Under-rated Actors / Actresses
by cookiechip_07 | created - 14 Jul 2011 | updated - 13 Aug 2011 | PublicThese are actors I think deserve more credit, recognition and or roles. The list doesn’t include actors who are likely to be stars i.e Ellen Page, Dakota Fanning, Emma Stone etc.
Also please look at my other lists!
1. Casey Affleck
Actor | Manchester by the Sea
An accomplished and striking performer, Academy Award® winner Casey Affleck has established himself as a powerful leading man with performances in multiple projects.
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts. His mother, Chris Anne (née Boldt), is a school teacher, and ...
A very smart and cool actor. He is a better actor than his brother although his brother is quality director!
2. Zooey Deschanel
Actress | New Girl
Zooey Deschanel was born in 1980 into a showbiz family. Her father, Caleb Deschanel, is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (perhaps most notably for The Passion of the Christ (2004)) and her mother, Mary Jo Deschanel (née Weir), is an actress who appeared in Twin Peaks (1990). Her paternal ...
has a lot to offer, loves her indie films but can be a big star in the main stream.
3. Ryan Gosling
Actor | Blue Valentine
Born Ryan Thomas Gosling on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Donna (Wilson), a secretary, and Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman. Ryan was the second of their two children, with an older sister, Mandi. His ancestry is French-Canadian, as well as English, ...
Not a huge public attraction but should be as he is a top actor. Received a justified best supporting Oscar actor nomination and hopefully i believe,more Oscar nods lie ahead.
4. Naomi Watts
Actress | Mulholland Dr.
Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ...
beautiful and talented, needs more hard hitting / gritter roles to make it big but is capable.
5. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
The guy can be scary loooking as well as good looking, Villanous as well as the hero. A very versatile performer.
6. Christina Ricci
Actress | Casper
Precocious, outspoken child-teen starlet of the 1990s, Christina Ricci was born on February 12, 1980 in Santa Monica, California, the youngest of four children of Sarah (Murdoch), a realtor, and Ralph Ricci, a lawyer and therapist. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and ...
adds her little magic to every role she plays, often steps out the limelight but deserves to be in it more often.
7. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
The Rock should be the new Action Hero! He is the peoples champ, ultimate chrisma and multi-talented.
8. Michelle Yeoh
Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss ...
A Chinese Malaysian actress who is always memorable not just in looks but because she kicks ass in the martial arts too!
9. Zachary Quinto
Actor | Star Trek
Zachary Quinto was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Margaret J. (McArdle), an Irish-American office worker, and Joseph John Quinto, an Italian-American barber. Zachary graduated from Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, with the class of 1995, where he won Pittsburgh's Gene Kelly Award ...
(see his crazy role in So Notorious) Yet everyone knows his turn in Heroes which was awesome, then he stepped it up to big screen with ease in Star Trek. Hopefully film producers can see his ability and i am in no doubt there is plenty more to come.
10. Mila Kunis
Actress | Black Swan
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis is a Ukrainian-American actress born to a Jewish family in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Her mother, Elvira, is a physics teacher, her father, Mark Kunis, is a mechanical engineer, and she has an older brother named Michael. Her family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991. ...
Black Swan shows her ability away from comedy roles. On another note she is superrrrrrr hot but thats neither here nor there!
11. Paul Rudd
Actor | Ant-Man
Paul Stephen Rudd was born in Passaic, New Jersey. His parents, Michael and Gloria, both from Jewish families, were born in the London area, U.K. He has one sister, who is three years younger than he is. Paul traveled with his family during his early years, because of his father's airline job at ...
very funny, should have more lead roles in films rather than support. Also should venture into different genres as I think he has the ability. Another guy like him who is under-rated is Jason Bateman.
12. Isla Fisher
Actress | Wedding Crashers
Isla Lang Fisher was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher, who worked as a banker for the U.N. She spent her early childhood in Bathgate, Scotland, before moving to Perth, Australia with her family in the early 1980s. From a young age, Isla ...
a female who is actually funny (im not sexist before claims are made, she is just one of few who make me laugh!) She can play young and old with her looks and if she chooses the right roles will be a star in comedy and more.
13. Sacha Baron Cohen
Actor | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. He is the son of Daniella (Weiser), a movement instructor, and Gerald Baron Cohen, a clothing store owner. His father, born in England and raised in Wales, was of Eastern European Jewish descent, while his mother was born...
Yes i included husband and wife team!lol However Sasha Baron Cohen is another guy who is multi-talented and also very creative.
14. Juliette Lewis
Actress | Cape Fear
Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991). To date, she has worked with some of the most revered ...
had her peak with Cape Fear but her ability seen in Natural Born Killers and most recent film Conviction shows that more attention should be given to her.
15. Macaulay Culkin
Actor | Home Alone
Macaulay Culkin, one of the most famous American child stars, was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA, as the third of seven children of his father Kit Culkin (a former stage and child actor and also Macaulay's former manager) and mother Patricia Brentrup. He is the brother of ...
Too BIG too soon. Its a shame he cannot and hasnt really tried to shake off Child Star persona as he is actually is a good quirky actor. His brother, Kieran Culkin i would also put on this list as both are alright actors who should be given more of a chance and credit.
16. Anna Paquin
Actress | The Piano
Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved ...
Won an oscar as a child but should be involved more in the big screen with leading roles as she is super hot in ability and looks!
17. Woody Harrelson
Actor | True Detective
Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, to Diane Lou (Oswald) and Charles Harrelson. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, where his mother was from. After receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hanover College, he...
A timeless man. Has quirkiness and coolness. Always taking on different roles with much aplomb. Should and deserves to have won more awards as an actor.
18. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
Included because he deserves more credit / roles in serious dramas and he has a errie calmness about him (see one hour photo) or a down on his luck father (worlds greatest dad) and was great in Insomnia. Producers should pick up on this now he is entering the twilight years!
19. Lizzy Caplan
Actress | Hot Tub Time Machine
Actress Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan was born in Los Angeles, California, to Barbara (Bragman), a political aide, and Richard Caplan, a lawyer. She has two older siblings, Julie and Benjamin, and was raised in a Jewish household. Her mother was a cousin of publicist Howard Bragman. Caplan was ...
not done a major body of work yet but she has an edge and needs to push her boundaries more which i think she can do after viewing her tv roles.
20. Elijah Wood
Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Elijah Wood is an American actor best known for portraying Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's blockbuster Lord of the Rings film trilogy. In addition to reprising the role in The Hobbit series, Wood also played Ryan in the FX television comedy Wilfred (2011) and voiced Beck in the Disney XD animated ...
very usual in style, looks, roles and has played interesting characters. He has done alot of good films that have gone under the radar. He can and has the ability not to get stuck with the 'Frodo' tag unlike the 'h.potter' team but with 'The Hobbits' film coming up he may well be typecast in the future. I hope not though.
21. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
Included because its a crime he hasnt won a single Oscar!! (along with Gary Oldman-but he is highly regarded) Once jurors lose there 'pretty boy' perception they will realise Leo is Oscar worthy.
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