8 Actors Who Are Super Convincing In Every Role They Play

You know when you watch a movie and are so impressed by a character that you can’t imagine someone else playing the same role — this is because the actor is living in that role truthfully. So, 5-Minute Crafts gathered the best ones on the list below who’ve made a lasting impact on every movie lover’s mind.

1. Joaquin Phoenix

In the year 2000, Joaquin starred as a villain named Commodus in the movie Gladiator. His role where he made his way to the throne was proven to be so impressive that he ended up earning his first Oscar nomination.

Then, in 2013, he played the sweetest role in Spike Jonze’s, Her where he falls for an AI device dubbed by Scarlett Johansson. It’s a bittersweet movie that combines comedy, romance, and tragedy.

In 2019, he tried his best to fill Heath Ledger’s shoes by playing the role of Joker. From the legendary cackle to his distorted body shape, Phoenix delivered so beautifully that he won an Oscar.

2. Steve Carrell

Since 2005, Carell topped his performance as the world’s best boss, Michael Scott, in The Office. This role made an everlasting impact on so many people that all of the seasons are a hit, even today.

Then, in 2014, he played the role of a wealthy man in a movie called Foxcatcher, who puts a team together for the 1998 Olympics — this got him nominated for Best Actor.

In the year 2013, Carell got a role in the animated movie franchise, Despicable Me. Here he plays the role of a supervillain with a funny accent. He invested his heart and soul into the role and pulled it off magically.

3. Mathew McConaughey

In 2013, in a movie called Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew played the role of an HIV patient in the ’80s who made his way to get AIDS meds for other HIV patients in Dallas. For this role, he lost weight and got down to 136 pounds, eating a single piece of chicken, egg whites, and Diet Coke daily. He also stayed indoors for 6 months to get that pale look for the role. This dedication earned him an Oscar for Best Actor in 2014.

Then in 2014, he played the role of troubled detective, Rust Cohle in a series called True Detective, with Woody Harrelson. He got so involved in this character that he delivered long and juicy monologues with so much seriousness.

He hit the jackpot again in 2014 by starring in Christopher Nolan’s movie Interstellar where he plays the role of an astronaut who had to pilot a spaceship through a black hole to find planets that could be valid replacements for Earth.

4. Anne Hathaway

In 2001, Anne got offered a role in The Princess Diaries, where she plays a weird and clumsy high school student who later realizes she is a princess when her grandmum pays a visit. Anne’s funny acting skills were the cherry on top in this movie.

Then in 2010, Anne scored a part in the fantasy film, Alice in Wonderland, where she played the White Queen with such a phenomenal performance that she ended up winning the Best Supporting Actress in the 2010 Scream Awards.

In 2012, Anne bagged one of the best roles in Christopher Nolan’s movie, The Dark Knight Rises, where she plays Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. She delivered her performance strongly in such a way that she’s been put up there with the great Catwoman actors like Zoë Kravitz and Michelle Pfeiffer.

5. Cillian Murphy

The movie In the Heart of the Sea portrays a whaling crusade that becomes tragic when the ship is attacked by a dangerous whale. Cillian Murphy portrays the role of the second mate of the ship. It also stars Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland.

In a movie called Breakfast on Pluto, Murphy plays the role of a transgender woman who is looking for her mother while working a number of jobs along the way in the entertainment sector.

Then he scored the legendary role of Tommy Shelby in a show called Peaky Blinders, where he builds a business empire and faces a lot of inner struggles, and he played it so beautifully that it made him shine his great range as an actor.

6. Johnny Depp

In 1993, in a movie called What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Depp played the role of Gilbert, a grocery store clerk who cares for his mother with weight problems and his intellectually disabled brother in the town of Iowa. His performance as Gilbert Grape was magnetic.

Then came Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie franchise Pirates of the Caribbean. The story of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl features the quest of a pirate (Depp) and a blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) as they try to find the governor’s kidnapped daughter (Keira Knightley).

In 2005, Depp starred in a movie called Black Mass, where he played the role of James “Whitey” Bulger, who is an Irish Mob godfather and an FBI informant. Fans found his performance impressive, and the movie does justice to the crime and drama genre.

7. Christian Bale

Known for his method acting, Bale has always undergone major transformations for almost every movie he picks. In 2004, for the movie The Machinist, Bale plays a 120-pound insomniac. To give justice to the role, he was on a daily diet of water, an apple, and coffee, etc. The movie was famous mostly because of his transformation, and it also had a big twist in the end, which makes it worth a watch.

In Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy, Bale took Bruce Wayne’s characteristics to heart and delivered a phenomenal Bruce Wayne in every movie. Batman is his most popular role, and people will look at Bale as Batman for many years to come too. The trivia claims that the movie began shooting 6 months after The Machinist, meaning Bale had to gain around 100 pounds of muscle for the role.

In 2018, in the movie Vice, Bale played Vice President Dick Cheney, where he gained over 40 pounds to portray this character. The movie had comedic effects and shocking events, which makes it more like a dramedy. Bale’s performance in the movie was precise.

8. Margot Robbie

Margot Robbie portrayed her role flawlessly as the twisted Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad and in the rest of the relevant ones as well. Her role is appraised as a villain turned into an unlikely superhero in the 3 films: Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad, and Birds of Prey.

In 2017, Robbie played the role of the former Olympic ice skater Tonya Harding, in the movie called I, Tonya. The movie bears an important story and is sympathetic to a misunderstood character amid all the narrations. Robbie spent 5 months of training for this role, and in the final cut, she added much of her own skating performances. She also got an Oscar nomination for this role.

Now in 2023, Robbie will be portraying Barbie, the classic doll figure of the Barbie franchise, opposite Ryan Gosling, who’ll portray Ken. The first look of the movie has been recently released.

Do you think Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling would be able to achieve the dolls’ legacies? Which actor in your list of favorites is super-convincing in every role they play? Let us know in the comment section.