he died.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 24, 2019 1:32 AM |
Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison in The Doors.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 24, 2019 1:35 AM |
Michael Chiklis in [italic]The Shield.[/italic] I think he shocked everyone with his complete 180 from his soft cuddly good-guy titular character in [italic]The Commish.[/italic] In [italic]The Shield,[/italic] his "Vic Mackey" character was the ultimate amoral, just get it done cop-turned staggeringly immoral. He was brilliant. Just brilliant.
John Malkovitch, Danny Glover, and Ray Baker in [italic]Places In the Heart.[/italic] Their respective roles put them on the Hollywood map, as they took what easily could have been cliched, throwaway roles and made something truly special and heartfelt of them. In fact, that film literally has NO bad performances, even among the child and bit part roles. I think it is a stunning film.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 24, 2019 1:46 AM |
Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 24, 2019 1:57 AM |
Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegel in Howards End
by Anonymous | reply 39 | November 24, 2019 2:08 AM |
Kathleen Turner as Jessica Rabbit.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 24, 2019 3:45 AM |
Timothée Chalamet as Elio Perlman.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 24, 2019 3:56 AM |
Mrs. Patrick Ramsey as a loving, nurturing mother.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 24, 2019 3:58 AM |
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 24, 2019 4:01 AM |
I'd also vote for Wilder in "Young Frankenstein".
And the whole cast of "Clue". Kind of a crap film, but I enjoy the performances so much it's always watchable.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | November 24, 2019 4:16 AM |
Divine and the cast at large in Female Trouble.
I'm not sure that was acting, though.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | November 24, 2019 4:19 AM |
Sissy Spacek as Carrie
by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 24, 2019 4:19 AM |
Piper Laurie as Margaret White
by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 24, 2019 4:30 AM |
Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett!
by Anonymous | reply 48 | November 24, 2019 4:33 AM |
Carrie Nye as Aunt Sylvia in Creepshow.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 24, 2019 4:18 PM |
Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance in The Shining.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 24, 2019 4:23 PM |
Scott Doebler as Buck Jarrett
by Anonymous | reply 51 | November 24, 2019 6:11 PM |
[quote]James Gandolfini in The Sopranos.
Edie Falco, too. Hell, the whole cast was pretty much perfect.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 11, 2020 7:50 PM |
Yeah, House was popular but Bertie Wooster was the role Hugh Laurie was really born to play. Stephen Fry was also good in "Jeeves and Wooster." I've been rewatching the series and it helps me understand why the Cambridge Five signed up with the Communists. God damn, those people are STILL running the UK.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 11, 2020 7:56 PM |
Peter Falk as Columbo.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 11, 2020 8:05 PM |
Keanu as Neo.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | January 11, 2020 8:13 PM |
Fairuza Balk as Nancy in The Craft
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 11, 2020 8:22 PM |
[quote]Regina Taylor as Lilly and John Aaron Bennett as John Morgan in "I'll Fly Away"
r28 Georgie, didn't you lose it when they revealed John-Morgan had died in the wrapup episode on PBS?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | January 11, 2020 8:29 PM |
SJP as Seabiscuit
by Anonymous | reply 60 | January 11, 2020 8:40 PM |
Tony Randall and Jack Klugman as Felix Unger and Oscar Madison on "The Odd Couple."
by Anonymous | reply 61 | January 11, 2020 8:45 PM |
Really tall guys like Duncan often die young.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | January 13, 2020 3:35 PM |
Barbra as Fanny
by Anonymous | reply 63 | January 13, 2020 3:41 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 64 | January 13, 2020 3:44 PM |
John Gielgud in anything.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | January 13, 2020 3:46 PM |
[quote] Divine and the cast at large in Female Trouble. I'm not sure that was acting, though.
