Danny Dyer Greatest Actor of his generation

investment

Danny is a legend, watch any of his films from human traffic 1999 up to 7lives 2011 and you will see the best actor of his generation. The way this man plays the london boy is remarkable of the last 15 years

johnny_ultimate

If by greatest you mean 'most untalented, one-note' I wholly agree. A rare actor whose involvement will instanty turn me away from the film in question. I still have nightmares about Severance.

BopNiblets

investment wrote: »

Danny is a legend, watch any of his films from human traffic 1999 up to 7lives 2011 and you will see the best actor of his generation. The way this man plays the london boy is remarkable of the last 15 years

Welcome to boards Danny, not a fan though.

niemad

i actually think he is one of the reasons that most films now days are complete rubbish. Think about it when he is cast to a film, the writers write the film around him and the way he goes on in other films. Therefore it ends up being another film with "him" in it, being "that character again".

To be a good actor, you to act.... which means pretend to be someone else, which he dose not, therefore he is not even a actor in my books

Cardinal Richelieu

Acting work must be drying up for Danny that he is currently promoting an After Dinner speaker show with the head of the Chelsea Head Hunters entitled the Real Football Factory. Someone should book them for the next SF Ard Fheis.;)

Nolanger

He's today's Robin Askwith of British cinema!

stimpson

I'm with Charlie Brooker on this one

Danny Dyer is an actor, geezer, and man of the people, played by the "I'm a little bit whoa, a little bit wheyyy" Paul Whitehouse character popular in The Fast Show circa 1995.

Approximately 500 times more normal and down-to-Earth than the average citizen, Dyer is the absolute antithesis of a pretentious luvvie. He displays a refreshing absence of airs and graces and is as happy having a kick-around with the lads as giving a promotional interview about how he's equally happy having a kick-around with the lads.

Unfortunately, just as certain poisonous fish have evolved "warning colours" alerting predators to the toxic nature of their flesh, Dyer's presence on a movie poster has become a handy visual signifier alerting cinema-goers to the potential substandard quality of the film, unless said cinema-goer is so insanely enamoured with gangsters, football hooligans and rough diamonds who swear a lot, that they'll watch literally anything in which any of these elements feature, to the point where you could paint Ronnie Kray's face on a beachball, kick it in their direction, and charge them £7.99 to stare in silent idiocy as it rolls toward them.

latenia

Dyer and Nick Love are the Kinski and Herzog of our era.

Fysh

I have enjoyed one film that Danny Dyer happens to have appeared in (Severance), but there are two crucial facts required to appreciate this statement in the proper context:

1) Danny Dyer was never the reason I enjoyed the film, he just managed to not make enough of a balls of things that the efforts of the rest of the cast wasn't wasted, and
2) There's not a hope in hell I'd choose to see a film with him in it because of his involvement - the reverse is far more likely.

He was also alright in the first season of Skins, but that was probably because pretty much every other character he spoke to treated him like a twat.

Basically, if you're going to try and have an acting career while being as limited in range as Dyer has shown himself to be, you should at least be a lot more careful about the films you choose to be in. And also try to be very, very lucky.

Sl!mCharles

Danny Dyer's Hardest Men - comic gold.

sh1tstirrer

I have never heard of him. If he is the great actor that you say he is i think that i would have heard of him by now.

investment

why you all hating on danny???

I most admit 7lives was a bad film, however that wasnt dannys fault.

City rats shows why danny is number 1 in the Uk and europe, he feels his way into a film like a professor does in a lecture.

He has lots of films coming out in 2012 and 2013, so he must be doing something right

When he shys away from the "I am geezer and ain't oi alrite" then he's quite a decent actor. He's proven himself in Malice in Wonderland, Severance and a few others but his reliance on playing the same one note character in most films does put you off him.

Fysh

investment wrote: »

He has lots of films coming out in 2012 and 2013, so he must be doing something right

He's also joining Casualty in an ongoing role - hardly a sign of quality in itself.

stimpson

investment wrote: »

he must be doing something right

I bet he plays a mean pink oboe on the casting couch.

mathepac

investment wrote: »

Danny is a legend, ...

