Surprise Imposters

[MontyVeda]

Mel Gibson in Braveheart had an appalling Scottish accent.

Christopher Lambert in Highlander too... and Sean Connery's Spanish/Egyptian accent... crikey!

 

[ComedyPilot]

I personally think you'll be hard pressed to find a more versatile actor than Stephen Graham

Here he is in 'Snatch'. A luvverly jubberly Cockerneee



Here he is as a young Al Capone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=O0Zr3t1QXpc

Here he is in his natural 'calm down, calm down' accent

 

[dellzeqq]

I knew about Stringer Bell but surprised about Mcnulty.

Idris Elba came to the Cosmodemonic Telly Company a little while back. Caused a small outbreak of fainting. And as for the women..........
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[threebikesmcginty]

Spinal Tap - 3 yankee doodle dandys with great English accents.



Edit - someone's already mentioned them, leave it up for the clip anyway.

 

[slowmotion]

John Lithgow in Cliffhanger. I was sure he was a Brit until somebody on CC pointed out that he wasn't.

 

[jonny jeez]

Never saw BOB, actually.

Ah, you must, Its excellent. I followed it as My grandfather fought in many of the same campaigns including Bastongne.

 

[MrJamie]

A few days ago I heard the worst fake English accent on TV - you wouldnt know he was meant to be a Brit until he refers to his "British Accent", turned out to be on the new 90210. I googled it and theres a lot of similar comments about how shockingly bad it is.

Andrew Lincoln-Walking dead

He seems pretty decent, an American I asked didn't realise the accent was fake anyway. I find myself repeating what he says and emulating the accent though, seems quite any easy one to do.

I still find Hugh Laurie's yank accent very impressive though, given how posh english he used to sound. I loved the end of this clip...

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfBTe_N-m6U