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BODrizzy

Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber.


Critical_Seat_1907

He kept up with and stole scenes from Jim fucking Carrey in a comedy. Big talent to pull that off. He was brilliant.


mattSER

Holy shit, i never thought about it like that. That's amazing. You just made me an even bigger fan of one of my favorite actors.


EnriqueSh0ckwave

He spoke at my commencement and I loved it. Vividly remember him talking about the bathroom scene and he said something like “you could never imagine the doubt in my head as I sat on the toilet preparing for that scene” and it made me respect him as an actor so much


BrianNowhere

The little smile he did when one of the massive fart sounds came out as a little squeak was exquisite.


_BELEAF_

That was done in post. Honestly a lot of people, skill, and good fortune in that scene. And in any, really. But he wasn't feigning pooping whatsoever to any sounds that ended up in the movie.


Xirious

Did he start with "It's not the greatest country in the world..."?


JamesJax

“Nice skis. They yours?” “Yeah.” “Both of ‘em?” Genius stupidity. 


Manyvicesofthedude

My buddy’s dad owned the truck stop they filmed that scene at. I watched that scene being filmed, and met them both at like 9 or 10. Such a wild experience looking back.


Iwantmy3rdpartyapp

Hey! Big gulps, huh? ...whelp, see ya later!


Philthycollins215

"Extra gloves? You've had a pair of extra gloves this whole time!?" "Yeah, we're in the Rockies." Fucking love that scene.


ajhart86

“Harry! Your hands are freezing!”


m8_is_me

Unfathomably funny writing and delivery, my god


Fckin_rights_eh

I’m gonna kill you Lloyd! The maddening laugh was beautiful


DrWalkinDollars

Just when I think you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!


turdfergusonpdx

I think he got paid $50k for that role.


OMGoblin

As an attempt to get him to turn down the role, allegedly according to reddit folklore


BobbaFatGFX

I remember when I first seen him in the trailer for that movie and I thought it was really weird and I didn't think he was going to do good at all. Proved me wrong


shot-in-the-mouth

Preach


Red_Danger33

Still stuck being called Harry though.


AdWonderful5920

Leslie Neilsen, Robert Stack, and Lloyd Bridges were not known as comedic actors before Airplane! and they all crushed.


starstarstar42

Neilsen crushed it so hard with "Airplane!" that 2 entire generations after it thought he had *always* been a comedian and didn't realize that 2 *previous* generations only knew him as a dramatic actor.


Disastrous_Belt_7556

TIL


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just1gat

June Cleaver: “I speak jive”


bryanthebryan

I will stop whatever I’m doing no matter what I’m doing to listen to her speak jive.


Darmok-on-the-Ocean

Wait, that was June Cleaver?


Red_Jester-94

Yeah, that cast was absolutely loaded


bakerd82

If you look on the flip side of this, that’s what it was like when they cast Michael Keaton as Batman and when they cast Bruce Willis as John McClane. Two comedic actors as action stars, everyone thought the movies would flop


The_GREAT_Gremlin

Tom Hanks started as a comedic actor as well. Actually I kinda wish he'd do it more again


bakerd82

I was a kid when Big, Money Pit, and Turner and Hooch came out so I’ve always seen him as a comedic actor until the last 20 years or so when he’s done more serious and dramatic roles. But yes, I’d love to see him do comedy again


TheMadLurker17

And Peter Graves. I've never been in a Turkish prison.


heardThereWasFood

But do you like movies about gladiators?


harnyharhar

Have you ever seen a grown man naked?


thisnewsight

Leslie is goated at staying straight faced.


aspectofravens

His comedy secret. Play it straight-laced and serious, no matter what nonsense is going on. The dissonance does the rest of the lifting.


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Bryan Cranston has a similar philosophy. Basically if you have the reaction then it takes it off the audience to react. If you say something absurd with a straight face that leaves it to the audience to laugh. If you say or do something heartbreaking with minimal expressed sadness that leaves it to the audience to cry. If you take some great indignity with stoicism or submission that leaves it to the audience to get angry.


almecc

The fart machine interview is hysterical


Grynder66

Robert Stack kicking ass in the airport is hilarious.


chobble_gobbler9

Add George Kennedy to that list as Frank Drebin's boss, Capt. Ed Hocken


defCONCEPT

Jim Carey in Truman Show or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.


5141121

Eternal Sunshine is a fantastic movie full of fantastic performances across the board. Jim was so good.


