01 A video-game adaptation lead exploring his ancestors' memories.
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12 Years a Slave is the most difficult performance here, genuinely hard to watch. Shame and Hunger turn the same intensity inward, and The Killer shows he’s just as effective playing someone almost without visible emotion. In Inglourious Basterds (2009): A British film-critic-turned-spy in Tarantino’s WWII ensemble. Don’t overlook X-Men: First Class (2011): A younger Magneto, played with cold, wounded menace.
01 A video-game adaptation lead exploring his ancestors' memories.
02 A methodical, obsessive assassin narrating his own meticulous process.
03 A brooding, brutal take on Shakespeare's tragic king.
04 An unsettlingly precise android aboard a doomed deep-space expedition.
05 A British film-critic-turned-spy in Tarantino's WWII ensemble.
06 A physically transformative role as IRA prisoner Bobby Sands in his breakout film.
07 An Oscar-nominated take on the Apple co-founder across three product launches.
08 A raw, unflinching performance as a man consumed by sex addiction.
09 A younger Magneto, played with cold, wounded menace.
10 A terrifying, Oscar-nominated performance as a brutal plantation owner.