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Who's the best kept secret in film today? Someone who should be widely loved (but isn't)?
Posted by lisbon on 14 September 2009 - 4:20pm.
For me, Sam Rockwell, if only for 'Lawn Dogs' and 'Confessions of A Dangerous Mind' (both fantastic, unusual, rich films which everyone should've seen (but didn't.)
He was good in 'Moon', too, (even if the film around him was slightly muddily-muddley-told), even holds his own in the first Charlie's Angels film. Anyway, not going to list everything he's been in; anyone else like him, or do have your own 'best kept secret in film today'?
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Sam Rockwell
all true, though his Zaphod Beeblebrox in the HHGTTG movie did strain things a touch for me.
Not so much a best kept secret
but I always thought Griffin Dunne deserved better roles. 'After Hours' might look a little dated now but he's brilliant in it. Also agree about Sam Rockwell and nice to hear he's a "good guy".
Yes, he was great in After Hours
and American Werewolf in London but I can't remember seeing him in much else, if anything! Real shame as I thought he was a really good actor - always reminded me of Stan Ridgway from Wall Of Voodoo too.
Another not so well-kept secret
But anything with Jeff Bridges is a cut above the average
sam rockwell agreed
also
mark ruffalo
michael fassbender
abbie cornish
viola davis
the mighty stephen graham
Some gems
Andrew Garfield
Paddy Considine
Peter Mullan
Kristen Scott Thomas
Peter Dinklage
His lack of stature somehow concentrates his essence of humanity. He is magnetic on screen.
I also have rather a soft spot for Mark Williams.
Seconded Comrade..
Peter Dinklage can ABSOLUTELY do no wrong in my household. "The Station Agent" and "Penelope" are great little films. His cameo in the 3rd series of "30 Rock" shows that he's a damn funny comic actor too.
I'm also a big fan of "Beat" Takeshi Kitano.
Catherine Keener
She's the business isn't she? Although I couldn't claim that she's really obscure, I do think she's undervalued, as is Samantha Morton, who in my eyes can do no wrong. Her performance in Under The Skin is seared into my heart.
How about Benedict Wong? I think he'd hardly acted before Dirty Pretty Things, yet he still managed to steal scenes from the wonderful Chiwetel Ejiofor.