>classically trained british actor
>starred in several well recieved films
>has done nothing but bottom-of-the-barrel american slop for 30 years

so what is the difference between him and patrick stewart?

>>213325860 (OP)
British theatre actors starring in Hollywood slop is common though

>>213325860 (OP)
>bottom of the barrel
I beg to differ

>>213325984
>starred in several well recieved films
your reading comprehension is perilously low

>>213326037
>Caligula
>well received

>>213326082
>caligula
>american film
>came out in the last 30 years

>>213325860 (OP)
I think he's a bit of a fuck-up behind-the-scenes. Not more than other, more successful actors, perhaps, but probably never managed to pass the test from the gatekeepers to other big time roles.

>>213326107
Not him but 30 years ago was 1995, OP

>>213325962
This. They add some kino to otherwise meh flicks.

>>213326082
NTA but I interpret that other comment as coomer sarcasm

>>213326151
yes, and caligula came out in 1979. I'm saying him using caligula as an example of a good movie he was in doesn't fit the criteria OP put of "only being in american slop for the last 30 years"

All downhill after this.

The older he gets, the more slop he is a part of

He was good in Entourage

>>213326249
It's best to keep the Welsh busy.

>>213325860 (OP)
From what I can gather, I think he fucked up marrying his publicist and then divorcing her. Not only is she gonna bad mouth him to anyone in the industry she can from now on, he probably had to pay alimony, resulting in him taking a lot more roles to pay. Add in another marriage and some kids and another divorce and you get a muddy career.

As he aged, it became apparent he’s pretty ugly. That didn’t help his career.

>>213325884
Generations was great.

>>213325860 (OP)
>Another classically trained actor
>Literally does Shakespeare
>Got stuck doing Ernest
He liked the role, so I guess that's fine.

>>213325860 (OP)
Gangster No. 1 was good, only made 30k at the box office but still it was good

>>213326312
Also Gangster No 1

>>213326401
I've never understood the hate it gets. Picard seeing his family in the ribbon is one of my favorite moments in Star Trek.

>>213326343
He fell in love quite hard with Helen Mirren on O Lucky Man. He thought Stanley Kubrick was going to be his BBF after Clockwork Orange and when Kubrick moved on with his projects, Malc trash-talked him numerous times publicly in the following years. In one youtube vid taken by a fan at a convention, he appears to be somehat high on cocaine.
So perhaps for all his talent, a lack of emotional maturity prevented him from landing a better career.

>>213326415
I've always Jim Varney would've been really good at doing audiobook recordings.

>>213326415
I mean, how many "classically trained" actors are there? Hundreds of thousands? And most of them do nothing worthwhile. If you can land a recurring part that gets you rich then you did pretty well.

>>213325860 (OP)
Great in Star Trek Generations. And several other films, he's a great actor, but has a very thick accent. That makes it harder to get good roles.

>>213325860 (OP)
You see that with a lot of those old British guys, they're happy to just do any shit: see also Patrick Stewart and Ben Kingsley.
Christ I saw Jeremy Irons in Law and Order: SVU, kek.

>>213325860 (OP)
>has done nothing but bottom-of-the-barrel american slop for 30 years
and for that he got ten times the money he would have if he'd stayed in the UK

>>213326446
Its one of my favourite Star Trek films.

>>213325860 (OP)
Americans will never understand it but Britfag actors will in most cases have mentally separated theatre from film acting. They see one as a passion and the other as a paycheck. Brian Cox does Shakespare for the National Theatre and stuff on Broadway, then shows up to the film set to do absolute bottom of the barrel slop to fund that his lifestyle.

>>213326249
it's amazing that he managed to come back and win a second oscar

>>213326542
>but Britfag actors will in most cases have mentally separated theatre from film acting.
its a job, you do it to get paid. americans do it to be stars

British actors are what made Alien 3 so great.

>>213326474
>Also did Shakespeare
>Decides to larp so long that he got killed

>>213326660
Cucking Chadwick Boseman's corpse out of an Oscar and not even bothering to go to the ceremony is one of the greatest moments in Academy Awards history.

>>213326678
based aliens 3 enjoyer, fuck 2, so annoying and sweaty and predictable. Terminator 2 was his last good movie and even 1 was better.

>>213325860 (OP)
No shame in taking a good paying job.

>>213325984
shit movie

>>213326920
That moment forever proved that the ceremony producers don't get any heads up about who the winners are.

They literally put Best Actor last in the typical Best Picture slot because they just assumed that Boseman would win. lmao.

>>213325884
>>213325962
Bottom of the barrel means direct to dvd shit. Stewart has done nothing but slop but at it's big budget slop.

>>213325860 (OP)
I loved him in the Rob Zombie Halloween films.

>>213326687
He's a nigger, also alive in albania

>>213326505
And here I was thinking "nothing beats Jeremy Irons in that first D&D movie"

>>213326474
Being "classically trained" is like having a college degree. Yeah, a lot of college grads and not all of them are doing anything worthwhile, but if you don't do something with it then it's still a waste.

