Minor roles that steal films

[Cycstorm]

Need a little help here please, guys. Trying to compile a list of those small parts which help to define a film.

The key is that the role has to be SMALL, yet be one of the first things that come to mind when you think of the movie.

What i'm looking for are your Alec Baldwins from Glengarry, your ED209s, the guy with the mohawk and the ladyboy from Mad Max 2.

Any thoughts?

[prince pantyhose]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

jack nicholson in easy rider has always been my favourite.

[Signal30]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Bronson Pinchot as Serge in Beverly Hills Cop is the first thing I thought of. Also, Salma Hayek in From Dusk Till Dawn... she gets about five minutes of screen time, but she owns that film.

[WriteByNight]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper in TRUE ROMANCE

Chiaki Kuriyama in KILL BILL 1

Kristen Wiig in KNOCKED UP

The Rock in BE COOL

Josh Brolin in AMERICAN GANGSTER

[msbone]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

woody harrelson in no country for old men.

[Cycstorm]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

These are all good.

[Writer1]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Dudley Moore in FOUL PLAY.

Rick Moranis in GHOSTBUSTERS.

[ReoA]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

William Hurt in A History of Violence might qualify.

[roscoegino]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Gary Cole in OFFICE SPACE

Michael Pena in CRASH

[Pasquali56]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Good thread. Here's a current one: Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War. Of course, he's a scene stealer in just about anything he's in. Same goes for William Macy.

[TheKeenGuy]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

Don Cheadle in Devil in a Blue Dress.

A decent noir thriller that went absolutely electric as soon as he showed up.

[DustySterling]

Re: Minor roles that steal films

William Hurt in A History of Violence might qualify.

I loved him in this. I've never paid attention to him before but now I notice him in films.