I’ve not researched all of cinema but I have not seen Sam Rockwell in anything other than a very good film, from Heist to Three Billboards (ok Green Mile lowers the average bit).

Who is yours?

Daniel Day Lewis.

Quite an astonishing filmography.

Paddy Considine generally seems to choose well.

Another for Daniel Day Lewis, must watch

Stallone

Tom Hanks.

Sam Rockwell, has done a fair few good films and good performances, but he was in Charlies Angels, and was not only in Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy but dare I say was one of the major reasons for it being a flop with an awful performance.

I can’t recall a poor performance by Michael Sheen.

Leonardo de caprio… I don’t want to like him as he looks smug, but he’s an incredible actor.

Ed Harris and Scott Glenn

Phillip Seymor Hoffman. I’m sure he’s been in some duff films, but I haven’t seen him in one. Still can’t quite believe he’s been dead for six years now 🙁

Also, Cowboys and Aliens, Hitchhikers Guide and Iron Man 2 were all shite..

Kevin spacey, despite, well you know. Still a fine actor.
Avoiding the obvious picks and going for underrated, Joel edgerton always put in a good performance,
Jon bernthal too.

I can’t recall a poor performance by Michael Sheen.

But he’s been in quite a few stinky films – Twilight, Underworld etc.

I think one of the Twilights was nominated for a Golden Raspberry for Worst Screen Ensemble…

Boring, but Leo diCaprio hasn’t really been in a bad film since 2000, and only a few before then.
Christian Bale? Maybe that thing with him as Moses is instant disqualification.

Phillip Seymor Hoffman. I’m sure he’s been in some duff films, but I haven’t seen him in one.

Mission Impossible 3 is still my favourite of the series, mainly because of him. Oh, hang on – The Boat That Rocked. 🙂

Gary Oldman
Gene Hackman
Bryan Cranston (ok, more of a TV actor)

Ron Perlman, mainly because every film he’s in has him in it.

Julianne Moore?

Tom Hanks.

He’s very good. I’ve enjoyed the one role he plays in lots of films.

George Clooney

Julia Roberts

Denzel Washington

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film starring any of them that I didn’t enjoy

Steve Buscemi.

Denzel Washington. I can forgive his stinkers as his good ones are great

Oh, and Jake Gylenhall (with apologies for the spelling)

I can’t recall a poor performance by Michael Sheen.

Not Sheen’s fault, but his current US TV series Prodigal Son is absolutely dire.

George Clooney – Monuments Men

Julia Roberts – that pizza one and the sex worker one.

Leo – lots of average performances

Martin, Ed, Gene, Philip, Steve, Ron, Gary, Christian, all good!

The others.. luckily I’ve not seen all the shit films!

Steve Buscemi.

ooohh, good call.

Max von Sydow, Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon. Always great performances and usually chose well.

Jake Gylenhall

For a long time I avoided watching Source Code because I expected it to be a jumping-on-the-coding-bandwagon-film and really wanted to dislike it when I did get around to watching it… Think I might have enjoyed it and thought it good…despite being utterly preposterous… wasn’t it? Was it actually good?

Note the question is ‘always in good films’ and not as a few have taken it ‘always played a good part’.

I’ve not seen his entire back catalogue but I’ve never seen Alan Tudyk in something I’ve not enjoyed immensely.

Doug Jones

DiCaprio
Laura Linney

Alan Rickman. What do I win?
I love the fact that Die Hard was his first film.

Di Caprio

Frances mcdormand though can’t claim to have seen them all

Alan Rickman. What do I win?

Truly, Madly, Deeply on repeat for the rest of your life.

Jack Black. But he’s a bit Marmite.

OK. Not seen that. I will download and punish myself.
Of course I may like it.
But come on: Die Hard. Robin Hood. Galaxy Quest. Love Actually… errr, OK I’ll let myself out.

Jack Black. But he’s a bit Marmite.

He’s like a lot of big Hollywood stars. When they start they are hired because they are good actors who work with good directors. Then they become huge box office and if they want to say how the film should go they have more clout than the director and everything changes to be about them.
He was great in King Kong but after that…

Brendan Gleeson

I was going to come on here to suggest Steve Buschemi but as that’s been done, Brad Pitt.

He’s known as the pretty boy (TBF he is) but films like Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Snatch and the wonderfully underrated Burn After Reading prove he’s much more than that.

Also always liked Dustin Hoffman.

Would like to also suggest Robin Williams but his shit films are really shit which is a shame as Dead Poets is a beautiful film.

Linney, Rickman, McDormand, Gleeson – inspired.

Jack Black – worse than Nicholas Cage!

And as for anyone in Firefly…😉

(ok Green Mile lowers the average bit)

Good film and he’s great in it. 🙂