20 Performances by Gabriel Macht as the actor turns 52

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11. John Russell Jr. in Behind Enemy Lines (2001)

John Russell Jr. in Behind Enemy Lines (2001) | Image Source: 20th Century Fox

John Russell Jr., a young naval pilot, is shot down behind enemy lines in Bosnia in this tense military action thriller, while performing for Macht adds urgency and fragility to his character as his survival becomes a race against time. While Macht makes Russell both vulnerable and desperate, his acting balances between the physical dangers and the psychological toll of war. The role helped Macht show his range by establishing that he could lead a movie of this action genre with such intensity while fleshing out the emotional context of his character's struggles.