Typecast Actors/Actresses

[Spartan Bannana]

I have a feeling Zachary Quinto(Sylar on Heroes) will be typecast as an unfeeling person in all other things he does in his career, first Sylar, now Spock, what's next? The titular character in the Keanu Reeves autobiography movie?

 

[TerribleTerryTate]

Gentlemen, I bring to the table....ADAM SANDLER!
Yes, this man basically plays the same character in every one of his movies and most of his movies have the same basic plot points.

I see your Adam Sandler and raise you:

BEN STILLER

The worst actor ever. His characters are always the same retarded ass-hats who aren't worth knowing or watching. I feel like a rape victim after one of his movies. The only way to get rid of the stigma is to shower with Sandpaper.

Agreed.

But I raise you further: Owen Wilson. Not that I dislike the guy, but he's always the same type of character. The only film I've seen where he is slightly different: Behind Enemy Lines, and that film just plain sucked.

Infact I shall go a step further: Vince Vaughn. Don't think I need to say more.

I also have to strongly disagree with Morgan Freeman. How can his character in Seven be remotely compared to his character in Hard Rain? Or Lucky Number Slevin? He's went from being God to the President of America, to a Mob boss, to a character like Lucius Fox.

 

[DonPauliani]

Bruce Willis and every single movie he's ever done. he plays a cop or some KIND of cop. Unbreakable? security guard cop. All the Die Hards? Cop cop cop and COP. The only possible exception being the Sixth Sense when he was a psychiatrist of when he started singing...::deep hearted sigh:: But no one's perfect.

 

[ndogg34]

I see your Adam Sandler and raise you:

BEN STILLER

The worst actor ever. His characters are always the same retarded ass-hats who aren't worth knowing or watching. I feel like a rape victim after one of his movies. The only way to get rid of the stigma is to shower with Sandpaper.

I take your Ben Stiller and raise you:

WILL FERRELL

To quote 'Tropic Thunder':

Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...

For me, this applies to Adam Sandler; I hated Little Nicky, but could tolerate Chuck & Larry. For Ben Stiller, I feel the exact opposite; it's only when he goes "full retard" that I can stand him in a movie. Will Ferrell is the same character in every movie; I could only take him in 'Step Brothers', where he played 'Will Ferrell'-lite.

 

[TerribleTerryTate]

I see your Adam Sandler and raise you:

BEN STILLER

The worst actor ever. His characters are always the same retarded ass-hats who aren't worth knowing or watching. I feel like a rape victim after one of his movies. The only way to get rid of the stigma is to shower with Sandpaper.

I take your Ben Stiller and raise you:

WILL FERRELL

To quote 'Tropic Thunder':

Kirk Lazarus: Everybody knows you never go full retard.
Tugg Speedman: What do you mean?
Kirk Lazarus: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam." Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed...

For me, this applies to Adam Sandler; I hated Little Nicky, but could tolerate Chuck & Larry. For Ben Stiller, I feel the exact opposite; it's only when he goes "full retard" that I can stand him in a movie. Will Ferrell is the same character in every movie; I could only take him in 'Step Brothers', where he played 'Will Ferrell'-lite.

Ahh, you may have /thread there. Will Ferrell indeed, how could I not have seen it coming!

 

[darthsmily]

People, I would not be so quick to denounce Will Ferrel. Have any of you seen stranger than fiction?

 

[Captain Wes]

Bruce Willis and every single movie he's ever done. he plays a cop or some KIND of cop. Unbreakable? security guard cop. All the Die Hards? Cop cop cop and COP. The only possible exception being the Sixth Sense when he was a psychiatrist of when he started singing...::deep hearted sigh:: But no one's perfect.

What about in 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Armegedon, and Moonlighting

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Gentlemen, I bring to the table....ADAM SANDLER!
Yes, this man basically plays the same character in every one of his movies and most of his movies have the same basic plot points.

watch punch drunk love and reign over me and then say how he always plays the same roles. the issue is when he does deviate ppl pan the movies. both are pretty good with reign over me being simply amazing

 

[dangerousdave_42]

Gentlemen, I bring to the table....ADAM SANDLER!
Yes, this man basically plays the same character in every one of his movies and most of his movies have the same basic plot points.

watch punch drunk love and reign over me and then say how he always plays the same roles. the issue is when he does deviate ppl pan the movies. both are pretty good with reign over me being simply amazing

spanglish was barely watchable though

 

[willard3]

Bruce Willis and every single movie he's ever done. he plays a cop or some KIND of cop. Unbreakable? security guard cop. All the Die Hards? Cop cop cop and COP. The only possible exception being the Sixth Sense when he was a psychiatrist of when he started singing...::deep hearted sigh:: But no one's perfect.

What about in 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Armegedon, and Moonlighting

I was just going to say 12 Monkeys too.

And speaking of that, Brad Pitt, despite all the hate he gets, is actually a very versatile actor. Sure he plays the pretty boy rather frequently, but he got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing a mental patient in 12 Monkeys, picked up a sword in Troy, an assassin in Mr. And Mrs. Smith, that new Fincher flick Benjamin Button...the list goes on.

Robin Williams is typecast as a goofy guy pretty frequently, but he's been in a few dramatic movies...What Dreams May Come, Good Will Hunting, The Final Cut, and Insomnia come to mind. (Insomnia is great because he's the BAD GUY.)

I LOVE reverse typecasting...where a normally typecasted actor is cast in a role completely opposite from what he usually does. I remember really wanting to see Collateral because it had Jamie Foxx in a serious role...and apparently the guy originally tapped to play his role was freaking ADAM SANDLER, and he turned it down for freaking Spanglish.

