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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 11, 2020 11:16:44 GMT
Triple Crown winner Viola Davis turns 55 today..... ..........so this gives us an opportunity to look at her unique position and who might join her in it. Davis is the only black actor or actress - ever - to win the Triple Crown. But this year Regina King - could get 2/3rds of the way there. An Oscar winner already, locked in a very competitive great race with Cate Blanchett for the Emmy, she doesn't have much theater work but could add theater ...........and she's under 50 too. King is definitely "one to watch" as TC possibility (as is the previously mentioned Audra McDonald and some others too). Regina King:
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 12, 2020 11:01:10 GMT
Born today on August 12th - the previously covered John Cazale & the not yet covered Casey Affleck Cazale of course died at just 42, with the most impeccable filmography he was one of the great "what if?" actors on stage and screen....... Casey Affleck, also born today 45 years ago is a great what if? in a whole different way......Affleck has given 2 astonishing film performances - The Assassination of Jesse James and especially Manchester By The Sea - the 2nd of which won him an Oscar. But Affleck, with charges of sexual harassment hanging over his head - even during his Oscar campaign - almost industry-exiled himself (and often by himself too) took his Oscar, and hasn't done much or been seen much since but now hints at a more visible comeback in 2020/2021 - The World To Come has a slot at 2020's Venice film festival next month and could be the start of a post-Oscar glow and you would think TV would be made for him to shine too.....the story of birthday boys John Cazale and Casey Affleck - the story of a "what if?" and a "what still might be" Casey Affleck - on the greatest night of his life......on an island of his own:
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Post by stephen on Aug 12, 2020 15:12:15 GMT
Triple Crown winner Viola Davis turns 55 today..... ..........so this gives us an opportunity to look at her unique position and who might join her in it. Davis is the only black actor or actress - ever - to win the Triple Crown. But this year Regina King - could get 2/3rds of the way there. An Oscar winner already, locked in a very competitive great race with Cate Blanchett for the Emmy, she doesn't have much theater work but could add theater ...........and she's under 50 too. King is definitely "one to watch" as TC possibility (as is the previously mentioned Audra McDonald and some others too). Regina King: Regina King already has three Emmy awards, so she's already 2/3 of the way there.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 12, 2020 15:31:18 GMT
"Regina King already has three Emmy awards, so she's already 2/3 of the way there." Ah, well THAT'S just another reason to hate on her if she beats Blanchett this year .........grrrrrrr
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 25, 2020 10:30:23 GMT
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard" - This quote - and it is not clear where it actually comes from even - is often repeated and ignored and removed from critical thought entirely. In our discussions about "great actors" we routinely ignore comedy altogether - look at the actors who show up on our GOAT polls and they routinely make a far greater dent in drama than comedy on film. What's even more rare is great stage actors who can play comedy on stage without seeming like a buffoon. Kevin Kline is an example of somebody who can play the grandest tragedy and wild comedy - his whole reputation is based on this as stage/film star. No one can really rival him here for Americans - and often they don't even try to. Kline has been covered in this thread but his singular position carries a lot of weight because every time he goes on stage.........it could be in anything. Kline in his (3rd) Tony winning role in the comedy Present Laughter:
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 21, 2020 11:03:46 GMT
Alan Arkin did not win the Emmy - in an absurd 8 person category in 2020 that played into his favor actually - so he remains outside the Triple Crown club........ Billy Crudup picked up an Emmy so he became the closest new guy I think to contend (he had a Tony already).......2/3rds of the way there.......missing the Oscar.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 25, 2020 13:11:07 GMT
With Alan Arkin not returning to The Kominsky Method he may not get another shot to join the Triple Crown club (he's 86 now) - so a quick look at the actors/actresses who worked all 3 mediums and "just missed" this - I believe these are the closest people ever with multiple nods and no wins in the one award they are still missing: Glenn Close (7 Oscar nods), Arkin and Kevin Spacey (6 Emmy nods), and George C. Scott (5 Tony nods).
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 11, 2020 13:56:41 GMT
The DePac of his own cinema and his own cinema history/culture.......turns 78 today..... Amitabh Bachchan........such a known quantity he figures (mythically) in Slumdog Millionaire and of course appears in The Great Gatsby. He's done TV too........and of course many big films including Zanjeer (1973) which still gets shown at a nearby Art-house theater near me every year or so.
