We asked our regular contributors through e-mail Who is a good comedic actor that ended up being a great dramatic actor? We got many interesting responses. Here are some of them. We have just copied and pasted their responses, not editing them in any way.
1. John Goodman.
– toothfixingfiend
2. I’ve noticed a lot of actors from Breaking Bad mentioned. I believe Vince Gilligan said in an interview that it was on purpose. His reasoning is that if you can do comedy you can probably act, and drama is a lot easier to act than comedy.
– CouldNotRememberNames
3. Would Michael Keaton count?
– AdamTheFirstSiner
4. Gene Wilder.
– Legate-Drummer
5. Bob Odenkirk.
– TheMantisTobongg
6. Kurt Russell was a Disney comedy actor for about 10 years until he did a TV movie about a mass shooter then hooked up with John Carpenter.
– efs709
7. Olivia Coleman.
– joq8
8. Calculon.
– CabbAge-Island
9. Bryan Cranston.
– Shepard-Wrex
10. Hugh Laurie. Went from A bit of Fry and Laurie to Blackadder and then out of nowhere, House MD and then again with Night Manager.
That man knows acting!
– Distinct-Coconut
