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Poll: Serious Actors in Funny Roles

Which of these comedic performances by an actor not primarily known for comic roles is your favorite? Discuss here

Poll by: CyrilMartin

Created Nov 30 2020

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  • The Nice Guys (2016)

    Russell Crowe
  • Airplane! (1980)

    Leslie Nielsen
  • Knives Out (2019)

    Daniel Craig
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

    Ralph Fiennes
  • Midnight Run (1988)

    Robert De Niro
  • The Nice Guys (2016)

    Ryan Gosling
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

    George Clooney
  • Snatch (2000)

    Brad Pitt
  • Tropic Thunder (2008)

    Tom Cruise
  • The Other Guys (2010)

    Mark Wahlberg
  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

    Gary Oldman
  • Spy (2015)

    Jason Statham
  • Galaxy Quest (1999)

    Sam Rockwell
  • Stakeout (1987)

    Richard Dreyfuss
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

    Gene Hackman
  • Inherent Vice (2014)

    Joaquin Phoenix
  • Santa Clarita Diet (2017)

    Timothy Olyphant
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

    Andre Braugher
  • Tag (2018)

    Jon Hamm
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)

    Jeff Bridges
  • Mean Girls (2004)

    Rachel McAdams
  • 30 Rock (2006)

    Alec Baldwin
  • Step Brothers (2008)

    John C. Reilly
  • In Bruges (2008)

    Colin Farrell
  • Death Becomes Her (1992)

    Meryl Streep
  • True Lies (1994)

    Jamie Lee Curtis
  • Inherent Vice (2014)

    Josh Brolin
  • American Dad! (2005)

    Patrick Stewart
  • Long Shot (2019)

    Charlize Theron
  • The Freshman (1990)

    Marlon Brando
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)

    Ben Kingsley
  • Maverick (1994)

    Jodie Foster
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    Sean Penn

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