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Paul's top five performances?


Paul is a brilliant actor and is always a treat to watch. In which five films (you can include TV series too)do you think he gives his best performances? For me it's the following.

John Adams (TV miniseries)
Sideways
The Illusionist
Win Win
Barney's Version

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12 Years a Slave is definitely on the list, as well as Saving Mr. Banks. I haven't seen Fred Claus (I can't stand Vince Vaughn), but Paul looked really good in that too.

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Believe it or not IMO his secondbest performance was as a bell boy in my best friends wedding. It was 30 seconds and he called me.

Duets
My best friends wedding
Sideways
Cinderella man
Private parts

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1. Big Fat Liar
2. Big Fat Liar
3. Big Fat Liar
4. Big Fat Liar
5. Big Fat Liar

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I got to say the scene in lady in the water where he is healing her was bad ass

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For me?

Sideways
John Adams
The Illusionist
American Splendor
Cinderella Man

... and pretty much everything else. I think he's dependably fantastic and nuanced.

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