10 Movie Stars Who Gave Their Best Ever Performance On TV
1. Clive Owen - The Knick
Though Clive Owen's Hollywood career is fairly low-key these days, he nevertheless has a number of killer roles to his name - Croupier, Closer, Sin City, Inside Man, Children of Men, The Boys Are Back, and Shadow Dancer.
But Owen's best performance to date remains hugely underappreciated by audiences at large - his stunning turn as cocaine-addicted chief surgeon Dr. John Thackery in Steven Soderbergh's superb drama series The Knick.
It is a brilliantly multi-faceted, vanity-free performance from Owen, delivering the sort of top-level work which, in a just world, would've netted him All the Awards. Sadly though, despite rave reviews The Knick largely didn't rustle up much awards momentum during its original two-season run.
If you're at all a fan of Owen's, this is a must-see - the suaveness of his marquee movie roles is stripped away for an ugly, warts-and-all character whose genius and self-destructive tendencies are palpable in equal measure.