Best Actors

LOL! So did Jonny Goodboy, Godfoda, and Nikki.

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Count me in too... Nicholson and De Niro, Robin Williams (still gotta see One Hour Photo, which I hear is his best), Spacey, Ben Kingsley....

One Hour Photo is an exceptional film alright.

So I heard. It doesn't open here till the 30th.
I also forgot to mention Pacino.

# 1 favorite actor is kevin kline...he can do anything...

robin williams
al pacino
robert redford
tom hanks
patrick stewart
ian mckellen
harrison ford
hugh jackman (he was a blast in kate and leopold and x-men)

I can't believe I haven't posted in this thread yet...so here it goes...

My Top Ten favorites at the moment are....

Actors
Steve Martin
Harrison Ford
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Al Pacino
Michael Caine
Robin Williams
Bill Murray
Viggo Mortensen
Brendan Fraser


Actresses
Emma Thompson
Kate Winslet
Michelle Pfeiffer
Meryl Streep
Renee Zellweger
Gwyneth Paltrow
Meg Ryan
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Julia Roberts (I know alot of you don’t like her, but I do.)
Julie Andrews



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Edit: Well it's a new day and wanted to make a change already. I replaced Sandra Bullock and added CZJ, whom I was originally thinking of but changed when posting.

MALE ACTORS

01. Al Pacino
02. John C. Reilly
03. Philip Seymour Hoffman
04. Jack Nicholson
05. Robert De Niro
06. Nicolas Cage
07. William H. Macy
08. Steve Buscemi
09. Tim Roth
10. Matt Damon


FEMALE ACTORS

01. Gwenyth Paltrow
02. Nicole Kidman
03. Franka Potente
04. Emily Watson
05. Julianne Moore
06. Catherine Zeta-Jones
07. Uma Thurman
08. Melora Walters
09. Helena Bonham Carter
10. Naomi Watts

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Top 10:

1-Tie. Edward Norton & Colin Farrell (they both bring the pizazz and charisma that allows them to just steal the show in any movie along with amazing acting talent)

3. Will Smith (did anybody mention him yet?)

4. Brad Pitt

5. Matt Damon (he s***s on Ben when it comes to acting and making good movies)

6. Kevin Spacey

7. Mel Gibson (didn't see his name either)

8. Vin Diesel

9. Tom Hanks

10. Jim Carrey (used to be my fav but has steadily dropped with less and less good movies)


honorable mentions:

Giovanni Ribisi
Richard Gere (was great in chicago)
Nicolas Cage
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington (great in training day and i loved remember the titans)

My favorite actors list:

John Malkovich
Kevin Spacey
Edward Norton
Denzel Washington
Jack Nicholson
Willem Dafoe
Samuel L. Jackson
Morgan Freeman
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Steve Buscemi

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01: LEONARDO DiCAPRIO

Don's Plum (2001)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)

02: AL PACINO

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)

03: ROBERT DE NIRO

Raging Bull (1980)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Awakenings (1990)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Mean Streets (1973)

04: MARLON BRANDO

Last Tango in Paris (1972)
On the Waterfront (1954)
The Godfather (1972)
Julius Caesar (1953)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

05: JACK NICHOLSON

About Schmidt (2002)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
The Departed (2006)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)

06: JAMES STEWART

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

07: JAMES DEAN

Rebel without a Cause (1955)
East of Eden (1955)

08: EDWARD NORTON

American History X (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
25th Hour (2002)

09: TOM CRUISE

Magnolia (1999)
Collateral (2004)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

10: RYAN GOSLING

Half Nelson (2006)
The Notebook (2004)
The United States of Leland (2003)

11: DUSTIN HOFFMAN

Rain Man (1988)
The Graduate (1967)
Tootsie (1982)

12: JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT

Manic (2003)
The Lookout (2007)
Brick (2006)

13: JAKE GYLLENHAAL

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Zodiac (2007)

14: CARY GRANT

An Affair to Remember (1957)
Suspicion (1941)
North by Northwest (1959)

15: DON CHEADLE

Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Manic (2003)
Crash (2005)

16: JIM CARREY

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Truman Show (1998)
Bruce Almighty (2003)

17: JOHNNY DEPP

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Ed Wood (1994)

18: WOODY ALLEN

Annie Hall (1977)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Manhattan (1979)

19: STEVE McQUEEN

Bullitt (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1967)
The Great Escape (1963)

20: PETER LORRE

M (1931)
Casablanca (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

21: BILL MURRAY

Lost in Translation (2003)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Groundhog Day (1993)

22: HENRY FONDA

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
12 Angry Men (1957)

23: HUMPHREY BOGART

The Harder They Fall (1956)
Casablanca (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)

24: DENZEL WASHINGTON

Malcolm X (1992)
Man on Fire (2004)
Antwone Fisher (2002)

25. TOM HANKS

Cast Away (2000)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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If you haven't already seen it, I have a movie suggestion for you. Harvey. It's fantastic.

1. Chloe Sevigny


2. Chris Eigeman (he's on the left)


3. Aaron Eckhart (again, on the left)


4. Sterling Hayden


5. John Hurt

Thank you. I've been told to see it, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. It does look great though.

Tom hanks
Russle crow
Mel Gibson
Ben stiller
Adam sandler
Rob schneider

Indeed, Harvey is a terrific movie. You won't regret watching it.

Stewart had so many amazing performances it's hard to count them all. Besides the ones already mentioned:
Winchester '73
The Philadelphia Story
Flight Of The Phoenix
Rear Window
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Shenandoah

Actors
Anthony Hopkins
Jack Nicholson
Johnny Depp
William H. Macy
Dustin Hoffman
Bruce Willis
Robin Williams
Sean Penn
Billy Bob Thornton

Actresses
Kathy Bates
Meryl Streep
Sissy Spacek
Julianne Moore
Sigourney Weaver
Thora Birch

Okay, so I just wrote this big long essay on Chris Cooper and what an amazing actor he is. But it really sounds like i"m gushing, so I'll just say that he is probably one of the best actors working in film today and leave it at that.

He really does deserve to be included in any list of best actors.

He was great in American Beauty.

1. Robert De Niro



Top 3 Performances

1. Raging Bull
2. The King of Comedy
3. Taxi Driver

2. Al Pacino



Top 3 Performances

1. The Godfather
2. Dog Day Afternoon
3. The Godfather Part II

3. Jack Nicholson



Top 3 Performances

1. Chinatown
2. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
3. About Schmidt

4. Kevin Spacey



1. American Beauty
2. Se7en
3. The Usual Suspects

5. Dustin Hoffman



1. Rain Man
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Kramer vs Kramer

i like dustin hoffman in the movie Tootsie where he played as a struggling theater actor who pretend as a woman in order to have a career