Character actors might not be as famous as their star counterparts, but they are just as important to great movies. Here's our list of 32 supporting actors who were in a lot of movies in the '80s and '90s.

Here's a list of character actors you'd recognize, even though you might not know their names.

Officials with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department say actor Julian Sands is missing amid dangerous winter storms.

Curmudgeonly, mustachioed character actor Wilford Brimley died Saturday at the age of 85. His genre credits include The Thing, Cocoon, and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

This is a piece about Dave Bautista—former pro wrestler, current actor, overall wide human being—and why he should be the biggest character actor in Hollywood both literally and figuratively. For such an exercise, you want to start off with a prime example of his talent, and there are options. There's his brief but subtly devastating turn as the replicant Sapper in Blade Runner 2049. There's dozens and dozens of deadpan comedy gems as Drax the Destroyer in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, plus two Avengers films. Hell, watch him trying to revive the buddy-action …

You may not know Beth Grant by name, but it's practically impossible not to know her face. Grant has been plying her trade as an actress for more than 30 years, having appeared in more than 100 films, three of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture -- Rain Man, No Country for Old Men and The Artist. She also co-starred in audience favorites such as the Oscar-nominated Little Miss Sunshine, the cult classic Donnie Darko, and the action movie Speed, which celebrates its 25th anniversary on Monday. Grant was raised in the South, and moved around …

We're introducing a new monthly interview series here at Collider, one I hope you'll look forward to reading as much as I look forward to sharing it with you. Welcome to Character Actors Corner, where character actors of all stripes will finally step into the spotlight, share their stories, and receive the credit they so richly deserve. The goal, as with our Up-and-Comer of the Month column, is to introduce you to an actor or actress whom you don't already know. Or maybe you do know them from some movie or TV show but you …