The Greatest Method Actors of All Time
by twopercentsuccess | created - 14 Apr 2016 | updated - 15 Apr 2016 | Public
1. Kel Mitchell
Actor | Good Burger
Acting Career - Hailing from the Windy City, Kel Mitchell began his acting career at the young age of 12 with the ETA Creative Arts Foundation. Young Kel wowed audiences with his on-stage performances in Chicago theatrical productions such as "Kasimu & the Coconut Palm" and "Dirt." But it was his ...
Kel Mitchell worked seven months at a Carl's Jr. to prepare for his role in Good Burger. Filming of the movie was often put on hold because he could never get anyone to cover his shifts.
2. Steven Seagal
Actor | On Deadly Ground
Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...
Seagal had garnered his reputation as a method actor long before his role in Executive Decision, but he earned his place in thespian history when he insisted that he actually be sucked out of an airplane in the film's most tragic scene.
RIP Steven Seagal
3. Tom Cruise
Actor | Top Gun
In 1976, if you had told fourteen-year-old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be Tom Cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. ...
Tom Cruise's distinctive run has become a trademark of his career, but did you know that he's been perfecting it through four decades? Cruise started running in 1983 and he hasn't stopped since!
4. Mark Wahlberg
Producer | The Fighter
American actor Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to acclaimed actor. A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Departed (2006) who went on to receive positive critical reviews for his performance in The Fighter (...
Since playing Texan Cade Yeager in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Mark Wahlberg has been going around saying, "I love Texas wicked hard y'all."
5. Marlon Brando
Actor | Apocalypse Now
Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in ...
Marlon Brando was eating raw horse livers long before Leo was. He famously consumed an equine liver on the set of Mutiny on the Bounty. It wasn't even for a scene in the movie, he was just like, "Bring me my horse liver!"
6. Shaquille O'Neal
Actor | Steel
Shaquille O'Neal is a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. He was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever. O'Neal ...
Famous genie Kazaam was so committed to his role as basketball player Shaquille O'Neal that he played a full nineteen seasons in the NBA, breaking character only once for his 1996 self-titled autobiographical drama.
7. Sylvester Stallone
Actor | Rocky
Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.
Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...
Sylvester Stallone loaded up on steroids for his critically acclaimed performance as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.
8. Tim Allen
Actor | Toy Story
Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old...
There's been no shortage of praise for Tim Allen's preparation. Allen is so devoted to his roles that he lived in a young child's bedroom while recording his dialogue for the Pixar classic. That's dedication!
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