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Post by Drish on Oct 11, 2020 17:51:05 GMT
The DePac of his own cinema and his own cinema history/culture.......turns 78 today..... Amitabh Bachchan........such a known quantity he figures (mythically) in Slumdog Millionaire and of course appears in The Great Gatsby. He's done TV too........and of course many big films including Zanjeer (1973) which still gets shown at a nearby Art-house theater near me every year or so. Hell yes! Glad to see some people here know and appreciate him. A complete package of an actor proving his mettle in all of the genres possible. At 78, he's still going strong with great performances like Pink, Badla and especially Piku where he's an absolute riot. Happy Birthday to this Legend! Probably the most loved actor I know.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 14, 2020 16:06:16 GMT
With today's trailer release of Hillbilly Elegy - that raises the perennial "Glenn Close" discussion. Close is in some ways the US female GOAT in all 3 mediums right now - she works all 3 mediums with a kind of insane work ethic........her total 22 23 Triple Crown nominations rival Streep even (26 nominations) If nominated that would be her 8th Oscar nod........Close has 3 Tony's (4 nods) and 3 Emmy's ( 11 nods 12 nods )........an Oscar win would give her 7 total Triple Crown wins.......tying her overall with Maggie Smith as most ever if she can join the club. She also could also in theory win a BAFTA the other award she is missing.....she has only 2 BAFTA nods in her distinguished career. No jinx! EDIT: Corrected per Tyler's post! Close in her Tony winning role in Death and The Maiden opposite Hackman & Dreyfuss:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2020 17:09:27 GMT
pacinoyes - She has 23 TC nominations (12 Emmy nominations, 7 Oscar nominations, 4 Tony nominations). Were she to be nominated and win this year, she would have the most TC nominations of any TC-winning actor ever (24), and tie Maggie Smith for the most wins (7).
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 26, 2020 17:30:46 GMT
Born today, October 26th, 1942 - the late, and often great Bob Hoskins. He wasn't an awards horse ........but he gave what was an all-time great film performance that would have won the Oscar in any other year ( Mona Lisa)....multiple great TV performances including the original Pennies From Heaven........ the best Iago on film (opposite and stolen from Anthony Hopkins)......several times awesome in film - Nixon, Felicia's Journey, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Long Good Friday and stage too. He's a perfect example of an actor that is easy to forget but surprised you almost every few years of his career..... Sort of a Cockney Tony Montana, 3 years earlier - The Long Good Friday:
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Post by Mattsby on Nov 21, 2020 22:17:44 GMT
Kazan called him "an exceptionally honest, fine actor." Not mentioned yet Arthur Kennedy who was a 5x Oscar nominee just btwn '50-'59. I believe at the time of his 5th nom the only other actors with as many noms were some punks named Olivier, Brando, Fredric March. AK was also a Tony winner in '49 for Death of a Salesman - he originated at least four Arthur Miller roles on Broadway (John Proctor etc) and it's a shame he never got to do any Miller in the movies. I haven't seen his nom'd perfs besides Some Came Running where he's very good. He pops up in a lot of movies I like where he's usually solid no matter how small the role - High Sierra, Too Late for Tears, The Window, Desperate Hours, Man from Laramie, and hello Lawrence of Arabia. The Lusty Men is among his best perfs, where we get an arc and sense of his appeal and subtle talents. Signs of Life ('89) is one of the most underrated last-perfs of all time and among his very best. And he has a lot of peanut-budget or obscure international projects nobody ever talks about where he's interesting like The Naked Dawn or the excellent Monday's Child opposite Geraldine Page. As for TV - strong work in eps of Zane Grey Theater, Hitchcock Hour, etc and underrated in semi-horror Crawlspace. opposite Olivier, as Becket in Becket ('61) -
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 7, 2020 8:57:53 GMT
Not yet mentioned in this thread which is odd because she's a Triple Crown Winner and I'm a big fan; co-President of the Actor's Studio; a crucial influence on Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon and Glenn Close really - I see her in all of them - and in her way she rivaled Fonda in the 70s but in an entirely different way - not a movie star at all. She's ridden all three of these rails a good bit, to great acclaim. Ellen Burstyn.Happy Birthday to Ellen Burstyn - maybe the least talked about of the Triple Crown Club and who may get her 7th Oscar nod this year too - she's 88 today (December 7th). She's also an odd star - she didn't become famous in movies stage or TV until closer to 40.
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 7, 2020 11:08:07 GMT
Happy birthday to Ms Burstyn!!
