Sina's favorites : One hit wonders

For the final post of this special I'd like to mention those actors I liked in one movie only. There are so many of them out there and actually they should be discussed, too. I'd never go as far as calling them my favorites, since I don't like 90% of their work mostly. No disrespect, just counting. Let's take a look at those one hit wonders.

Keanu Reeves

He was Mr. "I talk kinda dumb" in many of his movies. What's that in "Johnny Mnemonic"? I love the movie but why has Keanu to talk as if he's a bit damaged? No, I am not a big fan of him BUT he was great in "My own private Idaho", that was some fine classic acting! Another good part was in "Dangerous liaisons". The rest of his career wasn't my cup of tea, not even in "Matrix" I liked him. I am sometimes under the impression he turns his acting down, fitting to the grade of the movie. That's btw what Udo Kier confesses to do. He used to say "If you want me on a B-Movie you also just get a B-Performance!".

Denzel Washington

Not a big fan of Denzel, though. I don't really know why, maybe its just not my kinda genres he's usually in. But I do love him for one role desperatly and that one is in "Fallen"! And from that movie I also got another favorite who is



Elias Koteas

I am not sure if I ever saw any of his movies, except for "Fallen". His filmography implies I should know him from 4,5 movies. But somehow I didn't see him in there what means nothing less than that I didn't like his performance then. But he was unbeatable in "Fallen", I can assure you!



Colm Feore

who I mentioned before was always the guy I got mixed up with Elias Koteas. They somehow did the same role from my point of view. One in "Fallen" and Feore in "Storm of the century". It's kinda similar but still the same greatness in there!



Alec Baldwin

I love him in "Mini's first time". That was such a great job! And yea I know he's a good actor but that doesnt mean I've seen him in so many movies. Still, I freaking love this character and acting.



Christian Bale

Was Patrick Bateman. One of the greatest characters ever written. He did him so well that the disappointment about him in person alreay started at the Making Of of the movie. It took some illussions about the actor himself. I never saw another movie again where I thought "Man that is a great actor" although I saw him in many. Nah.



Jon Bon Jovi

Yes, I know he's a musician. I loved him in "Vampires: Los Muertos" although the movie itself was a bit crappy.



I think I could go on with that for a while but you get the point here. Some actors don't need to be actual favorites, you see them, you enjoy their work, doesn't always take 20 movies of one actor to do so.

Thanks for reading our special over the last weeks, let us know how you liked it and suggest other specials if you like to!

Greetz, Sina Hawk

Sina's favorites : Udo Kier

He is the master of horror, the actor that gives every character that "creepy" flair. And he also is one of the only few actors who made it in Hollywood. Even Warhol was fascinated by him and dedicated him main roles in his movies. He is Udo Kier.

You all have seen him in one or another movie. You all know his face and you can name a few movies you liked him in. But he is one of the "It's that guy again"-faces. But Udo Kier surely doesn't worry about it. Around 180 movie parts made him an honoured and well known actor in Hollywood, even though young Udo had not really planned on getting famous. In the late 60s when Udo started up he caught roles because he was a nice looking young guy and it wasn't Hollywood he was heading to. In the early 70s that changed when Warhol dedicated his movies "Blood for Dracula" and "Flesh for Frankenstein" to the German actor. And it was unwritten law that everyone who was in touch with Warhol had to be good. In the 80s Madonna showed interest for him doing her "Sexbook". Schlingensief did most of his movies with him and Uwe Boll discovered him for his video games adaptations. 180 movies and 40 years later Udo Kier confesses that he also did a few bad roles but why would he bother when all those movies made him a star.

Unfortunately Udo Kier is also famous for negative news such as being drunk already when he comes to a party, leaving interviews because he doesn't like the questions ect. but actually that shouldn't keep anyone from showing respect to 40 years of acting and working with the big ones.

(from the movie "My own private Idaho" we reviewed earlier)

My personal Top 5 roles:

• Masters of horror - Carpenter's 'cigarette burns'
  
• Blade
  
• One point 0
  
• Gate to heaven
  
• Flesh for Frankenstein
  

Editor's note:

Dear Udo,

stop the drinking. Concentrate on your work and if you are tired of that on your art collections. I know it's harsh to say but I'm tired of hearing of your antics on various parties. Is a life as a movie star really that hard to take? You got your dogs, you got your houses, your lamps, your art, your furniture. And you got hella lot talent. Don't ya waste it and better provide us with some new blockbusters!

