What is one supporting role that truly stole the screen every scene they were in?

zaerth

Mine is always gonna be Djimon Hounsou. One of the most spine chilling and biting perfomance of all time. The way he stole the screen from Leonardo Dicaprio is mind blowing, and the passion and dedication from him makes this definitely the most believable perfomance from a supporting character since Ralph Fiennes in Schindler’s List. So what is your’s? Let me know.

Any of these

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Bastards

Heath Ledger, the Dark Knight

Robin Williams, Good Will hunting

Ed Norton, Primal Fear

Al Pacino, Glengarry Glen Ross

Strumms

Nancy Marchand - The Sopranos…she literally stole every scene she was in. She didn’t need a script… she could enable you to understand what was going on in the brain of Livia with a raised eyebrow, a glance, a look, those hilarious double takes at people. Brilliant.

Thelonious Monk

the Thomas Cromwell guy in that Bridge of Spies film

JP Liz V1

As this is the TV forum, I'll pick Tom Pelphrey in Ozark, phenomenal performance also Mark Sheppard as Crowley in Supernatural, so good cheeky and devilish

denismc

Jeremy Irons, Margin Call

mr_edge_to_you

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119020197#Comment_119020197

That's a great shout.

The more I watch the Sopranos the more I appreciate how amazing Nancy Marchand was and how important Livia is to the whole thing. I think Livia is evil. Apparently the Saints of Newark movie goes into her character in more depth. Yet to watch it.

More current and probably not where the op was going, but I think Tommy Tiernan is outstanding in Derry Girls!

dotsman

OJ Simpson in the Naked Gun Movies - Nordberg was just brilliant! 😁

Cuba golding junior in Jerry Maguire...... he had that part nailed down......." show me the money jerry"

silliussoddius

Rik Mayall in Blackadder.

Thecageyone

Joe Pesci, Goodfellas and Casino

MeisterG

Orson Welles - The Third Man

Christopher Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

MeisterG

Oh and Trigger in Only Fools …

enfant terrible

Benicio Del Toro in The Usual Suspects

markw7

Every character in Boba Fett who wasn't named Boba Fett🤣

MeisterG

Alan Rickman - anything

brookers

Margo martindale in The Americans.

silverharp

Berta in Two and a half men

NSAman

Beaker in every Muppet movie!

El_Duderino 09

Andrew Scott won a a bafta for his performance as Moriarty in Sherlock. It was his break out roll too.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119021010#Comment_119021010

And in Justified

JP Liz V1

Alan Cumming as Eli Gold

Hangdogroad

Maybe you should have specified tv or movies op, seeing as its in the television thread.

Andrew Robinson as Garak in Deep Space 9

Or Louise Fletcher in the same show.

They absolutely owned the screen

alan partridge aha

TUCO (Eli Wallach), The Good, the bad. Absolutely outstanding performance and should have got an Oscar.

Konny Rool

Peter Lorre in pretty much most films he was in.

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Emily Blunt in the devil wears prada.

paul71

Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone.

Hannibal_Smith

David Hyde Pierce - Frasier

Catherine O'Hara - Schitts Creek

Kim Bodnia - Killing Eve

In fact I'm going to add Fiona Shaw in Killing Eve too just for the air guitar solo

billyhead

Tom Hardy in the Revenant.

Konny Rool

Billy Zane in Titanic and Posse

Dempo1

Surely Dame Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess in Dowton Abbey , desreves a mention.

But Alan Rickman performances in Robin Hood and Die Hard my favourites

billyhead

Ben Fosters role in 310 to Yuma was good.

Christian Bale in The Fighter.

John_Rambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119021007#Comment_119021007

Good call!! That Robin Hood movie! Was he improvising at the rape scene?? Only he could make that sort of scene funny.

Edit... Dempo1 got there before me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neOJdj1jVPc

Easy, J-Roc. Know what I'm sayin?

Paul kaye as the therapist in After life.

dil87

Jonah Hill, Wolf of Wall Street

Man Vs ManUre

DiCaprio in what’s eating Gilbert Grape.

Aidric

Alan Williams clinical portrayal as KGB Chairman Charkov in Chernobyl.

StevenToast

Alec Baldwin, Glengarry Glen Ross.

StevenToast

Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder

StevenToast

Matthew McConaghey, Wolf of Wall Street

GottaGetGatt

Anthony Starr as Homelander in the Boys. Excellent Actor

StevenToast

Ronny Cox, Star Trek TNG

Superb performance coming into an established series....steals every scene he is in....

Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys

jim-mcdee

Stephen Brennan, in Glenroe.

Padraig Mor

Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men

Ten of Swords

Jason Isaacs as General Zhukov in Death of Stalin.

Absolutely owned every scene he was in, especially punching Johnny Depp (Stalin's son) for kicking off at the funeral!

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119025350#Comment_119025350

God no I absolutely hated every scene with him and his mates as well..eugh

gmisk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119021010#Comment_119021010

She does it in so many things...the good wife...Justified...the same with films.. August: Osage County..loads more