Best Actor in a biographical boxing movie

[1SILVA]

There have been many movies made surrounding the world of boxing. Which actor do you feel was the best at portraying the fighter he played?

[Smokin'J]

Robert DeNiro as Jake Lamotta
Denzel Washington as Hurricane Carter
Will Smith as Ali

are the ones I saw and well, to be honest I can't choose.

[1SILVA]

best actor

Robert DeNiro as Jake Lamotta
Denzel Washington as Hurricane Carter
Will Smith as Ali

are the ones I saw and well, to be honest I can't choose.

All three were nominated for Best Actors for those roles. Only DeNiro won, but all three were great performances.

[NeXt In Line]

When Mark Wahlbeg comes out in the movie about "Irish" Micky Ward, he might take the cake, he's from Boston so he knows the deal about Mick.

[1SILVA]

best actor

When Mark Wahlbeg comes out in the movie about "Irish" Micky Ward, he might take the cake, he's from Boston so he knows the deal about Mick.

Not only is the Mickey Ward film coming out, also a Sonny Liston film with Ving Rhames as Liston

[EDD1]

Smith's preparation focused a lot on Ali's movement and that makes me pick him, the guy who played Foreman was good too

[KalboKO]

Hi,

you guys wouldn't include James Earl Jones playing Jack Jefferson (Johnson) in The Great White Hope, or Russel Crowe playing Jim Braddock in Cinderella Man? BTW, the worst all time performance, IMHO, was Jericho Rosales playing Manny Pacquiao in the Filipino production of The Manny Pacquiao Story.

[1SILVA]

best actor

Hi,

you guys wouldn't include James Earl Jones playing Jack Jefferson (Johnson) in The Great White Hope, or Russel Crowe playing Jim Braddock in Cinderella Man? BTW, the worst all time performance, IMHO, was Jericho Rosales playing Manny Pacquiao in the Filipino production of The Manny Pacquiao Story.

Thanks, I totally forgot about Crowe and Jones. They were just as good as Smith, Deniro and Denzel. Also, Errol Flynn as Jim Corbett was excellent as well. Those three belong in the poll

[warp1432]

Will Smith as Ali was the best part of that movie, even though it wasn't that good. Ali as Ali doesn't count lol.

[AztecWanker]

James Toney as Joe Frazier in Ali