I'm still plannin on dedicating one of my exhibitions to you, maybe in 09, so keep up the great work, Udo!

Greetz from one of ya biggest fans and from Leipzig

Sina's favorites : Robert De Niro (+2)

Sorry again for the interruption of our special! We continue today with an actor you probably all know quite well. There's nothing much left to say and write about him, everyone's got a positive opinion on him, isn't it?

Robert De Niro is THE guy in Hollywood. He fits into every big role, he is a guarantee for well selling movies and after all he's really one of the best actors of our days! He's been around for 20 years at the business now and there are only a few people left he hadn't worked with yet. We saw him in action movies, gangster movies, comedy, dramas, actually he did it all - he even produced some really good movies, for example "A bronx tale" with his friend Palminteri, I bet you didn't know that. We actually see Robert De Niro on such regular bases every year in alot of movies that we just don't consider him "someone special" anymore, isn't it? But we really should because he does some great work and he definitly is an all time favorite of mine!

Just because everyone seems to know an actor it doesn't automatically mean that he's "mainstream", he just does his thing for 20 years now, get some respect for that man! Robert De Niro is really one of the rare to find people who deserve to be "stars"!

My personal Top 5 roles:

• Hide and seek
• A bronx tale
  
• Analyze this
  
• Meet the parents
• The untouchables

Editor's note:

There is none. Our editors (including me) are kinda scared of writing to Mr. De Niro. And we admit it.

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Today we also wanna remind you that JebbyMovies DID tell you about other actors in the past, too! Please make sure you check out the following reviews because these guys are my personal favorites, too!

Jeff Goldblum



Gabriel Byrne

Sina's favorites : Billy Drago

I founded billy-drago.de.vu in 2005 when I realized that this great but totally underrated actor didn't have a bigger mentioning anywhere on the internet. As one of my favorites he totally deserved it!

You may know Billy as the creepy guy. He gives every movie he appears in the dose of creepy-ness it needed. But mostly known he is through the TV series "Charmed" who everyone might remember well. He did the demon of fear, Barbas. But little may remember him in action movies back in the 80's with Chuck Norris like "Hero and the terror" or "Delta force 2". Basically Billy was in so many movies that he should be one of the big ones! He was in the "Masters of Horror" movies, too - to be exact he was in "Imprint" - and some may have seen him in "The hills have eyes" the remake, that was released in 2006.

Billy Drago is the ultimate bad guy when you need one and and fits into nearly every creepy character! That guy really made his way through Hollywood without getting the appreciation he should get. Make a difference: Know him ;)

My personal Top 5 roles:

• Delta force 2
  
• Guncrazy
  
• Tremors 4
• The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
• Breaking the silence
  

Editor's note:

Dear Mr. Drago,

we did it, we created your fanclub. It's not as if that would have made you world famous but we did the best to push your career - even if it wasn't that much. You are a great creepy actor and everyone should know so so do me a favour and produce some really mainstream teeny horror movies like "Blood relic" again and get famous! Finally! Pls!

Sina's favorites : Chazz Palminteri

There are a lot of movies from the late 80's you could have known Chazz Palminteri from but most people just got to know him when in '93 his biographical movie "A bronx tale" was released. It became a movie classic even though most people just saw it as a nice fictional story. The man played his own childhood and teenage friend Sonny and became famous with it. After that many top roles followed like in "Faithful" with Cher, "The Usual Suspects", "Bullets over broadway" and about 50 more Hollywood productions.

Who's that guy and why doesn't everyone remember his name if he's that famous you may wonder. Well, it's the "It's this guy again"-phenomenon again. Everyone's seen Chazz in some movies but no one would recall who again he is. Well I can assure you at least he's a great actor!

Last year Chazz Palminteri started a broadway show on "A bronx tale" as a sold out one man thing. There again he showed everyone what kinda actor he is - a legend who's on one level with his friend DeNiro!

My personal Top 5 roles:

• A Bronx tale
  
• Faithful
  
• A guide to recognizing your saints
  
• Down to earth
  
• Mulholland Falls
  

Editor's note:

Dear Mr. Palminteri,

I am still sorry I couldn't make it to the show but I am optimistic your coming up (currently 5) movie productions will be just as good! Man, you really are one of if not the best in your field! Keep it up!

