30. Robert DeNiro as
"Johnny Boy" in Mean Streets
DeNiro played a punk better than any of his mafia roles
(aside from The Godfather Part 2). Of course, he was much younger then.
29. Paul Dano as
"Eli Sunday" in There Will Be
Blood
For someone who barely spoke a word and had a little bit of
a "Punch Him the Face Factor" going on in Little Miss Sunshine, he turned in a fantastic performance as the
evil preacher here.
28. Robin Williams as
"Sean Maguire" in Good Will
Hunting
For a film that's aged pretty poorly, Robin Williams'
performance is the only thing keeping it relevant, well, that and the funny
chowder accents.
27. Tommy Lee Jones
as "Deputy Garrard" in The
Fugitive
This is an example of a great movie that wouldn't be good at
all without his performance. After all,
who hasn't cornered someone over a huge dam and when they declared their
innocence you've stared them right in the face and said, "I don't
care!"
26. Pat Morita as
"Mr. Miyagi" in The Karate Kid
It's too bad the series never reached a point where LaRusso
turned evil and had to square off against Miyagi who proceeded to whoop his ass
and give a round of high fives to the Cobra Kai.
25. Lee J. Cobb as
"Juror #3" in 12 Angry Men
If you ever want to see my view of today's Republican, watch
his performance in this film.
24. William H. Macy
as "Jerry Lundergaard" in Fargo
Here's my third nomination for the Supporting Actor Hall of
Fame (in fact, I'll stop this Hall of Fame game now and just make a list at the
end of this list). Macy can play many
roles, but playing a weasel always seems to suit him best.
23. Burgess Meredith
as "Mickey" in Rocky
Whenever I picture a boxing trainer, I will always picture
Burgess Meredith. That's how iconic his
role in the Rocky films was.
22. Robert Downey Jr.
as "Kirk Lazarus" in Tropic
Thunder
When I was a kid, I saw an episode of Gimme a Break in which Joey Lawrence painted himself black at some
kind of talent show to try to fit in and the response on the show was as if
he'd killed the Ronald Reagan (not funny in front of Nel). Years later, in a much different context, the
idea of a white person making their skin black to play a character is
hysterical. You gotta love father
time. Hmm, time is a dad and nature is a
mother (cue sparkling sounds).
21. Ian McKellan as
"Gandolf" in The Lord of The
Rings
He deserves a high ranking simply for "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Without Gandolf, we'd all be living under the
harsh conditions of that evil eye right now.
20. Alec Guiness as
"OB1-Kenobi" in Star Wars
If I ever wanted someone to give me an inspirational speech
as I prepare for the after-life, it's either OB1 or Gandolf.
19. Christoph Waltz
as "The Jew Hunter" in Inglorious
Basterds
Never have I been so impressed with a man's pipe (ha – ha –
ha – ha). Well, aside from the glass
ones some of my Phish-head friends may have carried in the 90s. Remember that hippie that had that glass
blown pipe shaped like a dragon? Did
everyone know someone like that?
18. Benicio Del Toro
as "Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez" in Traffic
This makes two for Del Toro and I didn't include his roll as
Freddy Four Fingers from Snatch. I was pissed when he died because he wouldn’t
be in that movie anymore. It's like, say
they killed Bill the Butcher in the opening scene of Gangs of New York and we were left with Liam Neeson the whole
time. That would suck.
17. Danny Aiello as
"Sal" in Do the Right Thing
He's incredible in the role of the pizzeria owner. It's his right to put whoever he wants on his
walls, but he learned as many have, that white people should just never ever
say the "N" word. It's really
not that hard, and would it have killed him to put Mookie Wilson on the wall?
16. Gary
I don't like Gary Sinise because he's really not that good
of an actor but was fortunate enough to get this role, and nail it. I do love Lt. Dan … but you ain't go no legs Lt. Dan!
15. Christopher
Walken as "Nick" in The Deer
Hunter
He may have turned into a comedian in his later years, but
in the late 70s, he was one hell of an actor.
Two people from this film make this list which means I probably should
watch it again. I'm not even counting
Meryl Streep. In fact, there are no
women on my list which is probably either really sexist or because I'm doing a
different list for actresses in the future.
You decide.
14. Robert Duvall as
"Tom Haggen" in The Godfather
Parts 1 & 2
It's too bad he wasn't blood because he really would've made
the best Don after Vito died because it was all business with him and never
personal, but he never was a war time consigliere though, and that was my first
time ever spelling "consigliere" correctly even though Microsoft Word
is telling me otherwise. +3 for me for
using three conjunctions in one sentence whether that sentence is good or not.
13. Joe Pesci as
"Joey" in Raging Bull
A perfect recipe for a movie is Scorsese directing a buddy
picture with Pesci and DeNiro. I can't
believe one hasn't been made since 1995 with the way movies are today (wow,
what a grumpy old man moment that was).
How about a new movie with this combination and make a rival villain
Daniel Day-Lewis? It'd probably suck
somehow but would be loads of fun.
12. John Goodman as
"Walter Sobchak" in The Big
Lebowski
Granted everyone in this movie is a character of some sorts,
but it's Walter that keeps this story rolling along, or however you’d deem the
pace of this movie going forward.
11. Al Pacino as
"Michael Corleone" in The
Godfather
Pacino is fantastic in this one, especially when he's still
innocent and peaks when he gives his "I'll kill'em both" speech. He may be lead here though, and someone may
not like that.
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