Famously funny folks like Robin Williams , Steve Carell , Whoopi Goldberg and Melissa McCarthy are known for making us crack up in the best TV sitcoms , comedy movies and stand-up specials around. But these performers are no one-trick ponies. Just because they made their name in and regularly dominate the comedy genre doesn't mean that they haven't flexed those serious thespian muscles over the years.
Here are 32 great comic actors who have popped up in drama films and proven that they can do a lot more than just perfectly hit a punchline. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) A comedy icon thanks to beloved '90s films like The Mask , Dumb & Dumber and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , not to mention his time in the In Living Color cast , Jim Carrey made a surprising and seriously great addition to his filmography with this 2004 Michel Gondry-directed sci-fi romance, breaking hearts opposite Kate Winslet as a couple who undergoes a procedure to erase their memories of each other. Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) Arguably best known for his role as the always absurd and ever-quotable Michael Scott in the long-running workplace sitcom The Office , Steve Carell was nearly unrecognizable as the murderous multimillionaire heir and wrestling enthusiast John E.
du Pont in the 2014 psychological thriller Foxcatcher . Carell's chilling transformation earned the actor his first Academy Award nomination. Mo'Nique (Precious) Known as one of the original Queens of Comedy, Mo'Nique was ma.