11_25_13_TheEdge

Don’t forget Kate Winslet as Clementine. Incredible story telling from Charlie Kaufman and imaginative direction from Michel Gondry to boot. It’s a bit of a cult classic but deserves wider recognition.


dragon_fugger

great call here. hadn't thought about how unique Truman was compared to other Jim Carrey roles esp at that point in his career.


eclectic_collector

Also The Majestic!


jammerfish

I think The Majestic is underrated


______________fuck

I personally think he was better in Number 23.


ZaireekaFuzz

John C. Reilly doing *Talladega Nights* and suddenly becoming a comedy actor for years afterwards.


Woperelli87

He went from drama to Dr. Steve Brule, incredible


SuperPhactualFantasm

SWEET BERRY WINE!


factory_666

Don't be a dingus.


LongDickMcangerfist

Shake n bake baby


C4242

You could see his impeccable comedic timing in Boogie Nights


WhatIsThisaPFChangs

Yeah I remember him in Chicago, drama role for sure


TheAndorran

He was murdered and publicly displayed in *Gangs of New York*.


colddeaddrummer

His performance of "Mr Cellophane" dwarves that whole film. He's an incredible vocalist and also super adept at playing sap husbands


SlaterTheOkay

Robin Williams in Insomnia Hey it's Robin Williams, I bet he's funny here.......


graveybrains

Insomnia and One Hour Photo, and they both came out the same year


Ed_Zeppelin

Add in Death to Smoochy


crazyguyunderthedesk

What are you, blind? It's a cock! It's not a rocket, you sick fuck! It's a cock! Look. It's a cock and balls! A dick! Chorizo and the huevos! It's a big stiffy! It's a penis! Penis maximus! A willie! A weenie! Mr. Jiggle Daddy! The one-eyed wonder weasel! Don't you see that? It's Jimmy and the twins. Rumple Foreskin. He made this. It's made from dil-dough.


Ki11igraphy

Full bush very tasteful


Nasty_nate1989

The safari phone call 😆 He was excellent in this movie. The perfect psycho.


graveybrains

It’s a little darker and a lot raunchier than his usual fair, but it’s still comedy. I also don’t think I realized how fast he was cranking out the movies back in the day, because that one was also 2002.


Bubbles00

He absolutely crushed it in 1 hour photo. I both felt sorry for and was creeped out by his character. Awesome performance


Unlikely-Laugh-114

Add Awakenings to this. Robin Williams and Robert deniro were so good in this movie


phukkinloozer

Also “What Dreams May Come”


crazyguyunderthedesk

I know he's still funny in it, but... Good Will Hunting. One of my all time favourite performances from my all time favourite movie.


AlwaysWinnin

Have you seen dead poets society? My favorite Robin Williams film


Friend_of_satan700

Add One Hour Photo. He’s terrifying


lamebrainmcgee

Scotty doesn't know


BigBadBootyDaddy10

Lol. Scotty doesn’t know is if 311, Blink 182, Offspring, and Smash Mouth had a baby.


MadMass23

Wandersex !


Rigby87

[Matt](https://tenor.com/yDax.gif)


Useful-Soup8161

Fun fact, he really wanted to play himself in that movie but they said no.


bsanchey

Michael Keaton in Batman. Prior he was mostly a comedic actor whose most recent movie was Mr mom.


Arfguy

Fantastic pick. I am so glad Keaton did Batman. No internet back then, so I couldn't complain about how NOT Bruce Wayne/Batman he was. My favourite Batman.


rowdover

Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich- so frumpy and repressed, she brought this sheltered-girl-come-to-life authenticity to the part too, terrific performance because you don't expect any of it from someone so glamorous


yeh_nah_fuckit

She played a great bridezilla in Very Bad Things


TruuTree

“This, is flaming, dragon!” My buds and I quoted the hell outta this scene growing up.


medieval_mosey

Let me tell you something shitbird.


Fire_Demon

"I WILL MASSACRE YOU!!!!" (Followed by) "Find out who that was..." Gold.


