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[JumpingTheGun]

I'm going to go with DiCaprio in "Whats Eating Gilbert Grape". I recently rewatched it this weekend for the first time in years and it really is an amazing performance. From his high pitched squeal to his scissor fingering ticks, I dont think Ive ever seen a child actor nail a role like that with such legitimacy. I dont know who he was running against in those '93 Oscars, but he definitely deserved it.

Coincidentally, Julliette Lewis was also in this movie and she later played a great handicapped person in "The Other Sister".

 

[fanboi]

Kevin Spacey.

Rainman

 

[Cpt.Underpants]

I AM SAM

Sean Penn went

edit: mental

 

[Half and half]

Kevin Spacey.

Rainman

Yep.

edit:
Whoops, wrong actor. But still agree.

 

[whitehawk]

 

[malingenie]

OP got it right.
Was gonna post Leo.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Kristen Stewart.

 

[bud]

christian bale in the batman films.

 

[Meadows]

John Malkovich - Lenny in Of Mice and Men

Literally oscar worthy

 

[Kentpaul]

Sean penn in I am sam.

 

[SpartanForce]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=457537

 

[chubigans]

Tom Hanks. Forrest Gump.

 

[Yen]

Sean Penn

Sam, I Am

 

[Osietra]

The one with Adam Sandler.

 

[Jokergrin]

I AM SAM

Sean Penn went full retard

R word is offensive

 

[KAOz]

Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl.

I... think he is.... "special" at least. But SO good, he at least deserves a mention of it.

 

[red731]

Came here to post this! Ahaha

 

[StalkerUKCG]

/Thread

 

[Broder Salsa]

How was Adam Sandler now the first reply? He does it to perfection in every movie he has ever been in.

Another vote would go to nearly every supporting character in Dexter.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Heath Ledger

 

[bjork]

I was actually saying, "gilberrrrt" as I clicked on this. OP is correct.

 

[Gibbo]

Robert De Niro - Awakenings

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Matt Damon in Team America

 

[East Lake]

Rosie O'Donnell in Riding the Bus with My Sister

 

[Barrett2]

Paz de la Huertas as Lucy Danzinger in Boardwalk Empire.

She's retarded in that show, right?

 

[bbagwell]

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

 

[freenudemacusers]

Paz de la Huertas as Lucy Danzinger in Boardwalk Empire.

She's retarded in that show, right?

lol i could barely stand watching the first few episodes of that show because of her.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Great revenge film, Dead Man's Shoes.

 

[Chuckie]

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

He sure as hell convinced the medical personel he was crazy.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

Ed Norton at the beginning of that one heist movie with DeNiro.

 

[bbagwell]

He sure as hell convinced the medical personel he was crazy.

Exactly!

 

[Facism]

Great revenge film, Dead Man's Shoes.

indeed, fucking brilliant movie.

 

[Stet]

Not Sean Penn, that was cringe-worthy.

Hoffman, Leo, Hanks, Malkovich.

 

[captive]

Russell Crowe a beautiful mind is what I would go with, a lot of these are just stereotypes of what people think mental illness is like, and quite frankly do a lot of harm to helping the treatment of these people.

 

[Insane Metal]

Tom Hanks. Forrest Gump.

Agreed.

 

[Window]

Russell Crowe a beautiful mind is what I would go with, a lot of these are just stereotypes of what people think mental illness is like, and quite frankly do a lot of harm to helping the treatment of these people.

Sure he had a mental illness but disabled? What?

 

[Machine]

Peter Sellers - Chance the gardener in Being There

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Bruno S. in Stroszek and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser was fantastic but then he actualy was mentally disabled.

 

[Maklershed]

Does Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket count? If so, I say Vincent D'Onofrio.

 

[Max Armstrong]

Paz de la Huertas as Lucy Danzinger in Boardwalk Empire.

She's retarded in that show, right?

I think she is in Enter the Void too. Typecast!

 

[Frost_Ace]

Tom Hanks in Forest Gump.

 

[daviyoung]

Jack Nicholson in anything.

 

[speedline]

Some of you are confusing mental illness with retardation.

 

[neorej]

Chris Burke in anything.

 

[Fritz]

Ron Perlman in the Name of the Rose.

 

[dmshaposv]

Robert De Niro - Awakenings

One of De Niro's underrated performances (by fans at least, even though he got an oscar nom). Showed a softer side and that he was as versatile an actor as al pacino.

 

[santouras]

Thought there would have been a shout out to Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot

 

[dreamcastmaster]

The disabled guy in Something About Mary.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Sure he had a mental illness but disabled? What?

He was pretty much disabled by the end of the movie

 

[Switters]

Thought there would have been a shout out to Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot

Then the thread would close and people couldn't make dumb jokes.