Best Actor

[Jammer]

When you say actor. Do you mean actresses also?

Not really. I don't really know that many actresses. I think actors and actresses bring different things to the table.

 

[Jammer]

Personal idiocies aside, Mel Gibson is an extremely good actor, and Brad Pitt won me over with his performance in Interview with the Vampire. I also like Sir Patrick Stewart. Agree with @timb2 about Ed Norton too...but I don't really find Clint to be that good an actor. I've never seen much emotional range from him. I also agree with the OP about Gary Oldman, and I think a good indicator of his acting ability is that it quite often takes me a while before I realize it's him playing a particular role. He'll look very familiar, but he plays each character so differently that I don't usually recognize him at first.

Highlighted part is why I think Oldman is one of my favorite actors. When he is playing a part I never think, "Oh, that's Gary Oldman". Many times I wouldn't even know it was him playing the part until the credits came up. He is not Samuel L. Jackson, because I KNOW it's Samuel L. Jackson in every part he plays. It's beyond annoying. I agree with Mel Gibson as well.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

 

[DallasEast]

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Margot Robbie

Chadwick Boseman would have been my automatic choice over Ejiofor if not for the 'alive' criteria.

 

[Sammy]

After Breaking Bad and Sneaky Pete, I'm impressed with Bryan Cranston. I loved Phillip Seymour Hoffman in everything I saw him in. Gone too soon.

 

[Winonesoon]

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[ABQCOWBOY]

It's Tom Hanks. Just the body of his work, to me, is enough to make that statement. He doesn't do bad movies, he's always very good in anything he does and his movies make money, for the most part.

JMO

 

[Creeper]

I have no idea who this is.

I think Daniel Day-Lewis is pretty damn good. DiCaprio has really washed off the cheesy stink of Titanic with some of his latest work.

Tom Hardy is pretty solid. I really like Emily Blunt, but maybe that's just a crush.

He is in "Van Helsing" and plays a deaf guy. Very convincing. I don't know if he is the best living actor though.

 

[Creeper]

I think Anthony Hopkins or John Malkovich has to be there on the male actor list.

I think Rooney Mara is an excellent actress as well. She may be the best female actress today.

 

[terra]

I think Anthony Hopkins or John Malkovich has to be there on the male actor list.

I think Rooney Mara is an excellent actress as well. She may be the best female actress today.

I always feel you need at least 20 years of work to be labeled great. Some start out hot and then fade away. Some start out slow and build. Tom Hanks was one of those; he kept getting better.

There is a difference between having a great performance and being great.

 

[NorthoftheRedRiver]

Gene Hackman.

 

[Montanalo]

It's Tom Hanks. Just the body of his work, to me, is enough to make that statement. He doesn't do bad movies, he's always very good in anything he does and his movies make money, for the most part.

JMO

I was about to add that Hanks is one of a small handful of actors that always deliver a very good performance.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I was about to add that Hanks is one of a small handful of actors that always deliver a very good performance.

That's because you are part of a samll handful of posters who are exceptionally wise........

 

[Runwildboys]

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Margot Robbie

Chadwick Boseman would have been my automatic choice over Ejiofor if not for the 'alive' criteria.

Yeah, I almost listed Robin Williams, but for that.

 

[Runwildboys]

He is in "Van Helsing" and plays a deaf guy. Very convincing. I don't know if he is the best living actor though.

Oh right, the psycho. I knew I recognized him, but couldn't place him

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Gene Hackman.

Yep, he's definitely in the running as well.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I'd say Kevin Costner is probably in the smaller group as well.

 

[Runwildboys]

I'd say Kevin Costner is probably in the smaller group as well.

I like him, but he's pretty much the same in most of his roles, so it seems less like acting and more like being Kevin Costner reading lines.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I like him, but he's pretty much the same in most of his roles, so it seems less like acting and more like being Kevin Costner reading lines.

I don't know. I mean, you are right, he has a very specific style for sure. But I mean, Draft Day, Hidden Figures, Love of the Game, Swing Vote, Thirteen Days, Perfect World, 3K to Graceland, Body Guard, Dances With Wolves, JFK, Robin Hood, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Untouchables, Silverado, No Way Out, Tin Cup and then does a TV series like Yellow Stone that is probably the best TV on TV right now. I mean, he's pretty talented IMO.

 

[Runwildboys]

I don't know. I mean, you are right, he has a very specific style for sure. But I mean, Draft Day, Hidden Figures, Love of the Game, Swing Vote, Thirteen Days, Perfect World, 3K to Graceland, Body Guard, Dances With Wolves, JFK, Robin Hood, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Untouchables, Silverado, No Way Out, Tin Cup and then does a TV series like Yellow Stone that is probably the best TV on TV right now. I mean, he's pretty talented IMO.

I agree, he's talented, and I think Yellowstone might be his best work, and a departure from his usual demeanor. In most of his movies he has sort of a lost in thought look most of the time, regardless of his emotional state.