best actor in television
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OmarCapone — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 02:39 PM)
So in other words you go by attraction? No wonder you are a Spader fan. That being said, Spader has been a highly underrated and often under-appreciated actor when he dominated the 80s and 90s with his textbook sleazy characters. This show as the other poster was getting at, is just fluff. Formulaic, doesn't surprise you at all but as he said watch it for Spader. Would prefer to see Spader being challenged like the big guns on cable but hey it's network television.
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TimmyAnn — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 03:00 PM)
I didn't say that. There are great looking guys who are terrible actors and unattractive guys who are great actors (Buscemi, Giammatti, etc.) I am just saying that i can't look at the guy long enough to know if he can act or not because I find his appearance so repellent for some reason. Buscemi I can look at, Mikkelson I cannot.
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TorsoDahlia — 11 years ago(October 19, 2014 08:42 AM)
Too creepy for ya? Understandable, excellent actor though. Hannibal is the best show on tv now that Breaking Bad and Boardwalk Empire (well 2 eps left) are gone. Spader has always been a great actor since the late 80s, just a shame The Blacklist & Boston Legal is where the newer fans know him for because he is so much better when on the big screen. Different strokes. Of course though given the right role, typecast a lot doesn't help. Just ask the great Gary Oldman,lol.
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indymovies — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 06:13 AM)
He was great in
The Practice
as well as the first season of
Boston Legal
; I just wish he'd left BL at that point but he's said that he works for the money and that's probably why he stayed in the show. It could be that money was the reason why he's in
The Blacklist
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indymovies — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 05:48 AM)
Maybe Boston Legal was a lot of fun for him. Besides, just because you didn't like it after the first season doesn't mean that he didn't.
Here's a quote from him which appears on this board:
"If I don't need the money, I don't work. I don't mind going to somebody and saying, "Okay, this is how much money I need to pay my bills for the next six months. If you pay me that, I'll do the film.".
He's a wonderful actor and puts everything he has into what he does but I don't get the impression he would stay in a show just because he found it 'a lot of fun'. -
TimmyAnn — 11 years ago(October 23, 2014 03:53 PM)
Yeah, I've heard that quote before. I don't mean that he did it for free because it was fun, but it could still have been fun on top of being paid for it.
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las_vegan — 10 years ago(August 22, 2015 03:57 AM)
Agreed. Whether its his great performance in Wolf or showing the Seinfeld cast what acting is or Boston Legal, he stands out and is fun and very entertaining.
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Franknsense — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 05:33 AM)
If you can't stand him I suspect you haven't watched very many of his films. I know I try to avoid Tom Cruise movies because I can't stand him, but I certainly can't say he didn't fit well in any of his movies because I avoid his work. For one to make that accusation one would have to have seen the bulk of an actor's work.