Top 20 Most Underappreciated Actors Ever
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- These underappreciated actors need more recognition. For this list, we’ll be looking at the best film and television stars who we feel need more recognition. Our countdown includes Dylan O'Brien, Kathryn Hahn, Isla Fisher, and more! Which actor do YOU think is underappreciated? Let us know in the comments!
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I adore Kathryn Hahn! She normally pops up as the goofy best friend in comedies, but she deserves more leading lady roles! ❤️
I do too! She's great.
She has had lead parts. She was Agatha all along
She totally rocks
Love Kathryn Hahn
Brilliant in Step Brothers.
“Stay golden, pony boy.”
I will say this again and again Alfred Molina is so Underrated and underappreciated he's not mentioned in this or other underrated lists. I saw him most recently in Promising Young Woman and it further cements how criminally underrated more than others in this list.
Agree so much!
So underrated that he isn’t even on the list of the underrated!😂 Seriously, he’s very good, very compelling, and very underrated. Great actor!
I think he’s taking more of a career backseat overtime. PYW and No Way Home are the only major things he’s done in over half a decade.
It's sad that he went uncredited in Promising Young Woman despite having a screen time enough for a Supporting Actor credit, not as a cameo
I just looked him up, I loved him in Frida!
Toni Collette has always been a star to me. I can’t help but think some actors just choose not to do the “fame” thing. Like they don’t live in NY or LA and in between jobs they go out of their way to stay off the scene and just be known for their work. I think she’s one of those people.
@boobalopbop. I agree, to me Toni Collette is a star but she keeps a low profile when not working. It certainly doesn’t mean she’s under appreciated.
@@tess5747 Yes, she doesn't want fame, just like Cillian Murphy.
@@tess5747 I mean.. Muriel’s Wedding makes her an icon!!!
@@andrewjones575 Yeah… He could have been THAT guy. I think he just chooses not to.
@@Boobalopbop Luv Muriel's Wedding. Toni is a great actress.
I honestly think Paul Dano is pretty underrated…he’s done some really unique roles throughout his career!
I first discovered him when he played the Riddler in The Batman this year, and ever since then I've gone down a Paul Dano rabbit hole. Honestly one of the most brilliant actors of our time.
So Good on prisoners!
He is husband of Zoe Kazan, the granddaughter of Elia Kazan.
John C. Reilly is such a versatile actor. He definitely deserves to be on this list.
I fell in love with John C. Reilly when he sang in "Chicago". He was a wonderful voice.
He had also voice Roles in a few films.
He was Axiom Captain in WALL-E.
He was Wreck-It-Ralph.
He was That Ram in Sing (2016).
I love this list, but who should have been on the list, or at the very least an honorable mention is Matthew Lillard. His range and versatility can put him near the top tier of actors, but he always seems to be one of those actors that is always the one no one really thinks about until you mention him, and the response is always like, "who!?" oh, yeah him from scooby doo!" lol.
Stu!
Kathryn Hahn was at her comedic best in Step Brothers, the scenes with her and John C. Reilly were epic! She definitely deserved more screen time though.
Linda Cardellini should be on this list.
Velma!
Yes
Fax bro she my wife
Velma in Scooby-Doo films
Chutney Windham in Legally Blonde (character whom Elle questions in the trial)
She also had a role in Brokeback Mountain
John Lithgow is by far best known for 3rd Rock. To say that he's best known for a supporting role in Footloose & a voice role in Shrek is bizarre. You didn't mention or show anything from 3rd Rock.
Nor did they mention Dexter
My favorite movie with him was Raising Cane he played a guy with multiple personalities
So tru
I love that Bokeem Woodbine and Sanaa Lathan got shout outs on this list. They're both fantastic! They both deserve more recognition.
What I love about Bokeem is that he'll go from acting in an Oscar-winning movie (Ray) to a bit part as a cop on a television show (Life In Pieces - season 1, episode 2).
