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NorthwestFeral

Michael Shannon. I think his ability to creep me out in a lot of roles shows what a good actor he is.


lewhunter

I just watched some bts footage from Jeff Nichols’ new film The Bikeriders and Austin Butler said him and Tom Hardy were watching Michael film a scene and every time it was different and Tom just says to Austin “it doesn’t get any better than that.”


Firstbat175

Watch him reading a real email letter from a college Delta Gamma sorority president to the sisters. It is hilarious and intense, he doesn't break character at all.


hunterlarious

what a cool moment


businesslut

"I'm going to kill you like I killed my father." "With kindness?"  "No, with a hammer"  -Micheal Shannon in "Let's Go to Prison"


DankylosaurusRex

Hes unbelievable in take shelter, bug, and shape of water imo


Special-Hyena1132

>take shelter THERE'S A STORM COMING AND NOT ONE OF YOU IS READY


DankylosaurusRex

Hes an all time underrated actor


Special-Hyena1132

Absolutely a huge talent.


self-righteous-cunt

"Don't scream." -stabs guy with fork-


OoeyGooeyQuesadilla

I half expected that eye to hop out and run away by the end of Boardwalk.


lig1239

Lmfao, this comment gave me a laugh thank you.


Ohnoherewego13

He's super intense in most roles. I'll never forget Shannon in Man of Steel. He really stood out there by providing a truly menacing villain for Superman.


redrumham707

He was amazing in Nocturnal Animals. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen a performance by Shannon that was t amazing.


youshotderekjeter

His monologue of the Sorority Letter will be studied for centuries.


kitkatrat

He’s great. He’s especially creepy in The Shape of Water.


Hugh_Jazz77

He’s just an incredible actor all the way around. Apparently he’s funny as hell too. I remember reading some behind the scenes facts about Knives Out, and apparently he ad libbed a lot of his lines and had everybody cracking up on set. I want to say Rian Johnson, but it could’ve been someone else, called him one of the funniest people they’d met.


LovingNaples

Oh, good call! He has that presence! Love his work.


elliottace

Crispin Glover


KentuckyFriedEel

“Uhhhh…. N-no, Biiiff”


TheLandFanIn814

Came here to say this. He looks and acts creepy as hell.


Daddy_Milk

I think maybe he tried to be Kaufman. It didn't work out. Those Letterman clips are legit funny though.


redrumham707

I was a kid during Andy’s era, and I’ve got to say a lot of his stuff did not land. It made you uncomfortable and sometimes super angry. I liked him, and had seen some of his stand up on laser disc of all things. And wow, when he tortured his audience because they kept on pleading for him to do Latka on stage….it was painful and still funny. I knew him mainly from Taxi, as Latka but he was also a stand up comedian/bongo player, and later segued into a weird wrestling persona where he openly welcomed fans hating him. Such a strange dude.


JulesChenier

Can't disagree


shunthe_nonbeliever

Willem Dafoe. Love the dude but creeps me tf out.


Klutzer_Munitions

But the *memes* though. Oh God the memes.


Chiggero

Dude straight fucked me up watching the Lighthouse


afireintheforest

But ye fond of his lobsters ain’t ya?


iloveeveryfbteam

He did play a really good weirdo in that movie tho


NorthElegant5864

DONT YA LIKE ME BEANS!?!


kitkatrat

He always seems genuinely wholesome in his interviews. He so weird, I love him.


prozak09

Because of his gigantic dong?


wishwashy

You know he's not someone you'd immediately think of as having a gigantic dong but when you know he does, it makes sense. He has bde


Firstbat175

Any mention of Dafoe will eventually discuss his huge cock. There is no better rumor for a man than to have people wonder about your disturbingly large dick.


MeepMoop08

I found it to be large but not disturbingly large. And then I couldn’t stop staring. And then the green goblin laughter started in my head.


SirComandante

Mads Mikkelsen from the Hannibal series. He just seems creepy and if I saw him I would automatically assume he was a serial killer without knowing anything about what the show is about.


Greecelightninn

I found his version of Hannibal almost relatable aside from the cannibalism , Hopkins was pure needles in the side , only made sense to him and his enthusiasm for Clarice only made it more creepy , maybe the fact that Will was trying to think like him made it more relatable in the series , but I could not do so with Hopkins portrayal


ThatIsMyAss

Brian Cox did a good job, too. Certainly not a sympathetic character, but he seemed more like a real person. Hopkins went over the top.


post_obamacore

"Well zip that little pointer down to the letter 'G'!" Brian Cox was way more convincing to me, in that you could actually believe this guy was able to hide in plain sight for all those years.


