Favorite Character actors. Whether you know their names or not.

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I love character actors. They are so much more interesting to watch than leads.

but there are so many good ones. ;-)

Steve Buscemi and William H. Macy were character actors and still are great but they have become more mainstream now.

Two of the better character performances in TV history, Frank Costanza and Arthur Spooner.

He reminded me of my Dad.

I think he's dead now, but he was the prison warden in "Cool Hand Luke", the payroll carrier in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and about a zillion more movies. He was also on Gunsmoke alot. RIP Strother....YOU ROCKED!

The warden from "Shawshank Redemption" is always good in every movie I've seen him in.

which also has another great character actor -- Warren Oates

Forgot that one. My brother worships at the alter of Sam Peckinpah so I don't have an excuse.

No contest! :D

Man, i like that guy.
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Beulah Bondi.

I love Buscemi too.

He's great.

and Gary Oldman.

into a decent character actor (please don't flame me) lately. On the order of Brando--a movie star who could pretty much do it all. It's a shame he has to carry that 21 Jump Street cross with him the rest of his career.

I have enjoyed his character portrayals on television and in the movies for over 4 decades, now.

He must be an intensely private man. I can find little in biographical information on him.

My favorite character actor....

He was great in "What ever happened to Baby Jane".

James Gregory, Morgan Woodward, William Frawley, Henry Silva, Anthony Zerbe, Margaret Hamilton, John Rhys-Davies, Brian Blessed, Hattie McDaniel, Michael Lonsdale, William Schallert, John Fiedler, Michael Dunn, Don Knotts, Agnes Moorehead, James Coburn, Teri Garr, William Windom, Jeroen Krabbe, Irene Ryan, Nedra Volz, Ray Walston, Mako, Kurtwood Smith, Leo McKern, David Warner, Geoffrey Holder, Sheldon Leonard, Paul Lynde, Harry Morgan, Ronny Cox, Edward Fox, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Yaphet Kotto, Saul Rubinek, Alan Rickman , Walter Matthau, Ned Beatty, Alec Guiness, Richard Mulligan , Edie McClurg, Christopher Lloyd, Anne Haney, Clive Swift, William Daniels, Dana Elcar, James Earl Jones, Brock Peters, Gary Oldman, Edward Platt, Roscoe Lee Brown, Nancy Kulp (originally 'Culp' but changed because Robert Culp was big at the time!)

I've seen many roles they've played. Highly talented people.

I also watch too much television. :-)

Awesome site, THANKS!

He hasn't been in anything lately, I don't think. A pity.

Margaret Dumont, and many more...but especially my long-time, all-time favorite, Charles Lane:



He's been in so many movies and shows for so many decades - and looked pretty old already in most of them - that I'm happy to report he is still alive.

a bit role in F-Troop. What a great voice.

And then saw him in old movies. He is very funny in a number of Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musicals.

I didn't realise he had such an extensive CV-I just saw him be Weyoun then Brunt on DS9 then found out he played the alien who wanted a Kira love slave in the hollodeck and now he's got a recurring role on Enterprise-I finally saw him in normal person drag on CSI!

My favorite was role was the "World's Greatest Liar" in a Twilight Zone episode.

What a character

It seems like he's in every other movie and he's always great.