Favorite "regular guy" performances

[mr x]

So no eccentric types, ppl with major afflictions, villains, historical ppl.

What are some of your favorites.

Examples...

Borgnine in Marty
Niven in Separate Tables

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Frances McDorment - Fargo

 

[HHR]

Elsie Fisher in EIGHTH GRADE

 

[MenacingMonk]

Ron Livingston in Office Space.

 

[semicko82]

John Travolta Saturday Night Fever

 

[mr x]

Any others?

I know Duvall in Tender Mercies technically had an affliction(alcoholism)....but it was subtly displayed.

(*see Lemmon in Days of Wine and Roses for the other end of the spectrum)

Great performance.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Michael Douglas in Falling Down?

 

[mr x]

Michael Douglas in Falling Down?

He may have been a regular guy at one point. But throughout the movie he didn't act regular at all and exhibited sociopathic behavior.

 

[Zero]

Robert Michum in The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Eiji Okada in Woman In The Dunes

 

[BXKingPin82]

Nic Cage in the Weatherman

 

[OmegaK2099]

What about Bill Murray in Groundhog Day?

 

[Ziggiy]

Will Smith in Pursuit Of Happyness