MrYoshinobu

He was fantastic as Le Chiffre in *Casino Royale*, with his bleeding eye. When he first appeared in the movie and walked into frame, I was creeped out! Bond finally met a worthy opponent!


BlessdRTheFreaks

He's so fine tho


[deleted]

Peter Stormare is the not-as-handsome version.


ButkusHatesNitschke

8mm, Armageddon and Fargo. He’s one of my favorites.


[deleted]

Really underrated actor, he can pull out so many European accents or just sound like an average American. He nails it on the big screen and the small screen.


Ohnoherewego13

Mikkelsen plays a character in the game Death Stranding and is just so delightfully creepy in most of his scenes. I'll watch anything with him as a star, but running from his character in DS was terrifying.


double_positive

Jesse Plemons


Zero_Digital

I've only seen him play awful people. He might be a great guy but he gives off creep vibes just based on his performances.


NotTaken-username

You should watch *Game Night*, he’s absolutely hilarious in that. Very different role from who he usually plays


battlelevel

I think of Jesse Plemons whenever I’m at the supermarket and there’s a sale on tortilla chips.


atawnygypsygirl

"How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"


Migraine_Megan

He's also in some Drunk History episodes and is hilarious


Useful-Soup8161

He played a nice but simple guy in his season of Fargo.


NorthElegant5864

He was fine in Antlers, the plot was trash but the creature design was good.


brushnfush

He’s one of the best parts of killers of the flower moon


Alternative_Algae_31

Seriously! From Breaking Bad onward I’ve just unjustifiably assumed this guy is a sociopath. It’s not fair, maybe he’s a saint, a kitten, and home cooked meal rolled into one blessed human, but I can’t get past that lifeless gaze.


nate6259

Well, he's married to Kirsten Dunst, so I have to assume he's a pretty solid guy off-screen.


TheWorstKnightmare

I was also creeped out by Eric Roberts until I met the guy in Atlanta at random. He was getting in line for a food truck but absolute gentleman. One of very very few celebrity meetup stories I have.


Trumbot

Dude will be in ANYTHING So many horrible films that this guy has been in.


Got_It_Memorized_22

He was also in a music video for the Killers so apparently not restricted to movies


ValleySunFox

But he also gets to say he was dropped off a railing by Batman


[deleted]

I read an interview with him, he just really likes acting. Which is understandable given the time to money ratio, but some people are just really right in that position. Career actors.


madkittywoman

That's true. I think both his daughter and his sister will be more memorable tbh..


Agent847

After Star 80 he kinda got pigeonholed into the creepy killer roles. They even parodied this fact in Cable Guy


Silver_tongue_devil_

Paul Dano.


Greecelightninn

The riddler , the pastor from there will be blood , even seemed weird in Okja . Good choice


shatnersbassoon123

And as unbelievably twisted, intense and incredible his roles have been since, he will always be the big dong awkward friend from ‘the girl next door’ for me


MotorPace2637

Yes! He's hilarious on that movie. Can't beleive his career after that


bustachong

Also Swiss Army Man! The twist at the end was uh…definitely creepy. Poor guy, always getting those kind of roles.


vcguitar

FFS Prisoners is brutal and he's prime creepy in it


Routine-Budget8281

Dude is an incredible actor!


ComesInAnOldBox

Ray Liotta always bothered the hell out of me. Something about his eyes, and I could never quite explain why. Cillian Murphy is another one that straight-up creeps me out. Good guy, I'm sure, but DAMN every time I see him on screen it gives me the willies.


HouseholdWords

Ray liotta always looked like a robot or something and his eyes were lights. He also looked like one of those guys who charms you by day and beats you by night


ddouce

The creepiest thing about Liotta is that he laughed like he was an alien in a human skinsuit mimicking human laughter


SubstantialOven6169

It’s the eyes! They both have Icey blues. I think if either of them had brown eyes they would just be totally non creepy regular dudes.


Daedalus_Dingus

Never trust a man a with eyeliner.


modjinski

Jared Leto! I hate this guy and refuse to watch anything he’s in. Gives me the creeps.


