Underrated actors and actresses

Best known in:

Psycho as Norman Bates
The Trial as Josef K.
Black Hole as Dr. Alex Durant
Friendly Persuasion as Josh Birdwell

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Moon as Sam Bell
Iron Man 2 as Justin Hammer
The Green Mile as William "Wild Bill" Wharton
Frost/Nixon as James Reston, Jr.

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Harry Potter series as Severus Snape
Die Hard as Hans Gruber
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street as Judge Turpin
Galaxy Quest as Alexander Dane

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127 Hours as Aron Ralston
Spider-Man trilogy as Harry Osborn
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes as Will Rodman
Pineapple Express as Saul Silver

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A Clockwork Orange as Alexander DeLarge
Halloween as Dr. Samuel Loomis
If.... as Mick: Crusaders
Easy A as Principal Gibbons

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Batman series as Lieutenant/Commissioner James Gordon
Léon: The Professional as Stansfield
Harry Potter series as Sirius Black
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley

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Fatal Attraction as Alex Forrest
Dangerous Liaisons as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
101 Dalmatians as Cruella DeVil
The Big Chill as Sarah Cooper

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Amelie as Amélie Poulain
The Da Vinci Code as Sophie Neveu
A Very Long Engagement as Mathilde
Dirty Pretty Things as Senay Gelik

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Drive as Driver
The Notebook as Noah
Blue Valentine as Dean
Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer

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Requiem For A Dream as Sara Goldfarb
The Exorcist as Chris MacNeil
The Fountain as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
The Wicker Man as Sister Summerslsle

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The Lord Of The Rings trilogy as Aragorn
The Road as Man
A History Of Violence as Tom Stall
Eastern Promises as Nikolai

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True Romance as Clarence Worley
Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles as Daniel Malloy
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves as Will Scarlett
The Name Of The Rose as Adso of Melk

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Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield
Star Wars prequel trilogy as Mace Windu
Jackie Brown as Ordell Robbie
Die Hard with a Vengeance as Zeus Carver

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The Shawshank Redemption as Andy Dufresne
Mystic River as Dave Boyle
The Hudsucker Proxy as Norville Barnes
War Of The Worlds as Harlan Ogilvy

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Drag Me To Hell as Christine Brown
Big Fish as Sandra Bloom - Young
Matchstick Men as Angela
Gamer as Trace

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Sin City as Dwight
Children Of Men as Theo Faron
Closer as Larry
The Inside Man as Dalton Russell

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A Simple Plan as Jacob
Sling Blade as Karl Childers
Bad Santa as Willie
Armageddon as Dan Truman

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Blade Runner as Roy Batty
The Hitcher as John Ryder
Sin City as Cardinal Roark
Batman Begins as Earle

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as Barbara Maitland
Thelma & Louise as Thelma
The Fly as Veronica Quaife
The Long Kiss Goodnight as Samantha Caine / Charly Baltimore

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Pulp Fiction as Pumpkin / Ringo
Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Orange - Freddy Newandyke
Planet Of The Apes as Thade
The Incredible Hulk as Emil Blonsky

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Millennium trilogy as Lisbeth Salander
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows as Madam Simza Heron
Prometheus as Elizabeth Shaw
Babycall as Anna

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Memento as Leonard Shelby
L.A. Confidential as Edmund J. Exley
The Hurt Locker as Staff Sergeant Matt Thompson
The King's Speech as King Edward VIII

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Full Metal Jacket as Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence
Ed Wood as Orson Welles
JFK as Bill Newman
Men In Black as Edgar

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A Fish Called Wanda as Otto
Fierce Creatures as Vince McCain / Rod McCain
Sophie's Choice as Nathan
The Ice Storm as Ben Hood

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Happy-Go-Lucky as Poppy
Layer Cake as Slasher
Submarine as Jill Tate
Vera Drake as Susan