Which actor absolutely nailed playing a racist character?
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Ed Norton – American History X
William Russ as Dennis Vinyard (the dad) in American History X.
Ralph Fiennes in Schindlers List was fkn evil
Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds. Specifically in the beginning when he is explaining their reasoning. Comparing Jews to rats and everyone else to squirrels and saying there is a minor difference but one you just feel disgusted by and want to exterminate.
Bryce Dallas Howard in The Help
Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth in Schindler’s List…
Twisted character: A psychopath Killer that use jew prisoners as targets for enjoyment while secretly in love with one
John Turturro as Pino in Do The Right Thing.
“Magic, Eddie, Prince…are not n******. I mean – let me explain myself – they’re not really black. I mean they’re black, but they’re not really black. They’re more than black.”
Jesse Plemmons in his one scene in Civil War. I read that he wasn’t even suppose to be in the movie, but they needed a last minute replacement and Kristen Dunst (who is married to Jesse) said “Jesse isn’t doing anything, you should ask him.”
One of the best scenes of that movie, he nailed it.
JK Simmons in Oz
No one’s gonna say Dave Chappelle as Clayton Bixby?
A lot of Tarantino characters come to mind, so I’ll go with Walton Goggins as Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight.
Aya Cash (Stormfront) in The Boys!
Not a movie, but my God she nailed playing a Nazi bitch!
Sam Rockwell in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Fassbender 12 years a slave….yeesh
Stephen Graham – This is England
Slim Pickens- Blazing Saddles
Uncle Ruckus in The Boondocks
Carroll O’Connor
(OK, I know this is movie critic, but I honestly cannot think of a more realistic racist guy than Archie Bunker)
Kanye West
Russell Crowe as Hando in Romper Stomper
Michael Rooker in Mississippi Burning. I was like I love Yondu…what else is he in. And oh boy. He wasnt the main character but you could tell he eas not a fan
Bruno Ganz as Hitler.
My example might be a bit obscure, but Alan Rickman as Elliot Marston in Quigley Down under. The way the character regards the Australian Aborigines as an entirely subhuman group of people is truly vile, and an incredible demonstration of Rickman’s ability to play a supremely hatable villain.
I love the story Sam Jackson and Jamie Foxx told making Django, how Leo really struggled with the dialogue and calling them that word. And how he changed being around them after they talked to them after on set.
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/St-E4d_7woY](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/St-E4d_7woY)
Adam Driver in Black KKKlansman. Technically his *character* is playing a racist but he still absolutely nails it
Hulk Hogan, really took method acting to the next level.
The cast of Mississippi Burning.
That’s one of the best anti-racism movies there is. It doesn’t treat the audience as dummies that needs everything explained, and the racist characters are so deplorable that it provides an insight into their actions.
Based on a true story.
The black cop in Boyz n da Hood.
Brad Dourif in Mississippi Burning.
Will Poutler in Detroit. Underrated movie because of the backlash around it which I understood.
One underrated performance was Patrick Stewart in “The Green Room”. Hearing the n-word come out of his mouth was one of the wildest moments of cognitive dissonance I’ve had.