Interested in people’s thoughts on their favourite support actor/actress.
To kick it off I nominate John C Reilly.
You could argue that he is an ensemble actor rather than straight out support but every time he’s in a film he steals the show.
Boogie Nights and Magnolia are the pinnacle of his career but even in average films like The River Wild and The Perfect Storm he is enjoyable to watch.
Tom Sizemore had a good run in supporting roles for a while. He was great in Heat, True Romance, and Saving Private Ryan and then he kind of disappeared.
I just can’t go past godfather part two to be honest. As good as he is in deer hunter, that scene where he’s basically confessing at the lake house is an absolute all time great scene.
Cazale’s story in The Deer Hunter was interesting. They filmed all his scenes first because he was so sick and he never even made it to the premiere. His inclusion was all to do with Meryl Streep, his then squeeze.