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Actors who are the epitome of 'supporting actor' and nothing more

posted 6 months ago by Ticketsplease (4024)
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I'll start.

Michael Rooker.

You might need to search his name to see what he looks like, but you will recognize him. You will however not recall him ever being a leading man.

He does a great job as a supporting actor, but to my knowledge, has not been a lead actor in a big studio movie (he has perhaps for low budget movies.)

[–] AndyKing1967 (34116) 6 months ago

Karl Malden.

[–] Ticketsplease (4024) 6 months ago

Please only reference contemporary actors.

[–] AndyKing1967 (34116) 6 months ago

To be fair, your OP didn’t state this.

[–] StoneKeeper (21505) 6 months ago

Yeah man… please!! 🙄

[–] StoneKeeper (21505) 6 months ago

John Leguizamo

Steve Buscemi

Giovanni Ribisi

[–] Ticketsplease (4024) 6 months ago

I can't argue with those.

John Leguizamo would like the attention of a lead actor, therefore he keeps making political comments about representation.

[–] MaximRecoil (4088) 6 months ago

They are known as "character actors" and there are tons of them; far more of them than leading actors. "The Roberts" (Culp and Vaughan) were prominent examples in their day. Between the two of them they had over 400 acting role credits.