Who's an actor that was amazing in one or two projects, but hasn't gotten a show as good since to really shine?

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Aaron Eckhart was really good in Thank You For Smoking and the Dark Knight, not sure why he isn't more prominent.
- Butt chin.
  
  The Peter Griffin problem.
- He was in Pantheon, a solid show.

Portia Doubleday played Angela Moss in Mr Robot but has been very quiet since.
She's just the first off the top of my head, that whole show is loaded with relatively unknown actors giving jaw dropping performances.
- So true. I legitimately thought Sydney Sweeney was Portia Doubleday for ages until I looked it up, because it just made sense to me that Doubleday would nail everything I’ve seen Sweeney do. She’s really solid.

Brandon Routh. He played a really excellent Superman in a mediocre Superman movie, and a really great character with some unexpected depth in Chuck. He also played a really lame character in the Arrowverse around the time those shows started getting dumber.
But speaking of Chuck… Lachary Levi. Chuck was brilliant. He was great as the male lead voice in Tangled (which was underrated as a film compared to later entries in the second Disney Renaissance that it launched). And he was cool as Captain Marvel, but those films were kinda the epitome of forgettable superhero schlock.
- Yeah, but Zachary Levi has also gone outspoken anti-vax and conservative-to-the-point-of-crazy.
  Which is sad, because I loved him as Chuck but apparently failing to break out after Shazam went to his head.
  
  Oh no. WTF‽ I had no idea. Just verified and it's not just anti-vax (though that alone is especially concerning given the recent announcement he's going to be a parent...) but also transphobic and a zionist.
  That's so disappointing. I loved him in Chuck and followed him on and off for a long time after that. He seemed like such a lovely, positive guy, doing good things with Nerd HQ. This is so disappointing to learn.
- Routh moved into the Legends of Tomorrow crew where the Arrowverse was allowed to be fully self aware and campy. It was great!
  
  I watched LoT for a while, but I have to be honest it was completely hate-watching. I found the show almost unwatchably bad from day one, as opposed to the other shows which slowly deteriorated over time or jumped the shark at some point.
- He was hilarious in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! (that whole cast is perfect imo, though lol)
- Zachary Levi is a Trumper though, so fuck 'em and his christo-fascist ass. I fuckin loved chuck and Tangled too. Dude hung out with the other, other Baldwin for too long.

Thomas Jane
- He was so good in The Expanse. Probably the main reason we got into that show.
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FutGhjdrxT0

Jere Burns.
I always remembered him as a creep in the 80s sitcom Dear John, about a singles support group. He really stood out in a good cast, but I didn't see him in much after that show.
He reappeared decades later in Justified as the mercurial Wynn Duffy, and I love every second he is on screen.

Robin Lord Taylor.

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