J.T. Walsh

House of Games (1987)
The Grifters (1990)
Red Rock West (1992)
Hoffa (1992)
The Client (1994)
The Last Seduction (1994)
Nixon (1995)
Sling Blade (1996)
The Negotiator (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)

In his roles, he was usually a very sinister guy. Not a thug but an operator. There was something very straight about him but, at the same time, something off-kilter, a disjunct that added tension to almost any scene he was in.