This post will be focused on iconic thriller actors and horror actors. These people have had famous roles in hit thrillers and horrors and have become known for their roles in these films.
Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor who shot to fame as Tonny, a drug dealer in the crime thriller film Pusher. Since his rise to fame, he has stared in many Danish thrillers as Lucas in The Hunt, Le Chiffre in Casino Royale and
Thomas Skepphult in Exit. He has been called "the synonym to the great success the Danish film industry has had since the mid 1990's" by IMDB. He is currently playing Hannibal Lecter in the TV series Hannibal. He is now widely associated with more serious dramas and thrillers and is an outstanding Danish actor. With over 25 awards and 22 other nominations, he is a widely sought over actor who can pull off many acting styles, from a nasty, evil character supporting terrorists bank funds to a kind, friendly and misunderstood teacher who doesn't mean harm to anybody to a low life drug pusher.
Christopher Lee, born in 1922 has become one of the most iconic horror actors of his time! His first successful films include The Curse Of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles. At the time, these films were considered very scary horror films, however if we were to watch them today they wouldn't be considered as horrific as some of the films we are desensitising ourselves to. He appeared in the James Bond film, The Man With The Golden Gun as the lead villain Francisco Scaramanga, Count Dooku in Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones and he also voiced the Jabberwocky in the 2010 version of Alice in Wonderland which was the main evil monster in the film. He has gained a reputation of being the villain in films or being the bad guy. However, I feel this has made him one of the most iconic horror film actors as he has been in the business for so long. He was watched our media change and grow into what it has become and has followed along with it, adapting to change and the ever more violent film culture we are living in. Definitely a recognised horror actor which I admire.
Robert Englund may be one of the most recognised faces of horror in history. His most successful role to date was the role of Freddy Krueger, a serial killer with very dramatic burns across his face who kills teenagers in their dreams using a glove covered in razors. Killing them in their dreams would cause their deaths in real life. This film earned its $1.8million budget back in a week of the film's release and went on to make eight more of the 'slasher' films, a television series, novels and comic books. Robert has almost become the face of horror films as The Nightmare On Elm Street 1 was considered to be one of the most terrifying horror films at the time it was released. After asking many of my teachers and friend's parents what the scariest film they'd seen was, A Nightmare On Elm Street was consistently bought up. Robert's character even met up with Jason Voorhees, the main antagonist in the popular Friday the 13th franchise for a film where they both terrorised the teenage community as well as going after each other. This film wasn't greatly accepted by the horror community but it was a good idea. Robert Englund has definitely made a name for himself as a horror actor.
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