Breakout roles

ragnarok1337

Well-Known Member
#1
First, to clarify the above title: A breakout role usually means something that makes the actor become famous; when they mostly did minor roles before.

This...is not that. Or rather, not STRICTLY that. This is a thread for identifying actors, and what roles you associate most with them, usually because of what role you first saw them in.

To demonstrate with an example: Pierce Brosnan. I associate him with James Bond. To me, he IS Bond. To see him in any other role is just...jarring. Now I'm sure there will be loud protests that he isn't the "best" James Bond, or that he "sucks at the role", but...Goldeneye was the first James Bond movie I ever saw. Funnily enough, it was also his first role as Bond. The second Bond movie I saw was "The World is Not Enough, followed by "Tomorrow Never Dies. Also, the N64 Goldeneye game was a big deal for me. And speaking of games, Pierce Brosnan was Bond in one of my personal favorite Bond games, Everything or Nothing

So anyway, there's your example. What actor do you see in a specific role more than others?
 

Mick

Well-Known Member
#3
Michael Keaton Batman

Anthony Hopkins Hannibal Lector

Robert Englund Freddy Krueger

Bruce Campbell Ash
 

Bill Felix

Well-Known Member
#4
I was born in 1989 and am currently 21. Just try to understand the bearing of my age on this when I say these next few:

Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy from Batman & Robin.

Samuel L. Jackson from The Negotiator.

Alan Rickman, Kevin Costner, and Christian Slater from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Robin Williams from Flubber.

Sean Bean as Trevelyan/006 from Goldeneye.

Michael Caine from The Cider House Rules.

Harrison Ford from Air Force One. I actually saw Air Force One before I saw Star Wars or Indiana Jones.
 

OniGanon

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#5
Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator
Angelina Jolie - Lara Croft
Keanu Reeves - Neo
Jason Statham - The Transporter
Hugh Jackman - Wolverine
Ian McKellen - Gandalf
Christian Bale - Preston
Summer Glau - River Tam
Patrick Stewart - Jean Luc Picard
Wesley Snipes - Blade
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
Heath Ledger - The Joker
 

da_fox2279

California Crackpot
#6
Uma Thurman - The Bride Kill Bill 1 & 2

Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction

Alan Rickman - Metatron, Dogma

Keanu Reeves - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Tim Curry - Clue

Angelina Jolie - Gia

Patrick Stewart - Star Trek: The Next Generation

Heath Ledger - Ten Things I Hate about You; The Dark Night

Mark Hamill - The Joker, Batman: The Animated Series (DC Animated Universe overall)
 
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