Top 10 Directors Who Work with the Same Actors

When a theater director ’s work becomes successful , whether at the box office or in decisive receipt ( or both ) , then thespian are often uncoerced to forge with that music director again . Thus , actor / director collaboration are form . Those collaborationism often reflect the director ’s signature expressive style since the actors sometimes refund prison term and sentence again .

Here are just some of the illustrious mainstream directors who always cast the same actors in their films .

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith can be attributed for bringing microfilm to popularity . This help build hisView Askewniversethat started withClerksand grew till theJay and Silent Bob Reboot . Along with the journeying is his tight friend Jason Mewes , who always plays Jay in Smith ’s movie . FromClerks , Scott Mosier , Walt Flanagan , and Brian O’Halloran would appear in every View Askew project .

Among the notable faces who frequently appear in Kevin Smith ’s cinema are Joey Lauren Adams , Jason Lee , Ben Affleck , Matt Damon , Chris Rock , Harley Quinn Smith , Rosario Dawson , and the late Stan “ The Man ” Lee .

Adam McKay

It is amazing the Adam McKay transitioned from over - the - top comedies to serious fare . Yet , he rely on his rock-steady histrion , mostly with Will Ferrell , for their partnership under Gary Sanchez Productions . Before their partnership ended , Ferrell collaborated with McKay for theAnchormanmovies , Talladega Nights , andStep Brothers .

Some actors specialize in one musical style like Seth Rogen ( AnchormanandStep Brothers ) , Rob Riggle ( Talladega NightsandOther Guys ) , and Christian Bale ( Big ShortandVice ) . Some got onboard for both McKay clowning and dramas like Steve Carell ( AnchormanandBig Short ) and Amy Adams ( Talladega NightsandVice ) .

Spike Lee

Spike Leehas been one of the most active African - American voices in the filmmaking world . From his first directorial effort in She’sGotta Have It , he also provided an boulevard for African - American performers to shine . But nobody is more prominent than Denzel Washington , who look in four Spike Lee joints ; his best effort is as Malcolm X. But do not put behind Samuel L. Jackson for six joint ; the famed of which is inDo the correct Thing .

Other honored pardner include Delroy Lindo , Debi Mazar , Isiah Whitlock Jr. , Wesley Snipes , Ossie Davis , Ruby Dee , Giancarlo Esposito , and John Turturro .

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese is arguably one of the respectable directors of all time , whose films had a consistent streak of filmmaking timbre . His theme range from inescapable family crime roots to the frailties of depravation . So , his films attracted many close collaborator . Among them include Harry Northup , David Carradine , Verna Bloom , Jodie Foster , Stephen Graham , Mary Beth Hurt , J. C. MacKenzie , Kevin Corrigan , Daniel Day - Lewis , Ray Winston and more .

But four actors are the most loyal : Harvey Keitel forMean StreetsandTaxi Driver , and Joe Pesci forRaging BullandGoodfellas ; and his two dandy partners - in - crime : Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio .

David O. Russell

Speaking of De Niro , he seemed to get along with David O. Russell after his quislingism onSilver Linings Playbook . Russell ’s funniness - drama projects have been attractive to form mold tout ensemble since most of his task substance on dysfunctional families .

Mark Wahlberg collaborated with Russell , start fromThree Kings . Christian Bale and Amy Adams hadThe FighterandAmerican Hustlewith him . And , along with De Niro , Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence collaborated with Russell forSilver Linings Playbook , American Hustle , andJoy . Most of them gained an Oscar nomination , and Jennifer Lawrence even won an Oscar for Best Actress inSilver Linings Playbook .

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is study one of the practiced working directors of the current generation . Thus , it would be ideal for any actor to go back to work for any film he has . He bring in in Michael Caine to play Alfred Pennyworth forThe Dark Knighttrilogy , but he also appeared inThe Prestige , Inception , InterstellarandDunkirk .

Among his frequent pardner are Christian Bale forThe Dark Knightmovies andThe Prestige , Cillian Murphy forTheDark KnightandDunkirk , Tom Hardy forInception , andDunkirk , and Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon - Levitt forInceptionandTheDark Knight Rises .

Coen Brothers

TheCoen Brothershave their own unique style of filmmaking . So , their grim comedy tendencies over heavy crime sagas , dysfunctional family dramas , and gritty Westerns often work . That is why they have A - list talent like Frances McDormand , Steve Buscemi , John Goodman , George Clooney , Jeff Bridges , John Turturro , Tim Blake Nelson , and others in their movies .

McDormand started her squad - up with the Coens starting fromBlood Simpleand appeared in nine of their flick , including her great study inFargo . Buscemi and Goodman acted on six of their movie , with both of them appearing inThe Big Lebowski .

Tim Burton

Even though he had a well - known lonesome personality , Tim Burton had a lot of doer collaborating on his macabre work . Some jazz natural endowment that appeared in his motion-picture show are Winona Ryder forBeetlejuiceandEdward Scissorhands , Danny DeVito forBatman ReturnsandDumbo , Christopher Lee forSleepy Hollowand cutting scenes fromSweeney Todd , Martin Landau forEdward ScissorhandsandFrankenweenie , and late Eva Green forMiss Peregrine ’s Home for Peculiar ChildrenandDumbo .

But his most celebrated collaborators are Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter , who first come out together inCharlie and the Chocolate Factory .

Wes Anderson

If Wes Anderson has a classifiable mode that can only be categorized as Wes Anderson , then his style match with a sure amount of cooperative personnel who are confidently keen to absorb his inimitable filmmaking panache .

His most frequent collaborator is the seasonedSNLalumniBill Murray , who started his partnership with Anderson inRushmore . Owen and Luke Wilson kicked off their careers withBottle Rocket , and Owen will return to Anderson forThe French Dispatch . Speaking of debuts , Jason Schwartzman , who had been carbon monoxide gas - authorship with Anderson , had his start inRushmore . Other frequent collaborators include Anjelica Huston , Willem Dafoe , Adrien Brody , Tilda Swinton , Frances McDormand , and Jeff Goldblum .

Quentin Tarantino

Of all the auteur of modern Hollywood , Quentin Tarantinopaved the way for a new breed of filmmakers to embrace the independent filmmaking system and explicate their capabilities to handle vainglorious - budget picture show . He achieve that with a “ repertory society ” of stars in his films , whether they are reinvigorated natural endowment or acting veterans .

The most prolific of his catalogue is Samuel L. Jackson , who appear in six of his plastic film , start withJackie Brown . The other well - known star of his is his muse Uma Thurman , who received fame inPulp Fictionas Mia Wallace and theKill Billfilms as The Bride .

His other collaborators let in Michael Madsen , Tim Roth , Zoë Bell , Michael Bacall , Michael Bowen , Bruce Dern , Harvey Keitel , Kurt Russell , Christoph Waltz , Craig Stark , Leonardo DiCaprio , and Brad Pitt .