Perfect Person-Perfect Role

[Hoakie]

Tim Robbins Shawshank Redemption

[RayintheUK]

Bruce Willis - Die Hard
Paul Newman - The Sting
Yul Brynner - The Magnificent Seven
Lee Marvin - The Dirty Dozen
Matt Damon - Jason Bourne
Robert De Niro - Ronin and Heat
James Gandolfini - Tony Soprano
Tony Sirico - Pauly Gualtieri

I can't imagine anyone else in the roles above, but my all-time favorite is Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue.

Ray

[4estgump]

Tom Hanks Forrest Gump of course (4estgump)
Charles Bronson Bad a$$
Clint Eastwood Cop & Cowboy
Matt Damon All Bourne and the new one out
John Wayne All around Everything
Favorite Apocalypse Now

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[cabinetman]

The movie about Jack Kevorkian, played by Al Pacino was amazing. Pacino looked, talked, and walked like Kevorkian.
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[atgcpaul]

Russell Crowe in Master and Commander

Would definitely follow his character into battle


Add Brad Pitt in Fight Club. I almost started my own fight club after that one

[Pappy]

Mel Gibson in Ransom (waiting for Edge of Darkness to hit the stores)
Eastwood in Unforgiven and Gran Torino
Goldberg, Moore, and Swayze in Ghost
Ted Neeley in the lead role of Jesus Christ, Superstar (He played the role in the '70'2 stage production, the movie in '73, and again in the revival tour in the '90's)

"John Wayne All around Everything" Exception - He was a Roman Centurion with one line at the end of The Greatest Story Ever Told

[charliex]

One role switch I found amazing was Clint Eastwood, the afore mentioned "Cop & Cowboy" into the smooth dude in The Bridges of Madison County. My criteria far a good actor/actress is that you forget who they are and see them as the charter they are playing. Taylor and Burton could really do it well, unlike Tim Allen who is Tim the Tool Man Taylor, no mater what character he's playing.