Underrated/Underused Actors and Actresses

[BillyG]

Neal McDonough should be in a lot more high profile stuff.
David Morse is consistently the best thing about every scene he performs in.

[Captain Russ]

William Sanderson aka JS Sebastian

He's always had a great prescence AND he's got a law degree

Favorite Deadwood actor. E.B. Farnum is the greatest.

(Of course, this leads me to Dourif'ing all over this thread. But that was a foregone conclusion.)

[Matt]

Nice calls on Jason Isaacs and David Morse. I rule out Jennifer Jason Leigh for the simple fact that she worked solidly for a long time in lead roles...'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', 'The Hitcher', 'Single White Female', 'Flesh and Blood'. She's underused LATELY, but she was all over the place for a long time. Damned good actress.

[Abraham Smashington]

JEFF FAHEY.

[Ed Hocken]

I loved David Morse as George Washington in John Adams, especially the scene where everyone is struggling to hear him take the oath.

[Matt]

Brad Dourif.

Like Will Patton, he's frequently the best thing about any movie that he's in. He can play a straight role or a complete loon with equal ease.

[Captain Russ]

Nice calls on Jason Isaacs and David Morse. I rule out Jennifer Jason Leigh for the simple fact that she worked solidly for a long time in lead roles...'Fast Times at Ridgemont High', 'The Hitcher', 'Single White Female', 'Flesh and Blood'. She's underused LATELY, but she was all over the place for a long time. Damned good actress.

I think its precisely because of her diminished status that she routinely impresses me. I have the memory of a goldfish on ecstasy.

[Ed Hocken]

Zeiko Ivanek

Now you may be wondering just who the fuck that guy is. He may have an odd name but that guy is in EVERYTHING. I know him best as Assistant States Attorney Ed Danvers in Homicide. He was also Ray Fisk in Damages.

[Abraham Smashington]

Eric Roberts.

[Matt]

Patricia Clarkson. She's never received her due as an actress.

[Captain Russ]

Henry Czerny.

He was the go-to bureaucratic douchebag for most of the 90s, and man, he was awesome.

And he still is whenever he's working (The Tudors being my most recent encounter), but he ruled over the hill in Clear & Present Danger.

[Ed Hocken]

Peter Weller

[Abraham Smashington]

Dude creeped me out in the last season of Dexter.

[Captain Russ]

Patricia Clarkson. She's never received her due as an actress.

She would receive my due.

All of my due.

[Ed Hocken]

Dude creeped me out in the last season of Dexter.

Watching him talk about how he came up with the movement for Robocop was a real treat.

Also, add James Remar to that list.