As acting teachers, casting directors, and everything in between, our Backstage Experts know a stellar performance when they see one. That’s how we knew they’d be the perfect group to ask the following question:
Which (current) TV performers should all actors be watching and why?
Here are 19 actors on television who got the attention of our Backstage Experts!
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Paul Barry, L.A.-based Australian acting teacher There is a scene between Sam Shepard and Ben Mendelsohn on Netflix’s “Bloodline” that I can watch repeatedly and never lose interest. In case you haven’t seen it, I’ll refer to it only as “the negotiation,” but when you get to it you’ll know exactly the one I’m talking about.
Though the entire cast is emotionally available, natural, and willing to follow their choices to the very end, this very simple scene between a legendary American actor and one of my fellow Australians contains, for me, so many of the hallmarks of great acting. The subtlety and
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