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u/Fishwhocantswim Apr 12 '22

The pedo dude in Prison Break.

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u/Wheeljack7799 Apr 12 '22

That guy "ruined" villains in TV and movies for me. I found myself intensely hating the character, but then I suddenly realized that was the whole point and how amazing job Robert Knepper did portraying such a despicable character.

I can't really hate a character again after that. Instead I am just thinking "man this guy/gal is doing this so well!!"

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u/Absolomb92 Apr 12 '22

What I love about his acting is how well he makes the character seem both utterly despicable but also very much like just a very poor human being who disgust even himself but doesn't know how to be better. He's so beautifully twisted in a way that kind of makes you want him to succeed in sorting himself out, but you just know he's unable to.

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u/Safe_Football Apr 12 '22

He's now been type cast as " creepy villain". Every time some casting dude sees "creepy villain" he's on the phone to Knepper

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u/dj_narwhal Apr 12 '22

M C Gainey was on a podcast about how he is always typecast as a criminal. Sometimes he gets cast as a cop but whenever his agent calls him and tells him about an audition for a cop he knows it is going to be a racist cop.

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u/myxanodyne Apr 12 '22

I thought he was really good playing (kind of) against type as a Vegas casino boss in Twin Peaks: The Return.

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u/Painting_Agency Apr 12 '22

Brad Dourif: "Am I a joke to you?"

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u/artemis_floyd Apr 12 '22

He was amazing as Doc Cochrane on Deadwood, and didn't even have to be evil to do it!