Underrated Actors & Actresses

Actors and actresses that don't always get the plaudits (or awards) that they deserve.

Ryan Gosling

James Gandolfini

Jamie Lee Curtis

Mark Ruffalo

Viola Davis

Carla Gugino

David Duchovny

Ed Harris

Ethan Embry

Frank Grillo

Gael García Bernal

Giovanni Ribisi

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jesse Plemons

Miles Teller

Noomi Rapace

Riz Ahmed

Rose Byrne

Sean Bean

Vincent Cassel

Amanda Seyfried

Ben Mendelsohn

Brendan Gleeson

Damian Lewis

Eva Green

Gabriel Byrne

Gillian Anderson

Jack O'Connell

Jack Reynor

Jeffrey Wright

Jon Bernthal

Kaya Scodelario

Liev Schreiber

Linda Cardellini

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mia Wasikowska

Michael C. Hall

Michael Shannon

Pete Postlethwaite

Radha Mitchell

Sienna Miller

Stephen Graham

Timothy Olyphant

Toni Collette

Vincent D'Onofrio

Aidan Gillen

Christopher Meloni

Dev Patel

Eddie Marsan

Emily Mortimer

Jena Malone

Kathryn Hahn

Laura Linney

Lili Taylor

Lin Shaye

Michael Sheen

Michelle Monaghan

Patricia Arquette

Peter Stormare

Robert Knepper

Robin Wright

Rooney Mara

Ted Levine

Thandiwe Newton

Tim Blake Nelson

David Morse

Franka Potente

James Badge Dale

Jeremy Sisto

Marley Shelton

Michael Imperioli

Naomie Harris

Paul Giamatti

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Rosanna Arquette

Scoot McNairy

Shailene Woodley

Shea Whigham

Steve Zahn

Walton Goggins

Xander Berkeley

S. Epatha Merkerson

Elias Koteas

Jason Wiles

Peter Krause

Amy Ryan

Andrew Lincoln

Ben Foster

Callan Mulvey

Damon Herriman

Daniel Brühl

John Carroll Lynch

Josh Stewart

Kyle Gallner

Paul Dano

Zoë Kravitz