Source: screenrant.com
11. Hugo Weaving
(Red Skull, Captain America: The First Avenger/V, V For Vendetta)
I like Hugo Weaving.
Even when he's in stuff I don't like, I always like his performances. Take, for example, his role as V in V for Vendetta. That movie may be a severely misguided adaptation, but Weaving is a solid V, through and through. His acting radiates through the mask, which is a near impossible task. You can read his emotions without seeing his face, a thing we as humans are literally not programmed to do.
He also kills it as the most underappreciated MCU villain. Yeah, the Red Skull is awesome. So awesome. And again, Weaving is acting with a handicap; this time it’s what must be a couple pounds of makeup. That's a lot to work through. But again, stellar performance.
SPECIAL BONUS: While neither of these roles are strict comic book adaptations, I felt they warranted a mention. Weaving voiced Megatron in the first Transformers film, a character who, though originally a toy and later a cartoon, had a significant amount of comic book appearances both through Marvel and IDW. Also, Agent Smith from The Matrix. No, he didn't appear in any comics himself, but enough of the Matrix was cribbed from Morrison's The Invisibles that I feel he counts too.
Shots fired? I guess?
Source: hollywoodreporter.com
10. Jon Bernthal
(The Punisher, Daredevil/Shane Walsh, The Walking Dead/Trigon, Justice League vs. Teen Titans)
Man, Baby Driver's great. I know it has nothing to do with comics, but Jon Bernthal's in it, and I’ll never get to talk about how rad it is otherwise. Bernthal's great in that.
As he is, I assume, in the Walking Dead. He was good in the one episode I saw to write this column. Walking Dead's not my thing.
But you know what he's great in?
Daredevil Season 2. He's a phenomenal Punisher, and one I wasn't super into at first. But they nailed his appearance and characterization. I'm super duper looking forward to that Punisher Netflix series. I'm sure it'll be awesome!
Bernthal also took a turn at voicing the Demonic overlord Trigon in the animated Justice League vs. Teen Titans movie. Solid casting choice. Bernthal can be scary as hell, and his voice coming out of a giant demon's mouth is pretty rad. Good lineup of roles, psyched for Punisher.