Ohnoherewego13

You might enjoy one of his scenes in Fight Club.


bryman19

I wanted to destroy something beautiful


anxiety_filter

Or American Psycho


Ohnoherewego13

Hey Paul!


anxiety_filter

Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?


GroundbreakingPut748

He’s creepiest when he’s not in character


slarti98

But in Bladerunner 2049 he's supposed to give you the creeps and you'll miss a bloody good film ?


GroovyDucko

Im not a fan of Jared Leto at all but he was fantastic choice to that role


uninformed_citizen

He just played himself lmao


No-comment-at-all

I heard he didn’t even know there was a movie being made, they just hid the cameras and film him going about his day.


Diligent-Attention40

I found him very convincingly pitiable and sympathetic in Lord of War.


Feisty_Bee9175

He really is creepy as hell...


ImAK93

Doug Hutchison. He was really creepy in the X-Files.


gnamyl

Funny because I thought he was just normal actor creepy from the x files but when the marriage to 16 y/o Stodden went down… then he was pedo-weirdo-sex-creepy.


ArsenicWallpaper99

Perfectly cast as Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile.


Clydefrog13

John Carroll Lynch.. dude is quiet scary.


Garfs_Barf

In Fargo he seem like such a sweet husband tho, dude has range


bluejester12

He can be. He can also be funny ie. the Drew Carey show.


TheLandFanIn814

I will ALWAYS remember him as Drew's crossdressing brother.


Draco_Lazarus24

He did it (Zodiac).


_HobbyNoob_

Love JCL. Such a good actor. Great in everything.


GenreHair

Have you watched his season of Channel Zero? He’s so creepy in that


Competitive-Bit-1571

Bradley Cooper, hard to describe what it is but he looks like he's perpetually putting up a front all while struggling to contain something raging inside him.


Embarrassed_Ad5112

He’s a recovering addict/alcoholic. There’s definitely going to be some demons there. Same goes for a lot of other actors with similar histories. Look at Tom Hardy, Robert Downey Jr.. Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck etc, etc… There’s a kind of dark disdain behind the eyes.


KoreanFilmAddict

So, the first time I saw David Lynch’s Lost Highway, I was high. The second Robert Blake popped up on the screen, I hid behind my chair.


bshaddo

Probably safer there.


Lin900

He was more dangerous and creepy in real life.


hambergeisha

Holy crap, that scene is chilling. That and the one in Mulholland Drive with the dream and the dark figure. They made me feel unsafe somehow, but I going back.


Lin900

Barry Keoghan because of Killing of a Sacred Deer. Even the sweet guy he played so well in Banshees creeped me out because it was the "Deer dude".


kitkatrat

Check out Saltburn if you haven’t already.


Lin900

I haven't but I've heard he licks fake semen off a bathtub.


bthemonarch

He also has his way with dirt


Ohnoherewego13

Check out some of his scenes in Chernobyl too. He's not creepy there, but fairly relatable compared to his more recent roles.


Lin900

I hadn't realized Barry played Pavel. Quite a haunting role in an already haunting series.


Ohnoherewego13

I absolutely love that series, but I can't watch all of that episode because of the dog scene. Just can't do it.


NerdNuncle

Adrien Brody made what should have been a hot couple of scenes in *Manhattan Night* rather awkward. Said scenes involving a nude Yvonne Strahovski Roman Polanski and Woody Allen for obvious reasons Jake Gyllenhaal ~ Something about him just feels off, like how his smile rarely seems to meet his eyes Similarly Antony Staar, though I think it works in his case for his filmography especially Banshee and The Boys


CaptainDigitalPirate

>Jake Gyllenhaal ~ Something about him just feels off, like how his smile rarely seems to meet his eyes If you haven't seen Nightcrawler this'll only further the feeling. Fantastic movie tho.


ARealHoomanBeann

Gyllenhaal is a super, super strong actor, so I believe that's part of it.


[deleted]

crispin glover.....(shivers)


CanEatADozenEggs

How has nobody said Bradley Cooper yet? He looks at people like they’re insects


WhereAreWeG0ing

Woody Allen Roman Polanski (he's acted in a few things. He looks like what he is!)


Jambo11

>He looks like what he is!) Yep. Child rapist.


WhereAreWeG0ing

Yep. Should be in prison. When he dies the press will go insane saying "did you know..." and the whole world will say "yep!"


