He's not a funny actor.
He may not be a comedic actor in the strictest sense, but he has made movies featuring comedy and handled it pretty well. "The A Team" comes to mind
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True, but Leslie Nielson wasn't a funny actor either originally. He was in dramatic roles for some 25 years before before "Airplane!"
True. I guess Neeson could be a revelation. I doubt it, but I'll be happy to be proved wrong.