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I'm not sure which "generation" we're discussing. Nicholson just turned 71, and De Niro is 64. You said they are out.
Daniel Day-Lewis turns 51 next week. Christian Bale is 34, Leonardo DiCaprio is 33, and Heath Ledger was 28. Forest Whitaker is 46, Philip Seymour Hoffman is 40, Benicio Del Toro is 41, Don Cheadle is 43, Sean Penn is 47, Denzel Washington is 53, Johnny Depp is 44, Will Smith is 39, Brad Pitt is 44, Paul Giamatti is 40, Joaquin Phoenix is 33, Ryan Gosling is 27, Russell Crowe is 44, and George Clooney turns 47 next month. So are all these guys in the same generation?
What about female actors? Naomi Watts is 39, Cate Blanchett is 38, Nicole Kidman is 40, Laura Linney is 44, Jennifer Connelly is 37, Charlize Theron is 32, Marisa Tomei is 43, Kate Winslet is 32, Frances McDormand is 50, Joan Allen is 51, Julianne Moore is 47, Renée Zellweger turns 39 tomorrow, Samantha Morton is 30, Annette Bening is 49, Natalie Portman is 26, Reese Witherspoon is 32.
Are we just picking the best actor since the Nicolson/Pacino heyday (1970s), or do we perhaps need to break it down further into more than one generation since? I'm only asking because I'm old, so I've noticed some of these actors for a long time, while others seem more recent.
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