Favourite Actor And For What Performance?

[samdaman94]

Who is your favourite actor, and for what performance? For me, it's gotta be Robert De Niro for Raging Bull. I thought he was absolutely fantastic in that film.

What about you?

[goochspot]

There are so many to choose from.

The first one that comes to mind is Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

[CZAR]

Some of the best performance from actors I like are:

Will Smith - Pursuit of Happyness
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X, John Q.
Chazz Palminteri - A Bronx Tale
Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption


To name a few! Got Em!!

[jhiggy23]

De Niro in The Deer Hunter

[Al Bundy]

Al Pacino -- Scent of a Women.
Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York.

[Teabaggins]

Dane Cook in anything and everything he does!!!!!

[JurassicMass88]

Far too many great actors out there...here are a few I like.

Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Patrick Mcgoohan - Braveheart & Escape from Alcatraz

Robert Downey Jr. - Chaplin

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by Timhortons

Al Pacino -- Scent of a Women.
Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York.

Good choice.

[Al Bundy]

Another.........but might get flamed for this

Jean Claude Van Damme's performance in JVCD.

[Q?]

Originally Posted by Timhortons

Al Pacino -- Scent of a Women.
Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York.

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
One of my favorite performances, pure evil!

Douglas Rain - 2001: A Space Odyssey as Hal 9000

[Arvin Clone]

James Stewart- It's A Wonderful Life

[DC_Street]

Sam Neill as Alan Grant in Jurassic Park

tied with

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade

[Nick VanWilder]

Leonard Dicaprio- what is eating gilbert grape and departed
Colin Farrell- miami vice and phone booth
Edward Norton- primal fear
Mel Gibbson- braveheart, passion of the christ
Donnie Yen- ip man

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by Nick VanMeter

Leonard Dicaprio- what is eating gilbert grape and departed
Colin Farrell- miami vice and phone booth
Edward Norton- primal fear
Mel Gibbson- braveheart, passion of the christ
Donnie Yen- ip man

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[Nick VanWilder]

Originally Posted by goochspot

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his amazing directing plus his hands are the ones showed nailed so he had like 5 sec. Mel Gibbson did amazing directing job on braveheart also

[Monkey]

So many.

I'll start with: Michael Douglas : Falling Down.. also The Game

Stallone in the original Rambo

Hugh Jackman in The Prestige

Christian Bale in The Machinist

Rufus Sewell in Dark City

If you are going to say Sam Neill you have to also have Event Horizon

[P@t_Mtl]

Harrison Ford in Witness
- I always believed this was his best movie ever

Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin
- He became Chaplin

James Stewart in Mister Smith Goes To Washington
- I could listen to his filibuster any time

Audrey Hepburn in All Her Movies
- But mostly for Wait Until Dark

Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins
- She was just amazing in that movie

Olivia Newton John in Grease
- Because I was in love with her and she was so darn cute

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by Nick VanMeter

his amazing directing plus his hands are the ones showed nailed so he had like 5 sec. Mel Gibbson did amazing directing job on braveheart also

I agree he is a great director, but I thought maybe I missed something when I watched Passion.

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by goochspot

I agree he is a great director, but I thought maybe I missed something when I watched Passion.

They should have used him as a cameo in Apacolypto, just his behead head from his Braveheart character William Wallace, it would have fit in with the color scheme

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by goochspot

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The hand that draws the line in the sand and the arm that hammers in the first nail is Mel Gibsons.

As for best actor and performance, no idea what's the best but I do like Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird and Stanley Baker in Zulu.