I don't think "being the best part of a bad movie" is a particularly embarrassing career path. You end up with "Of course the movie was trash but _____ was pretty great as always"

I have literally never watched a movie and thought "Man, Malcolm McDowell sucked in that"

Considering how many obviously trash performances in trash movies there are, there's a certain honor in guys like pic related who always bring it to the table no matter how low brow the material is.

>>213325860 (OP)
Went to Bohemian Grove, career went downhill. Strange.

>>213327350
I'm binging Smallville right now and forgot he was Lois Lane's dad kek

>>213327350
michael ironside is the kinda guy who could read out of the phone book and find a way to make it compelling, consummate professional

>>213326415

>>213325860 (OP)
I really liked this movie as a kid

Jason Alexander

>shy, reserved, articulate, intellectual personality
>classically trained theater actor
>the only one of the 4 main cast trained in that style of acting
>playes George Costanza perfectly
>George is vain, impulsive, neurotic, the total opposite of his personality
>gets stuck with that forever and never played anything of relevance ever since

>>213325860 (OP)
>nothing but bottom-of-the-barrel slop
what noooo

>>213327817
>never played anything of relevance ever since
he was max bialiystock in the producers on broadway
also his fake "acting without acting" book in cye is hilarious, jason was great on that show

>>213325860 (OP)
But enough about Anthony hopkins

>>213327427
he probably smirked and rolled his eyes at all their gay crap

>>213325860 (OP)
I used to think he starred in The Limey before learning it was some other white haired bong.

>>213325860 (OP)
Pretty much like how Jeremy Irons has done nothing but dogshit for 30 years.

>>213326401
>>213326446
I liked it but I understand why people could hate it. He talks Shatner out of paradise to come help him, eventually Shatner agrees, leaves the Garden of Eden and immediately gets killed. Total waste. Also I liked Soran a lot and wanted to see him succeed.

>>213325860 (OP)
Hes ugly

>>213328984
That's just rude, it's called a character actor.

>>213325860 (OP)
> classically trained
> stars in theater for a while
> plays some lousy roles in film
> plays two or three important roles

> from now on, never has to act again, can simply be himself in front of the camera, and everyone loves it

>>213327817
>Jason Alexander
>he initially hoped to be a magician, but while attending a magic camp was told that his hands were too small for card magic
>He wanted to pursue classical acting, but a professor redirected him toward comedy after noticing his physique, remarking, "I know your heart and soul are Hamlet, but you will never play Hamlet."

Well at least he got to be in Kingdom Hearts, forever immortal.

>>213329108
he's in acting retirement, probably only has to show up for a day or two on set

>>213326454
>He fell in love quite hard with Helen Mirren
I don't blame him for that

>>213328861
He's here and there. The finance movie is great.

>>213326505
Terence Stamp is another one. Pic related is an absolute masterclass in shitting out lines as quickly and with as little effort as possible.

>>213326401
It's objectively a fucking terrible movie and also a terrible Star Trek movie. The only good parts are Kirk and Picard together on screen and Kirk in his little dream world. Killing him was fucking stupid.

>>213325860 (OP)
i liked him in Killzone 3 for the Playstation 3 as well as Mad Mod in Teen Titans

>>213327290
That's why you have to be classically and contemporaneously trained, sucka!

And video games which is essentially bottom-of-the-barrel slop or worse

>>213325860 (OP)
he was the best part about rob zombie's awful halloween films

>>213325860 (OP)
>knew him from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
>years later find out he was in Phantom of the Opera (as the Phantom)
>he's actually a good singer
I don't think I've ever been so surprised about an actors history, it'd be like finding out Rowan Atkinson played Eminem in 8 mile. Slightly related, Rowan Atkinson has a Masters in Electrical Engineering.

>>213326542
Wdym? Plenty of American actors go on Broadway after making it big.

>>213331010
>Rowan Atkinson has a Masters in Electrical Engineering.

>>213328788
>not knowing Terrance Stamp

>>213325860 (OP)
>has done nothing but bottom-of-the-barrel american slop for 30 years
I worked on one of these and he was our biggest cast member.

>>213326082
>Caligula

Is a great movie, it just gets unfairly shit upon by Holywood because Bob Guccione was an outsider who did whatever he wanted.

>>213326312
This. He's based in my book for clowning on Ari. I still laugh at the line:
>after we watched Bill and Ted he said 'I'll take Keanu you take the other one'

>>213330074
>hands too small for magic
>too short, fat and schlubby to be Hamlet
Jesus Christ, Georgebros...

His most kino role coming through

https://youtu.be/JtS8IMN1P1c?si=2eEbe2sTjtE0Bf-a
Hello, I'm a British person

>>213325860 (OP)
He's a main cast member on this terrible Canadian show called Son of a Critch and I was shocked learning it was him. He's a very well-respected actor that could probably work with any director he wants, so I would assume he's just taking roles for the experience rather than worry about tailoring his career.

Anyways, the most interesting fact about him in my opinion is that he's the uncle to Alexander Siddig, who of course played Bashir.