Vincent D’Onofrio is a man of many roles, and therefore, many talents. Whether he is a leading or supporting actor, he is almost certain to steal the show. He’s played memorable roles like Edgar the Bug in Men In Black, trying to act as a human and not an alien that killed and stole the human’s skin. If you have seen the movie, you’d never forget the role. He’s also recently joined the MCU, reprising his role as Kingpin from the Netflix series Daredevil in the Disney+ show Hawkeye, and, reportedly, Echo.

D’Onofrio began his acting career early in his life. After graduating from high school, he spent time performing in several community theater productions after studying acting. He then landed his first off-Broadway role as he continued to work and study. After he graduated, he landed on Broadway, and from there, his acting career began to kick off. Ever since, he’s taken on different roles in many movies and TV shows, whether they are supporting or leading, and has built up quite the portfolio. Here are just a few of the many movies Vincent D’Onofrio has acted in, making up the best movies of his career.

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7 The Unforgivable

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In The Unforgivable, Ruth Slater is released from her 20-year prison sentence after murdering a sheriff. She wants to reunite with her younger sister, who was only five at the time, but has no idea where to begin. As she tries to figure out where her sister is, she doesn’t know that she has a stalker — Keith, the eldest son of the now dead sheriff. His want for revenge follows her around, but Ruth is unaware, giving the hunt for her sister a dangerous twist.

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D’Onofrio plays John Ingram in the movie, a lawyer who finally manages to help Ruth find her sister. Originally, they meet when Ruth pays a visit to her old house, where he and his wife now reside. Though there are ups and downs to his and Ruth’s relationship, he keeps helping her regardless. D’Onofrio takes these ups and downs with stride, bringing the sympathetic lawyer to life perfectly. Without him there to balance out all the others who are against Ruth and everything she’s done, the movie wouldn’t be the same.

6 The Cell

     New Line Cinema

The psychological horror film The Cell is mostly set in the mind of a serial killer. Psychologist Catherine Deane is hired to conduct an experimental VR technique on a comatose serial killer, Carl Rudolph Stargher, in the hopes of finding his latest victim before she dies. This technology lets her enter his mind, a technique they were trying to use to wake coma patients up. However, as she enters his twisted mind, she quickly loses a grip on reality, starting to believe the mindscape is real. Can she escape with her own mind intact and find his last victim before it’s too late?

The serial killer Stargher is played by D’Onofrio in this film. It seems one of the roles D’Onofrio takes up often is that of the villain, and because of that it’s no surprise he does it so well. Serial killers are terrifying on their own, but when entering the psyche of one and really delving into the reaches of their twisted mind brings a whole new level on. D’Onofrio is excellent at bringing the horror of this situation to life, really letting loose in a way that could only be explored inside a human mind.

5 The Newton Boys

     20th Century Fox

The Newton Boys is based on a true story and focuses on Willis Newton as he lands himself in prison. There, he quickly learns that the only way to climb up the social ladder is by having money, and the easiest way to get money is by stealing it from the banks. After a nearly unsuccessful robbery with two others, Slim and Glasscock, Slim is arrested, but the others discover a corrupted bank director who tells them about other bank weaknesses in exchange for the stolen war bonds. Willis then convinces his brothers to join him, believing they are just committing crimes against other criminals, and together, they become a menace to the banks as they continue to pull off ever elaborate heists.

D’Onofrio plays Wylie “Dock” Newton, one of the four brothers. He embraces the role well, quickly becoming an essential part of the story throughout the highs and lows of all of their hijinks. Even though he may be a smaller supporting character, having all the Newton boys there is essential to the plot, and D’Onofrio brings his person to life in just the right way needed for the role. The cast is what really drives the story, for there isn’t a lot of dramatic tension throughout the movie, proving that it wouldn’t be the same without D’Onofrio.

