Actors who should be major stars who aren't

[ilovemovies]

I hope this is the right forum. I figure because this is a list it was appropriate here than the celebrity chat forum but if it isn't then if a moderator could just move it then that would be great :)

What are actors who you love that SHOULD be major stars but aren't?

I just finished watching season 2 of Dawson's Creek the other day and I have to ask: Why the hell isn't Meredith Monroe, who was SO heartbreakingly good (both her and Joshua Jackson deserved emmy nominations for their work during this season) as Andie McPhee, a major star?????

Others:

Neal McDonough (though he does have a role in the upcoming movie Walking Tall with The Rock which could do him well)

Bruce Greenwood (has done lots of movies and doesn't seem to have trouble getting work, thankfully, but he deserves meatier roles than the ones he is wasted in movies like The Core and Hollywood Homicide)

There are others I will list later but that is it for now. What are your picks?

[FeverDog420]

I always wonder why Ileana Douglas isn't totally famous. She's a very talented actress, with a face and body even I can appreciate. Gotta love her wide, almond-shaped eyes, and she's got a delightfully wicked sense of humor (anyone else remember her guest appearance in Six Feet Under?). I'd rather watch her than Julia Roberts any time.

[Michael Corleone]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Bruce Greenwood (has done lots of movies and doesn't seem to have trouble getting work, thankfully, but he deserves meatier roles than the ones he is wasted in movies like The Core and Hollywood Homicide)

Good choice. He gives one of the most underrated performances of the decade in Thirteen Days. Same must also be said about his co-star, Steven Culp.

[Rothstein]

Philip Seymour Hoffman!

[syxxpac]

Michael Biehn
Elias Koteas
Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi
Joe Morton
Guy Pearce
Barry Pepper

[Andrew Tom]

Brad Dourif. He's always excellent in his roles, even if the movie isn't all that jazz. This guy should be huge by now.

[The 8 Ball]

Maggie Cheung

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Gong Li

Barry Pepper

Brian Cox

Danny Aiello

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

John C. Reily

Vincent Cassel

[docholiday_13]

Ray Liotta!

[robk]

Irene Bedard
Morris Chestnut
Bridget Fonda
Gary Farmer

[Psyco Chick18]

Ellen Greene. She's played in a handful of movies and is a broadway actress, but she's not as famous as she should be. The woman is not only talented, but she's stunningly beautiful. It just makes me mad when you see some of these people who cannot act, and they are in TONS of movies, but you see these rear jewls who can act, but the don't get the stardom they deserve. Well, Ellen is definitly one of those people who should be a major star.

[Raoul Duke]

Ray Liotta
Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi
Bruce Campbell
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
John C. Reilly

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James Franco.

Plain. Simple.

[Buck Turgidson]

Bruce Greenwood (first name that came to my mind)
Sarah Polley
Dominique Swain
Campbell Scott
Parker Posey (that's just for flowrchild)
Billy Crudup
Rose McGowan
Alyssa Milano
Chris Meloni
Vincent D'Onofrio
Eamonn Walker
Harold Perrineau
Dominic West
Andre Braugher

[MickeyKnox]

Originally posted by syxxpac

Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi

Damn right these two should be major major stars! Buscemi has the major potential to be a big star actor and Madsen has the cool suave feel to make it to the bigger leagues!

[bowieee]

Originally posted by Andrew Tom
Brad Dourif. He's always excellent in his roles, even if the movie isn't all that jazz. This guy should be huge by now.

I second this.

[vtadave]

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson

Alyssa Milano


What the fuck?

[AceD]

Barry freaking Pepper. The guy is great and has star power.

Now I love Steve Buscemi, but I'm not sure if I want him to be a "major" star, a la Matt Damon or Tom Cruise. I think his strength and appeal lies in being the everyman, reminding us of our own crazy uncle or something. Roger Ebert once had a great quote about Christopher Walken, saying that CW is "one of the few actors in movie history who always draws a quiet rustle of pleasure from the audience the first time he appears on the screen." That's Steve Buscemi, too. Sometimes I wish that I didn't know he was in a movie the first time I see it (The Big Lebowski, Fargo), so that I could be pleasantly surprised. I don't know if I would want him to be featured on a lot of movie posters.

