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** [[Will Smith]] in ''The Legend of Bagger Vance'' and ''Ali'', which was certainly needed after the huge dud of ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]''. If he didn't prove himself as an actor, it is likely that no one could have respected him after that. This was crystallized by his role in the utterly emotional ''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]''.

** ''[[I Am Legend]]'' wasn't perfect, but this scene solidified it:

[[Beat|(starts to cry)]]<br />

'''Neville:''' [[Tear Jerker|"Please say hello to me."]] }}

**** Back on the subject of Mike O'Malley, this goes back earlier than ''[[Glee]]'' and ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]''. Case in point: the [[Too Good to Last]] NBC series ''[[My Own Worst Enemy]]'' where he switches back and forth between a falsely created personality as a loving husband and his true self as a [[Badass]] killing machine spy.

* During the Rifftrax of the movie ''Daredevil'', Mike is briefly impressed by a moment of good acting from [[Ben Affleck]] as he plays blind lawyer Matt Murdock.

'''Mike:''' Huh. Ben Affleck takes a stab at acting. And that's the last time we'll ever see him do that. }}

** ''[[Chasing Amy]]'', particularly the car scene.

** Also him on [[The Cleveland Show]].

* Joel McHale in ''[[Community]]''. Jeff seems like the same "character" plays on ''[[The Soup]]''. Then you see something like "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking", and [http://img340.imageshack.us/i/communitygoon.jpg/ the look on Jeff's face during the following line]. For context, {{spoiler|Pierce promised Jeff would get to meet his estranged dad, whom he has issues with. Jeff said that if it turns out to be a [[Mind Screw]] by Pierce, that he will beat Pierce. Jeff is currently looking at a limo, and has answered from a phone call from a man claiming to be his father and in the limo. It's obviously Pierce, and Jeff has just realized that and is right in the middle of switching between "hopeful" and "murderous rage".}}

** Pretty much everyone on ''[[Community]]'' is amazing. It may just be the writing but Chevy Chase is incredibly funny on it. Chevy Chase. The guy who took pratfalls for one season on [[Saturday Night Live]], did two good vacation movies and has basically been a punchline ever since, because everything he tried either simply failed or was a complete disaster. Rebooting this guy's career is pretty much just one of this show's 6 billion [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|CMOAs]] and counting.

* Shane Kippel in ''[[Degrassi]]''. He was criticized ''a lot'' during his tenure on the show (primarily earlier seasons) for not really being able to act when it came to dramatic sequences (which, being ''Degrassi'', did happen sometimes). Then he played a supporting character in the film ''Dog Pound'', which caused just about ''everybody'' to go back and do a [[Double Take]]... even the notoriously major assholes of IMDB gave him praise for his performance in it.