In some cases, there’s even a built-in fan base to further elevate the performer’s profile.

Oscar Isaac sings and plays his own instruments throughout his breakout turn in 2013’sInside Llewyn Davis.

Andy Serkis based Gollum’s sounds on the noises that his cat made while throwing up hairballs.

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Still, that’s far from the end of Stallone’s franchise credits.

To slightly more modern audiences, Statham’s most high-profile appearances are arguably his turns inThe ExpendablesandFast & Furious.

However, she decidedly didn’t rest on her laurels.

A collage of Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, and Josh Hartnett in Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.

Samuel L. Jackson in Deep Blue Sea and Jurassic Park

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Pedro Pascal in the Materialists and in the Last of Us

Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand in The Book of Boba Fett Episode 2

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