Alan Tudyk should have been on this list! Such an amazing actor with so much range.
Dianna Agron is also very underappreciated for her voice. She nailed each and every song in glee.
And Kevin Mchale and Heather Morris? They are even more underappreciated
This is a great list. To add some of the great roles of some of these actors - John Lithgow on “Dexter” was epic. Judy Grier on “Arrested Development” was hilarious. John Leguizamo was incredible in “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmare.” Jennifer Coolidge was really good in “White Lotus.”
John Lithgow in " the world according to Garp".
LOVE LOVE John in To Wong Foo. John Lithgow is so great he can play villian and the good guy so easily I love him on 3rd rock from the sun as a kid!
We don't talk about Bruno.
Alan Tudyk should have been in this list.
Voice actors don’t really count. But if we’re going that route, we should also mention Tara Strong, Alex Hirsch, Dee Bradley Baker and Tom Kenny
@@bengilhooly3616 Tudyk is far more than a voice actor. His performance in ‘Death at a Funeral” is a comedic masterclass.
@@murphbee fair enough
@@bengilhooly3616 I remember first seeing him onscreen in the Michael Douglas movie Wonder Boys.
Andrew Garflied is hardly underapperciated. He's up for an oscar this year.
Yeah I wouldn’t have him on the list,he liked enough!
He forever has one fewer Oscar nomination than he should: *I'm not coming back for 30 percent, I'm coming back for EVERYTHING!*
@@fromthehaven94 I’ve always enjoyed watching that shot of him just walking, so determined
For this 90's kid, when I think of John Lithgow I think of Harry and The Hendersons.
More than 3rd Rock?
@@andrewjones575 well, I forgot about that. I did love that show.
@@somberstricken4424 A great sitcom. Lithgow's best-known & longest role by far.
I grew up with John Lithgow and Kevin Kline in the 80s, and followed John Leguizamo and John C. Reilly in the 90s and 2000s. In Hollywood they are legends. I wouldn't say any of those guys are underappreciated. They just graduated from "I'll do anything for a part" to "If it doesn't speak to me, I've got other things I could do" status.
I saw John Lithgow on Broadway with Glenn Close. They were both wonderful.
John Leguizamo MADE "To Wong Foo, Love Julie Newmar".
I really loved Kevin Kline in "The Big Chill". I would have loved seeing him play the starring role in "Privates Of Penzance" in Shakespeare in the park.
Jennifer Coolidge also played the character of Ms. Charming in the movie "Austenland" which if you haven't seen it yet then you should cause it's *amazing*
She was also the popcorn ball making mom in the criminally underappreciated "Gentlemen Broncos".
Also, "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind".
Love that movie and she is SO funny in that 😂😂😂
I fell in love with Toni Collette when I saw her in Muriel's Wedding back in the '90s, I was so chuffed to see her become in a sense more mainstream and in so many American films and foreign films, but she really doesn't get the credit she deserves. One of the best damn actresses on the planet
I loved Muriel's Wedding, I remember renting it from blockbusters.
I couldn’t agree more. She can play anything.
Muriel’s Wedding was my intro to Toni Colette. I remember being so excited by her in that role, and have enjoyed her performances many times over the years. She does a large number of projects, but her short piece in The Hours was so memorable as was Unbelievable. I had the pleasure of being on set with her for one scene in Nightmare Alley as an extra, She was only three rows away from me in the cinema scene.
@@mikemcmahon8982 lucky you, she seems pretty down to earth and interviews I wonder if she really is. She definitely seems like a very pleasant person
I was about to post this same comment! I've watched that movie so many times
I adore Andrew Garfield! Toni Collette in In Her Shoes, Judy Greer in The Wedding Planner, Kathryn Hahn in Stepbrothers, Jennifer Coolidge in Legally Blonde...classic!
