What is one supporting role that truly stole the screen every scene they were in?

zaerth · 05-05-2022 4:29pm #1

Mine is always gonna be Djimon Hounsou. One of the most spine chilling and biting perfomance of all time. The way he stole the screen from Leonardo Dicaprio is mind blowing, and the passion and dedication from him makes this definitely the most believable perfomance from a supporting character since Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List. So what is your’s? Let me know.

05-05-2022 4:37pm

Any of these

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Bastards

Heath Ledger, the Dark Knight

Robin Williams, Good Will hunting

Ed Norton, Primal Fear

Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross

Strumms · 05-05-2022 5:07pm

Nancy Marchand - The Sopranos…she literally stole every scene she was in. She didn’t need a script… she could enable you to understand what was going on in the brain of Livia with a raised eyebrow, a glance, a look, those hilarious double takes at people. Brilliant.

Thelonious Monk · 05-05-2022 5:17pm

the Thomas Cromwell guy in that Bridge of Spies film

JP Liz V1 · 05-05-2022 5:54pm

As this is the TV forum, I'll pick Tom Pelphrey in Ozark, phenomenal performance also Mark Sheppard as Crowley in Supernatural, so good cheeky and devilish

denismc · 05-05-2022 6:02pm

Jeremy Irons, Margin Call

mr_edge_to_you · 05-05-2022 7:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119020197#Comment_119020197

That's a great shout.

The more I watch the Sopranos the more I appreciate how amazing Nancy Marchand was and how important Livia is to the whole thing. I think Livia is evil. Apparently the Saints of Newark movie goes into her character in more depth. Yet to watch it.

More current and probably not where the op was going, but I think Tommy Tiernan is outstanding in Derry Girls!