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 15, 2020 12:36:14 GMT
Mentioning a guy who was mentioned in the first post as one of the all time American greats (even though he's Canadian close enough) Christopher Plummer. Plummer approached even Robards on stage - indeed he's got 1 more Tony than him, and he has a Tony for a classical role too (Cyrano), a solid TV career with 1 Emmy acting win, 3 Supporting Oscar nods and 1 win (all in his 80s - breaks his own record every time he's nodded now) and lots of other memorable roles. An exemplary and long career across all mediums - maybe a stronger TV resume would separate him from the pack in this thread more - but Robards, Lemmon, Duvall, etc. is a pretty good pack after all. Missed his birthday a couple of days back - so happy belated birthday - he turned 91 on December 13th.........one of the few Triple Crown winning males and one of the most impressive actor resumes - across all mediums and types of roles.............and he can sing too! He has a ton of TC nominations - 15 combined: 3 Oscar nods, 7 Tony nods, 5 Emmy nods (excluding 2 voice over nods and 1 win for that too). Very few male actors have that amount at all .........and its tied for 2nd among male Triple Crown winners ever (he and Pacino have 15, and his good friend Jason Robards is the leader at 16 : 3 Oscar, 8 Tony, 5 Emmy ). Plummer & Robards on stage:
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Post by hugobolso on Jan 20, 2021 1:44:33 GMT
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Post by hugobolso on Jan 20, 2021 1:51:03 GMT
With today's trailer release of Hillbilly Elegy - that raises the perennial "Glenn Close" discussion. Close is in some ways the US female GOAT in all 3 mediums right now - she works all 3 mediums with a kind of insane work ethic........her total 22 23 Triple Crown nominations rival Streep even (26 nominations) If nominated that would be her 8th Oscar nod........Close has 3 Tony's (4 nods) and 3 Emmy's ( 11 nods 12 nods )........an Oscar win would give her 7 total Triple Crown wins.......tying her overall with Maggie Smith as most ever if she can join the club. She also could also in theory win a BAFTA the other award she is missing.....she has only 2 BAFTA nods in her distinguished career. No jinx! EDIT: Corrected per Tyler's post! Close in her Tony winning role in Death and The Maiden opposite Hackman & Dreyfuss:And Close really loves to work in theatre and TV. And is the Main difference with Streep, who Made TV movies and miniseries but not TV series Brenda Blethyn Also loves TV. I'm not sure about theatre, don't get me wrong I have no idea of life on Piccadelly circus Samantha Morton probably right now is more famous for her TV work. She Also Made theatre, but I don't know if she loves stage
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 21, 2021 19:56:47 GMT
Possibly the best female and male actors ever - Vanessa Redgrave, the late, great Paul Scofield........both Triple Crown winners.......and Scofield was born today January 21, 1922........and theater co-stars also.
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 29, 2021 22:31:06 GMT
She's a wonderful, underappreciated actress but I'm posting here bc it's my revenge for none of us ever discussing her outside of lineups threads. Christine Lahti was a 28y/o unknown when she was cast as Pacino's love interest in And Justice For All. That same year, 1979, she won the Theatre World Award for Papp's production of Mamet's The Woods. She's continued to do Broadway and (often) off-Broadway, from the mid 70s to more recently with God of Carnage and a headliner as Gloria Steinem. But we're jumping ahead.... She was one of the best American actresses of the 80s, period. Wolcott (miniseries), The Executioner’s Song (tvm), Whose Life Is It Anyway, The Fabulous Stains, Swing Shift (her sole Oscar nom, terrific work), and two more big ones, Housekeeping and Running On Empty. She's really great in both of those, oddly award snubbed though it wouldn’t have shocked if she won Oscars for them. Viced knows what's up. In the case of Housekeeping, she was a last-minute replacement for Diane Keaton (lahti-da!) who dropped out and that seems to be her luck - barely any. She probably hovered around a lot of good parts that went right to Keaton or Streep or Susan Sarandon, etc. Project quality dipped in the 90s, despite her giving occasionally interesting perfs within them (Leaving Normal, Hope, etc) but she was saved. "Thank God for television," she once said. I haven't seen it but there's her Emmy-winning perf in Chicago Hope ('95-99), and she's appeared in about 30 different tv projects since then. When she popped up in Curb Your Enthusiasm and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood recently, I was overjoyed to see her and thought Where the hells she been? She doesn't seem to have lost her charm and I wonder why she doesn't get more movie roles? Another little trivia - she is an Oscar winner. She was the first woman to win the Best Short Film category at the Oscars in '95. That's pretty cool I think. Se's 70y/o now, I hope we see more of her. Any thoughts or fav perfs?
