10 Comedy Actors Who Made Great Horror Movie Characters

10. Lil Rel Howery As Rod Williams - Get Out

Jordan Peele's directorial debut is one of the most impressive in any genre and features incisive social commentary, tightly-wound filmmaking and legitimate thrills. Its critique of white liberals using the Armitage family and their friends is an inspired choice and relevant in a climate where liberal schools of thought are more harmful than helpful.

Beyond its socio-political commentary, Get Out features remarkable performances from the likes of Daniel Kaluuya, Catherine Keener, Allison Williams and Betty Gabriel. All these performances received well-deserved plaudits, but one somewhat underrated performance is from comedian Lil Rel Howery.

Howery plays Rod Williams, a TSA agent who is the best friend of Kaluuya's Chris. He also provides some of the film's more overt laughs due to his outlandish but welcome quips in a film bereft of more conventional humor.

In addition to this, Rod seemed to be the only character in the movie who was even remotely savvy of the unsettling events at play in the Armitage household, a level of awareness that came in handy towards the film's conclusion. This role was Howery's cinematic debut and its impact has paved the way for a relatively successful career in comedies and tentpole films.