If you want an underappreciated Andrew Garfield role, look up a 2017 movie called "Breathe"
Also, they kept saying "You might not know them..." but I'm like "Yeah I already do"
You forgot the most underrated actor of all: *C. Thomas Howell.* The guy has a career that dates back to the _early 1980s,_ longer than some names on this list put together…and yet pretty much nobody knows or remembers him.
Dylan O’Brien and Andrew Garfield underrated? Sure….if this was 2014 or earlier. You seriously need to get up to date, because you missed quite a lot. LMAO
Cillian Murphy too hasn’t been underrated for well over a decade.
I had the pleasure of meeting Howell at a Comic-Con a few years back, pretty nice guy. Howell’s career took a nosedive after he did a controversial movie (I think it involved him in blackface), but he’s doing pretty well still; he’s the primary voice actor for Reverse-Flash throughout DC animation.
You mean Soul Man
Thank you for mentioning Howell. 😭 I fell in love with him during Kindred: the Embraced and I feel like shows are elevated when he shows up (Criminal Minds, The Blacklist, The Punisher, Animal Kingdom, to name a few).
I cannot believe you didn't mention Toni Collette as Tara in the United States of Tara - that role truly demonstrates the woman's talent.
Or Muriel's Wedding, amazing.
I was wondering why they didn't include that show. That was such an amazing show and her performance was steller.
I love Judy Greer! Everything she is in is fantastic. And dont forget she is Cheryl in Archer, probably my favorite role!
also a guest appearance in Big Bang Theory.
Brilliant calls; John C Reilly, Kevin Kline, and Toni Collette; one more to add, Woody Harrelson
How can one praise John Lithgow without mentioning his chilling turn as a serial killer in Dexter?
Or without mentioning 3rd rock??!!
John Lithgow is one of those actors who are well respected in the industry. But, not a "star."
John Lithgow has won numerous Golden Globes, has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and is in Theatre Hall of Fame, and has been nominated for several Oscars. Doesn't seem underrated.
I feel he’s critically renowned but still underrated by the masses
Kevin Kline and Toni Collette have been my favorites for years. Watch Life as a House
I fell in love with Isla Fisher when I saw Wedding Crashers lol
This is some of your best work Mojo🥰 regardless of order, ALL of these actors deserve more screen time. 👍
My underappreciated actors are Ben Barnes, Aaron Taylor Johnson, and Dane Dehaan
I'm glad to see Dove Cameron on this list. There are so many I agree with on here.
Dylan O'Brien was great in (the also underappreciated, haha) "Love and Monsters"! Jennifer Coolidge is a comedy queen. Kevin Kline in "Dave" - one of my all time favorites.
I LOVE Toni Collette! She totally blew me away in Sixth Sense and I just loved her in, "In Her Shoes!"
She should've gotten an Oscar for Hereditary
Don't think I ever agreed with a list by Mojo, more than I agree with this list.
Sanaa Lathan is amazing on alien verses predator. And I absolutely love Kevin Kline on Dave.
sanaa lathan was always so famous to me because she was in a lot of favorite movies growing up.
Alan Tudyk should not only be on this list, he should top it. He's hilarious, brilliant, and diverse, with noteworthy performances in TV, movies, and voice acting.
Lithgow is a treasure and must be protected at all costs!
Recently The New York Times made a list of The greatest actors of the 21st century so far, #25 on that list was Gael García Bernal, he is widely acclaimed but I feel not as much with American audiences. Love that John Leguizamo was mentioned 🙌🏼 Even Though Kevin Kline is an acclaimed actor I feel not so much with millennials and beyond, One of my favorite RomComs is French Kiss!
French Kiss is so good and no one talks about it!!!
A lot of these people are very well appreciated. John Lithgow? Who doesn't know who he is
Exactly. He has been in so MANY moVies. Whoever wrote this said Lithgow had been in a plethora of movies. Do they not know what they are saying?
To be fair, underrated does not mean the same thing as unknown...