I’ve seen worse from actual Hollywood films.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | January 13, 2020 3:48 PM |
Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct. Jude Law as Dickie in Talented Mr. Ripley.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | January 13, 2020 3:50 PM |
Kit Harrington - Jon Snow
Liv Tyler - the Elf Princess in Lord of the Rings
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth I
by Anonymous | reply 68 | January 13, 2020 3:52 PM |
Sting reportedly wanted to play the character Steerpike from Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels but he was way too old by the time the BBC made its 2000 miniseries so the role went to Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who did the standard beautiful epicene Anglo villain adequately just did not have the oomph needed to play in the same piece as the likes of Ian Richardson and Christopher Lee. Maybe Sting might have, I don't know. I think Jude Law might have managed it. The SBEAV is a surprisingly hard trope to execute effectively, Tom Cruise in Interview with the Vampire being a glaring example of failure with the best intentions and effort in the world. I think DL favorite Lee Pace did a superb SBEAV as Thranduil in the Hobbit trilogy, which is pretty damn impressive for a boy from Oklahoma.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | January 13, 2020 3:58 PM |
Fran drescher, The Nanny
by Anonymous | reply 70 | January 13, 2020 3:59 PM |
Naomi Watts--Mulholland Drive
Laura Dern--Inland Empire, Enlightened
Sheryl Lee--Fire Walk With Me
Lee Marvin--Point Blank
Elizabeth Berkley--Showgirls
Sharon Stone--Basic Instinct
Robert De Niro--Taxi Driver
by Anonymous | reply 71 | January 13, 2020 4:01 PM |
Jack Lord, Hawaii Five-0. Wood and all.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | January 13, 2020 4:07 PM |
Jennifer Lopez as the taco-burrito queen.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | January 13, 2020 4:09 PM |
Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in the Runaways. Jack Black in School of Rock.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | January 13, 2020 4:20 PM |
Rowan Atkinson as Edmund Blackadder, in the Blackadder series.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | January 13, 2020 4:53 PM |
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
by Anonymous | reply 76 | January 13, 2020 5:20 PM |
Only an antisemite would prefer a Muslim to a Jew.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | January 13, 2020 5:25 PM |
- Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman and then again as Tarzan. - Johnny Depp as Cpt. Jack Sparrow. - Sigourney Weaver as Ripley. - Roy Scheider as Bob Fosse in All That Jazz and Chief Brody in Jaws. - Richard Dreyfus as Matt Hooper and Robert Shaw as Quint in Jaws. - Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. - Christopher Walken as Nick in The Deer Hunter. - Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood. - Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan. - Martin Sheen as Cpt. Willard and Brando as Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | January 13, 2020 5:33 PM |
^Sorry for the craptastic formatting at R78
by Anonymous | reply 79 | January 13, 2020 5:38 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 80 | January 13, 2020 5:40 PM |
I know it's a cliché choice for a gay man but Judy Garland and [italic]The Wizard of Oz[/italic] were and are still a perfect match.
So were Hayley Mills and [italic]Pollyanna[/italic].
by Anonymous | reply 81 | January 13, 2020 5:51 PM |
Faye Dunaway, Mommie Dearest.
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
by Anonymous | reply 82 | January 13, 2020 5:52 PM |
Most of the actors in the Harry Potter movies were well cast.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | January 13, 2020 5:52 PM |
R83 Most of the adults were well cast. I thought the kids were uneven. The girl who played Ginny Weasley, for instance, turned out to be quite plain-looking and had zero chemistry with Daniel Radcliffe. But I guess there’s really no way to tell what you’re going to get as a child actor grows up.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | January 13, 2020 5:55 PM |
Thanks for the tip, R80. I remembered that right after I posted. An edit function sure would be sweet.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | January 13, 2020 5:55 PM |
The cast of Friends - talk about lightning in a bottle! And judging by their lack of success after (except for Jen) it’s clear they were perfect for friends considering the monumental success of that show,
by Anonymous | reply 86 | January 13, 2020 5:55 PM |
R86, Courtney had Cougartown which was successful for a bit and I think Kudrow had success afterwards. The men have struggled though. Remember Joey?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | January 13, 2020 5:59 PM |
[quote] Remember Joey?
I’d rather not.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | January 13, 2020 6:02 PM |
Jennifer Coolidge made "Joey" tolerable.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | January 13, 2020 6:22 PM |
R89, she doesn't help that show 2 broke girls either....but then again, no one did,
by Anonymous | reply 90 | January 13, 2020 6:26 PM |
R24, they needed James Caan as Sonny to get the financing for the Godfather films. Thank God Coppola stood up to them over the casting of Michael--the studio wanted Redford!
by Anonymous | reply 91 | January 13, 2020 6:36 PM |
Arrested Development's original cast was just about perfect.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | January 13, 2020 6:36 PM |
R87 cougartown was moderately entertaining and it was interesting to see Court be the singular star of a show, Kudrow was interesting in that web therapy series she had..was it on YouTube? But nothing they’ve done compares to friends which besides being excellently written, was masterfully cast. And the casting was so perfect it translated to offscreen - the fact that they all got along so well for 10 yrs, became good friends, no jealousy or envy or egos is amazing for a cast of 6.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | January 13, 2020 6:37 PM |
Kathy Bates in virtually any of her roles.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | January 13, 2020 7:08 PM |
Meryl Streep in bridges of Madison county
by Anonymous | reply 95 | January 13, 2020 7:11 PM |
R95 Ugh. The Mary-est movie that ever Mary’d.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | January 13, 2020 7:29 PM |
[quote] Thank God Coppola stood up to them over the casting of Michael--the studio wanted Redford!
