Creepy actors thread


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I thought it would be fun to compile a list of your favorite actors who are, well, creepy. The fun thing about this is that many of them are highly recognizable actors, but their names are often unfamiliar.

Just list a couple per post.

I'll start

Bill Duke

Ronald Lacey

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Crispin Glover- not only a fine actor, but a gifted singer as well.

Clarence Williams III

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Seconded on Crispin Glover

Willem Dafoe

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Gary Oldman has been a bit creepy. In Leon, especially.

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Shocked nobody has mentioned these yet:

Christopher Walken

Steve Buscemi

Peter Stormare

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Christian Bale, in some of his early movies.


Brad Douriff


Vincent Schiavelli.

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Chris Walken in The Prophecy series = Seriously creepy.
Chris Walken in True Romance = Wonderfully evil.

Nathan Fillion as Caleb in Buffy = Seriously creepy.
Nathan Fillion as Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly/Serenity = AWESOME ON A STICK!

Summer Glau as River Tam in Firefly/Serenity = Seriously creepy.
Summer Glau as A Ruttin TERMINATOR = Sarah Connor Chronicles = Seriously creepy.

As for actors just actors...

Alan Rickman can be.
Elijah Wood can be.
Jack Nicholson.

There are more, but I'm on hold.


John Lithgow, especially in this season of Dexter

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Jackie Earle Haley

Hurm...


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Jackie Earle Haley

Just saw "Little Children". wow.

Great choices!

For old school, Im going with Peter Lorre.

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Glenn Close.
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and, Mikhaila, you see Nathan Fillion as the Hammer in Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog? DOUBLE AWESOME!

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Geoffrey Rush (Quills anyone?)


taig wrote:
Christian Bale, in some of his early movies.

Yes, he has some serious creep factor in his early work...


Bruce Dern for the win!


Sam Neill

Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Dylan Baker
(see Happiness for both of 'em)

Clancy Brown (Highlander, for starters)

Gary Busey

James Spader (Secretary is a good example)

And for the women, there's Juliette Lewis and Amanda Plummer..

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Shadowborn wrote:
taig wrote:
Christian Bale, in some of his early movies.
Yes, he has some serious creep factor in his early work...

That's downright soul-scarring.

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