20. Christopher Walken - Pennies From Heaven (1981)
Christopher Walken has played Vietnam vets, an undertaker, an Italian aristocrat, gangsters and drug dealers. After winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Deer Hunter in 1979, he was primarily thought of as a dramatic actor. What filmgoers didnt know, though, was that Walken was an incredible dancer with an impressive theatrical resume. Many Walken fans have only ever seen the actor dance in the video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice but here's an earlier, no less brilliant performance, in the 1981 film adaptation of Dennis Potter's musical TV drama, Pennies From Heaven. In the film, Bernadette Peters fantasies about Walken serenading her and saucily stripping to Lets Misbehave. And it's quite a sight to behold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54iR0xFkEfQ
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