Your 10 favourite actors

[gamer4eva]

i was trying to think the best actors and i found there were heaps and it is hard to think of a few and i'll probably forget alot butthese are the one's i can think of in no pirticular order

Clint Eastwood
Harvey Kietel
Jonny Depp
Jason Statham
Brad Pitt
Al Pacino (mainy cause of Dog Day Afternoon)
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi

[haynsey]

Originally Posted by gamer4eva

i was trying to think the best actors and i found there were heaps and it is hard to think of a few and i'll probably forget alot butthese are the one's i can think of in no pirticular order

Clint Eastwood
Harvey Kietel
Jonny Depp
Jason Statham
Brad Pitt
Al Pacino (mainy cause of Dog Day Afternoon)
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi

despite my slight disappointment with 3:10 yuma i still think bale and crowe kick ass too batman and gladiator respectively are great!

[Slec]

hmmmm... I'm going with guys who if they are in a movie, my interest is immediate, regardless of plot... as they come to mind:

Gary Oldman
Denzell Washington
Don Cheadle
Laurence Fishburn
Tom Hanks
Morgan Freeman
Will Smith
Matt Damon
Russell Crowe
The guys who created 40-year old virgin... I'm too old for that stuff to slay me, and it still does... Can't wait for their next one "year one".

[Izzy]

Al Pacino
Clive Owen
Russell Crow
Christian Bale
Morgan Freeman
Jonny Depp
Tom Hanks
Kevin Spacey
Steve Carell
Denzel Washington

[JayAuritt]

Man, I must be really bored at work to do this, but here's mine:

1. Marlon Brando (still the greatest actor ever)
2. Daniel Day-Lews
3. Robert DeNiro
4. Paul Newman
5. Al Pacino
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman (who, by the end of his career, will be giving Brando a run for his money)
7. Edward Norton
8. Anthony Hopkins
9. Sean Penn
10.Viggo Mortensen (based solely on A History of Violence and Eastern Promises).

Didn't put a lot of thought into this, but it's still not a bad list

[Giyomu]

Johnny depp
Al Pacino
Brad Pitt
Edward norton
Jim carrey (Man on the moon, Truman & Ace ventura are fantastics)
Will smith (Ali)
Russel Crowe (Gladiator)
Christian Bale
Robert de niro
Bruce willis (top in action movies!)

Bonus : filipe "Pipo" Inzaghi for those who know what I am talking about...

[silypete]

Daniel Day-Lews
Denzel Washington
Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino
Morgan Freeman
Edward Norton
Will Smith
Bruce Willis
Brad Pitt
Vince Vaughn

[Bullseye]

In no particular order.
Marlon Brando
Daniel Day-Lews
Robert DeNiro
Peter O'Toole
Al Pacino
Edward Norton
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Penn
Denzel Washington
Russel Crowe

[JayAuritt]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

In no particular order.
Marlon Brando
Daniel Day-Lews
Robert DeNiro
Peter O'Toole
Al Pacino
Edward Norton
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Penn
Denzel Washington
Russel Crowe

Wow, you and I agree on 7 out of 10 (and I probably would have included Russell Crowe if I had spent a few more minutes thinking about it). I always thought the Irish were film-savvy, and this proves it.

[Joe Cain]

Paul Newman
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
Kenneth Branagh
Gerard Depardieu
Yaphet Kotto
Alan Rickman
James Earl Jones
Victor McCay (working actor & school chum)

[WHITETRASH]

In Order of preference:

Gary Oldman
Denzel Washington
Johnny Depp
Marlon Brando
Robert DeNiro
Harvey Keitel
Al Pacino
John Malkovich
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Edward Norton Jr.

Honorable mentions: Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGreoger, Jim Carey, Morgan Freeman, Forrest Whittaker, Lawrence Fishburne, Don Cheadle, Casey Afflack (up and coming)

[ascian]

I would go with JayAuritt's list, only I would 86 Sean Penn and Anthony Hopkins. I would replace them in no particular order with Sam Rockwell, the guy is young, but kicks ass. And Aaron Eckheart. Neither have done it like Penn or Hopkins, but I think Hopkins is weak, and while Penn is a fantastic actor, I just can't stand the guy.


And Denzel is the most overrated actor of our time. There. I said it.

[WHITETRASH]

Originally Posted by ascian

And Denzel is the most overrated actor of our time. There. I said it.

Maybe it has been luck of the draw, but there is no such thing as an awful Denzel movie. They range from very watchable to great. In my opinion he is the black Al Pacino with more range. By that I mean he brings his own personality to every character instead of becoming the character. Gary Oldman is the best ever at becoming the character.

[makaveli21]

Originally Posted by WHITETRASH

Maybe it has been luck of the draw, but there is no such thing as an awful Denzel movie. They range from very watchable to great. In my opinion he is the black Al Pacino with more range. By that I mean he brings his own personality to every character instead of becoming the character. Gary Oldman is the best ever at becoming the character.

The one with Crowe back before Russell was famous was awful--just remembered, it was called Virtuousity.

My personal preference is Edward Norton. I don't think anyone can touch him. American History X may be the best performance I've ever seen. After him I like DeNiro, and a lot of people that most consider "character actors," like Hoffman, Buscemi, John C. Reilly, etc.

[Johnny Vinyl]

The greatest actor ever was Sir Lawrence Olivier!

Everyone else is a mere also-ran!

[w_tanoto]

regardless gender (actor and actress):

Meryl Streep (TOP)
Josh Hutcherson (TOP)
Nicole Kidman
Tom Hanks
Toby Maguire
Freddie Highmore
Johnny Depp
Kate Winslet
Whoopi Goldberg
Jennifer Love Hewitt

[Beta Man]

I could have missed it..... so I appologize if someone said him, but

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN............

C'mon now!!!

[Blu_J]

Sean Connery
Jack Nicholson
Gene Wilder
Brad Pitt
Al Pacino
Robert De Nero
Robert Downey Jr.
Val Kilmer
Gary Oldman
Paul Giamatti



Honorables:
Edward Norton
George Clooney
Will Smith
Matt Damon
Pual Newman
Harrison Ford
Sam Jackson
Bruce Willis
Christian Bale
Simon Pegg
Tom Hanks
Toshiro Mifune
James Cagney
Jonathan Pryce
Tommy Lee Jones
Christopher Walken
Don Cheadle
Nick Cage
Bruce Campbell


In case there is no Actress list:
Monica Bellucci
Christina Ricci
Ziyi Zhang
Audrey Tatou
Salma Hayek
Ingrid Bergman
Rosario Dawson
Kate Beckinsale
Lena Headey
Cate Blanchett
Madeline Kahn

[MATTYBLU2]

My choices are in real order, just some of my favorite ones

roberts deniro, james stewart, harrison ford, mel gibson, nicholas cage, gary oldman, denzel washington, michael madsen, steve bushemi and tom hanks.

as for the woman i have to think about that one and get back to ya

[Nighthawk]

1. Gene Hackman (the most under-appreciated actor)
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Dustin Hoffman
4. Tom Hanks
5. Harrison Ford
6. Denzel Washington
7. Martin Sheen
8. Robert De Niro
9. Sean Connery
10. Al Pacino