Some Actors Have Incredible Range

Last week, Seth Vargas posed a question at Twitter on which actors shows the greatest range in their roles, and presumably did it well. People were prompted to post side-by-side pictures in those roles. There are a lot of good answers, in the Twitter replies and in the discussion at Fark. Actors like Al Pacino and Burt Lancaster show a great range of acting talent because they've been in so many movies over a long career. Others deliberately take on challenging roles, like Tilda Swinton, who has portrayed women of all ages, dispositions, and sizes, and even an old man once.

But the answer given most often is Gary Oldman, shown at the top in some of his many roles. That reminded me of the game "Who can name the most Tom Hanks movies?" There are apparently many actors who can be slotted in that game.

Well, Tom Hanks, of course.

Johnny Depp, for example. 

Christopher Lee. 

Alec Guinness. And these don't even include Star Wars.

Robin Williams. Yeas it's hard to see, but you can enlarge this graphic from this article. ​

Check out the Twitter and Fark threads for many versatile actors and the many diverse roles they've played over the years. Gary Oldman may be the king, but for actual range, this guy deserves an honorable mention.