DYLAN O'BRIEN MAN! I just seen the outfit this weekend in the theater, and he was so fucking great in it and all the other movies he is in I wish he would win an Oscar one day he just has to find the right movie and Man I Loved him so much in Love and Monsters and last year's Flashback and the 10 mins he was in Infinite was better than the whole movie.
I love cillian when I was 10-11 years old and Ive been watching his stuff ever since. It upsets me that he doesn't get the recognision he deserves until he was in peaky blinders :(
Breakfast on Pluto is where I fell in love
What about Kelly Macdonald? She never gets the recognition she deserves.
I feel like Jason Schwartzman is under appreciated yes he is known for Wes Anderson roles but people don't see so much of his other roles beside Wes. I loved him in 7 Chinese Brothers, Bored to Death and Listen Up Phillip. He even does good voice acting in Klaus
Népotism kid can choke
I Heart Huckabees is amazing too
I think Kaitlyn Dever is sorta underappreciated. From her work on Last Man Standing to her award nominated work on those streaming miniseries Unbelievable & Dopesick
HONORABLE MENTION
Danny Pudi- He played Abed and Community and was always snubbed at the Emmys for his role. he’s such a great actor overall. He’s done some great work recently on the Apple TV series Mythic Quest.
Hank Azaria is another one that comes to mind. He provides a large variety of characters in The Simpsons, plus has a perfect balance in comedic and versatile roles.
Lithgow, Kline, Colette, Leguizamo, and Garfield are weird additions to this category. All are pretty famous, well-credited Hollywood stars in my book and far from under-appreciated. Otherwise, great list!
Litghgow has many awards
It's inconceivable that Wallace Shawn isn't on this list.
Kevin Kline is highly awarded & well-known.
Truth,he just hasn’t been around for awhile!
@@LaurenKaminski He's less high-profile now, but that's true of many older actors.
Don't forget that :
- Dylan O'Brien also voiced Bumblebee in the prologue of the 2018 movie
- Rosa Salazar voicing Cooperhead in Batman Arkham Origins and taking a role as Commanding Officer Lynne Lucero of the USS Cabot in Star Trek : Short Treks Season 2 episode The Trouble with Edward !
The fact that Ben Foster is not even mentioned in this list, just goes to show how underappreciated he is.
No question that THE most underappreciated actor is Glenn Close! Wildly talented, fearless, will do any role. AND she sings, too. The fact that she is the most nominated actress without a single win is proof.
Walton Goggins is the most diverse and compelling actor alive.
Hell yes! If you need convincing, watch him in his recurring role on "Sons of Anarchy." 😉
Cillian Murphy, underappreciated? That's ridiculuous, he's famous since Peaky Blinders - and very much adored by people
Yes, and he has won awards.
Yeah, but he’s not given many roles and doesn’t have a very recognizable name. No doubt he’s been acknowledged for his great works, but he’s not very recognized in name
He is underrated!
@@andrewjones575 you can still be up & win around & still be underrated! It is the credits that are in charged of that.
Well now he has an Oscar for Best Actor in “Oppenheimer”
Toni Collette has many awards. She's not very well-known because she doesn't court publicity & isn't hot.
I appreciate most of these actors on this list. Love Toni Collette! Judy Greir will forever me Fern Mayo to me, she's great. Jenna Malone, Katherine Hahn...ugh great list.
John Lithgow on 3rd Rock from the Sun was definitely one of my favourite roles of his. And Daddy’s Home 2. He’s so cheesy and lovable!
John Lithgow has that same gift Bryan Cranston has both can play a goofy sitcom character (John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third rock from the sun and Bryan Cranston as Hal on Malcolm in the middle) to an insane dramatic killer (John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell/ the Trinity Killer on Dexter and Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking bad)
I know Hailee Steinfeld for her role as Charlie(?) in Transformers: Bumblebee, and even provided the song "Back to Life" for said film. She's awesome, imo (in my opinion).
