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A very talented and versatile actor. Anyone agree?

posted 2 years ago by SilenceByWolf (1868)
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Despite all his roles, I will always imagine him as Schillinger from "Oz".

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[–] DoctorThirteen (10503) 2 years ago

He's excellent (I always think of him as Dr Skoda from L&O).

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

It's funny because so many cast from "Oz" who played prisoners ended up on L&O.

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[–] DoctorThirteen (10503) 2 years ago

I never really watched Oz, but I think Meloni was in it, wasn't he?

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

Lol yep. He played Keller. The,
cunning, sadistic, sociopathic bisexual.

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[–] DoctorThirteen (10503) 2 years ago

Nice! 😂

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

Yep. An absolute contrast to his character on SVU.

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[–] mirelurk (884) 2 years ago

Not quite my tempo

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[–] immattj (4042) 2 years ago

Yes, I agree.
He is what made Whiplash work.

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

Or Jonah Jameson from Spiderman.

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[–] immattj (4042) 2 years ago

I don't think I've seen him in anything that I didn't appreciate his acting. I may have thought that some of the movies were kind of blah, but I always like the job he did with his part.

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

I just found out he plays the yellow M&M on those commercials! 🤣

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[–] DoctorThirteen (10503) 2 years ago

😂 Awesome!

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[–] immattj (4042) 2 years ago

I like the insurance commercials that he is in. The only ones I like better are those Progressive commercials.

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[–] Naptown317Native (524) 2 years ago

I think he's more talented than Tom Hanks.

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[–] Bill7102 (219) 2 years ago

Excellent as Cave Johnson in Portal 2

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[–] Towelie_Towel (1720) 2 years ago

Totally forgettable in Being the Ricardos, but just because he's famous now still cruised to an Oscar nomination.

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[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) a year ago

Bump

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 8 months ago

He was literally brilliant in Counterpart, where 1 reviewer wrote that he should be nominated for TWO Emmy Awards for the 2 palpably different twin characters he played. That, my friends, is acting: when someone like J.K. or Eddie Marsan can convincingly slip from 1 character to another.

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