20 Most Underrated Actors Working Today

James Badge Dale is an actor who has always exuded an air of confidence that is difficult to shake, whether he's fighting wildfires in the tearjerking Only the Brave or pushing through war in the HBO miniseries The Pacific. 

It's this natural confidence that has served Dale well throughout his career, allowing him at different times to portray villains and heroes alike who can shift between unwaveringly strong and beaten down but still prevailing in a single scene. 

Best known for his work in the aforementioned The Pacific, in which he plays a scrappy marine in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two who is driven almost mad by its violence, Dale has done everything from superhero flicks like Iron Man 3 to survival thrillers like The Grey and World War Z.

Never centre stage but always offering his co-stars a confidant against their trials, James Badge Dale is one in a long line of great, prolific actors who we've all known and admired over the years, but who has never really received the flowers he's truly deserved for his successes.