Who is ugly and sinister enough to play Cheney in the movie

[undeterred]

they will make about the demise of this administration?

[Initech]

1. It has to be a big fat guy...

I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue).

[warrens]

2. Frank Gorshin in his Penguin costume?

Dead ringer.

[kmla]

5. Except that Frank Gorshin's dead...

I think there are SAG rules against the dead acting.

Hmmm. But then, how do you explain Chuck Norris's acting ability? I've seen dead people with more acting ability than him...


on edit -

*smacks head*

You said "dead ringer", didn't you?

I feel stoopid.

[ashling]

29. He'd be perfect:

he's dead.

[WCGreen]

41. And he played the riddler....

[Democrats_win]

51. He also played George Burns recently in a one man show.

So he has experience in one man shows and if he did any of the George Burns-as-god bits, he has a leg up, since cheney plays god sometimes too.

Him being dead is only a technical difficulty for today's filmmakers. See Forrest Gump.

[undeterred]

3. ..

[DS1]

4. If he weren't dead, I'd pick Lawrence Tierney

[Lethe]

6. Brian Dennehey

[Canadian Socialist]

23. Great minds think alike

unfortunately,
fools seldom differ. I was thinking about BD as well. But he isn't ugly... just a really great character actor.

[Lethe]

24. yeah. he's played some really nasty characters is why i thought of him.

[Canadian Socialist]

26. But he has also played some great parts

i.e. in Cocoon.

[Pacifist Patriot]

56. He'd be perfect. He's only 3 years older than Cheney.

And he's got a great range.

[jane_pippin]

7. Danny Devito could just revisit his Penguin role.

[WeRQ4U]

8. Kenneth McMillian - Aka Baron Harckonen from "Dune"

And hire the same makeup man too.

[Aristus]

37. Kenneth McMillan, also dead.

Sheesh! He died YEARS ago!

Still, terrific character actor.

[WeRQ4U]

45. My bad.

Maybe THAT'S why I haven't seen him in anything since "Armed and Dangerous" with John Candy.

[Wapsie B]

9. I think Robert Duvall could handle the roll.

nt

[undeterred]

12. Yeah, he's a great actor

he can pretend to be someone terrible and we believe it.

[jojog]

10. Ed Asner

[Az]

11. Don Rickles

[TallahasseeGrannie]

13. Richard Dreyfus

He isn't sinister, but he's a great actor and could do it.

Also, for some reason I see Christopher Walken.

And you know who could play Rove? Barney!

[maveric]

44. With very little makeup Dreyfus would look just like Cheney.

He would nail that role!

[soleft]

54. he already nailed the role in American President

The scene where he says the line "President's Got a Girlfriend" he drops the corner of his mouth in a total Dick Cheney face.

[lizziegrace]

14. Anthony Hopkins n/t

[henslee]

15. Brian Dennehy.

[cwydro]

16. James Woods

but he's too skinny...I'm thinking of this other guy who always plays slime, but don't know his name...

[Doctor_J]

17. Gary Oldman

I think he's a Repub though so he probably wouldn't do it.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

18. The guy who plays Lebowski. He's not hideous, like Cheney, but he

has the basic characteristics.

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. Charles Durning. Excellent choice.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. "Nothing is fucked, Rove?"

"The plane has crashed into the fucking mountain!"

[EstimatedProphet]

63. Actually that's David Huddleston

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715 /

But Charles Durning would be good too.

[Initech]

21. "The bums will always lose, do you hear me, Lebowski?

THE BUMS WILL ALWAYS LOSE!!!!"

[Pacifist Patriot]

60. Great one. Or he could play

[Orsino]

22. Cheney himself may be available very soon.

Why settle for a lesser evil?

[ellisonz]

25. Richard Dreyfus

[undeterred]

28. Welcome~!

[LTR]

32. Dreyfus was great as Al Haig in "The Day Reagan Was Shot"

It was a movie on Showtime a while back. He kicked ass!

[alarcojon]

27. Mike Myers in this role:

[ashling]

30. John Lithgow or

Christopher Walken

[LTR]

31. Dennis Hopper

Well, at least he's a Republican.

[abbeyco]

33. Is Ernest Borgnine still alive?

He'd be perfect with that scary grin.

[Cocoa]

34. is Lionel Barrymore still alive?

[undeterred]

35. Drew Barrymore could play one of the twins

[Xipe Totec]

36. The Crypt Keeper n/t

[grannylib]

38. He's not the same at all in looks or build, but that Chertoff guy from

DOHS (jahwohl! mein fuhrer!) looks like a fucking walking corpse. He certainly fits the bill of ugly and evil.
Otherwise, I'd cast that corpulent CHINO Foulwell; he kinda looks like Cheney the Dick (he's fat enough) but he keeps that stupid smile/smirk on his face all the time, unlike snarling Dick-man.
As far as Hollywood type actors?
Brian Dennehy is great, he could do it.

[MnFats]

39. Tor Johnson -- one of Ed Wood's favorites...

...big fat scandanavian guy, played a zombie in "Plan Nine From Outer Space."

[Lethe]

40. Bill Shatner?

he could pull it off, i just like Shatner and i thought i would mention him. he's not ugly or anything. KHAAAAAAAN!

[enigmatic]

42. Phillip Seymour Hoffman

He would absolutely KILL as Cheney..

[Hardrada]

43. Raymond Burr, were he still around,

would be ideal. Think of his role as Thorwald in "Rear Window." I had a neighbor who looked like that. Just creepy!

[Orsino]

46. It's Steve Martin--and Salon proves it!

Just look at this damned picture!

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/10/21/shopg...

Scary.

[undeterred]

47. scary similarity of someone I like with someone I can't stand!

[henslee]

48. Russel Crowe w/makeup.

[mtnester]

49. Fred Thompson, of course

it would not be a big leap

[MissMillie]

50. AMEN!!! and Bravo!!!!

good call

[Democrats_win]

52. Marlin Brando: Apocalypse Now loon who lived in a cave.

Wait a minute, has anyone seen these two together in the same room?

[bertha katzenengel]

53. Jeremy Irons would do a great Dick Cheney.

[Pacifist Patriot]

55. I started a dud of a thread on casting this movie but didn't...

speculate about Cheney.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

I've got Ron Rifkin for Libby and Bill Pullman for Fitzgerald. I'll have to give some thought to Cheney. Something is tickling the back of my brain but I may have to do some IMDB surfing to bring it to the surface.

[ghostsofgiants]

57. How hard do you think it would be to get Satan...

He could handle the role, I think.

[Pacifist Patriot]

58. Too busy taking vacations and falling off of bicycles.

[terrya]

59. Dig up Sydney Greenstreet. He'd be perfect. n/t

[Kashka-Kat]

61. who was the guy who played Mr. Potter in Its a Wonderful Life

[Pacifist Patriot]

62. Lionel Barrymore

[AngryAmish]

64. Michael Ironsides

He will have to dye his hair grey.

REEEEVOOOK!!!!