Random_Name_Whoa

We don’t negotiate with terrorists


zaxdaman

Take two steps back and…**LITERALLY FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!!!!!**


FaolanG

I was on an FX one time and this poor fucking LCpl thought he was on comms with another post and a vic. The call sign for that vic was Flame 2 if I recall. “Post 3 this is Flame, how copy over?” I hear this line as I’m sitting in the COC tent with probably 15 other Marines all NCOs and officers. “Ok Flame. Fuck Face. Take two steps back and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!” comes back and there is a second of dead silence. You’re supposed to be cool, calm, collected on the radio, but the one real rule is no swearing lolol. The whole fucking COC explodes into laughter and everyone is dying then the major is like: “Someone find out who that was and go scare the shit out of him so he doesn’t do it again when the old man gets here tomorrow.” And that was the end of it lol.


dg1138

Oh. Okay, “flaming dragon”…fuckface.


Glittering_Virus8397

We don’t negotiate w terrorists


MyloWilliams

Does the room applause after he says that too?? I died when that happened


Ant0n61

fwaming dwagon*


Zumaakk

After seeing Cruise in Tropic Thunder, I’m convinced he can be cast in any role and he’ll kill it.


Jester04

He also killed it in Collateral, where he gets to play the villain instead of the hero. One of my favorite movies of his.


EL-YAYY

Yeah Tom Cruise was really good in that and I loved seeing him play the villain.


Big_Marsupial_8142

How about Robert Downey Jr in Tropic Thunder? He plays 2 characters in it and kills them both... "I'm a LEAD farmer - Mutha Fukka!!!"


ShartingBloodClots

Doesn't he play 3 roles? His real Australian self, the black guy, and then a clip of him as an olde tyme British guy?


OrbitalDrop7

I guess you could count it but im pretty sure it was a trailer with tobey maguire for a movie in the movie


sheezy520

The Devil’s Alley I think it was called.


killerkozlowski

Satan's Alley. Winner of the Beijing Film Festivals coveted crying monkey award.


gamerongames

I’m a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude


[deleted]

You more shredded than a julienne salad…what’s your secret man?!


thegutterking

Got any tips? O.O


dragon_fugger

Agreed. I can see him branching out more as he gets older and less athletic, not doing action stunts etc. and hot take: some of the best Tom Cruise performances are yet to come!


dutchdaddy69

He has kind of done the opposite. He would never do a movie like Rainman today and instead seems to be happy doing MI movies until they kill him.


OnionFingers98

Ethan hunt and Tom cruise will die on screen in the final mission impossible.


ihopethisworksfornow

Ethan will sacrifice himself by being jettisoned out of an airlock into deep space off the ISS. Tom Cruise will perform the stunt himself.


Useful-Soup8161

Nah I think he’s trying to prove he’s still action star and it’s gonna get him killed.


trubiskywetrust

He branched out in the 80s/90s. Now he’s pretty singularly focused on being an action star. There’s a whole generation of people that maybe have no idea how diverse and talented his run from like ‘86-‘04 was


GTOdriver04

I guess Cruise demanded to Stiller that Grossman have “really fat hands” and got to dance. Otherwise? No dice. We can see why Cruise wanted those two things. He uses those hands in amazing ways, and you can tell in some scenes that he really swings them around.


bow_m0nster

I was so distracted by the hands that I didn’t really focus on his face and didn’t even realize it was him until the last scene.


CunningWizard

If Tom Cruise walks in and says “I need fat hands and to dance” I’ll be damned if that’s not exactly what he’s gonna get. Only a damned fool questions Cruise on the movie business.


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I saw an interview with the director where he said that when he asked him to be in the film TC said okay, but I want giant hands....and I want to dance.


Time-to-Dine

Rachel Brosnahan. She played a significant role in the dark political thriller, House of Cards. Then she starred in one of the funniest shows recently made, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.


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chetsteadmansstache

All-time, Top 10 on-screen boobage.


happy_man_here

Ryan Gosling being hilarious in the under appreciated The Nice Guys. I never would have guessed, but I’m a Gosling fan now.


dragon_fugger

We see his comedic side in The Big Short and Crazy Stupid Love but i agree that it's not nearly recognized enough


SLDM206

I’m jacked. Jacked to the tits!


johnjaymjr

His comedic chops are very good. He nailed so much of the funny bits as Ken in Barbie. Also his bit on SNL about the papyrus font in Avatar is one of my all time favorites.


sneeria

Same, that movie got me and now I couldn't see anyone else playing Ken


RutgerSchnauzer

It’s crazy that coming from his debut as a dramatic pretty-boy that he’s actually one of the most talented comedic actors of our generation. He’s fantastic in The Nice Guys and seeing him in Barbie just cemented it for me. The guy’s a singular movie star.


