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9. Jim Carrey
(Colonel Stars and Stripes, Kick-Ass 2/Stanley Ipkiss, The Mask/The Riddler, Batman Forever)
Jim Carrey is a solid actor, especially in his dramatic roles. However, he's also a dude whose comic book roles are evenly divisible along specific lines.
First, there's the good one, as Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask. Unlike his comic book counterpart, movie Stanley was not a scary murderous psycho. Instead, he was a hilarious charmer, and that was why the movie was great. Like, if he'd straight-up been the Big Head Killer in that movie, it would have been way more of a downer. But they went wackier, and we’re all grateful for it.
His turn as the Riddler in Batman Forever fell on the meh end of the spectrum. That movie wasn't great, but he was trying his best and doing a solid Frank Gorshin impression. I might prefer a smarter Riddler, but crazy Riddler was also a valid interpretation.
And of course, on the bad end was his role as Colonel Stars and Stripes in the woeful Kick-Ass 2, which was based on the even more woeful comic book. But hey, The Mask made up for both of those lesser roles. The Mask was great.
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8. Samuel L. Jackson
(Nick Fury, MCU/Richmond Valentine, Kingsman: The Secret Service/The Octopus, The Spirit)
I friggin' love Samuel L. Jackson. He just looks like he is having THE MOST fun in every movie he's in. Like, I've never had that much fun doing anything in my entire life.
Most of you know him as Nick Fury from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a role that was literally designed for him back in Mark Millar's The Ultimates. And he knocked that role out of the park; from his first cameo to his future performance in Captain Marvel, we can be assured. My favorite performance of his is either in the first Avengers film or in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Both gave him a greater amount of screen time than his normal cameo allotment.
But the role where Jackson seemed to have the most fun was as the villainous Richmond Valentine in Kingsman: The Secret Service. That movie was awesome. And Valentine was absolutely hilarious as the millennial version of a James Bond villain. His bold, lisping, joyous performance still makes me smile.
I don't want to talk about his part in The Spirit as The Octopus. It was bad, let's leave it at that.