She was great in true grit with Jeff bridges.
Kevin Kline playing the Pirate King in the The Pirates of Penzance - that man CAN SING and Dance. Also In and Out
Im and out is such a great movie. Haven't seen it for years now, but i remember Kline being hilarious.
#19 Hong Chau started gaining recognition lately. She received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in The Whale.
Vernee Watson is a great actress, who’s been around consistently over 50 years
At least you could've mentioned John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell a.k.a The Trinity Killer on Dexter season 4.
Of course we knew Kevin kline, and his wife Phoebe Cates. In and out was a great film. Why is Joan Cusack not in this list? Or the guy from Severance, or the guy from mom instead of Lithgow, Colette, etc?
I'll add Brad Douriff and Catherine Harris to the underrated.
A brief glimpse in Legally Blonde of actor John Kapelos who should be on this list. Usually minor charecters, always delivers
Brendan Fraser
Antonia Banderas
Pierce Brosnan
Ron Perlman
Daisy Ridley
Jack Black
Jackie Chan
What is that?
They have plenty of appreciation.
@@andrewjones575 Good to know.
Leguizamo's stand-up is also amazing
What about Andre Braugher, Steve Buscemi, Chris Cooper, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Amy Madigan, Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Courtney Vance, Melora Walters, and a long etcetera?
Travis Fimmel hoping he should be here!!!!! One of the best actors and most underrapreciated actors of all time!!!!
John Lithgow is amazing
Woodbine will overwhelm you with cool.
Kathryn Hahn knocked it out of the park as Agatha Harkness in WandaVision.
Kevin Kline hits the heavens of comedy as Otto in A Fish Called Wanda. Well deserved Oscar.
Alan Tudyk, Jeffery Wright, Ben Foster
That was a good topic to cover up! 👌 Now can you please do the Top 10 or Top 20 Underapprieciated voice actors? (I.E. James Arnold, Kevin Michael Richardson, etc.)
How could no one mention Daniel Radcliffe??? The hardest working actor out there with so many DIFFERENT roles! He's SO humble about it too!
I agree. I didn’t even think of him until I saw your comment(I guess that just further confirms the idea that he’s underrated). People don’t recognize him as being as dedicated as he is, he’s just Harry Potter to most
Personally I think the most under appreciated and underrated actors/actresses are Max Hardwood, James Paxton, Bill Paxton, Tyler Young, Nicholas Gailtzine, John Leguizamo, and Timothee Chalament, Madison Pettis, Kaitlyn Maher, Quvenzhane Walis, Wesley Snipes, and Victoria Justice. Especially the first five, these handsome and talented young men are just not talked about enough, but you know who else isn't also talked about enough? Underrated, unnoticed and talented smaller RUclips channels, Mrs. Mojo I think that you're next list should be on these under appreciated actors and actresses I just mentioned, a list of Disney's Treasure Planet and a list on underrated but talented RUclipsrs, because I can think of many RUclipsrs who DESERVE to be talked about more, like HardStopLucas, VerbalAce, Cartoon Connect, Tomas Sanders, ERB, CrazyGregFlims, TheDragonSuperFan, Scribbler Productions, TheLostNarrator, Chanel Willams, and of course my personal favorite who SHOULD BE number one.... Me! LongHairedGIRL2000!!!! I'm definitely not talked about enough anywhere and I think my creation The Teen Gang is AWESOME, so if you guys could SHARE it for me or even mention me in your next list, that would be great.
How about a few more?
Jeremy Northam (he's played everything from a Saint to a Prime Minister to a Jane Austen hero)
Tom Hollander (his portrayal of Mr. Collins is the only time I felt sorry for the character rather than just grossed out)
Marton Csokas (he's usually a bad guy, but does it so well)
Harland Williams Loved Him In Gary and Mike and most recently In Sammy he was ok in Slacker Cats he's a overlooked actor
Also Superstar and There’s Something About Mary, I Love the Idea of 7 minute Abs 😂
Seven chipmunks twirling on a branch, eating lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch...
