Actors doing good accents

[Whey]

To contrast the other thread about actors making a hash of an accent.

Christian Bale, I'd say has made a fine living convincing most he's not English. Tilda Swinton is similarly always very good.

 

[Harry Gates]

Jennifer Ehle.

 

[Rubberglove]

Dev hitting those high notes in Corra is the work of a genius

 

[GingerNick]

Damien Lewis..I think hes played more americans than british people!

 

[TheGreenMan]

Hugh Laurie in house.

 

[Harry Gates]

Hugh Laurie in house.

I thought he was awful, it's the same accent he used for comedy effect in A Little Bit Of Fry and Laurie.

 

[bobsleigh]

Damien Lewis..I think hes played more americans than british people!

Remember watching an interview of his after watching Band of Brothers (around 2002 time) and getting really confused by his British accent for the first few seconds.

 

[JackL]

Idris Elba in the wire and American gangster (there may be others)

 

[turnthetide3]

Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring in "Dads Army"

 

[Cockney Mackem]

Toby Jones in basically everything.

 

[bobsleigh]

Dominic West (The Wire)

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[The Archer]

Dominic West (The Wire)

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I had no idea he was an English actor - same with Idris Elba - when I watched it for the first time

 

[herra soul mob]

Dominic West (The Wire)

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that's what I would have posted

 

[halfpast3]

Dominic West (The Wire)

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Fuck did I do

 

[mini-x2]

Steve Coogan as Savile

 

[DieselBert]

Dominic West (The Wire)

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Raise you Dominic West & Idris Elba

 

[Fletch]

Steve Coogan nailed Jimmy Saville

 

[Tex]

Idris Elba in the wire and American gangster (there may be others)

Get away man his accent is atrocious

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Raise you Dominic West & Idris Elba

Contender for the ‘Up The Arse Corner’ thread.

 

[Charmless Man]

Leo’s Rhodesian accent in Blood Diamond was so good people mistake it for a bad South African accent.

Steve Coogan nailed Jimmy Saville

That’s some allegation, hope you have evidence to back it up.

 

[NYMackem]

Jim Barclay as Jossy Blair.