Best Character Actors

Richard Jenkins and Fred Willard

 

Willard rules. "And to think that in some countries these dogs are eaten."

 

Daniel von Bargen



From his IMDB bio:

Brian Cox made me think of Super Troopers.

 

Cox makes me think of Super Troopers, too. "I'm naked!?

Von Bargen and Turturro are both great in my favorite movie, O Brother Where Art Thou?

Von Bargen is also absolute gold as Kruger on Seinfeld.

 

Not the best, but here are some according to
http://www.movieactors.com/characters/index.html

Dan Hedaya
Jeffrey Jones
Burgess Meredith
Daniel Stern
John Vernon
Burt Young

 

The late, great J.T. Walsh.

 

Oliver Platt
John Mahoney
David Morse
Judy Greer
Elizabeth Banks
Paul Dooley
Bruce Greenwood
Greg Kinnear
James Gammon
and I could go on...
Ron Rifkin and Bob Balaban made careers out of playing pricks. Come to think of it, the entire cast of The Negotiator consists of great character actors.

 

great call.. was going to be my answer

 

Would Jeffrey Jones too big a name to be in the character actor category?

 

Charles Durning
Brian Dennehy

 

Dude, lay off the cough syrup. Seriously. I'm worried about ya, man.

There was a time when Fred Dalton Thompson could be counted on to for a decent supporting performance or, at the very least, a memorable line or two.

 

I know he's a star, but I'm going to say Gene Hackman anyway.