Actors Trade marks

-Bizarrely unique voice with an extreme nasal tonality spoken in mumbles

-Frequently played young, somewhat misunderstood rebels in his youth (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Wild One, On the Waterfront) and later powerful criminals (The Godfather, The Formula, The Freshman, The Score).

-The pioneering use of Method Acting

-Often improvised his own dialogue

-Was known for being very difficult to work with

-Known for being a perfectionist when preparing for roles

-Known for her ability to master almost any accent

-She frequently plays real-life characters: Julia Child, Ethel Rosenberg, Karen Silkwood, Karen Blixen, Roberta Guasppari, Lindy Chamberlain, Susan Orlean and Margaret Thatcher.

-Often played characters that were prone to brutal violence and/or characters who were borderline psychotics.

-Known for method acting techniques with his characters by heavily studying their backgrounds.

-Mole on his right cheek

-Often plays violently angry and yet extensively depressed men

-Frequently works with Martin Scorsese.

-Intense physical and mental preparation for roles

-New York accent

-Often acts and directs stories involving an individual who is persecuted, and fights for justice

-Has often portrayed a widower, in films such as Mad Max (the sequels), Lethal Weapon film series, Braveheart, The Patriot, Signs, and Edge of Darkness.

-Often portrays men who seek revenge for the murder of family or friends

-Rugged, chiseled features

-Rich, gravelly voice

-Piercing blue eyes

-Often plays angry or deranged characters

-Intense Acting style

-Characters are usually borderline psychotics. Also known for playing a wide variety of roles that often requires a variety of different accents.

-His ability to change his appearance and voice to make every character unique

-Often plays reluctant Heroes who assist the main character

-Often plays real-life individuals or iconic fictional characters

-Highly defined cheek-bones

-Frequently plays freakishly eccentric outcasts whose oddities are misunderstood by society, and usually have a flamboyant appearance and mannerism.

-Frequently works with director Tim Burton

-Dark, intense eyes

-Often stars alongside Helena Bonham Carter

-Frequently plays British characters

-Known for playing many different roles with multifarious personalities, such as the young sensible English queen Elizabeth in Elizabeth (1998), the rude, hustling wife in The Shipping News (2001), and the dangerous Russian villain in Indiana Jones.

-Blonde hair and blue eyes

-Highly defined cheekbones

-Husky resonant voice

-Often portrays obsessive and detached or loner characters

-Frequently works with directors Terrence Malick and Christopher Nolan

-Often stars in period films or plays historical figures

-Chameleon-like changes of appearance for different roles

-Fluent American accent

-Intense physical and mental commitment to his roles

-Remains in character almost constantly during the filming process even going so far as to conduct interviews using whatever accent he is using for that particular film.

-Dark hair

-Light complexion

-Her love affair with beautiful jewelry

-Her multiple marriages and divorces, with only one marriage ending in widowhood.

-Violet eyes

-Fiery temper

-Gravelly, smoke-burnished voice

-Frequently plays exceptionally talented or smart individuals

-Often works with directors Ron Howard and Ridley Scott.

-Often plays characters based on real individuals

-Frequently plays fathers or family who have usually suffered a loss

-Immersive acting style

-Often portrays scheming women

-Often plays severe, career-driven women

-Frequently plays characters with calm demeanor

-[Narration] Often provides narration for his films, as either himself or the character he is playing.

-Rich, yet mellow voice

-Often plays authorative leaders that seem highly trustworthy (even when they are not)

-Tall, slim frame

-Often appears in the films of Martin Scorsese

-Plays conflicted, tortured-by-their-own-demons characters, who need to deal with their past

-Often plays hard edged anti-heroes

-Intense emotional acting style

-Often stars in period films or plays real-life individuals

-Frequently plays men who have suffered a loss or trauma

-Often plays characters who are ill-fated (e,g, Romeo and Juliet, Titanic, Quick and the Dead, The Departed, The Great Gatsby etc.)

-Her elegant beauty.

-Often cast opposite leading men who were considerably older than she was.

-Often played classy High Society women.

-Wide, brown eyes.

-Charming characters who try to wear their troubles lightly

-Delicate, thin frame

-Frequently works with Quentin Tarantino.

-Often plays charming but sinister characters

-Often plays cold, emotionally vacant characters

-Red hair and blue eyes

-In-depth and exhaustive preparations for roles

-Frequently collaborates with directors Jim Sheridan and Martin Scorsese.

-His skill with accents

-His characters are often deeply unsympathetic

-Rich dramatic voice

-Dramatic emotional performances

-Hoop earrings

-Renown for his eloquent acceptance speeches

-Playing conflicted regular guys

-Frequently plays ordinary characters in extraordinary situations

-His characters are often immensely likeable ordinary guys

-Husky voice

-Her full lips

-Brown hair, blue-green eyes and pale skin

-Beauty mark above her right eyebrow

-Curvaceous, buxom figure

-Her tattoos

-Renowned for aggressive and industrious work ethic

-His rich, haunting voice

-Tall, naturally-curvy frame

-Performances in dramas where her characters were put through harrowing emotional ringers

-Her poised, calm, cool and collected demeanor and blond hair often coiffed in a bun

-Often cast as the love interest of the leading man who is over 20 years older.

-Frequently plays a character who writes. In most of her films, she has played a journalist, a reporter, a writer or just a teenager who writes in a journal or diary.

-Dark hair and pale skin

-Large brown eyes

-Petite figure

-Demure demeanor

-Often plays very successful, wisecracking, in control business executives and political figures

-Gravelly, smoke-burnished voice

-Prominent bone structure: high defined cheekbones and a strong square jawline

-Often stars in period pieces

-Often plays flamboyant and/or eccentric characters

-Roles in action films

-Often plays eccentric wisecracking characters

-Distinctive drawling voice