Top 10 Best Actors You Forgot About

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2. Paul Dano
He got his break playing mute teenager Dwayne in Little Miss Sunshine-part of an Oscar-winning ensemble, he soon caught the eye of directors everywhere who seemed to want him in their movies. Starring as the twins in There Will Be Blood, he showed a darker, more adult side; then you’ve got his scenes in Looper, playing the wide-boy sidekick of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s lead. One of his most critically acclaimed performances, as the useless single father in For Ellen, dazzles but didn’t make it to wider audiences- and it’s something you just have to see.