who do you think are the best CURRENT actors. Not necessarily your favorites.

I vote:

Ralph Feinnes
Edward Norton
Charlize Theron
Kevin Spacey
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Tom Cruise
William H. Macy
Steve Buscemi
Bill Murray
Scarlett Johannson

Just remember: Nick Nolte and Gary Busey are the same thing. So if you list them both, it's only counted as 1 actor.

I don't really have many favorites, but Robert Duvall is good.

There are so many great actors, this is just twelve of the best off of the top of my head.


Tom Hanks
Robert Deniro
Gary Oldman
Jack Nicholson
Gene Hackman
Clint Eastwood
Christopher Walken
Kevin Spacey
Al Pacino
Brad Pitt
John Malkovich
Kurt Russell

Just remember: Nick Nolte and Gary Busey are the same thing. So if you list them both, it's only counted as 1 actor.

I don't really have many favorites, but Robert Duvall is good.



I think you have Nick Nolte confused with John Elway :D

I think you have Nick Nolte confused with John Elway :D

Nah, he had it right...They do look alike, except Busey's teeth look like Chicklets (The Gum..)

Ten is kind of a hard number but Ill give it a shot.
(no particular order)
Johnny Depp
Robert Carlyle
Ray Liotta
Jeff Bridges
Kurt Russell
Chow Yun Fat
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Clint Eastwood
George C Scott
Gary Oldman
That was easier than I thought, I could think of a lot more if need be.

Chow Yun Fat

A guy who I might Edit my top 10 for. I forgot about him.


the killers
and
Hard Boiled
are my 2 favs of his.

In no particular order;

1. Robert DeNiro
2. Denzel Washington
3. Edward Norton
4. Tim Robbins
5. Morgan Freeman
6. Sean Penn
7. Gary Oldman
8. Anthony Hopkins
9. Kevin Spacey
10. Tom Hanks

im surprised there's only 1 guy with Denzel, he's gotta be up there, along with Al Pacino, Bobby Deniro, Edward Norton for sure, just to name a few. But c'mon, how you gonna knock Denzel ever again after Training Day. Oh, and Tom Cruise, moreso for his recent work, Collateral was awesome, he played a great villain.

Off the top of my head...

Men

Al Pacino
Harvey Keitel
Sean Penn
Robert DeNiro
Edward Norton
Dustin Hoffman
Paul Giamatti
Jack Nicholson
Kevin Bacon
Billy Bob Thornton


WOMEN

Meryl Streep
Diane Keaton
Emily Watson
Scarlett Johansson
Annette Bening
Holly Hunter
Shirley Maclaine (she's back this year in Bewitched...)
Susan Sarandon
Jamie Lee Curtis
Dianne Wiest

Top 10:

Harrison Ford
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Jack Nicholson
Sean Penn
Edward Norton
Harvey Keitel
William Hurt
Clint Eastwood
Anthony Hopkins

Honorable mention:

Johnny Depp
Dustin Hoffman
Paul Newman
Tom Hanks
Jeff Goldblum
Michael Douglas
Nicolas Cage

Hilary Duff
Raven
Frankie Muniz
Amanda Bynes
Simon from 7th Heaven
The kid who played Fat Albert
Ja Rule
Mr. Rogers (RIP)
The guy from the "Got Milk?" commercial who can't say Aaron Burr because he has the peanut butter sandwich in his mouth (was also at The Cable Guy's karaoke party)

Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman are the best actors that I've seen in my lifetime.

After them comes: Mel Gibson, Don Cheadle, Tom Cruise, Edward Norton, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Daniel Day Lewis, Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tim Robbins...just off the top of my head.

As far as actresses go, I really like Scarlet Johanssen right now. All-time has to go to Meryl Streep. Outside of "The Next Karate Kid"...Hilary Swank is an excellent actress and her body looked bangin in that dress at the Oscars.

Morgan Freeman
DeNiro
Al Pacino
Robert Duvall
Denzel Washington
Sean Penn
Don Cheadle
Kurt Russell
Gene Hackman
Paul Newman

Yeah someone recognized my boy Sean Penn.
I've got to be more selective because, well, I'm a student direct, writer, actor, editor, etc. There is a difference in good actors and good performers.

Okay in no order:

Pacino
De Niro
Sean Penn
Patricia Arquette
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Spacey
Reese Witherspoon
Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast was great)
Dafoe
Tom Sizemore
Liotta
Gary Cole (Lumbergh ****ed her)
Buschemi
Brad Pitt
Dennis Farina
Jason Stathum (sp?)

Okay anybody from Snatch

The whole main cast of Requiem for a Dream, ****ing awesome.
don't let Marlon Wayans fool you. The guy CAN actually act.

Robert Englund



Actors I don't like (there are tons so I'll list a few):
Steven Seagal
Vin Diesel
Nicolas Cage
Sinbad
Jack Black
Amy from Everybody Loves Raymond
Nicole Kidman - well just pissed at her for STEALING Reese Witherspoon's role of Samantha for the movie Bewitched. Oh well, the film will suck anyhow.

tom hanks - the best of all
denzel washington
morgan freeman
kevin spacey
robert de niro
al pacino
nicholas cage
dustin hoffman
anthony hopkins
mel gibson

up comin greats: brad pitt, tom cruise, johnny depp, cuba gooding jr., russel crowe

worst:
van damme
seagal

up comin greats: brad pitt, tom cruise, johnny depp, cuba gooding jr., russel crowe

Cruise, Pitt, and Depp are already there. Crowe is close enough. Cuba I threw out personally after Snow Dogs and Boat Trip.

up comin greats: brad pitt, tom cruise, johnny depp, cuba gooding jr., russel crowe

Cruise, Pitt, and Depp are already there. Crowe is close enough. Cuba I threw out personally after Snow Dogs and Boat Trip.


I'm glad you listed Kingsley. He might be the best pure actor of everyone I've seen. He almost NEVER does a bad job in any of his films. His performances in Ghandi and House of Sand and Fog were excellent...especially Ghandi.

Even for Freeman and Hanks there was Dreamcatcher and Joe vs. The Volcano. :eek:

Hanks pussied out in the mid 1990s. I can't imagine sitting through Cast Away or The Terminal or You Got Mailed.

But I still fondly remember Bachelor Party, Big & Turner & Hooch. Anything past Apollo 13 and I've probably purposely avoided it...

...I forgot Toy Story 2. But you get my point (though apparently it doesn't reflect the board favorites...)(here's where I'd place a smilie if I did that type of thing...)

Hanks pussied out in the mid 1990s. I can't imagine sitting through Cast Away or The Terminal or You Got Mailed.

But I still fondly remember Bachelor Party, Big & Turner & Hooch. Anything past Apollo 13 and I've probably purposely avoided it...


Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan...all great mid-90's performances by Hanks.

He also has the crossover appeal with the ladies (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Terminal etc...)

Cast Away wasn't THAT bad where you wouldn't be able to sit through it. I enjoyed it enough.

I can't stand Tom Hanks. And it isn't anything against him personally. it is just that effect where everyone else loves him so damn much (why don't you all go marry him, you love him so damn much) that I hate him.

Another actor who hasn't been mentioned (maybe because he is concidered a comedian first) but who is extremely versitile an in my opinion a fabulous actor is Robin Williams.

My biggest problem with Cast Away was that it seemed like a 2 hour advertisement for Federal Express.

1. gene hackman
2. robert de niro
3. Harvey keitel
4.sean penn
5.al pacino
6. micael caine

Robin Williams and Micheal Caine...nice pulls..forgot about them.