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Another "second fiddle" actor I like is Brad Dourif. He was less lucky than many of the other actors who played fellow patients in "One Flew Over the Cocoo's Nest" regarding later roles, but I think he gave a good performance in "Alien Resurrection" and was probably the best guest actor who ever appeared on "Star Trek: Voyager" (the psychopathic Betazoid in the episode "Meld" ... one of the very few good episodes of that series, IMO). He's probably not a versatile actor, as he always appears a little psychotic, but I think he does that well at least.
Edward James Olmos.....from Miami Vice. From Films Like Blade Runner, Wolfen, The Burning Season.
I always Considered him a good supporting actor and completely underrated. Although he is one of the Top Latin Actors.
I liked him in Battlestar Galactica.
Steve Buscemi
And in the 6th season of "Dexter".
Lee Van Cleef. Good Bad and the Ugly
Carl Malden. On the Waterfront. Streets of SanFrancisco
George Kennedy. Coolhand Luke, Eiger Sanction, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
Robert Ryan. Bad Day at Black Rock.
Edward James Olmos.....from Miami Vice. From Films Like Blade Runner, Wolfen, The Burning Season.
I always Considered him a good supporting actor and completely underrated. Although he is one of the Top Latin Actors.
I liked him in Battlestar Galactica.
He was top notch as Adama in BGS.....much better than Lorne Greene in the original
Christopher Walken
Earnest Borgnine. He was never a "leading man" but he was always a great "second stringer".
Are there actors you really like, although they aren't really good and/or hardly ever get more than "second string" roles? Maybe they are even good and you think they're underrated?
I totally like Lance Henrikson, probably due to his leading role in the 90s series "Millennium" by Chris Carter, which was cancelled after three seasons. Apart from that, I remember him from "The Terminator" (1984) where he played a police detective and, of course, his role as android Bishop in "Aliens" and "Alien 3"... and in several B-movies. Not sure if he's underrated, but I enjoy his work.
Another "second fiddle" actor I like is Brad Dourif. He was less lucky than many of the other actors who played fellow patients in "One Flew Over the Cocoo's Nest" regarding later roles, but I think he gave a good performance in "Alien Resurrection" and was probably the best guest actor who ever appeared on "Star Trek: Voyager" (the psychopathic Betazoid in the episode "Meld" ... one of the very few good episodes of that series, IMO). He's probably not a versatile actor, as he always appears a little psychotic, but I think he does that well at least.
I love both of the guys you mentioned. Really like Lance Henriksen. Did you know that he didn't know how to read until he was 30? Taught himself how to read by reading scripts. Also, was arrested several times for vagrancy, because he ran away from home and hitchhiked across the country from NYC to get to LA.
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