10 Actors Who Just Played Against Type (And KILLED It)

While there's nothing surprising about the fact that Leonardo DiCaprio gave a stupendous, arguably career-best performance in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, the nature of his character was like nothing else he's ever played before.

DiCaprio's filmography is defined by him playing loquacious charmers and intensely driven individuals, and even when he's playing an outright villain - like in, say, Django Unchained - there's a charisma there that makes him fun to watch.

But to play war veteran Ernest Burkhart, DiCaprio stripped away his inherent charms to portray an almost laughably pathetic individual who is easily manipulated by his scheming uncle, William King Hale (Robert De Niro).

Burkhart is a man who never finds his spine, and to see DiCaprio so effectively play such a relentlessly pitiable human being, so bereft of even the most basic appeal, is one of the most impressive acting achievements of his entire career.