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Poll: Call This Guy's Agent

Character actors who could be depended upon to play the character in a film that was a tad bit off-center, or was playing with a deck that was a card short or had a joker in it.

Discuss the poll here.

If you were a casting director, whose agent would you call first.

Results of 681 votes:

  1. 1.

    Harry Dean Stanton

     
    Possibly the King of Quirkey Characters, most of which had quirks within quirks, and most of which were shuffled off to Buffalo about half-way through the film.
  2. 2.

    Peter Lorre

     
    Okay, name another Hungarian actor who could get away with playing an Asian detective.
  3. 3.

    Wallace Shawn

     
    Do not, under any circumstances, try to outwit him. He can read your mind.

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