Best Character Actors of Modern Film

Please vote for or submit your favorite "character actors." No leading role actors.
The Top Ten
1 Harry Dean Stanton
2 Phillip Seymour Hoffman
3 Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif is an American stage and film actor, known for playing Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chucky in the Chucky franchise, GrĂ­ma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings, Deputy Clinton Pell in Mississippi Burning, Piter De Vries in Dune and Doc Cochran in Deadwood.
4 Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell is an American actor who became known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Matchstick Men, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Moon, G-Force, and Seven Psychopaths.
5 J.T. Walsh

Sling Blade. A Few Good Men. The Negotiator. Breakdown. Pleasantville. Hope. Hoffa. The Grifters. Tequila Sunrise. Good Morning Vietnam. Nixon. Executive Decision. The Client. Backdraft. The Big Picture. - The actor you always loved to hate and never knew his name. In life Walsh was a sweetheart, up until his death in 1998. My pick as the best character actor of modern film.

6 Brian Cox
7 Tom Wilkinson
8 Danny Trejo Danny Trejo is an American actor. He is best known for his "tough guy" roles in various movies. He is also a frequent collaborator of director Robert Rodriguez in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), the Spy Kids franchise (2001-2011), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), Grindhouse ...read more.
9 Frank Whaley
10 J. K. Simmons
The Contenders
11 James Remar
12 Phillip Seymore Hoffman
13 William H. Macy
14 Chris Cooper
15 Francis McDormand
16 John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He made his film debut in Brian De Palma's war film Casualties of War.
17 David Morse
18 M. Emmet Walsh
19 Vincent Schiavelli
20 Paul Gleason
21 Burt Young
22 John Vernon
23 Mike Starr Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, which he played with from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993.
24 Pete Postlethwaite
25 James Hong
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