Actors & Actresses Who Have Played Against Type

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Do you agree with any of these? Also, who else would you add to this list?

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Timothy Hutton admitted that he had never before played an evil, sadistic character like Thad Beaumont's alter ego, George Stark, in The Dark Half.

Robert Downey JR in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Robin Williams in One Hour Photo and the Insomnia remake

Jonah Hill in Moneyball and The Wolf Of Wall Street

Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

James Franco in Spring Breakers

Christian Bale in The Machinist

Scarlett Johannason in The Avengers

Don't know about any other actresses who have played against type and kept at it since.

I should add, John Cusak in The Frozen Ground, where he plays a real life, sick, evil serial killer who had kidnapped, and raped prostitutes, then hunted and murdered them out in the wilds of Alaska. Very different role for the actor getting good guy parts.

Amy Adams in American Hustle took many people, including me, by surprise. That type of role was entirely different for her because she usually gets "good girl" parts.

Henry Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West.

James Stewart in Rear Window.

George Clooney in From Dusk Till Dawn.

Helen Mirren in RED and RED 2

Holly Hunter in 13

Sandra Bullock in The Heat

Anthony Hopkins in the Hitchcock biopic

Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness

Colin Firth in Kingsman

I should add, John Cusak in The Frozen Ground,

I had mentioned that. It really was a big departure from his usual good guy rolls.