Best Acting Performances That Are Against Type
The boys from ‘The Good The Bad The Ugly Film Show’ take a look at the best films performances when an actor has gone against type.
NICK GARDENER’S LIST
- Morgan Freeman – ‘Now You See Me’
- Morgan Freeman – ‘Nurse Betty’
- Jennifer Aniston – ‘Horrible Bosses‘
- Jennifer Aniston – ‘We’re The Millers‘
- Leonardo DiCaprio – ‘Django Unchained‘
- Don Johnson – ‘Django Unchained‘
- Vanessa Hudgens – ‘Spring Breakers’
- Charlize Theron – ‘Monster’
- Kisten Dunst – ‘Melancholia’
- Cameron Diaz – ‘Being John Malkovich‘
- John Wayne – ‘The Conqueror’
- Robin Williams – ‘One Hour Photo’
- Robert De Niro – ‘Meet The Parents’
- Christopher Walken – ‘Hairspray’
- Tom Cruise – ‘Collateral’
- James Stewart – ‘Vertigo’
- Michael Keaton – ‘Desperate Measures’
- Jim Carrey – ‘Kick-Ass 2’
- Jim Carrey – ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’
- Jim Carrey – ‘The Truman Show’
- Vince Vaughn – ‘Domestic Disturbance’
- Adam Sandler – ‘Punch Drunk Love’
ADAM ROSS’ LIST
- Ben Kingsley – ‘Sexy Beast’
- Edward Norton – ‘American History X’
- Jack Nicholson – ‘About Schmidt’
- Sean Penn – ‘Milk’
- Michael Douglas – ‘Behind The Candelabra’
- Charlize Theron – ‘Monster’
- Harrison Ford – ‘What Lies Beneath’
- Tom Cruise – ‘Tropic Thunder’
- Tom Cruise – ‘Interview With The Vampire’
- Jim Carrey – ‘The Truman Show’
- Jim Carrey – ‘Kick-Ass 2’
- Robin Williams – ‘One Hour Photo’
- Robin Williams – ‘Insomnia’
- John Travolta – ‘Pulp Fiction’
- Russell Crowe – ‘A Beautiful Mind’
- Pierce Brosnan – ‘The Matador’
- Halle Berry – ‘Cloud Atlas’
- Hugh Grant – ‘Cloud Atlas’
- Tom Hanks – ‘Cloud Atlas’
- Hugo Weaving – ‘Cloud Atlas’
- Nicole Kidman – ‘To Die For’
GREG KING’S LIST
- Morgan Freeman – ‘Hard Rain‘
- Vince Vaughm – ‘Psycho’
- Gary Oldman – ‘Prick Up Your Ears’
- Gregory Peck – ‘The Big Country’
- Gregory Peck – ‘The Boys From Brazil’
- Gregory Peck – ‘The Omen’
- Steve Carell – ‘The Way Way Back’
- Ashton Kutcher – ‘Jobs’
- David Koencher – ‘Cheap Thrills’
- John Travolta – ‘The Punisher’
- John Travolta – ‘Broken Arrow’
- Nicole Kidman – ‘The Paperboy’
- Nicole Kidman – ‘Stoker’
- Michael Keaton – ‘Batman’
- Henry Fonda – ‘Once Upon A Time In The West’
- Frank McMurray – ‘Double Indemnity’
- Frank McMurray – ‘The Apartment’
- Elijah Wood – ‘Maniac’
- Elijah Wood – ‘Sin City’
- Jack Palance – ‘City Slickers’
- Michael Cera – ‘Youth In Revolt’
- Brad Pitt – ‘Inglorious Basterds’
- Ernest Borgnine – ‘Marty’
- Albert Brooks – ‘Drive’
- Matthew McConaughey – ‘Killer Joe’
DAVID GRIFFITHS’ LIST
- Steve Carell – ‘The Way Way Back’
- Jim Carrey – ‘Man On The Moon’
- Henry Fonda – ‘Once Upon A Time In The West’
- Robin Williams – ‘Insomnia’
- Robin Williams – ‘One Hour Photo’
- Bill Murray – ‘Get Low’
- John Stamos – ‘Captive’
- Leonardo DiCaprio – ‘Django Unchained’
- Ewan McGregor – ‘Moulin Rouge!’
- Russell Crowe – ‘Les Miserables’
- Michael Cera – ‘This Is The End’
- Ben Affleck – ‘Jay + Silent Bob Strike Back’
- Matt Damon – ‘Jay + Silent Bob Strike Back’
- Melissa Gilbert – ‘Ice House’
- Matthew McConaughey – ‘Mud’
- Matthew McConaughey – ‘Magic Mike’
- Matthew McConaughey – ‘Bernie’
- Tom Cruise – ‘Rock Of Ages’
- Tom Cruise – ‘Tropic Thunder’
- Seth Rogen – ‘Take This Waltz’
- Heath Ledger – ‘The Dark Knight‘
- Liam Neeson – ‘Batman Begins’
- Robert De Niro ‘Stardust’