After watching your terrible performance in Jurassic World, I thought "Man, what a bad actor!".
But judging by this show, you are actually not bad at all. Even great. You only had the misfortune of being given an incredibly stupid and annoying character (and a stupid script).
I've yet to explore his movies in any degree. But I have some on my Amazon watch list. In an interview, he said he always wanted the next movie character to be NOTHING like the previous one. As opposed to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro where there was a lot of continuity. I think I would enjoy sharing a beer with Vincent. He would be great to bounce things off. Or so it seems from this distance. Look at all the regulars on all the Law & Order series. After Vincent, I think Richard Belzer would be my next choice. He came out of comedy, and his character had a laser tongue. By the way, Eames always appealed to me, too. Goren would throw off something from his intelligence training, and it was so funny how Eames would look at him (Really, Bobby?) When I rewatch, those momentary expressions of hers are part of the feast.
shareLong before Criminal Intent, Vincent was already known as a very versatile character actor. I think that as the Law & Order years went by he just became more and more tired of playing the same character. Although Robert Goren was (is) without a doubt one of t.v.'s most unique characters, that uniqueness could only be sustained for so long. It was great while it lasted, but to me, D'Onofrio's boredom with the character was evident as far back as season 6. In his movies, on the other hand, his versatility as an actor is still something to be seen, regardless of how big or small each role was (is). So I recommend that you go back .... before the Criminal Intent days .... and see some of his earlier work.
sharePvt. Pyle was worth an Academy nom, BSA for FMJ.
shareThis. 100 times!
sharelmao!! its funny you say this because i havent watched jurassic world. but i saw a small scene he was in where the dinosaur got in the lab and was gonna attack him and i thought, man he looks bad in this. but i thought i just took it out of context because i saw this small scene and thats it. i am absolutely in love with d'onofrio, he's great in this, men in black, and the cell. so i knew he has to be great in everything. i guess not lmao
shareYeah, even the best actors can have their bad moments. Jack Nicholson was wooden as hell in How Do You Know, and that was sadly his last role before he retired.
The thing is though, both of those movies suck.
Go watch him on Daredevil on Netflix and you may come back to say never mind lol.
shareI encourage you to see
-- The Salton Sea
-- Full Metal Jacket
-- Mystic Pizza
among others. He is an *incredible* actor -- an actor's actor.
"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."
One of the best episodes of Homicide: Life On The Street is an episode where D'Onofrio plays a guy who is trapped under a subway car. Most of the episode is just D'Onofrio and Braugher. I have not seen the episode in decades but flawless performances from both.
shareThat was the 1st time I ever saw Vincent perform even though he did movies under an extended name I can't remember!
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OMG ! I didn't realize it was VD in this. What an amazing episode.
shareI've always liked Vincent, and really like him in this L&O series. He has a lot of insight into situations and perps, and is very subtle in his excellent analysis of crimes.
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