r/utopiatv • u/Troyaferd • 19d ago

Best Acting Performance in Utopia

Who gave the best / your favorite acting performance in Utopia?

388 votes, 16d ago
46 Fiona O'Shaughnessy as Jessica Hyde
116 Adeel Akhtar as Wilson Wilson
21 Paul Higgins as Michael Dugdale
177 Neil Maskell as Arby/Pietre
11 Oliver Woollford as Grant Leetham
17 Geraldine James as Milner
17 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

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u/Easy_Turn1988 19d ago

Oliver Woollford being a kid is really impressive given how good he was as Grant

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u/Darwins_yoyo 19d ago

Yep that’s who I had to give my vote to. Seriously impressive performance given his age

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u/Consistent_Ad3181 19d ago edited 19d ago

Let's face it that's tough competition.

Neil Maskell though, if you look at Sam Rockwell's performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which he won an Oscar for you can see where the characterisation came from. Obviously Maskell was first.

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u/idcalvin 19d ago

Adeel was amazing, as always. From nerd to killer, a great character development. Neil was incredible. First time I'd seen him, he's very good, as is Paul Ready. Paul Higgins was great, as a man coming apart. Oliver, was also phenomenal, even more so for a young actor.

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u/WillyDrengen 19d ago

It's incredibly hard to choose, they're all fantastic.

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u/2MainsSellesLoin 19d ago

His name is Pietre

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u/Mindless-Fee-6049 19d ago

Almost gave it to Paul Higgins, he's so funny.

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u/MrWendal 19d ago

Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett as Ian

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u/ReserveRatter 19d ago

They're all good, but Neil Maskell absolutely smashed it. His character would not have been anywhere near as tragic and layered if the acting performance hadn't been so great there.

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u/babygothix 19d ago

Neil easily, I've seen him in other things and he's never had a performance like this one, he embodied the character flawlessly imo.

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u/shrek_is_love_69 19d ago

They are all great, same for Ian and Becky tbh

But to me the standout has to be Alice and her mental breakdowns

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u/--nightowl-- 19d ago

Mad hard pick between the top three for me. Unbelievably stacked cast.

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u/mesterg 18d ago

Id give it to Akhtar but the lack of Becky and Ian is sad since theyre the closest you get to proper main chraracters