IMQ #27 - People in Film - Favorite Male Comic Performance

[Chaplin]

Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove -- Favorite and possibly best comic performance ever.

Honorable Mentions:
Eddie Murphy - Beverly Hills Cop
Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot
Cary Grant - Arsenic and Old Lace
Jim Carrey - Dumb and Dumber
Simon Pegg - The World's End/Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead
Chevy Chase - Caddyshack/Fletch
Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
Bill Murray - Groundhog Day

 

[AzStevenCal]

Chevy Chase - Seems Like Old Times
Charles Grodin - Midnight Run
Tom Sizemore - Big Trouble
Walter Matthau - Hopscotch
Warren Oates - Stripes
John Lovitz - Good Advice
Larry Miller - Frozen Assets
Dennis Quaid - Undercover Blues
Denis Leary - The Ref
David Caruso/Mike Starr - Mad Dog and Glory

 

[Cheesewater]

Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein
Bill Murray - Groundhog Day
Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt - The Impostors
Roberto Benigni - Night on Earth (also Down by Law)
John Cleese - Monty Python's Life of Brian
Albert Brooks - Defending Your Life

 

[MadCardDisease]

So many good ones but I'm going with:

Cleavon Little - Blazing Saddles

and

Bill Murray - Caddyshack

 

[AzStevenCal]

I forgot to mention Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda. A little out of character for him but as good as Cleese was (and always is), KK was every bit his equal in this one.

 

[Superbone]

My #1 is Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies. I've never laughed so hard. Another little underrated gem is Sellers in The Party.

 

[Superbone]

Oh, have to add Ken Jeong to the list for his portrayal of Mr. Chow in the Hangover movies.

 

[Superbone]

John Candy in Uncle Buck.

 

[puckhead]

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[Superbone]

Oh, and how can I forget Steve Martin in The Jerk.

 

[Covert Rain]

This is much harder because there are sooooo many ensemble comedy films that wouldn't be the same without the entire cast.

Tom Hanks - BIG, Splash, Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle
Robin Williams - Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietname, Hook, Jumanji, Aladdin, Bird Cage
Jim Carrey - Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty
Eddie Murphy -Coming to America, Bowfinger, Nutty Professor, Trading Spaces, 48 hours.
Leslie Nielsen - Airplane, The Naked Gun Movies
Will Ferrell - Elf
Bill Murray - Cady Shack, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, Ground Hog Day
Steve Martin - Jerk, Roxanne, Plain Trains & Automobiles, Three Amigos
Peter Sellers - Pink Panther movies
John Cleese (although could put any Monty Python actor here) - Monty Python movies, A Fish called Wanda
Chevy Chase - Vacation Movies
John Candy - Uncle Buck
Adam Sandler = Water Boy

There are so many....not including classic Marx Brothers, Charlie Chaplin Laurel & Hardy and Abbot & Costello.....too many to list.