Actors So Good They Freaked Us Out with Their Performances

1.

Malcolm McDowell in 'A Clockwork Orange.' I can’t even look at the guy. -u/143019

2.

Sam Rockwell in most of his roles. To me as a kid, he was the most convincing character in 'The Green Mile', and Tom Hanks was the lead in that movie. -u/weedyscoot

3.

John Goodman in '10 Cloverfield Lane.' PTSD activated. -u/allhailqueenspinoodi

4.

Matthew Lillard as Shaggy. -u/laundryday_

5.

Stanley Tucci in 'The Lovely Bones.' Took me forever to get that creepy-a** character out of my head whenever I saw him. -u/pikkopots

6.

John Lithgow in that one season of 'Dexter.' I can’t look at him the same anymore. He creeps me out. -u/yecatsgee

7.

Kathy Bates in 'Misery.' -u/Pineapple-dancer

8.

Bryan Cranston as Walter White. Also the guy that played Tuco. -u/TheBlackPopeOP

9.

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. -u/ghidfg

10.

Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds. -u/greenteateeth

11.

Ralph Fiennes in 'Schindler’s List.' Terrified me. He disappeared into the role, too. -u/KahlanEAmnelle

12.

Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh. -u/Ok-Address-5466

13.

Jon Heder cannot undo Napoleon Dynamite. -u/little_shop_of_hoors

14.

Catherine O’Hara in 'Schitt’s Creek.' I have no idea how she managed to make everything consistently over the top and yet still not turn her character into a despicable self-parody (of a parody of a spoilt millionaire wife). -u/Drusio

15.

Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Nightcrawler.' -u/pseudophant

16.

Giancarlo Espósito as Gus in 'Breaking Bad.' He was brilliantly evil. -u/Geekmonster

17.

Joaquin Phoenix in 'Gladiator.' I couldn't watch him in another movie for years, because I hated his character so freaking much. -userdeleted

18.

Christian Bale from 'American Psycho.' -u/Olus666

19.

Rosamund Pike in 'Gone Girl.' Talented, gorgeous actor and I cannot unsee her as terrifying and calculating. -u/clinteraction

20.

Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa in 'Inglorious Basterds.' -u/stykface

21.

Joffrey Lannister (Jack Gleeson). -u/mastil12345668

22.

Heath Ledger BECAME the Joker. -u/GCR58

23.

Hugh Laurie as House, this man is the character. -u/WhippieShiz

24.

Willem Dafoe. My man played Green Goblin too damn good. -u/ManeWha

25.

Imelda Staunton as Delores Umbridge. There are very very few villains that I've seen in books, movies, or video games that I’ve wanted to personally kill more. That means she did an unbelievably good job as a twisted villain. -u/SumwhatNerdy