[Damned Martian]

Jaime Pressly
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Phillip Symour Hoffman
Sam Rockwell
Tom Sizemore
Billy Bob Thornton
Steve Buscemi
JULIANNE MOORE
Paul Giamatti
Elias Koteas
Vincent D'Onofrio
Loren Dean
John C Reilly
Jean Reno
Vincent Cassell
Monica Bellucci
Naomi Watts
Laura Elena Harring
Barry Pepper
Brian Cox
Jude Law
Brendan Gleeson
Christopher Eccleston
Guy Pearce
Bruce Greenwood
Robert Carlyle
Kathy Bates
Hope Davis
Dermot Mulroney
Sarah Polley
Timothy Olyphant

and lots more

[docholiday_13]

Originally posted by Damned Martian
Jaime Pressly
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Phillip Symour Hoffman
Sam Rockwell
Tom Sizemore
Billy Bob Thornton
Steve Buscemi
JULIANNE MOORE
Paul Giamatti
Elias Koteas
Vincent D'Onofrio
Loren Dean
John C Reilly
Jean Reno
Vincent Cassell
Monica Bellucci
Naomi Watts
Laura Elena Harring
Barry Pepper
Brian Cox
Jude Law
Brendan Gleeson
Christopher Eccleston
Guy Pearce
Bruce Greenwood
Robert Carlyle
Kathy Bates
Hope Davis
Dermot Mulroney
Sarah Polley
Timothy Olyphant

and lots more



Great list! Timothy Olyphant owns.

[Guy Strong]

Originally posted by Damned Martian
Jaime Pressly
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Phillip Symour Hoffman
Sam Rockwell
Tom Sizemore
Billy Bob Thornton
Steve Buscemi
JULIANNE MOORE
Paul Giamatti
Elias Koteas
Vincent D'Onofrio
Loren Dean
John C Reilly
Jean Reno
Vincent Cassell
Monica Bellucci
Naomi Watts
Laura Elena Harring
Barry Pepper
Brian Cox
Jude Law
Brendan Gleeson
Christopher Eccleston
Guy Pearce
Bruce Greenwood
Robert Carlyle
Kathy Bates
Hope Davis
Dermot Mulroney
Sarah Polley
Timothy Olyphant

and lots more

Ditto.

[SenorSpielbergo]

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[MickeyKnox]

I'd also like to add:
Michael Chicklis
Ray Liotta
Tom Sizemore
Jason Lee-(if he picked better roles like his supporting role in Vanilla Sky is a perfect example of his acting chops)
Orlando Bloom-(already is becoming one but a big time star has potential and is a better actor then the other young actors out there)

[T-MACK]

Ray Liotta
Michael Madsen and the rest of the dogs!
John Cusack
Sarah Silverman
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Bruce Greenwood
Albert Brooks
Jean Reno
Jonathan Pryce
Paul Bettany
Justin Guarini

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Originally posted by SenorSpielbergo
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Wurd.

[Dr Martin Luther Loomis]

John Turturro & Malcom McDowell

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by vtadave
What the fuck?

Whatever...

[Indiana Sev]

Originally posted by Damned Martian

Sam Rockwell

Ditto. He always manages to entertain me, he's supercool and he's got the acting chops too.

[Cole666]

No love for John Turturro?

[Hannibal21]

Viggo Mortensen
Scarlett Johanssen
Thora Birch
Steve Buscemi
Famke Janssen
Amanda Peet
John Cusack
Joan Cusack
Kevin Kline
Don Cheadle
Ray Liotta
Kathy Bates
John Turturro
Michael Madsen
Donald Sutherland
Nick Stahl
Miranda Richardson

[jolanar]

So many good people on those lists I don't think I have anyone to add besides Damien Lewis.

[jolanar]

Also Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes(sp?)

[Frank the Tank]

Billy Zane
Bill Paxson
Viggo Mortenson
Steve Buscemi
Billy Bob Thorton
Vince Vaughn

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank
Viggo Mortenson

With the LOTR trilogy complete, I think we can safely say he's now in the big time.

[Sublime]

Vince Vaughn

Really underrated actor.