I agree, he's a legendary plank, a one-trick pony with a much acting talent as my puddy-cat.

Professional Griefer

Thought he was pretty decent in The Business.

Unreal movie!

Fishooks12

investment wrote: »

He has lots of films coming out in 2012 and 2013, so he must be doing something right

That's not exactly a barometer of success. I'm sure Adam Sandler will have plenty more ****e in Cinemas in 12,13 too, doesn't mean he's doing anything right.

The thing about Dyer is that as-well as being a horrifically bad actor in some of the films I despise more than any others (Green Street), he's also a grade A cnut in real life too

Fishooks12

Fishooks12 wrote: »

investment wrote: »

He has lots of films coming out in 2012 and 2013, so he must be doing something right

That's not exactly a barometer of success. I'm sure Adam Sandler will have plenty more ****e in Cinemas in 12,13 too, doesn't mean he's doing anything right.

The thing about Dyer is that as-well as being a horrifically bad actor in some of the films I despise more than any others (Green Street), he's also a grade A cnut in real life too

Dyer wasnt in Green Streets, he was however in the rather enjoyable The Football Factory.

Fishooks12

Deleted User wrote: »

Dyer wasnt in Green Streets, he was however in the rather enjoyable The Football Factory.

My mistake.

At least I seem to be forgetting the details of that horrific film

ricero

Ix Deadmau5 wrote: »

Thought he was pretty decent in The Business.

Unreal movie!

Plus 1 it actually is a very good movie IMO and he is rather brilliant in it. He's good in football factory aswell. I should hate danny dyer but he's a too geeza and I love him it's weird I love his documentries they are extremelly funny

Randy Anders

Wouldn't be a fan of his at all.

He was quality in Human Traffic in fairness, but that was made before that big ego took over

sillo

I can never tell if he's being serious of if his whole personality is some kind of mean, classist joke about how thick some people are.

Quality thread - some great zingers in here (purple oboe, hah).

You should look into what's going on between Danny Dyer and a movie critic called Mark Kermode. It's all rather amusing.

spank_inferno

I have never seen Danny Dyer in my life....

I have heard Mark Kermodes scary impersonation, which sounds unkind to say the least.

I wonder does Kermodes treatment of Dyre paint an unfair picture of him in the publics eye and accordingly unfairly taint his films?

cattlejobber

Does any one think danny dyer and SF pearse doherty are brothers if not infact the same man:D
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Fysh

spank_inferno wrote: »

I wonder does Kermodes treatment of Dyre paint an unfair picture of him in the publics eye and accordingly unfairly taint his films?

Firstly - I hope that misspelling of his surname was deliberate, it's very apt

As for the Kermode thing...I don't think Kermode's opinions carry that much weight, tbh. Especially not when Dyre's one-note performances are there for anyone with eyeballs to see.

e_e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5h9ZPBuBEs

So articulate.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

"Dyer- "Ok there's violence innit but, you know we're ****ing doin' proper, you know story lines and ****ing, you know lives, ****ing, you know"."

from the youtube comments

e_e

It's like they recorded the commentary on coke in his living room after just getting in from the pub. So funny.

Richard Hillman

I would like to use this moment to portray my support of everything Danny Dyer

Faith+1

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I would like to use this moment to portray my support of everything Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer always acts the hardman, He's about as hard as a Choc-ice.

Jumboman

Around 2005/6 it looked like Danny Dyer was going to be a big star but since then he has become a parody of him self Nick Love doesnt even want to work with him anymore, neither does Frank Harper he should of being in St George's Day which had most of the cast of the Football Factory in it.
I think his Television work has turned him into a joke and done a lot of damage to his film career, if it wasnt for his TV work people could see him as an actor but when you see him on one of his shows its clear that he just plays him self in films.


