My introduction to Mark Strong was as Mr. Knightly in the Kate Beckinsale Emma. Yes his hair was too wispy and their kiss is on my list of most awkward, but I thought his Knightly characterization was spot on and while Jeremy Northam of course is so dreamy Mark Strong held the position of Most Knightly-y (now taken by Johnny Lee Miller).
And then BAM, villain time! Tall, broad, handsome, and naturally bald, Strong could work a wig or go au naturale. Rather dashing either way.
*denotes I haven't seen film
List is by no means extensive, I did my best with what I could find on Wikipedia for films I haven't seen.
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| tallest and broadest Knightly |
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| Toby Crackit in Oliver Twist* |
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| Septimus in Star Dust |
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| Nick in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
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| Archy in RocknRolla* |
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| Bouhler (a Nazi) in Good (with Viggo Mortensen)* |
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| Sir John Conroy in The Young Victoria |
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| Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes |
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| Franco D'Amico in Kick-Ass* |
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| Godfrey in Robin Hood |
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| Sinestro in Green Lantern* |
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| Matai Shang in John Carter* |
*denotes I haven't seen film
List is by no means extensive, I did my best with what I could find on Wikipedia for films I haven't seen.
Thanks for mentioning his role in Emma - so overplaced by the "great Hollywood movies" that this is the only blog I could have found any information about it :)
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