people with disabilitys as actors

thomas40 · Post by **thomas40** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:15 pm

i like to see more people with disabiltys as actors and in more films that would be so awesome.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:19 pm

It's not really a disability, but I am pleased to see someone with a hairlip, like the actor Joaquin Phoenix do well. There was another actor whose name I can't recall, that had a hairlip that he kept concealed with a moustache. He played "Mike Hammer" in a detective series.

When I was a kid, I remember one of the Barrymore's, who was confined to a wheelchair being in a number of prominent films.

The English actor, Dudley Moore comes to mind. I believe he had a club foot.

I'm sure there are a number of others as well.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:32 pm

One who comes to mind is the actor who plays the ME on CSI. He lost a leg due to an auto accident. Also, not an actor, but Ronan Tynan, one of the Irish Tenors is a double amputee due to a birth defect.