Actors that were born to play that role

[lasvidfil]

What's your favorite actors that were born for the role. They made it their own and you can't see anyone else doing it the same?

Roddy McDowall-Cornelius/Caesar/Galen
Christopher Reeve-Superman
Jack Nicholson-Randle P McMurphy
Peter Sellers-Inspector Jacques Clouseau

[OakBarrel]

Robert De Niro-Travis Bickle

[rene smalldridge]

Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
Diana Rigg - Emma Peel
Sean Connery - James Bond
Richard Roundtree - Shaft
Louise Lasser - Mary Hartman
Don Knotts - Barney Fife
Moe,Larry,Curly Joe & Shemp- The Three(er...4) Stooges

[Jack White]

Basil Rathbone: Sherlock Holmes

[Victor/Victrola]

I always thought Howard Hessman was perfect as Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP.

[-Alan]

Lucille Ball - Lucy Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Desi Arnez - Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
Jackie Gleason - Ralph Kramden (Honeymooners)
Art Carney - Ed Norton (Honeymooners)
Caroll O'Connor - Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Jean Stapleton - Edith Bunker (All in the Family)
Jack Webb - Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Elizabeth Montgomery - Samantha Stevens (Bewitched)
Gregory Peck - Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird)
George McFarland - Spanky (Our Gang comedies)

[rod]

John Travolta - Edna Turnblad:hide:

[Beatledave]

Vic Morrow/Sgt. Saunders
William Shatner/Capt. Kirk
Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry

[johnnyyen]

Marion Cotillard - Edith Piaf

[Drifter]

John Cleese - Basil Fawlty

[andy749]

Bela Lugosi - Dracula
Johnny Weissmueller - Tarzan
Robert Conrad - James West

[Jackson]

Clint Eastwood-Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy
-the man with no name ''aka gringo,blondie,Joe etc''

Billy Bob Thornton-Sling Blade

[Joe Sixpaque]

Dennis Hopper - Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
Joe Pesci - Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)
Paul Newman - Lucas Jackson (Cool Hand Luke)
Bill Murray - Carl Spackler (Caddyshack)
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones (duh . . .)
Ruth Gordon - Minnie Castevet (Rosemary's Baby)
Ray Milland - Tony (Dial M for Murder)
Orson Wells - Sheriff Hank Quinlan (A Touch of Evil)
Morgan Freeman - Red Redding (Shawshank Redemption)
Charlize Theron - Aileen (Monster)
Fred MacMurray - Walter Neff (Double Indemnity)
Kathy Bates - Annie Wilkes (Misery)
Jack Lemmon - Jerry/Daphne (Some Like it Hot)
Robert DeNiro - Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull)
Robert DeNiro - Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
Sidney Poitier - Virgil Tibbs (In the Heat of the Night)
Albert Brooks - Robert Cole (Modern Romance)
Gary Cooper - Marshal Will Kane (High Noon)
Hilary Swank - Maggie Fitzgerald (Million Dollar Baby)
Steve McQueen - Cptn. Hilts (The Great Escape)
Jimmy Stewart - George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life)
Cary Grant - Roger Thornhill (North by Northwest)
Louise Fletcher - Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Sterling Hayden - Johnny Clay (The Killing)
Robert Duvall - Lt Col Bull Meecham (The Great Santini)
Jon Heder - Napolean Dynamite
Spencer Tracy - Manuel (Captain's Courageous)

[sadie]

Rex Harrison-Professor Henry Higgins (My Fair Lady)
Yul Brynner-The King (The King and I)
Dennis Franz-Andy Sipowicz(NYPD Blue)



Sadie

[Drifter]

Kevin Costner - Alex (The Big Chill)

[Juicyk]

Carol O Connor- Archie Bunker
Peter Falk- Columbo
Henry Winkler-Fonzie
Roseanne-Roseanne
Sean Hayes- Jack Mcfarland
Megan Mullaley-Karen Walker

[ghostdwg]

James Gandolfini-Tony Soprano

[MikePh]

These guys define most roles they've played, specifically:

Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter
Marlon Brando - Kurtz , Don Corleone
Anthony Perkins- Norman Bates

[Jerryb]

Leonard Nimoy-Spoc
William Shatner-Captain Kirk

[Chris R]

Roseanne-Roseanne
Ms Barr is basically playing herself. If you're using that logic then I guess to your list you could add:

Jerry Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld
Larry David - Larry David
Ray Romano - Ray
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Ricky Gervais - David Brent
Gary Shandling - Larry Sanders
Christopher Gues - Nigel Tufnel / Allan Barrows
Michael McKean - David St. Hubbins / Jerry Palter
Harry Shearer - Derek Smalls / Mark Shubb
Gary Farmer - Philbert Bono
Pierce Brosnan - James Bond
John Wayne - Ethan Edwards
Billy Murray - Phil Connors
Dominic Chianese - Corrado 'Junior' Soprano
Steven Van Zandt - Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico - Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
Patrick Macnee - John Steed
Diana Rigg - Emma Peel
Joanna Lumley - Patsy Stone
Daniell Radcliffe - Harry Potter
Robbie Coltrane - Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald / Hagrid (was personally selected by J.K. Rawling as her favouirte choice for the role)
Neil Innis - Ron Nasty

[Juicyk]

yeah, thats the point!!

[Claus]

Boris Karloff - Frankenstein

[JackJD]

Dustin Hoffman - Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo




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[JMT]

Al Pacino - Michael Corleone
Darren McGavin - Carl Kolchak (The Night Stalker)
Jack Webb - Joe Friday
Clark Gable - Rhett Butler
Gene Hackman - Popeye Doyle
Bruno Kirby - A young Pete Clemenza (Godfather Part II)
Chevy Chase - Clark W. Griswold

[scotto]

A lot of very good examples (especially Connery's Bond and DeNiro's Travis Bickle).

My idea of an actor born for a role is Ernest Borgnine's Marty. Is that one of the most perfect actor/role pairings in Hollywood history or what?