Favorite Actors of All Time

No way to rank any of these:

- James Dean

- George Clooney

- Brad Pitt

- Leonardo DiCaprio

- Samuel L. Jackson

- Liam Neeson

- Kevin Spacey

- Hugh Grant

- Will Smith

- Christian Bale

- Tom Hanks

- Christopher Walken

- Bill Murray

- Jim Carrey (especially in serious roles)

- Robin Williams (see above)

- Al Pacino

- Christopher Reeve

- Charlie Sheen

- James Stewart

- Clark Gable

- George Reeves
 
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I find it disturbing that no one has listed the man that changed acting

1. Marlon Brando


the rest

2. Gregory Peck
3. Jimmy Stewart
4. Tim Robbins
5. Brad Pitt
6. Robert Redford
7. Paul Newman
8. Clint Eastwood
9. Tom Hanks
10. Gene Hackman
11. Alan Alda
12. John C. Reilly
13. Ryan Gosling
14. Don Cheadle
15. Bill Murray
16. Dustin Hoffman
17. Al Pacino
18. Jason Schwartzman (I think he has the potential to be a great actor one day.)
19. Micheal Caine
20. Ed Norton
21. William H. Macy
22. Sam Rockwell
23. Gael García Bernal
24. Jim Carrey

Ladies
1. Patricia Clarkson (My favorite actress ever, IMDB her and watch her films from 2002 and 2003)
2. Meryl Streep
3. Lily Tomlin
4. Claire Danes
5. Mandy Moore (I think she has the potential to be a great actress one day.)

Actresses suffer from having to be beautiful. Beautiful women are more sharply defined than beautiful men. The popular notion is that women get ugly as they get older while men get more ,something that is good, I can't think of the right word. So that means less actresses. It sucks, because acting is one of those things that the more experience you have the much better you are at it. Or something like that. This was written quickly.
 
Frapalino said:
Gael García Bernal
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Bernal, in a few more years, once he's pulled off another few fantastic movies (which I have a great confidence that he will), will be on my top five. But as is, he's probably in my top 15.

Brando too, but he'll probably pop up there once I get around to seeing more of his early stuff.
 
Sidney Poitier
Peter Sellers
Zero Mostel
Gene Wilder
Richard Pryor
Rick Moranis
Martin Short
Steve Martin
Jackie Chan
Christopher Lloyd
 
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Sellers and mostel are two of my alltime favorite comedic actors. and of course Gene Wilder. Who doesnt love Gene Wilder?
 
Dr.Strangefate said:
Sellers and mostel are two of my alltime favorite comedic actors. and of course Gene Wilder. Who doesnt love Gene Wilder?
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Behold the most intense actor ever



(I know he might not be, but man can he shout)

also- maybe maverickers not a robot after all?

eh, i'll believe it when it's proven.
 
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I'm a fan of Gene Wilder, but I saw a list of "The 100 Best Acting Performances of All Time" a while ago, an't remember where from.....perhaps AFI or Bravo or something....and they had his Fredrick Frankenstein as #9.

:dazed:

The 9th best acting performance of all time? He was ahead of Rainman, Taxi Driver, Forrest Gump, Ray, etc. I mean..... what the hell? It was also the highest comic performance on their, as in, ahead of anything Peter Sellers ever did.
 
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Planet-man said:
I'm a fan of Gene Hackman, but I saw a list of "The 100 Best Acting Performances of All Time" a while ago, an't remember where from.....perhaps AFI or Bravo or something....and they had his Fredrick Frankenstein as #9.

:dazed:

The 9th best acting performance of all time? He was ahead of Rainman, Taxi Driver, Forrest Gump, Ray, etc. I mean..... what the hell? It was also the highest comic performance on their, as in, ahead of anything Peter Sellers ever did.
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Dude, it was brilliant.

And his names gene wilder.
 
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Dude, it was brilliant.
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He was good... and that performance could be on the list somewhere, preferably in the 80s or 90s, but Number freaking 9? Ahead of Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump? De Niro in Taxi Driver? Hoffman in Rain Man? Jamie Foxx in Ray? Pacino in Godfather Part II? Gah...

And the best comic performance ever? Ahead of Peter Sellers in The Party... or anything? Gaaaahhh....

And his names gene wilder.
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D'oh! I always do that. Editing...
 
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Originally Posted by Planet-man
Have I ever said it did? No.
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I didn't mean to imply that you did. Sorry. It just seems anytime some actor plays one then people think its good. Radio is a great example of this. There are lot's more that I don't feel like remembering right now.
 
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Frapalino said:
I didn't mean to imply that you did. Sorry. It just seems anytime some actor plays one then people think its good. Radio is a great example of this. There are lot's more that I don't feel like remembering right now.
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Believe me, I'm a strong advocate of SGATOTB("stop giving all the Oscars to biopics!").:wink:

But Ray and Gump are still two of the best performances ever, IMO.
 
I've looked over my list and changed the ordering a bit. Bruce Willis improved by 4 places, and Sir Ian by 1.

12. Alec Baldwin
11. Morgan Freeman
10. Robin Williams
9. Willem Dafoe
8. Sir Ian McKellen
7. Jimmy Stewart
6. Dustin Hoffman
5. Bruce Willis
4. Gary Oldman
3. Sean Astin
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
1. Tom Hanks
 
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Samuel "Bad mother****er" Jackson gets my number one slot.

Other great actors include..
Bruce Willis
Ian McKellen
Patrick Stewart
Bruce Campbell
Nathan Fillion
 
Takeshi Kitano
Ken Watanabe
Forrest Whitaker

just a note on Forrest: he should be on everyones list! he acts his balls off
 
Tom Hanks (overall)
Bruce Willis (overall)
Gerard Butler (300, PoTO)
James Garner (notebook, maverick)
Mel Gibson (overall)
Marlon Brando (godfather)
Robert Duvall (godfather)
Tommy Lee Jones (overall)
Robert Redford (great gatsby)
Clint Eastwood (man with no name movies)
Paul Newman (road to Perdition)
Sylvester Stallone (Rocky movies)

more to come...
 
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