Mike Myers - Inglorious Basterds
Cinema is rife with acting funnymen at the moment with the likes of Seth Rogen, Johan Hill and Michael Cera all making a name for themselves in recent years.
They now have their place alongside the likes of Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell whose movies have dominated the box office.
But every so often the funnymen step out of their comfort zone and go straight. And we see that this week as Mike Myers appears in Inglourious Basterds as Gen. Ed Fenech of the British Army.
So we took a look at some straight performances for cinema's funniest stars.
Will Smith really has had his fingers in many pies in recent years from music to TV to becoming the biggest movie star in the planet.
But we all remember him comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and, for a time he was the funnyman of the big screen with the likes of Hitch and Men In Black under his belt.
But since 2001, whilst not leaving comedy completely behind him, we have seen a change in Smith's roles as he has fought to be taken more seriously as a dramatic actor... and let's face it it's not worked out to badly for him.
The change came when he was cast as iconic boxer Muhammed Ali back in 2001, a role which landed him his first Academy Award for Best Actor.
After Men In Black II and Bad Boys II he returned to drama for another real-life character as he played Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness.
The film follows Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker, as he tries to make a better life for his son. This is widely regarded as Smith's most accomplished acting performance and another Oscar nomination came his way.
He re-teamed with his The Pursuit of Happyness filmmaker earlier this year for Seven Pounds, a film that failed to get the recognition that it deserved.
It's very rarely that you see Robin Williams not acting the goat on the big screen, he even managed to make a film about Vietnam funny.
Throughout his career he has become one of the finest movie and stand up comedians but every so often he goes straight and pulls out a gem of a performance.
The first of these came in 1989 with Dead Poets Society, which was based on his life at Montgomery Bell Academy, an all-boys preparatory school in Nashville.
Williams took on the role of English teacher John Keating who inspires his students with poetry and literature.
Williams' performance earnt his a Best Actor Oscar nomination, losing out to Daniel Day Lewis for My Left Foot.
He finally got his hands on an Oscar in 1997 for his performance in Good Will Hunting, which was penned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Williams played Sean Maguire a psychologist who breaks through main character Will's defence mechanisms to uncover the truth about his past and his fears.
A Best Supporting Actor came his way for the role.
Billy Connelly is best known as a stand up comedian but, on the odd occasion, he has strayed onto the big screen for the likes of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Man Who Sued God.
But his most famous movie role happens to see Connelly but the comedy aside as he took on the role of John Brown in Mrs Brown with Judi Dench.
While grieving for her dead husband, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria falls under the healthy influence of John Brown, the unapologetically brash Scottish manservant who oversees the royal retreat at Balmoral.
When the two become close friends the royal family and the nation reel from the scandal. It was another fine performance from Dench, who was nominated for an Oscar.
And while Connelly missed out on an Oscar nod he did receive a Screen Actor's Guild and Bafta nomination.
Other comedy actors who have managed to keep a straight face and keep their jokes and quips to themselves include Bill Murray in Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers, Owen Wilson in Behind Enemy Lines and Jim Carrey in The Number 23.
Inglourious Basterds is out now
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