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* '''[[Denzel Washington]]'''
* '''[[Denzel Washington]]'''
* '''[[Vincent Price]]''' Mix carefully with [[Michael Jackson]], and you get [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Thriller]]!
* '''[[Vincent Price]]''' Mix carefully with [[Michael Jackson]], and you get [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Thriller]]!
* '''[[Alan Rickman]]''': Really, the only reason to see ''[[Robin Hood Prince of Thieves]]'' is him [[Chewing the Scenery]] as the Sheriff Of Nottingham. It's also another example for [[Sean Connery]], who makes a uncredited cameo right at the end and [[One-Scene Wonder|steals the scene completely]].
* '''[[Alan Rickman]]''': Really, the only reason to see ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' is him [[Chewing the Scenery]] as the Sheriff Of Nottingham. It's also another example for [[Sean Connery]], who makes a uncredited cameo right at the end and [[One-Scene Wonder|steals the scene completely]].
* '''Geoffrey Rush''': Case in point, ''[[The Warriors Way]]''
* '''Geoffrey Rush''': Case in point, ''[[The Warriors Way]]''
* '''[[Patrick Stewart]]'''
* '''[[Patrick Stewart]]'''
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* '''[[Joe Pesci]]''' - Friend [[George Carlin]] claimed that he prayed to Joe because he looked like a man that 'could get things done'. If that doesn't say anything about how convincing he is, nothing will.
* '''[[Joe Pesci]]''' - Friend [[George Carlin]] claimed that he prayed to Joe because he looked like a man that 'could get things done'. If that doesn't say anything about how convincing he is, nothing will.
* '''[[Jason Statham]]'''
* '''[[Jason Statham]]'''
* '''[[Zeljko Ivanek]]''' - Falls under [[Hey It's That Guy]]!, but usually steals the show.
* '''[[Zeljko Ivanek]]''' - Falls under [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]!, but usually steals the show.
* '''[[Mark Hamill]]'''
* '''[[Mark Hamill]]'''
* '''[[Jackie Earle Haley]]''' in everything he's made since his 2006 comeback.
* '''[[Jackie Earle Haley]]''' in everything he's made since his 2006 comeback.
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** Another thing these actors have in common is that their hits are usually films where their abilities are put to best use, for example if one considers Tom Cruise 'good' in [[Rain Man]], it's because his acting style is minimalistic and doesn't clash with Dustin Hoffman's more extravagant performance.
** Another thing these actors have in common is that their hits are usually films where their abilities are put to best use, for example if one considers Tom Cruise 'good' in [[Rain Man]], it's because his acting style is minimalistic and doesn't clash with Dustin Hoffman's more extravagant performance.
* '''[[Matthew Broderick]]''', depending on whether he's in [[The Lion King|Simba]] mode or [[Godzilla (Film)|"That's a lot of fish"]] mode.
* '''[[Matthew Broderick]]''', depending on whether he's in [[The Lion King|Simba]] mode or [[Godzilla (Film)|"That's a lot of fish"]] mode.
* '''[[Kevin Costner]]'''. He makes great westerns, and helps films such as ''JFK''. However, he made ''[[Robin Hood Prince of Thieves]]'' painful at times, ''[[Waterworld]]'' much more forgettable than it should have been, and ''[[The Postman (Film)|The Postman]]'' bad enough to sink his career.
* '''[[Kevin Costner]]'''. He makes great westerns, and helps films such as ''JFK''. However, he made ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' painful at times, ''[[Waterworld]]'' much more forgettable than it should have been, and ''[[The Postman (Film)|The Postman]]'' bad enough to sink his career.
* '''[[Jennifer Aniston]]''' has an acting range that stretches all the way from A to B, but sometimes (''[[Friends]]'', ''The Good Girl'') is helpful to what she's working on.
* '''[[Jennifer Aniston]]''' has an acting range that stretches all the way from A to B, but sometimes (''[[Friends]]'', ''The Good Girl'') is helpful to what she's working on.
** ''[[Horrible Bosses]]'' where she plays against type. It works.
** ''[[Horrible Bosses]]'' where she plays against type. It works.