your fave personification

[Ezteq]

as the title says this is your fave personification of a fictional char, thus there can be no wrong answers, there may be answers you disagree with but at the end of the day its the posters opinion not yours so ner!

some people who imo have utterly captured the character of the person they are portraying to such a degree that whenever you think of the char you think of them are (for me) :

david suchet as pirot
jeremy brett as sherlock holmes
christopher reeve as superman
hugh jackman as wolverene



i can't think of any more right now but that may have something to do with the fact my sleeping pill is kicking in and i'm almost off to button moon ^^

anyhoo who are yours?

[this thread was inspired by the dork knight thread]

 

[Marc]

The dude who played Gomer Pyle in Full Metal Jacket.

I lol every time I see him in Law and Order.

 

[Dukat]

My favorite personification of all time has to be Craig Charles as Lister from Red Dwarf He just sums the character up for me. Same goes for rimmer but to a slightly lesser extent I think.

 

[Zenith]

Kevin Spacey in K-Pax.

 

[Cerb]

Marlon Brando-Vito Corleone
Robin Williams-Good will hunting...theres more but that all that strikes me right away..

 

[Raven]

Sean Bean as Sharp, in the earlier ones anyway.

 

[Amanita]

Sir Ian McKellan, Ian Holmes and Christopher Lee in LoTR.

Michelle Dockery as Susan in The Hogfather

Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy

And ofc Sean Bean as Sharpe. Studded leather, MmmHmm....

Oh, and of course Mark Warren is Teatime.

 

[Lamp]

R Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

 

[Zede]

The Dude Abides.......

& Anthony Daniels as c3po

 

[Lamp]

One more....I can't watch Kurt Russell without thinking of him in Big Trouble. All he is to me is Jack Burton

 

[Edmond]

Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid

David Jason as Delboy

 

[Bahumat]

Edmond as "the guy with the titty pics"

 

[Cerb]

the dude abides.......

qft

 

[old.Tohtori]

Kurt Russell, Snake Plissken.
Ron Perlman, Hellboy.
Heath Ledger, Joker (only dark joker on screen ever so, no comparison)

 

[Cerb]

Heath Ledger, Joker (only dark joker on screen ever so, no comparison)

But surely this contradicts your idea tha hes replaceable?

 

[old.Tohtori]

But surely this contradicts your idea tha hes replaceable?

Not at all.

You see, there's the dark series of batman(dark knight) and the "funny" batman(original movies). I always preferred the dark ones, and the darker Joker.

My favourite superhero from -10 old, as i would say(fun at interviews).

Heath is the only one who has been on screen as the dark joker, therefor, he is the best in my opinion as i have no other to choose from.

Noone can be number one befre they've been challenged.

 

[pikeh]

-10 old,

-10? you were born at least 9 years and 3 months before you were due to be conceived?

anyway, I loved Gillian Anderson playing the voice of Moro in Princess Mononoke (if that counts).

Swiss Tony by Charlie Higson
Mark Corrigan by David Mitchell
Alan Johnson by Paterson Joseph
(ofc)

 

[Cerb]

Not at all.

You see, there's the dark series of batman(dark knight) and the "funny" batman(original movies). I always preferred the dark ones, and the darker Joker.

My favourite superhero from -10 old, as i would say(fun at interviews).

Heath is the only one who has been on screen as the dark joker, therefor, he is the best in my opinion as i have no other to choose from.

Noone can be number one befre they've been challenged.

Oh ok...maybe i got it wrong i thought that the question is actors who have played a character that no-one else would be as good as.

 

[UndyingAngel]

Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod

 

[Influenza]

Rowan atkinson as blackadder.

 

[megadave]

All pretty obvious choices:

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley

edit: Michael J. FOx as Marty Mcfly

 

[Hawkwind]

Swarzenegger as T-800
Sean Connery - 007
Tom Baker - Dr Who
Graham Chapman - Jesus (well ok, Brian but it was pisstake of J)
John Cleese - Basil Fawlty
Harrison Ford - Han Solo

 

[Aoami]

All pretty obvious choices:

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the T-800
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley

edit: Michael J. FOx as Marty Mcfly

no kelsey grammar as fraiser?

 

[Maeloch]

Nicol Williamson as Merlin in Excalibur, can't remember seeing him in owt else, theatre actor mostly I think.

 

[liloe]

Jean Reno as Pierre Niemans in The Crimson Rivers (I love Jean Reno ^^)

Will Smith as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (brillant acting from his part)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Oh ok...maybe i got it wrong i thought that the question is actors who have played a character that no-one else would be as good as.

That's what makes Heath kinda tricky, as this is "best choice" essentially, and he's the only choice for me

 

[Levin]

Nicol Williamson as Merlin in Excalibur, can't remember seeing him in owt else, theatre actor mostly I think.

Got to agree 100% on this one. Excellent personification.

Otherwise.. hmm.

Joaqin Phoenix as Emperor Commodus in Gladiator
Willem Dafoe as Sgt. Elias in Platoon

 

[Amanita]

Ooh, I also want to nominate Andy Serkis and all the awesome animators that managed to portray Gollum.

 

[Ezteq]

rofl when i saw that pic of kurt russel my first thought was "shit man, i thought you were dead!"


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