10 Low-Key Amazing Performances In Movies
7. Walton Goggins - The Hateful Eight
Yes, Walton Goggins is his actual real name. He's actually Walton Goggins Jr., which is even better.
Star of The Righteous Gemstones and Invincible, Goggins is also a favourite of everyone's favourite foot enthusiast Quentin Tarantino.
He's appeared in both of the director's Westerns - 2012's Django Unchained and 2015's The Hateful Eight. In this piece, he plays Chris Mannix, an all-round no-hoper who masquerades as the sheriff of Red Rock, Wyoming.
Goggins is up against some serious talent in this movie, sharing the screen with Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Dern, and Tim Roth. And yet, he more than holds his own, often providing some much-needed comic relief.
From the moment we meet Mannix, he is clearly a fish out of water. He isn't the rough, tough, cowboy type that is personified in so many of his co-stars. He doesn't even have facial hair, for crying out loud!
Still, he's an essential part of the story, and ended up as a lot of viewers' favourite member of the squad.
Okay, maybe favourite isn't the best word to describe how we feel about Mannix, but you get the picture.