best actor of all time

john cusack.... hands down

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How about a little insight? I personally LOVE Jimmy Stewart


just look at his IMDB filmography, have you ever seen so many classics?

If he is in anything, I'm game

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I'll watch anything with DeNiro in it, personally.

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Clint Eastwood.

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De Niro and Hopkins

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Sean Connery...

daniel day lewis also.

He's at the top of my list too! The man can do it all, acting, directing, producing, mayoring...

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I'd have to say Clint Eastwood.

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When I began to get into movies and film studies I read a lot of Marlon Brando and his pioneering role as a method actor. Often when you read a lot of some legend and the status surrounding him or her you tend to get a little bit disappointed when you actually see the phenomenon for yourself. Sure, I'd seen Brando in The Godfather and a couple other films with him, but after having seen his work from the 1950's I was astonished. He was clearly so modern and so far ahead of his peers in those days. I might be exaggerating a bit but I would say that Brando's importance for modern acting is equal to the importance of Jimi Hendrix in the world of electric guitars.

Then I like Jack Nicholson a lot. It's always The Shark somewhat, no matter what part he plays, but he's very consistent and always delivers in a convincing way.

Daniel Day Lewis is great. Philip Seymour Hoffman of course.

David Strathairn is another favourite and perhaps not one of those obvious choices. I think he's the master of restraint. No wonder John Sayles likes him so much... And I think he was fantastic in Good Night, and Good Luck.

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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.

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The problem with a poll like this is that most people name their favorite movie actor, usually someone still alive, recently working, and relatively young and essentially in the early stages of a career (like John Cussak or Johnny Depp). Worse, the nominees frequently are movie stars, not actors called upon to perform in front of live audiences getting their lines correct with no retakes (as Peter O'Toole points out in My Favorite Year). Some of the best actors like Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud got their training and did their best work on stage before performing in movies.

And worst of all, it automatically eliminates many, many fine motion picture actors who did their best work in the first half ot the 20th century, out of sight of most of today's movie goers.

Of course, one way to define the best actors is to look at those honored by the other actors and directors who worked with them. If you go by awards from the Academy of Performing Arts, you're looking at people like Nicholson, 12 nominations and 3 wings for best actor; Oliver, 11-1; Tracy, 9-2; Brando, 8-2; Hoffman, 7-2; Hanks, 5-2; Fredric March, 5-2; Gary Cooper, 5-2; Paul Muni, 5-1. Then there's O'Toole who was nominated 9 times for best actor without winning.

If you pick Nicholson as the best, then you also have to pick Walter Brennan, because that odd couple tied with the most Oscar wins, 3 each.

The most nominated actors for both best actor and supporting actor roles include Nicholson 12, Oliver 10, Tracy 9, Paul Newman, 9.

You might also consider those who were nominated for best actor in their very first screen roles: Orson Welles, Montgomery Clift, Alan Arkin, Hoffman, Ben Kingsley, Geoffrey Rush.

Then there are the women; IMHO anyone who acts is an actor just as anyone who sings is a singer, so why divide them as to sex?
So that gives you Kate Hepburn, nominated 12 times for best actress and winning 4; Bette Davis, 10-2; Ingrid Bergman, 7-3; Greer Garson, 7-1; Olivia de Havilland, 5-2; Liz Taylor, 5-2; Norma Sheare, 6-1; Deborah Kerr, 6-0.

By that standard, the best actor ever should be Meryl Streep, nominated 14 times with 5 wins. She also is tied with Nicholson as the holder of the most Golden Globes (6 each) out of 21 nominations (second to Jack Lemmon with 22 nominations). Plus Streep is among the few actors who has won all four major motion picture awards--Oscars, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and BAFTA.

Yet for some reason, I've never warmed up to Streep on screen, not like Hepburn or Davis or Bergman. It would take more than her name on the marquee to pull me into a theater.

Personally, I prefer two other actors for the "best ever" category. One is Muni, who used to just disappear into his roles, changing his looks, his voice, his demeanor as needed. Just look at his wide-ranging performances in Fugitive from a Chain Gang, The Good Earth, Juarez, and Scarface.

My other favorite actor is the only actor who ever won two Oscars for his first--and for a long time, only--movie role. Harold Russell in "The Best Years of Our Lives."

Best Actor - Jim Carey and Bruce Willis

Best Actress - Julia Roberts

only if you spell his name right

there's much too many of my favorites to list here...

the ones that stand out are:

katherine hepburn
james stewart
spencer tracy
cary grant

Tom Hanks, Lenardo DeCaprio, Johnny Depp.

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I have to go with Marlon Brando. He's not my favorite but the title of the thread is best actor not your favorite. Brando is amazing and so ahead of his time.

George Cloney, Samuel Jackson, Jim Carrey, and Tom Hanks are all my favorite actors of all time. Most of their movie that they made are really good quality movie to watch and been a big blockbuster hits in all part of the world.

Considering all the great actors/actresses that have been and still are… I can't see how it could be narrowed down to just one…

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