Who do you think is the greatest male actor in the movies? Ill go with this guy
Best actor ever
Who do you think is the greatest male actor in the movies? Ill go with this guy
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Re: Best actor ever
clint eastwood or sean connery.
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Re: Best actor ever
Al Pacino.
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Re: Best actor ever
So many actors to choose from I couldn't possibly name a favorite. However, if forced to choose I'd go with...
Gary Oldman - I firmly believe Gary is the best actor of our times. He gets a bad reputation for being 'over the top' but that's really on account of the types of roles he's been given, Hollyweird is notorious for pigeon holing actors into certain types of roles. I'm a huge film buff and of all the films I've seen from yesteryear and today I've never seen anyone who could change their appearance, let alone their accent or their voice like Gary does. Regarding recognition Gary's biggest problem is that he often gets really juicy roles in some seriously mediocre films. His portrayal of Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved" was unbelievable. Were it not for the film being so damn mediocre I believe Gary would have received massive critical acclaim for his performance.
Beyond Gary I'd have to go with Alec Guinness, Lawrence Olivier or Meryl Streep... before she had that sex change operation...
Last edited by Spino; 06-09-2005 at 20:42.
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Re: Best actor ever
I second that. Greatest freaken actor EVER!Al Pacino.
Brando is also pretty amazing. De Niro is not bad, but he seems to play the same character over and over, although I loved him in GoodFellas.
Re: Best actor ever
Meryl Streep.
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Re: Best actor ever
Sir Alec Guinness, Lord Attenborough, Sir Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman.
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Re: Best actor ever
Dustin Hoffman.
Re: Best actor ever
I actually find my opinion reversed with BP. I like DeNiro better, I think he has more range. I like Pacino too, but Pacino is always 'Al Pacino as a blinded army colonel', or 'Al Pacino as the devil...'. I think he was much better when he was younger.
Nobody's mentioned Denzel Washington, so I will. Yes, he does a LOT of action movies, but he does more than just that. I find him to be pretty believable in just about anything he does. If you don't think he has range, rent 'Training Day', but don't say I didn't warn you, it's violent.
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Re: Best actor ever
Training Day=L337
Anyway... best actor... hmm...
Anthony Hopkins
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Re: Best actor ever
I agree with you. Definitely these two.
Re: Best actor ever
...Meryl Streep.
Doh!
Yeah well... uhh... I meant Meryl BEFORE she had the sex change operation! Yeah, that's it...
Sorry, I posted before I ate lunch. I was delusional with hunger!
Last edited by Spino; 06-09-2005 at 20:43.
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Re: Best actor ever
Id say Anthony Hopkins.There is something very deep in that man.
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Re: Best actor ever
Hmmm tough one if I had to choose I'd say Mickey Rourke, with Christopher Walken, Pacino, Deniro respectively. Benicio del Torro is also good-"Who is this Kaiser Soze?"
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Re: Best actor ever
i third sir anthony hopkins.
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Re: Best actor ever
Al Pacino, De Niro, Ray Liotta (He is pretty Versitile) and Denzel Washington (Training Day is brilliant, as well as Man on Fire. Everytime I see a movie starring him I know it's gonna be good.)
My favourite movies of all time are Scarface, Goodfellas and the Godfather Trillogy and Heat.
Last edited by ShadesPanther; 06-09-2005 at 21:29.
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Re: Best actor ever
Anthony Hopkins... if you dont think so watch Shadowlands.
Other favorites: Jeremy Irons, Christian Bale and Jack Nicholson.
Edit: Have to add Edward Norton to the list
Last edited by Lazul; 06-09-2005 at 21:45.
Re: Best actor ever
No real favorite, especially since a lot of the guys listed here have decided to take some crap roles in recent years. Probably need to add Edward Norton to the list, he's one of the better younger actors out there today. And Bruce Willis has done some good work lately (along with some bad).
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Re: Best actor ever
Lots of good actors already named, but I'd have to add Steve Buscemi and Kevin Spacey.
Re: Best actor ever
I'll add John Malkovich as well.
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Re: Best actor ever
Oooh, Star Wars I-III aside, Samuel L. Jackson is pretty damn good.
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Re: Best actor ever
He got screwed out of an Oscar for Pulp Fiction. That role was made for him. Speaking of PF, Harvey Keitel should get some love here.
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Re: Best actor ever
Harvey Keitel, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Micheal Madson, and JOHN WAYNE!
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Re: Best actor ever
I can't believe no one mentioned George C. Scott, and Peter Sellers. They are amazing actor. Also James Cagney and Hunphrey Bogart are worthy mentions.
Re: Best actor ever
Sean Connery, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington... all great actors.
But Gene Hackman takes the cake. What an actor!
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Re: Best actor ever
Actors with Class.
Anthony Hopkins.
Sean Connery.
Pierce Brosnan.
John Cleese.
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Re: Best actor ever
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Robert DuVall... also a great actor (and my one of my favorite)
Although you just can't beat Al Pacino in "Scarface".
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Re: Best actor ever
How about worst actor??
This is easy: Ashton Kutcher. Terrible.
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Re: Best actor ever
I am going to go with John Wayne here, he had to have been good, otherwise why is he in every western?
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Re: Best actor ever
Rod Steiger.
Simply put, his portrayal of Napoleon in Waterloo is the finest piece of acting I have ever seen, bloody brilliant, what a man.
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GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
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