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 2, 2021 2:31:14 GMT
With talks of new Frasier really happening, I was thinking about someone today. John Mahoney .… who’s apparently British??? That I didn’t know. He moved to America at 18/yo… Got his masters degree and became an English professor eventually deciding to drop it all and give acting a try. Member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf ensemble since ’79, he did over 30 productions with them. Won the Theatre World Award for Orphans (1985), and won a Tony for House of Blue Leaves (1986). He returned to Broadway only one more time in Prelude to a Kiss (2007) to some really great reviews. Going back…. So he’s 45y/o in 1985, credentially a rising star on the stage, and just debuting in the movies. Very impressive for the old chap. He becomes a firmly supporting, always effective actor. Manhattan Project, Tin Men, Moonstruck, Eight Men Out, Say Anything, Barton Fink, etc - the latter two award worthy type work. I like what one critic said, that he has “strikingly sad-but-wise eyes.” He was underrated in comedic parts too I think. Which brings us to his television work. Martin Crane in Frasier, 263 episodes, but only two Emmy noms. Martin-in-his-chair levels, challenges, deepens, and humanizes the Niles/Frasier lifestyle and really the whole show. He's sort of one of the greatest foils of sitcom tv - without him there’d be no conflict in the home, there’d be no Daphne. Even way into it, S10’s “Fathers and Sons” he packs so much emotion but doesn't forget the joke either, and it stays with you. He’s done a lot of guest spots and TV Movies too… He has really good chemistry with Finney in The Image (1990), but otherwise I haven’t seen much else. The Water Engine worth seeing, pacinoyes ? I wonder why the movies never offered him a starring chance - I can picture him in The Visitor, for one.
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 2, 2021 5:30:02 GMT
John Mahoney .… He’s done a lot of guest spots and TV Movies too… He has really good chemistry with Finney in The Image (1990), but otherwise I haven’t seen much else. The Water Engine worth seeing, pacinoyes ? I wonder why the movies never offered him a starring chance - I can picture him in The Visitor, for one. Good call on Mahoney....... The Water Engine is worth a watch because it's Mamet's "Tucker" and almost all his regulars are in it ........minor but fascinating in how it applies his technique to his play that seems outside his normal patterns - ie more obvious and banal - but it actually addresses things he's about a lot and is in much of his work with some sharp detail. Minor but crucial Mamet in the same way Tucker is minor but kind of crucial Coppola..... I should mention he played Jimmy Burke (DeNiro's Jimmy Conway from Goodfellas) in a cheapy TV The 10 Million Dollar Getaway - not great but gives him a chance to do a lead and he's better than it is at least. Also a shout out to Suspect (1987) which never gets talked about on here but is a fairly smart (until it isn't) adult mainstream drama w/ Cher, Mantegna (again), Quaid, a young Neeson, and a memorable Mahoney for those who haven' seen it. Guilty pleasure and not even that much guilt tbh. Side note that ties together Mahoney and Mantegna (again!) - on Frasier in the episode where Mantegna voices the guy who wants to beat up Frasier (can't mistake THAT voice!) Mahoney does some marvelous and sly acting in a piece that reminds me of ..........Mamet! (ie we don't see it until the end, when we "get" the reveal and its a kind of con too) - one of my personal fave episodes because it's very early and we learn from the ways Mahoney behaves here things we'll see later in the character of Martin - basically Mamet could have written this if he did comedy TV - and it's sort of like the stupendous "College" episode of The Sopranos but without the guns ........really though: because for both the Tony and Martin characters - these episodes shape the characters based on their past lives that we haven't seen and how it defines how they are now etc. - same kind of writing conceit!
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Post by flasuss on Feb 2, 2021 13:25:57 GMT
Mahoney is one of those actors that is so good in a role that you only notice it when you see him in something drastically different- for me, that was his role as a CEO in In Treatment.
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Post by stephen on Feb 2, 2021 15:20:32 GMT
In the wake of their passing this past week, I feel like we really need to look at the trinity of greatness that were Cloris, Cicely, and Hal.
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Post by Mattsby on Feb 3, 2021 18:57:50 GMT
How could we be so blithe... I don't think we've discussed the gentle, wonderful Blythe Danner who turns 78y/o today. No Oscar noms but a 6x Emmy nominee (2 wins) and 4x Tony nominee (1 win) - she's major on stage, working quite often since the mid 60s and excelling across types of roles from Shakespeare to Moliere, Chekhov, Pinter, Tennessee Williams. She played Blanche DuBois opposite Walken and Sigourney Weaver in '86, and acclaimed again on Broadway in '88 with Frances McDormand as Stella. Between that she did Blithe Spirit - Geraldine Page's last performance. Just a quick example the kinda talents she mixed with on stage and often rose over. Tbh I haven't seen much of her work but I like what I've seen and she always gives the impression of being wise and generous. To shout out one underrated perf, Are You in the House Alone (1978) a so-so TV Movie sort of horror but she is excellent as a zoned-out, grasping mother.
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