Sina's favorites : William Fichtner

When William Fichtner grew up he decided to become a cop. Most people would believe someone who starts that would actually like to do the job - not William. He went straight to acting when he was done and from that on he did movie-cops! Good ones, bad ones, alien ones, Fichtner did them all! William Fichtner is a totally underrated great actor. If I'd do a cop movie I certainly would hire him to do his part. Nah, that's not sarcasm, it's a fact! He is just best in that.

But don't you worry if you don't really can associate any movies with his name, he is more the "Hey look, it's that guy again!"-type. Surely everyone's seen Fichtner's face in some movie yet and that's what really counts. Maybe most people nowadays know him from "Prison break" (Which I personally never watched because I am just not interested in mainstream series productions) or "Invasion", maybe even "Strange days" but Fichtner has been in lotsa productions since '89 and actually is a well known face in the film industries. We'd surely also like to see him in some nice roles. What about ... I don't know ... action superhero rescueing the world? ... or whatever. Just nicer parts than creepy cops because actually Fichtner is told to be a pretty nice guy in real life. Who knows, maybe one day a mystery series is produced that features superheroes ... oh wait ... too late for that.

Hey, this is NOT badly meant sarcasm, I really love this actor! Go watch his movies! Hurry!

(Fanvid made by "Janul2" - taken from Youtube)

My personal Top 5 roles:

• Invasion (22 eps) - Sheriff Underlay (Sheriff but hey we call it - Cop)
  
• Strange days - Engelman (Cop)
  
• Ultraviolet - Garth (No Cop - sorry for that)
  
• Armageddon - Colonel William Sharp (Let's call it - Cop)
  
• Crash - Flanagan ( Don't remember but still I guess ... (insert fitting note))

Editor's note:

Dear Mr. Fichtner,

we hope you might be able to take some sarcasm because still to confess I am your biggest fan alive. And I am also half German - see, we got some stuff in common. Nah really, we love your movies! Keep up the great work!

Sina's favorites : Dmitry Chepovetsky

Dmitry Chepovetsky made his way up through TV productions. Small parts at "The X-files", "Stargate SG-1" and "Higher Grounds" made him a well known face on TV over the years. But wait, no it didn't really make him famous. If I'd have written this article before '05 everyone would have looked at me in a strange way and said "Come on, admit it - it's just sympathy you write that for". But in '04-'05 the awardwinning series "ReGenesis" started up in Canada and over night the world (Canada in this case) knew Dmitry Chepovetsky as Bob Melnikov. And only as him. In the 4 years since the series started up Dmitry stopped doing other productions and just wrote a bit on his stage plays he realized after the series was finished. Since then I consider Mr. Chepovetsky one of the best actors I've seen so far! And now that ReGenesis is over I also miss Bob a bit ...

So here we got a very likeable actor, quite young, although no source on the net can tell us how young exactly, of who I especially would like to see much more - at the best as Bob - please.

My personal Top 5 roles:

• Regenesis (49 episodes) - Robert Melnikov
• Murdoch Mysteries (s01ep01) - Nikola Tesla
• The X-files (3 episodes)
• Man of the year
• Chain of fools

Editor's note:

Dear Mr. Chepovetsky,

we are kinda worried that you are just a realistic animation like some other actors nobody ever met before. Why ... well mostly because you don't have a date of birth on the internet! But one way or the other we are just big fans of ya, me especially and kinda jealous for that you are an acting genius! We'd reeeeeally like to see more good work of you so probably you can lay your stage career on a rest and do some more series - or do your stage acting in a theatre near us ... the middle between me and the other editor would be the mediterrean sea so probably ... italy? No, please dont take this serious ;) Keep up the great work!

Special : Sina's favorite actors

It's time for another special, will you all agree on that? So we thought, we'd do something more personal this time. So here's the deal:

I'm gonna introduce to you guys in short reviews my favorite actors and you gonna decide then for yourself if you wanna read more about them and watch their movies. Look to the right sidebar of the blog. There's a field with quick links to some tags like "Action movies". When we are done with the special which will end in 2 weeks from now, I will add quick links for all the actors you just got to know closer. So if you are interested in one of them just hit the link and look at all the reviews we done on that actor's movies so far!

I guarantee you in that special there's gonna be an actor for everyone!

Greetz Sina