Actors that are scene stealers in a movie

[nieman]

Yaphet Kotto
Paul Giamatti
Stanley Tucci
Jeff Bridges
Sam Elliott
Jude Law
Elizabeth Banks
Forrest Whitaker
young Dakota Fanning
Delroy Lindo

 

[Legal]

The guy who played Brick Top in Snatch was only on screen for maybe 15 minutes total, but is one of the most memorable characters.

Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting is another good one. Whole movie changes as soon as he shows up.

Jon Hamm in Baby Driver.

Albert Brooks in Drive

Great choice. He even made that confused squint thing it seems like he always does seem like someone might die a second later.

Joe Pesci steals almost every scene.

Pesci might be the best part of The Irishman. The scene where he tells Frank that not only is Jimmy going to get killed, but Frank has to do it gets better on a rewatch when you notice how exasperated he is with the whole situation, but also realizes that decades down the line, he has to check Frank to see if he'll be a problem too.

And near the end, when he gets wheeled off and never comes back, as if he knows he's going to die, but somehow caught a W because he didn't snitch, and went when he was ready.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Albert Brooks in Drive

Love Brooks in drive.

I would say, Deniro is Mean Streets.

 

[AMcV'88]

Phillip in general but steals the show here in less than a minute.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Paul Giamatti

GTFOH

 

[JD2019]

I see some good ones mentioned and I'll add Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder to the mix. Bonus points for not even knowing he was in the movie. While I was watching it I knew it was something familiar about the actor but couldn't put my finger on it. Had a

moment when the credits rolled.

 

[QuintessentialMan]

Philip Seymor Hoffman
Benicio Del Toro
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Helen Mirren
Clarence Williams 3rd
Tom Cruise
Denzel Washington
Paul Giamatti
Joe Pesci
Alfred Molina
Will Smith
Tyler Perry

 

[nieman]

GTFOH

Paul Giamatti is a great character actor, and terrific in everything.

The Illusionist
The Negotiator
Donnie Brasco
Planet of the Apes
Straight Outta Compton

 

[Legal]

I see some good ones mentioned and I'll add Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder to the mix. Bonus points for not even knowing he was in the movie. While I was watching it I knew it was something familiar about the actor but couldn't put my finger on it. Had a

moment when the credits rolled.

Good call. He was going crazy in his scenes.

I was in the group of people that instantly recognized him, though. All other features aside, the voice was a dead giveaway.

 

[Imhotep]

I always thought Paul Newman was the scene stealer in that movie

Speaking of Newman and great performances, If you ever get a chance, watch The Verdict.

 

[semicko82]

Speaking of Newman and great performances, If you ever get a chance, watch The Verdict.

I watched it before great movie. My favorite Paul Newman movie and performance is Hud

 

[inndaskKy]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Bill Paxton, Aliens.

 

[obarth]

Christoph Waltz

 

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Christopher Walken