Oh, God, you're joking. The Godfather would have been a different movie with Redford as Michael. Talk about wooden and one-note. And very blonde! There would have been no sequels.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | January 13, 2020 7:54 PM |
Adam Sandler - The Wedding Singer
by Anonymous | reply 98 | January 13, 2020 8:00 PM |
Steve Buscemi in any small/supporting roles he was cast in
by Anonymous | reply 99 | January 13, 2020 8:04 PM |
Stacey Dash as a clueless token black conservative.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | January 13, 2020 8:06 PM |
Helen Mirren as Elizabeth II in "The Queen."
by Anonymous | reply 101 | January 13, 2020 8:06 PM |
Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding
by Anonymous | reply 102 | January 15, 2020 1:06 AM |
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
Sally Field - Norma Rae
Charlize Theron - Monster
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
by Anonymous | reply 103 | January 15, 2020 1:19 AM |
Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in TGWTDT.
Even for the American version, mumbling autistic goth Rooney Mara doesn't even come close.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | January 15, 2020 1:25 AM |
Even though it was originally written for Anthony Michael Hall, I think Jon Cryer was perfect for Duckie.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | January 15, 2020 1:38 AM |
Ellen Pompeo — Meredith Grey
Maybe not at first but now I’ll never be able to see her as anyone else
by Anonymous | reply 106 | January 15, 2020 1:42 AM |
[quote] I know it's a cliché choice for a gay man but Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz were and are still a perfect match. So were Hayley Mills and Pollyanna.
R81 is the gayest post ever written
by Anonymous | reply 107 | January 15, 2020 1:54 AM |
Clark Gable as Rhett Butler
by Anonymous | reply 108 | January 15, 2020 4:01 AM |
It recently occurred to me how much credit Jason Alexander deserves for nailing his role in Pretty Woman
by Anonymous | reply 109 | January 17, 2020 1:03 AM |
R109 nailed it? maybe but I had to check IMDB to see what his role was, that says something, it's a completely forgettable cliché role. On the contrary, we all remember the compassionate hotel manager (Hector Elizondo), that is a breakthrough role!
by Anonymous | reply 110 | January 17, 2020 1:27 AM |
Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz
The entire cast of "Another Year"
Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast At Tiffanys" even though it wasn't Capote's original vision
by Anonymous | reply 111 | January 17, 2020 1:45 AM |
r110 Elizondo, of course, The quintessential fairy godfather! I've gotta stick to my guns on Alexander, I will report back at some point, prepare to be shaken
r111 and without Audrey Hepburn we wouldn't have gotten Moon River, since Mancini tailored the song specifically for Hepburn's limited vocal range
by Anonymous | reply 112 | January 17, 2020 2:55 AM |
I don't know why the FT link won't work, the title for those interested is "Moon River — the song that nearly didn’t make the final cut of Breakfast at Tiffany’s"
by Anonymous | reply 113 | January 17, 2020 3:06 AM |
John Franklin in Children of the Corn
by Anonymous | reply 114 | January 18, 2020 12:00 PM |
Lynda Carter IS Wonder Woman.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | January 18, 2020 12:41 PM |
Peter O'Toole in anything. Wild Card: Elijah Wood as Frodo.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | January 18, 2020 2:50 PM |
Judy Davis in Husbands And Wives
by Anonymous | reply 117 | January 18, 2020 7:38 PM |
Arnold as the Terminator
by Anonymous | reply 118 | January 18, 2020 7:54 PM |
Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion
Pedro Pascal as Oberyn Martell
So many Game of Thrones people. Great job with the casting.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | January 18, 2020 7:59 PM |
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds. Absolutely perfect casting.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | January 18, 2020 8:01 PM |
Leonardo DiCaprio in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
by Anonymous | reply 121 | January 18, 2020 8:03 PM |
R120 I meant to add why- Christoph was charming, handsome, intelligent, spoke four languages and could go from goofy to terrifying in half a second. He nailed the part.
That was the first time I’d seen this guy and was thouroughly impressed.
He was also great in Django Unchained.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | January 18, 2020 8:12 PM |
Tom Cruise as the cocky Maverick in Top Gun.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | January 18, 2020 8:13 PM |
Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense. He was a good little actor.
Toni Collette was also perfect as his mother.
This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. They both nail it.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | January 18, 2020 8:21 PM |
Colin Firth as Darcy in Pride & Prejudice and as Mark Darcy in the Bridget Jones series.
Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones.
Cybill Shepherd as Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting.
Catherine OHara as Cybill Shepherd on Six Feet Under.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | January 18, 2020 9:08 PM |
Top Gun is one of the only films I’ve walked out on-
by Anonymous | reply 126 | January 18, 2020 9:21 PM |