In Your Opinion Which Actors Are True Chameleons?

Robert Duvall

The Outer Limits - The Chameleon

 

Amazing actor - he played everything from Truman Capote and a pedophile priest to the tough-as-nails CIA agent in Charlie Wilson's War. And made them all believable.

 

This chap from Spider-Man.

 

Laurence Olivier

 

Denzel.

 

In my opinion he and Daniel Day-Lewis are the best.

 

Seriously? He’s Denzel in every movie.

 

yeah im vetoing denzel, hanks, jimmy stewart all in the paul newman spot (great actors but not chameleons like gary oldman or dustin hoffman or Philip Seymour Hoffman)

 

Tom Hardy

 

Even when he played a mob thug, he was a likable one. I've enjoyed a lot of his work. My favorite role of his was the congressman he played in "Charlie Wilson's War". But no way would I consider him a chameleon.

The two that come to mind for me are the already mentioned Daniel Day Lewis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

 

Tom Cruise. It even extends to promotional interviews and the like.

 

Gary Oldman
Anthony Hopkins

 

Christopher Walken play Christopher Walken...

 

Meryl Streep

 

Daniel Day Lewis, DeNiro used to be. And, Tom Cruise is in no way a chameleon. He is Tom Cruise in every movie he is in.

 

Hopkins was. But now it just seems he’s some variation of the Hannibal Lecter personality.

 

Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt. Sometimes.

 

To be fair, he’s great at being Christopher Walken, but you’re right.

 

Adam Sandler. The fact that he could make you life and cry, all in the same movie is incredible.

 

Stanley Tucci
Christian Bale

 

Vanessa Redgrave

 

He’s certainly made me cry in multiple movies but not because of his acting chops. More so that paid money to watch him mail it in.

 

Denzel is close. Check out Roman J Isreal, Esquire. That to Training Day is night and day.

Where does Matt Damon fit in? I thought he was pretty great in the Martian and Good Will Hunting and Dogma.

 

Same could be said for Deniro, Nicholson, and Pacino.

 

Absolutely.