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We all love to get fascinated by amazing movies and lose ourselves in their charm. Be it in the theaters(good old days) or on the couch. A good movie has the power to move us emotionally or even change our outlook on life entirely. The base of such brilliant movies is the characters that are brought to life by some great actors. It takes true determination, talent, and a hell lot of hard work to win the hearts of the audience. (It’s not always about the gorgeous looks, a ripped body, and killer fashion sense. Though having these won’t hurt!) Versatility plays a major for an actor. Their ability to adapt and give life to different characters can take them a long way in the industry.

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Over the month, we’ve seen folks on Twitter post about their favorite actors and how they “understood the assignment”. They managed to entrance their fans with some of the best performances while establishing a wide range. Here are some of our top picks from the actors who definitely understood their assignments.

1Robin Williams

Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poet Society,Aladdin

2Helena Bonham Carter

Harry PotterSeries, Fight Club, Alice in Wonderland, The Kings Speech

3Gary Oldman

Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element, Bram Stoker’s Dracula,BatmanSeries

4Tom Hanks

Forrest Gump, Captain Phillips, Cast Away, Toy Story

5Stanley Tucci

The Devil Wears Prada, Hunger Games Series, The Lovely Bones, The Spotlight

6Johnny Depp

Alice in Wonderland, Fantastic Beast The Crimes Of Grindlewald, Corpse Bride, Pirates Of The Caribbean

7Tim Curry

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue, It, Legend

8Meryl Streep

The Iron Lady, Death Becomes Her, The Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia

9Kathy Bates

Misery, American Horror Story, The Office, Titanic

10Emma Thompson

Love Actually,  Howards End, Nanny Mcphee, Saving Mr. Banks

11Heath Ledger

A Knights Tale, Batman Series, 10 Things I Hate About You, Brokeback Mountain

12James Mcavoy

X-Men, The Chronicles of Narnia, Split, It

13Samuel L. Jackson

Marvel Franchise, The Incredibles, Pulp Fiction, Django Unchained

14Danny Devito

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Matilda, Batman Returns, It’s always sunny in Philadelphia

15Chadwick Boseman

42, Black Panther, Get on Up, 21 Bridges

16Viola Davis

The Help, Fences, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,

17Leonardo Dicaprio

The Revenant, Titanic, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Inception

18Bryan Cranston

Breaking Bad, The Infiltrator,Malcolm in the Middle, Your Honor

19Brendan Fraser

The Mummy, George Of The Jungle, California Man, Airheads

20Denzel Washington

American Gangster, Training Day, The Equalizer, John Q

21Matthew McConaughey

Interstellar, Dallas Buyers Club, The Lincoln Lawer, True Detective

22Jamie Lee Curtis

Knives Out, Halloween, Freaky Friday

23Tom Hiddleston

The Hollow Crown, Marvel Franchise, Kong: Skull Island, Crimson peak

24Christopher Lee

Dracula, LOTR, Star Wars, Horror Express

25Natalie Portman

Closer, Black Swan, V for Vendetta, The Professional

26Sandra Bullock

Miss Congeniality, Birdbox, The Blind Side, The Proposal

27Robert De Niro

Casino, The Intern, Grudge Match, Dirty Grandpa

28Will Smith

I am Legend, Aladdin, Shark Tale, The Pursuit of Happiness

29Colin Firth

Pride & Prejudice, A Single Man, The King’s Speech, Before I go to sleep

30Anne Hathaway

The Princess Diaries, Alice in Wonderland, The Devil Wears Prada, Oceans’s 8

31Margot Robbie

Wolf of Wall Street, Suicide Squad/ Harley Quinn, Mary Queen of Scots

32Tom Hardy

Venom, The Dark Knight, Warrior, Peaky Blinders

33Winona Ryder

Beetlejuice,Heathers, Stranger Things, Girl Interrupted

34Jim Carrey

The Mask, The Grinch, Ace Ventura, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

35Sarah Paulson

American Horror Story, Rachet

36Amy Adams

The Arrival, Hillbilly Elegy, Vice, The Fighter

37Kathryn Hahn

Were the Millers, VandaVision, Bad Moms, Parks and Recreation

38Jessica Lange

American Horror Story

39Jennifer Lawrence

The Hunger Games, American Hustle, Red Sparrow

40Brittany Murphy

Clueless, Girl Interrupted, Uptown Girls, Cherry Falls

41Al Pacino

The Godfather, Scarface, Serpico

42Jake Gyllenhaal

Southpaw, Night Crawler, Jarhead, End Of Watch

43Giancarlo Esposito

Do The Right Thing, Breaking Bad, Homicide: Life On The Street

44Pedro Pascal

Narcos, Game Of Thrones, Wonder Woman, Burn Notice: The Fall Of Sam Axe

45Rachel Mcadams

Mean Girls, True Detective, Wedding Crashers, Disobedience

46Eddie Murphy

Shrek, Dreamgirls, Mulan, The Nutty Professor

47Taraji P. Henson

Baby Boy, Acrimony, Queenie, Empire

48Bill Hader

The Skeleton Twins, Barry, Stefon, Paul

49River Phoenix

Stand By Me, Running on Empty, My Own Private Idaho, I Love You To Death

50Anya Taylor Joy

Split, Morgan, Queen’s Gambit, Emma

Tell us about your favorite actors in the comment section below if we missed them.

Source:BoredPanda

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Muneer is an Indian writer at FandomWire who plans to visit all countries in this world to eat the food on their streets. Obsessed with joggers, he sings and plays the strings too.

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