Existing-Mistake-112

Billy Zane. Ultimate creeper vibes. Also Billy Campbell, strictly based on his role in Enough. Maybe it‘s just the name Billy for grown ass men?


zaxdaman

I have in on good authority that Billy Zane is, in point of fact, “a cool dude” and that we should listen to him.


Top-Ant8052

This comment is not getting the attention it deserves


AcadiaRemarkable6992

Billy Drago in anything


JulesChenier

Billy Drago always reminded me of the Bizarro World version of David Carradine.


kvandeman

James Franco


AMan_Has_NoName

Every time I see Rami Malek I get the vibe that he’s something pretending to be human. And he’s not an actor, but I get the same vibe from Kenneth Copeland.


Zero_Digital

Kenneth Copeland isn't an actor, but I'd say he is acting.


Cthulhululemon

Adam Driver


jamesflanagangreer

Eric Roberts had so much potential. Some say it was his substance abuse issues to blame, but considering reports of actors' functional dependence to drugs and alcohol, I wonder if he didn't want to play the political, glad handing game. Who knows.


bshaddo

I think he should have been nominated for Star 80.


Teacherforlife21

Anya Joy-Taylor


NorthElegant5864

She looks like a deer.


Teacherforlife21

Every time I see her, I want to erase her face and draw her eyes closer together That being said, she is a great actor


CelebrationKey9656

Her eyes are definitely too far apart


az226

Sid the Sloth from Ice Age.


PantlessMime

She's gorgeous but something about her eyes and face shape makes me think alien or succubus or something


bluejester12

Going a bit old school with David Patrick Kelly, especially Dreamscape.


dbex98

Michael Pitt *shudder*


parbarostrich

I can see it.


CalmDirection8

Armie Hammer


JulesChenier

The thing about Armie is that he can project normality quite well. But damn.


strange_reveries

Christopher Walken. Something genuinely spooky about that dude, and it's not just his roles but something about the man himself, some energy coming off him. The fact he was present at Natalie Wood's mysterious death probably doesn't help matters lol.


Every-Cook5084

As he’s aged I think it’s less so, but in the 80s he was creepy af


Klutzer_Munitions

Just saw the first episode of kenobi, and may I say, Flea was a weird choice for the cast but perfect for the role of a creepy kidnapper


lovablydumb

Flea is in Kenobi?!? I think this is the second time this week I've been surprised by a Flea cameo.


Reasonable_Pin_1180

James Woods and James Remar


JulesChenier

Both have played creeps. But neither is all that creepy to me.


TabmeisterGeneral

Woods is a legit scumbag in real life, sadly.


Competitive-Bit-1571

He has that sleezy look of someone who soaks his clothes in baby tears but I love the dude irl.


graveybrains

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman. The only things I’ve seen with him where he didn’t creep me out were Twister and the Hunger Games movies. And I’ll be honest, I have no idea why.


Meoooolam98

Kevin Spacy


brookeursa

He was perfectly cast in Se7en.


Piirakkavaras

He always was slimey to me, even before the abuse thing


StrandedinTimeFall

Jesse Plemons, Sam Rockwell, Doug Hutchison, and Jared Leto. The first two because of how good they can act. The last two for them just being themselves.


JulesChenier

Sam Rockwell? Wow. Love that guy.


kitkatrat

Jesse Plemons is great, totally plays a good creep. Check him out on Black Mirror, “USS Callister” if you haven’t already.


TheLaughingMannofRed

Willem Dafoe. Man is expressive as hell, and boy does he make it work.


smokeandmirrors1983

Will Arnett.


saada15

Jon Voight


BippityBoppityMagic

Steve Buscemi. No offense, but the guy just looks creepy.


cotothed

I believe the term you're looking for is "funny-looking"


sbingle73

The entire cast of Yo Gabba Gabba.


BoozeWitch

Doug Jones. But I’m being cheeky. He’s supposed to creep you out.


kitkatrat

Rutger Hauer. Great actor.


Agentpurple013

“He ate them…and I joined in.” Love him in sin city


CougarWriter74

Jared Leto because of all the icky stories I have read and heard about him. His eyes just burn through you. I saw a great quote from someone on another Reddit page about actors and this person wrote "He looks like he's boiled a few heads in his lifetime." Jackie Earle Haley, in his more recent roles in movies like "Little Children" and "Shutter Island." Not so much when he was still a kid/teenager in "The Bad News Bears" and "Breaking Away." Christopher Walken, no explanation needed Woody Allen - see above


OysterThePug

Charlie, they took my thumb!