 

[Unknower]

Leslie Nielsen and Charlie Sheen.

Everybody from the original 3 Star Wars films apart from Harrison Ford, who was the only person not to have his career ruined by the series and Sir Alec Guinness, who had his career before Star Wars.

I don't think SW ruined James Earl Jones' career.

 

[ellimist337]

Leslie Nielsen and Charlie Sheen.

Everybody from the original 3 Star Wars films apart from Harrison Ford, who was the only person not to have his career ruined by the series and Sir Alec Guinness, who had his career before Star Wars.

I don't think SW ruined James Earl Jones' career.

He might be different because he didn't actually appear physically in the movies, but you're right. Carrie Fisher has actually said in interviews that if she knew then what she knew now about how much she would be associated with only Star Wars (and, I think, how she looked then- she has gained some weight) that she actually wouldn't have done it.

 

[mokes310]

Jeffrey Tambor. He always plays kind of an old cowardly somewhat mean guy. I was listening to the Hellboy 2 commentary and he said that he wants to "get a gun" in a movie. I tried thinking of a character for him to play but I could't come up with anything.

I don't know about that. What about Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development? Sure, George Bluth was cowardly, but Oscar was a bit different.

I think Orlando Bloom is forever typecast as a wussy elf, or period piece actor, much like Keira Knightly.

 

[gamergal126]

Keanu Reeves: always a guy with no emotions ex. The Day the Earth Stood Still was great for him

The guy whoplays Mulderon the X-files: same reason

The guy who plays Daniel Jackson on the Stargate series: always plays an archeologist and only on the SciFi channel

 

[RebelRising]

Gentlemen, I bring to the table....ADAM SANDLER!
Yes, this man basically plays the same character in every one of his movies and most of his movies have the same basic plot points.

I see your Adam Sandler and raise you:

BEN STILLER

The worst actor ever. His characters are always the same retarded ass-hats who aren't worth knowing or watching. I feel like a rape victim after one of his movies. The only way to get rid of the stigma is to shower with Sandpaper.

Agreed.

But I raise you further: Owen Wilson. Not that I dislike the guy, but he's always the same type of character. The only film I've seen where he is slightly different: Behind Enemy Lines, and that film just plain sucked.

Infact I shall go a step further: Vince Vaughn. Don't think I need to say more.

I also have to strongly disagree with Morgan Freeman. How can his character in Seven be remotely compared to his character in Hard Rain? Or Lucky Number Slevin? He's went from being God to the President of America, to a Mob boss, to a character like Lucius Fox.

I think it's in that he's always playing some mentoring, supporting character who, at even his aggressive, is really quite passive.

 

[DrX_1030]

clint eastwood... i dont think its possible to put him in a film and not make him the most badass character in it. Even in his new movie grand torino hes to be a racist biggot, and hes just badass through and through.

 

[PirateKing]

Jeffrey Tambor. He always plays kind of an old cowardly somewhat mean guy. I was listening to the Hellboy 2 commentary and he said that he wants to "get a gun" in a movie. I tried thinking of a character for him to play but I could't come up with anything.

I don't know about that. What about Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development? Sure, George Bluth was cowardly, but Oscar was a bit different.

I think Orlando Bloom is forever typecast as a wussy elf, or period piece actor, much like Keira Knightly.

I haven't seen many episodes of Arrested Development but I really like it. He was in jail on arrested development though. He was like a crook wasn't he?
I absolutely agree with you on Keira Knightly though. She is typecast. I wouldn't call Legolas wussy but Orlando Bloom is somewhat typecast.

 

[TheSentinel]

To, me, two actors who have been type-cast in a good way are Kurt Russell and Clint Eastwood. Both play similar characters in each movie (with the only exception for Eastwood would be Bridges of Madison County.) But the thing is, both are great playing those roles.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Leslie Nielsen

ask your parents/grandparents what he was like before the naked gun/airplane stuff

Bruce Willis and every single movie he's ever done. he plays a cop or some KIND of cop. Unbreakable? security guard cop. All the Die Hards? Cop cop cop and COP. The only possible exception being the Sixth Sense when he was a psychiatrist of when he started singing...::deep hearted sigh:: But no one's perfect.

What about in 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Armegedon, and Moonlighting

I was just going to say 12 Monkeys too.

he's not type cast, he just takes roles he knows he'll be good in or can act well in. oh and i'll add Hudson Hawk to that pile of him NOT being a cop

And speaking of that, Brad Pitt, despite all the hate he gets, is actually a very versatile actor. Sure he plays the pretty boy rather frequently, but he got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing a mental patient in 12 Monkeys, picked up a sword in Troy, an assassin in Mr. And Mrs. Smith, that new Fincher flick Benjamin Button...the list goes on.

he's an amazing actor or can be, he was also a pikey in it and is rather funny

Robin Williams is typecast as a goofy guy pretty frequently, but he's been in a few dramatic movies...What Dreams May Come, Good Will Hunting, The Final Cut, and Insomnia come to mind. (Insomnia is great because he's the BAD GUY.)

also there is One Hour Photo which he plays a great roll as well and is the bad guy

I LOVE reverse typecasting...where a normally typecasted actor is cast in a role completely opposite from what he usually does. I remember really wanting to see Collateral because it had Jamie Foxx in a serious role...and apparently the guy originally tapped to play his role was freaking ADAM SANDLER, and he turned it down for freaking Spanglish.

it's not bad but not that great

 

[Unknower]

Leslie Nielsen

ask your parents/grandparents what he was like before the naked gun/airplane stuff

I asked. They don't know. Might have something to do with not being American.

But yeah, I know he had a career before Naked Gun and Airplane, but those movies pretty much typecasted him.