4 The Magnificent Seven

     Sony Pictures Releasing

The 2016 The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the original 1960 film, which itself stems from one of the most remade movies, Seven Samurai. The small American frontier town of Rose Creek is taken over by gold-mining tycoon Bartholomew Bogue, enslaving the residents to work in the mine as cheap labor, and killing anyone who tries to oppose him without remorse. Emma and Teddy, two of the town’s inhabitants, sneak away and begin to hire bounty hunters to help liberate the town. Seven bounty hunters team up together to take on the guards of the town, and then plan on taking Bogue himself down too when he arrives to put a stop to them.

One of the seven, Jack Horne, is a legendary hunter recruited by Sam Chrisholm, another of the seven. Horne is played by D’Onofrio himself, bringing the character to life in his own unique way. In fact, he got really into the character before filming began, developing a high-pitched voice that might belong to a man who doesn’t see many people and even surprising the director with it. The comedy that is scattered throughout the tense action scenes wouldn’t be as good if D’Onofrio hadn’t been cast.

3 Jurassic World

     Universal Pictures

The fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World, follows similar mistakes as the original park did. Once again, they are bringing back real dinosaurs and keeping them in enclosures for people to visit and view like a zoo. However, when Dr. Henry Wu successfully raises a dinosaur bred from different DNA, it quickly becomes a problem as they think the dinosaur has escaped the habitat. Owen Grady, a raptor trainer, is sent into the enclosure along with two others to investigate how it escaped, but it turns out it was just hiding, and uses the opportunity to really escape this time. Now the hunt is on as the owner doesn’t want to kill the dinosaur, but as they continue to evacuate the island, it seems like there may be no other choice to keep it from killing anyone else.

D’Onofrio plays Vic Hoskins in this movie, someone who could potentially be viewed as the main villain if it weren’t for the killer dinosaurs on the loose. Because of Owen’s work with the velociraptors, Hoskins believes that they could be used as military animals, since they will follow commands. It shows off his acting chops as he tries whatever he can to prove that the raptors would be a great asset, and, once that doesn’t work, trying to steal embryos to raise his own dinosaurs for the job. He certainly fills the role well in this, one of the best Jurassic Park movies, and it is one people aren’t likely to forget.

2 Kill the Irishman

     Anchor Bay Films

Kill the Irishman is a biographical crime film based on the life of the Irish-American gangster Danny Greene. Originally a simple Cleveland docks worker, Greene ends up working with a local mafia captain, John Nardi, in order to help one of his friends, who was in debt. When the dock owner finds out, he comes after them, but Danny ends up taking over the business, treating the workers better and continuing to work with Nardi. Once his corruption is exposed, and he is arrested, Greene turns to a life of crime that turns out to be more than he ever bargained for.

John Nardi is brought to life by D’Onofrio in this movie. While there was plenty of historical evidence to back up most of the actors, as well as a book on Greene, D’onofrio had more freedom with his. There wasn’t much about who John Nardi was as a person, so he was able to improvise and really make the character his own. It worked out for him in the end, for his performance was praised by critics.

1 Full Metal Jacket

The war drama film Full Metal Jacket is set during the Vietnam War, following a platoon of U.S. Marines from the beginning of their training and into the war itself. J.T. Davis, also known as Joker, is one of the more prominent members of the platoon, as everything seems to focus around him. The platoon suffers under their abusive drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, until they finally manage to graduate. However, it doesn’t get better from there as the men now struggle to survive through the Tet Offensive.

The Stanley Kubrick film is often referred to as D’Onofrio’s defining role moment. It was one of his first real roles, and he received a lot of praise for it. He plays Private Leonard ‘Pyle’ Lawrence, an overweight soldier who seems to be the one the drill instructor picks on the most. D’Onofrio really brings him to life as he struggles to learn and gets bullied by the others, but once the switch of his mental breakdown is activated, it’s almost like he plays an entirely new person. It’s definitely a movie to watch if you’re a fan of D’Onofrio.