Building an "Empire"

Every few years or so, Hollywood will shine it's light on an Actor or Actress who really changes the game. Someone who seems to be underrated, while overshadowed by teen sensations (Beiber) and reality nobodies (Kim K).  These artists simply portray the epitome of acting.  When you see this person act, you become so entwined with their performance that you forget that person is following a script.  I'm talking Christian Bale- American Psycho, Kate Winslet- Eternal Sunshine, Heath Ledger- Batman, Leo in everything...  These performance set a presence for the career of this star.  Sad as it is, many of them don't make it as big as they should for lack of script choice (Emile Hirsch). Bringing me to my point,  Michael Pitt has set a huge presence in Hollywood over the past two years with his role in Boardwalk Empire.  One can't help but look past Steve Buscemi's stellar leading role performance to find Pitt's exquisite talent.  Mr. Darmody brought the rawness to the show.  He was powerful yet sympathetic, courageous yet so foolish; but overall he set the tone for an "Empire" of a TV series. HBO nailed it on the head for the cast selection, writers, and executive producers.  With the end of Pitt's role on Boardwalk Empire, we shall see if he can further translate his talent to the Big-screen in years to come.  I say further, simply for the fact that we have seen him in Dreamers and Last Days (in which he freakishly looks like Kurt Cobain).   I hope we see more of this guy!