In this interview Dyer says that Nick Love has "washed his hands" of him.

barney 20v

Jumboman wrote: »

Around 2005/6 it looked like Danny Dyer was going to be a big star but since then he has become a parody of him self Nick Love doesnt even want to work with him anymore, neither does Frank Harper he should of being in St George's Day which had most of the cast of the Football Factory in it.
I think his Television work has turned him into a joke and done a lot of damage to his film career, if it wasnt for his TV work people could see him as an actor but when you see him on one of his shows its clear that he just plays him self in films.


In this interview Dyer says that Nick Love has "washed his hands" of him.

Holy dig up a 1 yr old thread Batman!!!!!

repsol

Faith+1 wrote: »

Danny Dyer always acts the hardman, He's about as hard as a Choc-ice.

He is unreal on that programme on Sky where he meets criminals and so called "hard men".He is such a bitch,afraid of his own shadow.I saw one episode where a Scouse gangster brought him to a park in the middle of the day to show the spot where someone tried to shoot him a couple of years earlier.Danny wanted to leave because he was ****ting himself that the guys might come back!

Jumboman

I wonder were he got his hardman reputation from did Danny Dyer ever appear in a film were he plays a hardman ?

Fox_In_Socks

Jumboman wrote: »

I wonder were he got his hardman reputation from did Danny Dyer ever appear in a film were he plays a hardman ?

He was caught masturbating by his mum in Human Traffic, so I presume he must have been playing a hardman then.:pac:

Roar

put him in a headlock!

Seedy Arling

Ah leave poor Danny alone. He's harmless.

'Oh its all about to kick off.'

Fuzzytrooper

Seedy Arling wrote: »

Ah leave poor Danny alone. He's harmless.

What are you talking about? Danny Dyer is well 'ard. Vinnie Jones said so in Mean Machine

Phoenix Park

Seedy Arling wrote: »

Ah leave poor Danny alone. He's harmless.

'Oh its all about to kick off.'

Let's fackin 'ave it

Agricola

Phoenix Park wrote: »

Let's fackin 'ave it

Leave it outtttt you pair a' slags!

He was in a film called Outlaw with Sean Bean which was watchable in a kind of "Im bored out of my skull and I have absolutely nothing to watch bar this Danny Dyer DVD, because my Sky's on the blink and my internet is gone"

Brooker is spot on though. See his name / face on a poster and you know to steer well clear. I wish all shít films had such a handy in built mechanism for avoiding them.

Randall Floyd

I remember watching a documentary he did on aliens for BBC three, hilarious stuff, he referred to aliens as "that mob up there".

johnny_ultimate

He's worth following on twitter for his insightful observations on life, the universe and everything. Such as this poignant reflection on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11:

Can't believe it's been nearly 11 years since them slags smashed into the twin towers it still freaks my nut out to this day 9/11

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Danny Dyer is an absolute b*stard!

nocoverart

You just know that OP thinks Lady Gaga is the best lyricist, Nicki Minaj is the best rapper and Coldplay are the greatest guitar band of all time.

limnam

I see he's rated as No. 24 here in an Irish/UK's greatest list

http://www.imdb.com/list/90wNQJ4iuP0/

e_e

limnam wrote: »

I see he's rated as No. 24 here in an Irish/UK's greatest list

http://www.imdb.com/list/90wNQJ4iuP0/

haha, Danny Dyer > Daniel Day Lewis apparently.

I look forward to his version of There Will Be Blood.

Welsh Megaman

Lest we forget his charming piece of advice given to a 'Zoo' reader...

Jumboman

The Guardian had a good article about him.

Dyer straits: how can Danny save his career?

Danny Dyer has become the byword for low-budget, no-quality Brit-trash cinema, but beneath the cockney swagger there's a decent actor struggling to get out. Stuart Heritage comes to the rescue

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/19/danny-dyer-basement-career-zoo

Phoenix Park

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Lest we forget his charming piece of advice given to a 'Zoo' reader...

That has to be photoshopped right? RIGHT? They can't have printed that surely. :eek: