10. Vivica A. Fox:
Memorable credits include:Soul Food, Kill Bill, Two Can Play That Game, Set It Off, and a host of other chitin’ circuit flicks perfect for BET.
Always typecast as: Ghetto, street-smart home-girl with a sexy and sassy attitude!
9. Samuel L. Jackson:
Memorable credits include:Pulp Fiction, Snakes On a Plane, A Time To Kill, The Negotiator, Jungle Fever, Mo Better Blues, Shaft, the Star Wars trilogy, and about 5,000 others roles; NOBODY works more than Samuel L. Jackson! (He might be part Jamaican and Mexican on his mama’s side.)
Always typecast as: The LOUDEST and baddest mutha-@$*!%# in the room!
He should “flip the script” as: A subtle, more nuanced role of a humble, much-put-upon, old black man in the Jim Crow South. It is a travesty that Jackson doesn’t have an Oscar yet; I think the academy needs to see him as a broken character triumphing over trials and tribulations to see his depth as an actor. ... Or maybe they were just too scared to vote for him before!
8. Lucy Liu:
Memorable credits include:Charlie's Angels 1 and 2, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Mulan II, Chicago, Shanghai Noon, and several other flicks where she practices the ancient Chinese secret of …"Sly-Grin-Scowl.”
Always typecast as: Bad-ass Asian chick with a sexy but slightly psychotic glare.
She should “flip the script” as: Anything but an Asian woman, I suggest playing a white man OR even a black woman for a change. (It was good enough for Eddie Murphy, Tyler Perry and Martin Lawrence.) Liu has only slightly altered the character Ling she played on “Ally McBeal” into every part she’s done … as well as added some Kung-Fu fighting into her repertoire. Moving past her own ethnicity and on-screen sexuality would be good for Lucy, hell she could even do “The Tiger Woods” story, at least one third of the part wouldn’t be a stretch.
7. Jack Nicholson:
Memorable credits include:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, Prizzi's Honor, A Few Good Men, Batman, and a plethora of other movie roles that will keep-on-a-coming — even if he’s wheelchair bound and on life support.
Always typecast as: Jack Nicholson
He should “flip the script” as: The valiant hero in a sci-fi flick willing to place his life over others for the greater good. Now I LOVE “wacky-jacky” and clearly he doesn’t need the money OR Oscars. He can keep sneering, face-muggin’ with the eyebrows and spittin’ out hilarious, cranky-old-man diatribes as long as Hollywood will let him; BUT it would be cool to see a change for once. Although I suspect that neither you nor I can handle the truth, … I mean the change.
6. Morris Chestnut:
Memorable credits include: Boyz n the Hood, The Best Man, The Brothers, Two Can Play That Game, Breakin' All the Rules, and pretty much anything with Gabrielle Union in it.
Always typecast as: Sexual-chocolate, man-candy.
He should “flip the script” as: A somewhat deformed and manipulative serial killer. I know playing a bad guy might seem like career suicide but it would give Chestnut a chance to evolve beyond the beefcake lover-man he plays in almost every movie; honestly I’ve seen kiddie pools that were deeper. Besides his fans are loyal, he could be Jack-The-Ripper and they’d still be dreaming of him chopping them up … *sigh* but with love.
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