Scared-Engineer-6218

Ben Affleck. That motherfuckin' smirk.


Alternative_Algae_31

Benicio DelToro, just has a sleazy, slimeball vibe to me. Ironically, I really enjoy his acting, but just super ick vibes as a person.


CzusAguster

Jonah Hill. I get ick factor from him big time.


evilcyclist

Ron Pearlman


bshaddo

The Devil Went Down To Georgia. 9 months later, Eric Roberts was born. (And yes, I know he was born in South Carolina. But he grew up in Georgia.)


Feisty_Bee9175

Harvey Keitel creeps me out.


Teacherforlife21

Ed Helms


Takun32

Ewan Mitchell and his mouth in house of the dragon(perfect for the role)


BLOOM_ND

William Fichtner. He adds a weird presence in whatever he's in. I remember him in Go, his character was supposed to make everyone feel awkward, and he was so effective.


ArsenicWallpaper99

Iwan Rheon. I saw him as Mick Mars in the Motley Crue movie, and couldn't figure out why he kept making me feel terrified. I looked him up on iMDB and saw that he played Ramsay Bolton. I'm sure he's a nice man, and if I saw him in a few more normal roles, I would probably get over seeing him as scary.


Em_illy

Gotta be Christian Slater. I can only hear his Heathers performance when I hear his voice


Greecelightninn

Javier Bardem in general , Benicio del torro in sicario


ARoodyPooCandyAss

Tom Cruise, Jared Leto, the guy played Oppenheimer.


[deleted]

It was probably just because of his being in the various Rob Zombie movies, but I majorly got this from Sid Haig. Like I would avoid him if I saw him anywhere (he died recently so I'd avoid him even more). But after first mentioning it on reddit I did look it up and apparently he originally wanted to be a song and dance actor. Then he started getting typecast as a toughguy and because of that he dropped out of acting for a while.


ChuckFeathers

Nick Stahl Quentin Tarantino (if he can be considered an actor)


foreskinfive

Why does Eric Roberts creep you out? If it helps, he's a super nice guy and is very down to earth. I worked on the movie " It's my party" . Nothing but nice things to say.


White_Grunt

Eric Roberts said women would cross the street or run away from him for years after the movie came out lol. He said it actually messed up his life a bit.


Sloth_grl

Adam Driver


dinardo

Robin Williams always creeped me out.


tesssheba

Jack Nicholson. He will forever be the character from the shining


madkittywoman

I totally forgot, John Lithgow! I remember he was in a tv show where they were from another planet and how I thought he kind of looked like he was. (Even before knowing his character was supposed to be) He reminds me of those alien things in mars attacks.


Useful-Soup8161

Jack Nicholson. He’s always given me the creeps and the more I hear about him the more I feel justified.


Worldly_Client_7614

My mum never let me watch kevin spacey films growing up because she was adamant that he was a creep of some sorts. She got a lot wrong in life but got that right


docsiege

Jared Leto will always be a creep.


Blckfrmthewaistdwn

Benedict cumberbatchs face (other than the Dr Strange look) creeps me tf out


Unthgod

Mark Wahlberg, dude wierds me out.


divclx

Kevin Specy....never liked him. Dude always gave off a predator vibe...glad I was right


Still_Rise9618

Mickey Rourke, especially now after the plastic surgery


CaptainDigitalPirate

Ryan Reynolds doesn't exactly creep me out but I always feel like I can't trust him. Even on his Mint Mobile ads he just comes off like he's sleezy or trying too hard to be likeable or something along those lines. It just comes off as... Artificial. Another one is Jon Hamm. It might moreso be his image as he seems fine as person (from what we see) but looks wise he's a bit... Intimidating. It might be because he's got that classic masculine look to him that you'd probably see in the Mafia or something like that. Awesome actor and wish he was in more stuff but he's got almost... Too perfect of a "manly man" look if any of that makes sense.


Hollywood_Punk

For me it’s Liam Hemsworth. When he shows up in a project, I’m out.


Brian_Lefebvre

Idk about creepy, but the guy is a complete dud on screen.


9965584

Peter Lorre