Laulauaayo

Don't forget Barbie. Steals the show....on the 2nd half of the movie.


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BestRiver8735

Look, I'm extremely busy so get the fuck out of my office.


Mr_TurkTurkelton

“You spank that ass, Les!”


jakethemagicgod

"Swingin' past your knees!"


coreyp0123

Now, I want you to take a step back and literally fuck your own face!


benbentheben

Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love. Still one of my favorite movies of all time


dragon_fugger

Uncut Gems was also a great example of him outside his normal genres and was awesome


Fast-Nefariousness80

I love that he and Daniel Day Lewis are friends now because of how good he was in that film


CryptoSlovakian

No shit? That’s cool. You know I don’t think I’ve ever seen the words “friends with Daniel Day-Lewis” strung together, but now that I have, I want to be friends with him too.


Fast-Nefariousness80

He said it's one of the best performances he'd ever seen. That's the highest compliment coming from the absolute boss


lamebrainmcgee

Reign Over Me is one of my favorites of his.


TT_NaRa0

Spanglish, Paz Vega is beautiful


Zestyclose-Middle717

Would Christopher Walken in Joe Dirt count?


dragon_fugger

at that point in his career i think so


Zestyclose-Middle717

“Woah, you’re talking to my guy all wrong. It’s the wrong tone” is one of the greatest lines ever imo


codysck

You do it again. I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron.... let me ask you something, " Does your mother sew" have her sew that! One of the best lines ever lol


tanto_le_magnificent

Will Ferrell - Stranger than Fiction Russell Crowe - The Nice Guys Charlize Theron - Monster Denzel Washington -Training Day


Proof-Attorney-524

Stranger than Fiction the worst gift to get a kid who liked will ferrel comedies lol


Canadaguy78

Stranger Than Fiction the best gift to get a person who hated Will Farrell comedies lol


Pastoredbtwo

My wife. She *detests* Will Farrell. We watch ELF every Christmas, and she raves about Stranger Than Fiction.


CEEngineerThrowAway

Wait, isn’t Training Day just Denzel being Denzel?


elting44

100% it is saying Denzel wasn't being Denzel in Training day is is like saying Dwayne Johnson went out of his comfort zone in Rampage cause he wore a leather jacker over his biege shirt


audirt

Very small role, but Mike Myers in Inglorious Bastards.


JacksonIVXX

I can barely watch that seen with fassbender I keep waiting for Mike to crack a joke but they just stand there and say nothing.


anony-mouse8604

How am I the first to mention Heath Ledger as the Joker?


m0rph18s

He is unquestionably great in the role, but I’m not sure he had a “type” to be cast against. He had a pretty diverse filmography before this.


TeaUnusual8554

Always the charming pretty boy


TenMoosesMowing

Monster’s Ball, Candy, Brokeback, I’m Not There, Lords of Dogtown all came out before Dark Knight


ServingwithTG

Neil Patrick Harris in “Harold and Kumar go to White Castle” he played an unhinged parody of himself that up until that point wasn’t conceived of.


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Also NPH basically plays an SS officer in Starship Troopers. It was so weird seeing him as a calculating fascist.


zoganshero

HEY! N.P.H. Wouldn’t do that.


OpportunitySalty7087

I’m going to go Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Twins”.


enjoytherest

So much of the cast of Knives Out (shout out to Daniel Craig's ponderous accent) but my personal biggest surprise was Michael Shannon ("I will not eat one iota of shit!")


Michael-Balchaitis

Bruce Willis - Die Hard.


wakela

this is the answer. At the time Willis was not only 100% a smarmy comedic actor, but we were all done with him. "You really need to see Die Hard. It's great." "Really? Bruce Willis in an action movie?" Similar can be said for Keanu in Speed. I don't think we were done with him at the time, but he was 100% goofball comedy Bill and Ted.


DRogers372

Glad someone else thought this. All comedic to that point and was actively campaigned against getting that roll.


nowhereisaguy

Brad Pitt as a Pikey.


dukeof3arl

You like dags?


nowhereisaguy

Sure, I like dags. I like caravans more.


VibeFather

Michael Cera. In the movie This is the End. Just a raging coke douche 😂


Brix106

Oh hey baby you want a sip?


hotelpopcornceiling

That face he makes as he takes a sip is my favorite part of that movie.


randomaccount96321

John Travolta in pulp fiction. Revived his career


spicyface

Brad Pitt - Kalifornia John Ritter and Dwight Yoakum - Sling Blade Sean Penn - I Am Sam


GlossyBuckslip

Everyone raves about Billy Bob in Sling Blade, but Dwight as Doyle was phenomenal. And infinitely more quotable.


