Best Acting Performances based on real people

[Methodical]

Performances where you're so immersed, that you practically forget that it's an actor portraying the person and assume it's really him/her

Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler (this dude nailed man) in movie "Downfall".

 

[jeh]

Don Cheadle in hotel Rwanda was the first that came to mind

 

[gho3st]

 

[jeh]

Yeah that's a great movie

 

[kp404]

Performances where you're so immersed, that you practically forget that it's an actor portraying the person and assume it's really him/her

Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler (this dude nailed man) in movie "Downfall".

This is easily the best and close thread.

Honorable mention goes to Denzel for Malcolm X, Daniel Day Lewis for WIliam Cutting, and Liam Neeson for Oscar Schindler

 

[jeh]

This is easily the best and close thread.

Honorable mention goes to Denzel for Malcolm X, Daniel Day Lewis for WIliam Cutting, and Liam Neeson for Oscar Schindler

It was okay, but military movies are generational, same way old heads liked iwo jima, or we were soldiers, black hawk down. So on and so forth. Its a great movie, but I disagree its a close thread movie portraying a real life person.

 

[Yehuda]

this one gave me chills

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Casey Affleck as Robert Ford

Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday

 

[jeh]

this one gave me chills

I loved Denzel (pause) in Glory

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Denzel Washington as Rubin Hurricane Carter

 

[jeh]

Casey Affleck as Robert Ford

Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday

The assassination of Jesse james by......is a great movie

I liked Kurt Russell part as Wyatt in tombstone alot more but doc did his thing no lie

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Josh Brolin in W.

Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln

Leonardo Dicaprio as Frank Abignale JRr

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup

Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club

 

[Bakebean]