I think Paul Giamatti is really underrated. He was amazing as John Adams in HBO's miniseries, he was great in Parkland, Saving Mr. Banks, Cinderella Man, etc. He's also been a guest star in many great shows like Downtown Abbey.
No Alexander Siddig???
He's *STILL* underappreciated, even by Mojo!
James Purefoy, Josh Hartnett, Michael K. Williams, Rory Kinnear, Evan Peters, Matthew Goode, Joseph Morgan, Paul Giamatti, Andy Serkis, Ben Foster, Damien Lewis just to name a few
I'm SO HAPPY with the pick for #1!! I've always loved him and I wish he got more recognition.
10 I find underrated: Ben Foster, Julia Stiles, Mekhi Phifer, Alan Tudyk, Jennifer Carpenter, Adam Beach, Melonie Diaz, Zoe Kazan, Daniel Radcliffe, Kerry Washington
Melonie Diaz probably the most underrated actress in the industry
Here's my list
20 Victor Garber
19 Michael Sheen
18Tim Daily
17 Harold Perrnineau
16 Kristen Kreuk
15 Alison Pill
14 Lena Olin
13 Freeema Agyreman
12 Jasmine Guy
11 Brenda Song
10 Breckin Meyer
9 Seth Green
8 Kyra Sedgwick
7 Micheal Mckean
6 Malcolm Mcdowell
5 Sean Astin
4 Brendan Gleason
3 Embeth Davidtz
2 Judd Hirsch
1 Tom Skerritt
Many of these actors have been well-known and respected for years.
Other underappreciated who may be a little older than this list: Giancarolo Esposito, Jeffrey Wright, Audra McDonald, Louis Gossett, Jr (won an Oscar), Michael Beach, Frances McDormand, Joan Cusack, Katherine O'Hara, and the late William Hurt and John Heard, among many more
Tom Sizemore is one of the most underrated actors in the history of cinema.
I’m so glad you recognized Dianna Agron and Kathryn Hahn both wonderful actresses. Hahn’s role in parks and recreation is fantastic.
Add Jeremy Renner, and Vince Vaughn, too. They're BOTH, IN MY OPINION highly underappreciated actors too.
And dude... Jenna Malone in Bastard Out of Carolina was so good. That is a EXTREMELY graphic film. Like EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. But, it's a good movie.
My favorites: James Rebhorn, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, Matthew Goode and yes, Kevin Kline is one of the best.
Some of these I don't think about b/c I am so familiar with them and their work, like Cillian Murphy.
Jena Malone is incredibly talented. Girl has range.
Loved her in Donnie darko..
Leguizamo is known, from wong foo with love, to Sid, Toni Colette too. At least in Europe.
Wow, very nice list! ^_^ But I think you should make a Part 2, with the following actors included:
*Powers Boothe
*Prince
*Michael Jackson
"Levar Burton
*Brad Dourif
*Gregory Smith
*Fran Drescher
*Wallace Shawn
*Alan Tudyk
Anyone else have any suggestions? 😁
I always remember coolidge from her appearance as the masseuse on seinfeld, since that was the first time i saw her.
I'd like to add Taraji P. Henson to this list. She's fantastic.
Seriously, Toni Colette and John Lithgow? You would have to be either 14 years old or living under a rock not to know the love these two have been given.
💥 Melissa Benoist ⚡
I know A LOT of those actors/actress, and I don't understand why they are still underrated
Kathryn Hahn had her first shot on Crossing Jordan as the lovely and caring Lilly Lebowski, I loved that show. You could have shown that😕.
However, nice video and best regards from Barcelona!
The Edge of Seventeen made me a fan of Hailee Steinfeld. She’s an amazing actor.
She was great in true grit as well.
The video I didn't know I needed!