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Post by Allenism on May 29, 2021 15:49:58 GMT
Or at least, work which rivals some of their best big-screen performances. This seems to be happening more and more as TV continues to go where films dropped off.
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (S1)
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much is True
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce (all seasons)
N/S:
Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo (S2)
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora or The Act
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2021 16:05:45 GMT
Not quite sure these are her "best" per se, but they certainly rival her iconic film characters...
Glenn Close in...
In the Gloaming
The Lion in Winter
Damages
There's also Sarah, Plain and Tall and Serving in Silence...
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Post by thomasjerome on May 29, 2021 16:06:32 GMT
Not exactly their definitive "best" but surely some of their finest work:
Matthew McConaughey - "True Detective"
Hugh Grant - "A Very English Scandal"
Jude Law - "The Young Pope"
Eva Green - "Penny Dreadful"
Ethan Hawke - "Good Lord Bird"
Pacino & Streep - "Angels in America"
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Post by stephen on May 29, 2021 16:17:34 GMT
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Al Pacino and Meryl Streep, Angels in America
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Deuce
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall (I mean, this is debatable because he's probably first and foremost a stage actor, but this is the world-class TV performance)
Robert Duvall, Lonesome Dove
Tommy Lee Jones, The Executioner's Song/The Amazing Howard Hughes/Lonesome Dove/The Sunset Limited
Samuel L. Jackson, The Sunset Limited
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Post by Allenism on May 29, 2021 16:18:41 GMT
Not quite sure these are her "best" per se, but they certainly rival her iconic film characters... Glenn Close in... In the GloamingThe Lion in WinterDamagesThere's also Sarah, Plain and Tall and Serving in Silence... What about Jane Fonda in The Dollmaker? I've only seen bits of it on YT. |
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Post by pacinoyes on May 29, 2021 16:21:52 GMT
In Pacino's case all of his best performances since Insomnia are on HBO except The Irishman - Angels in America, YDK Jack, Phil Spector, Paterno - 4 biographies all unique, all terrific and the first 2 are in his all-time top 10 which is unfnckwithable
The Executioner's Song is the best Tommy Lee Jones ever did
Sam Jackson & TLJ never in The Sunset Limited rivals their best work
Dustin Hoffman in Death if a Salesman is among his best ........the last great-ish acting he ever did was in episodes 6 through 9 of HBO's Luck
Cate Blanchett in Mrs. America was a masterclass imo
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Post by finniussnrub on May 29, 2021 16:29:33 GMT
Alec Guinness - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Post by bob-coppola on May 29, 2021 16:42:29 GMT
Does Olivia Colman in Broadchurch count? She's now a major film star and Oscar-magnet, but her best turn is still on British TV, in a show years before her film breakout.
Also, McDormand delivers in Olive Kitteridge her masterpiece as an actress. What a phenomenal acting.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 29, 2021 16:47:42 GMT
In general with stuff like this it helps to look at that Greatest Actor/Actress across all mediums thread too...... Robert Duvall for Lonesome Dove in some ways among his most definitive role........Olivier (and John Hurt) for a great imo King Lear....... also Michael Douglas' best performance - overall - is Behind The Candelabra .....  |
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Post by Mattsby on May 29, 2021 17:12:14 GMT
I didn't like Kidman in BLL but that's me.
Agree with mentions of Michelle Williams, McConaughey, McDormand, Hugh Grant, Duvall, Sam L.
I put Helen Mirren across Prime Suspect in my Top 5 all-time for female tv perfs. Few others that can stand with the actor's best:
James Woods - Promise
Gary Oldman - The Firm
Bob Hoskins - Othello
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2021 17:24:46 GMT
Not quite sure these are her "best" per se, but they certainly rival her iconic film characters... Glenn Close in... In the GloamingThe Lion in WinterDamagesThere's also Sarah, Plain and Tall and Serving in Silence... What about Jane Fonda in The Dollmaker? I've only seen bits of it on YT. Her performance is beautiful there, and I suppose you could argue it as her best, but in my mind that will always be either They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? or Julia. |
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Post by notacrook on May 29, 2021 18:40:07 GMT
Not quite sure these are her "best" per se, but they certainly rival her iconic film characters... Glenn Close in... In the GloamingThe Lion in WinterDamagesThere's also Sarah, Plain and Tall and Serving in Silence... I've got a left left to see from her, but easily my favourite Close perfomance is in The Shield S4 - she brought so much intensity to that part  . Winslet is giving almost certainly her best performance right now on Mare of Easttown - I've always liked but rarely loved her, and now this joins her Eternal Sunshine work as strong justification for the acclaim she so often gets. |
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Post by stabcaesar on May 30, 2021 7:10:33 GMT
Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti, John Adams (though Linney is like the definition of a triple threat, she is just as much a film star as she is a theatre and tv legend)
Judi Dench, Cranford and Return to Cranford
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies
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Post by sirjeremy on May 30, 2021 15:58:59 GMT
Richard Gere in And the Band Played On.
Amy Adams in Sharp Objects.
Jessica Lange in Grey Gardens.
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Post by dadsburgers on May 30, 2021 19:03:44 GMT
Michael Douglas in Behind the Candelabra is a great example. Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies too.
From Angels in America, Jeffrey Wright gave the performance that most outclassed anything he's done on film.
Most recently, Letitia Wright was criminally underrated in Small Axe
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Post by DaleCooper on May 30, 2021 20:54:51 GMT
She probably wasn't that much of a star yet back then, but I've always thought that Nicole Kidman's performance in Bangkok Hilton is one of her very best.
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Post by speeders on May 30, 2021 21:16:51 GMT
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce (not seen Mare of Easttown yet)
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (S1, not S2)
Laura Linney, The Big C (not seen John Adams)
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo (S2)
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Emma Stone, Maniac (well up until The Favourite dethroned it a few months later)
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Coven
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Murder House & American Horror Story: Asylum & Feud
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Post by TerryMontana on May 30, 2021 21:22:59 GMT
McConaughey in True Detective, Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders, Bryan Cranston in BB and Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire... By far their best works.
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Post by stephen on Jun 1, 2021 16:42:14 GMT
I love Bryan Cranston but he is more well-known for his television work than for being a "film star." |
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 1, 2021 17:48:46 GMT
I love Bryan Cranston but he is more well-known for his television work than for being a "film star." Yeah, fair enough. |
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