Character Actors

Tell me if am wrong but i would think that we are living in the golden age of character actors as far as Hollywood is concerned. Not that there weren't great ones through all eras of film making. But that they are getting some of their due in terms of starring roles...the recent resurgence of great content on TV also might have added something to it.

Over the next few weeks hope to add to this thread of thought not in terms of character sketches and bios but in terms of favourite moments. We all know the big breakthrough hollywood movements right from Jack Nicholson "Here's Johnny" or Clint Eastwood "Do you feel lucky punk". Am trying to look for some not so conventional moments from some not so conventional actors. Heres one for starters......

Alan Cumming in X2 as Night Crawler. When he's asked who he is. A slight straightening of the back, head tilted upwards "My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus... " and is rudely cut off.........this happens more than a few times in the movies and everytime you can see the hopeful gleam in his eye that he will finally establish his street cred with the rest of mutants....but always gets cut off and you can see the same slightly hurt/bewildered expression on his face every time....small moment carried off beautifully among the over the top performances all around....