Best Actor Last 100 Years?

[blu1183]

wow no johnny depp???

[Atreyu]

Easy: James Maitland Stewart

[blu1183]

ill go with ben affleck in pearl habor, he stole my heart

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

Exactly, there is always someone you won't remember but I think you did a good job. Yes, O'Toole was an omission but would anyone really pick him? Yes he was good in Lawrence of Arabia, but as much as I love that movie, I think his performance was a bit overrated. With the other actors listed, it would be tough for anyone to pick him.

You said you picked Brando---what is your favorite role of his?

I LOVE A Streetcar Named Desire!

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by blu1183

ill go with ben affleck in pearl habor, he stole my heart

UMMMM I hope you are kidding Affleck and Depp...

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

I LOVE A Streetcar Named Desire!

My favorite too...great choice.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

UMMMM I hope you are kidding Affleck and Depp...

He's def. kidding about Affleck, who is not a good actor. Depp is a great actor, however, and I think he deserves to be on there as much as Denzel and more so than Cage.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

He's def. kidding about Affleck, who is not a good actor. Depp is a great actor, however, and I think he deserves to be on there as much as Denzel and more so than Cage.

Denzel and Cage are on there for popularity reasons because I knew people would vote for them, not that I thinkt hey should be up there

[onemorechance]

wheres my man dicaprio

[Sussudio]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

In terms of modern actors, Day-Lewis is hands-down the finest. His only problem is that he does not have a large body of work. That is a pro and a con

To me, that's a major pro. He is very selective about his roles which I believe allows him to sculpt each character/performance differently and is something I greatly respect and admire. Too many "skillful" actors seem to get in a habit of going after too many roles, and their performances start to become repetitive and overly-familiar (I think Tom Hanks is one of the few that hasn't yet fallen into that boat).

[bygberbrown]

People seriously picked Denzel? Oh my.

Brando was the best, he just didn't care after '54, so he only did occasional good performances after that (Godfather, Last Tango, Apocalypse Now)... But for Streetcar alone, and Waterfront a bonus, he gets my vote. Its that good.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by bygberbrown

People seriously picked Denzel? Oh my.

Brando was the best, he just didn't care after '54, so he only did occasional good performances after that (Godfather, Last Tango, Apocalypse Now)... But for Streetcar alone, and Waterfront a bonus, he gets my vote. Its that good.

+1 HDNET just had On The Waterfront on in HD the other night recorded gonna watch it when I get home

[lojack1976]

A definitive best is just not possible in my opinion. To those who question Denzel...come on...he's excellent though some of his more recent performances leave me scratching my head. The same can be said for Pacino and Deniro though. They all had their best performances years ago. I do wonder why Peter O'Toole was left out of the list. Gary Oldman should also be on this list. He's one of my favorites.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by lojack1976

A definitive best is just not possible in my opinion. To those who question Denzel...come on...he's excellent though some of his more recent performances leave me scratching my head. The same can be said for Pacino and Deniro though. They all had their best performances years ago. I do wonder why Peter O'Toole was left out of the list. Gary Oldman should also be on this list. He's one of my favorites.

AGAIN its not FAVORITE! it is the BEST! You really believe O'toole is better than Stewart or Bogart or Brando or Day-Lewis?

[Elvis]

People.......how many times must I hit you over the head with a 2x4? It's Brando! And every actor on that list thats breathing will tell you so themselves!

DeNiro and all the rest are just pretenders compared to him.

AFI 100 GREATEST ACTORS OF ALL TIME

1. Marlon Brando
2. Laurence Olivier
3. Robert DeNiro
4. James Stewart
5. Alec Guinness
6. Humphrey Bogart
7. Gregory Peck
8. Jack Nicholson
9. Henry Fonda
10. Spencer Tracy
11. Charlie Chaplin
12. Gary Cooper
13. James Cagney
14. Al Pacino
15. Cary Grant
16. Sidney Poitier
17. Paul Newman
18. George C. Scott
19. Burt Lancaster
20. Anthony Hopkins
21. Dustin Hoffman
22. Peter Sellers
23. Robert Mitchum
24. Richard Burton
25. Yul Brenner
26. Edward G. Robinson
27. Charlton Heston
28. Clark Gable
29. William Holden
30. Jack Lemmon
31. Gene Kelly
32. Charles Laughton
33. Denzel Washington
34. Fredric March
35. Errol Flynn
36. Kirk Douglas
37. James Dean
38. Orson Welles
39. Gene Hackman
40. Robert DuVall
41. John Wayne
42. Anthony Quinn
43. Michael Caine
44. Sean Connery
45. Peter O'Toole
46. Harrison Ford
47. Robert Redford
48. Buster Keaton
49. Richard Harris
50. Sean Penn
51. Toshiro Mifune
52. Morgan Freeman
53. Lee Marvin
54. Kenneth Branagh
55. Steve McQueen
56. Paul Winfield
57. Ben Kingsley
58. Ralph Richardson
59. Montgomery Clift
60. Rod Steiger
61. Victor Mature
62. Marcello Mastroianni
63. Tom Hanks
64. Christopher Walken
65. Clint Eastwood
66. Walter Matthau
67. Peter Finch
68. Gary Oldman
69. John Malkovich
70. Daniel Day Lewis
71. John Gielgud
72. Dennis Hopper
73. Liam Neeson
74. Geoffrey Rush
75. Samuel L. Jackson
76. James Mason
77. Peter Lorre
78. Fred Astaire
79. Jon Voight
80. Mel Gibson
81. Johnny Depp
82. Gerard Depardieu
83. James Caan
84. Max von Sydow
85. Ralph Fiennes
86. John Hurt
87. Boris Karloff
88. Richard Widmark
89. Kevin Spacey
90. Nicholas Cage
91. Micheal Douglas
92. Russell Crowe
93. William Hurt
94. Richard Dreyfuss
95. Ian McKellan
96. Robin Williams
97. Sydney Greenstreet
98. Tom Cruise
99. Willem Dafoe
100. Gene Wilder

[toef]

My favorite actors are Jimmy Stewart and Robert DuVall.

That being said, Marlon Brando could act proverbial circles around either of them, or just about anyone else on the list.

[dvd_mazter]

Jack Nicholson

The man is pure genius in every single one of his roles and I consider him to be the greatest actor of all time.

[Iron-Blu-123]

Denzel Washington

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

UMMMM I hope you are kidding Affleck and Depp...

Depp? I hope you're kidding. I also hope he was one of the actors you just forgot to add.

With that being said, I don't think there's a contest. Brando is the most important actor of the past 100 years. Even though all of his movies are not all that great and as another poster pointed out he stopped caring, he has had the greatest impact on film acting.

Also, I think Mickey Rourke should be a part of this list. Of all the actors that has been included in this poll, he is the only actor to be accepted into the Actor's Studio after only one audition.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by goochspot

Depp? I hope you're kidding. I also hope he was one of the actors you just forgot to add.

With that being said, I don't think there's a contest. Brando is the most important actor of the past 100 years. Even though all of his movies are not all that great and as another poster pointed out he stopped caring, he has had the greatest impact on film acting.

Also, I think Mickey Rourke should be a part of this list. Of all the actors that has been included in this poll, he is the only actor to be accepted into the Actor's Studio after only one audition.

I dont agree completely about Depp or Rourke but Brando is the MAN! and a thumbs up for your quote by the way!