1.
Steve Buscemi
Maybe one of the oddest looking actors around, he played one of the bad guys in "Fargo" and one of the good guys in "The Island."
69 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
2.
Eli Wallach
49 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
3.
Timothy Olyphant
48 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
4.
Peter Lorre
48 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
5.
Harry Dean Stanton
46 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
6.
Joe Pesci
He usually plays a hot-tempered psychopath, like in "Home Alone" and "My Cousin Vinny."
30 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
7.
John Turturro
He's been in everything from "The Big Lebowski" to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" to "Margot at the Wedding." With a prolific career, he is definitely one of the best character actors out there.
12 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
8.
John Hurt
10 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
9.
Malcolm McDowell
8 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
10.
Christopher Lee
5 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
11.
Karl Malden
4 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
12.
Dan Hedaya
4 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
13.
Ted Levine
3 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
14.
Dennis Farina
With over 70 credits to his name, Dennis Farina usually plays a tough cop or a gangsters.
3 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
15.
Holland Taylor
2 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
16.
Mark Sheppard
1 point - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
17.
Zeljko Ivanek
1 point - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
18.
Albert Brooks
1 point - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
19.
Richard Jenkins
Among countless other roles, he was the dad in "Six Feet Under" and the psychiatrist in "There's Something About Mary," but you probably didn't know his name.
1 point - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
20.
Ron Perlman
-4 points - added 15 years ago by mdolleris -
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