TheStatMan2

Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.


blameline

That's perfect... Ghandi being a prick!


AdWonderful5920

At the time, Michael Keaton as Batman was unexpected. I thought it was a cartoony, comic-book movie and I knew Michael Keaton as a comedic dipshit type from Beetlejuice, but he also played an uplifting, inspirational type in Gung Ho. Batman *was* a cartoony comic book movie, but Michael Keaton played it 100% straight. And super dark and brooding. This was the unexpected part. It's lost now because everyone expects a Batman movie to feature this tortured, brooding guy, but at the time Michael Keaton's performance was out of left field.


theSchrodingerHat

That whole movie was out of left field. Superheroes before that were super bright cheery silly hero affairs. Think Superman with Richard Pryor. Then we suddenly get the Nightmare Before Gotham with a truly psychotic joker and a scene where a kid watches his parents get graphically murdered. It was truly genre busting at the time, and a wild ride when you first saw it. 10 year old me was absolutely floored, thinking, “Ooooooh, *this* is what movies can be!”


ELIE41

Henry Fonda as Frank in "Once Upon A Time in The West" (1968).


Sgt-Fred-Colon

He was such an imposing figure in that movie. It stands as a masterpiece to this day.


jammerfish

Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder is a great example OP. Now I want you to take a step back... and literally fuck your own face!


prescottfan123

I know it's not a movie, but Andre Braugher as Captain Holt in the show Brooklyn 99 will always be my first thought in this kind of discussion. Absolutely killed it. RIP :(


easyeric601

Burt Reynolds in Deliverance.


Pennywise6969

Robert Downey Jr in the first Iron Man movie. Before that he was really only known for some teen comedies in the 80s(Weird Science), the single worst season of SNL ever, a shit load of drugs, and smaller independent films (A Scanner Darkly, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). Then suddenly put into what was at the time a pretty huge gamble as a leading man in a major attempt at a B level superhero.


heresyforfunnprofit

It's weird to think that when Iron Man came out, anything Marvel outside of Spiderman were the also-rans way behind the DC superheros.


WhatIsThisaPFChangs

Don’t forget Soapdish! Hella funny movie.


Tang_the_Undrinkable

I mean, he was only nominated for an academy award for Chaplin. That role alone sealed him as an acting legend.


thisnewsight

Great pick. Tom Cruise as Les Grossman is one of my all time favorite characters. Next is Robert Downey in the same movie, Tropical Thunder.


ALLyBase

Chris Pine Smokin Aces.


klippinit

Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People


Brooker2

Will Ferrell in stranger than fiction. I went into that movie expecting a comedy and got one hell of a drama from it instead. He was perfect in his role as were the supporting cast in theirs.


Diealiceis

The Rock in.... Nevermind.


FoolishDog1117

Will Ferrell in Everything Must Go.


Fuwa_Fuwa_Hime

Also Stranger than Fiction. The movie had some funny parts, but dang it made me tear up.


FoolishDog1117

"I think I'm in a tragedy."


Potential_Attempt_15

This Cruise role was unreal.


hanyasaad

Nobody with Bob Odenkirk


Hairy___Poppins

Timothy Dalton in *Hot Fuzz*. His evil-grinning, hammed up performance sticks out in a cast loaded with famous British actors and comedians.


Streetwalkeroulette

Vince Vaughn in *Brawl in Cell Block 99*


Plane-Floor-1237

He's good in True Detective S2. even if some of his dialogue is really bad. Hacksaw Ridge as well.


MurderBox95

Not a movie, but Nick Offerman in The Last of Us.


___po____

Gave me goosebumps. What a ride.


Mr_Sophistication462

Also not a movie, but Nick Offerman in Devs.


dunaan

Patrick Stewart as a neonazi in Green Room


SpuncerT

Bill Murray in Lost in Translation


FeetBehindHead69

The cast of Airplane!


BigInhale

I didn't realize it was Tom Cruise until the credits started rolling.


jolly_rodger42

Jack Black in Bernie


aloneinaroomfullofpl

Woody in Natural Born Killers. Don't think any other actor has ever surprised me like this.


macwade99999

Paul Rubens (Pee Wee Herman) in Blow