Five by Five Favorite Actors or Actresses

[vta]

1. Gregory Peck
- To Kill a Mockingbird

A Classic. Love this movie and the book.

 

[CowboyPrincess]

1. Mel Gibson - Hard to narrow it down to 5 cuz I love them all and have all his movies
The Patriot; Braveheart; What Women Want; We Were Soldiers; Man Without a Face; Signs; Forever Young; Mad Max; Lethal Weapon; ETC

2. Sandra Bullock
Hope Floats; The Lake House; Crash; Premonition; Two Weeks Notice

3. Tom Hanks
Philadelphia; Forest Gump; Saving Private Ryan; Road to Perdition; The Green Mile

4. Will Smith
Independence Day; Men in Black; I Robot; The Pursuit of Happyness; I am Legend


5. Robert Duvall
Lonesome Dove; Colors; Phenomenom; MASH; Apocalypse Now;

 

[tomson75]

No specific order -

Robert Deniro
Al Pacino
Tommy lee Jones
Nicolas Cage
Denzel washington
Clint Eastwood

I know that is 6, but they are my favorites

Dude. Worst actor ever. It sickens me that you'd put him in the same grouping as the rest of those guys.

 

[FloridaRob]

Jack

1-One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (favorite movie of all time)
2-As Good as It Gets
3-A Few Good Men
4-The Postman Always Rings Twice
5-Terms of Endearment

Steve Martin

1-Planes, Trains and Automobiles
2-HouseSitter
3-The Jerk
4-A Simple Twist of FAte
5-Bringing Down the House

Dustin Hoffman

1-Kramer vs Kramer
2-Tootsie
3-All the Presidents Men
4-RainMan
5-Meet the Fockers

Robert Redford

1-All The Presidents Men
2-The Last Castle
3-The Sting
4-The Natural
5-Horse Whisperer

Al Pacino

1-Scent of a Woman (2nd favorite movie of all time)
2-Dog Day Afternoon
3-And Justice For All (You're out of order)

Saw The Secrets of the Bees last night with the wife.

Some great young actresses are coming up. Dakota Fanning already at 14 is a great actress. Her performance in that movie should get Oscar Nomination. Queen Latifa was awesome too.

Dakota

1-Secret of Bees
2-Hide and Seek
3-Man on Fire
4-Dreamer

Honarable Mention-Keira Knightley Love Actually, Pride and Prejudice and the Duchess

Abigail Breslin is another young actress at 12 I am looking forward to seeing her career develop. Awesome in Nims Island and Little Miss Sunshine.

If I NEVER see Dennis Quaid in another movie, I will be a better person. The worse actor of all time. Who did he know?

 

[CowboyPrincess]

Another that deserves mention...

Billy Bob Thorton

Sling Blade
The Alamo
Monsters Ball
Friday Night Lights
Armageddon

 

[Temo]

Burt Reynolds
1. Hooper
2. Smokey and the Bandit
3. The Longest Yard
4. Gator
5. Malone

No Boogie Nights? One of my top 5 favorite movies ever!


Also, you all have way too many actors, what about some actresses?

How about:

Uma Thurman
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Henry & June
3. Kill Bill
4. Gattaca
5. Dangerous Liaisons

Charlize Theron
1. Monster
2. The Devil's Advocate
3. The Life and Death of Pete Sellers
4. The Cider House Rules
5. (Ok so she doesn't' have 5 great movies yet, but she'll get there!)

 

[Chief]

Dude. Worst actor ever.

Years ago, when he started headlining movies, I started asking people, "How in the world did this guy ever get past his first audition, much less become a leading man ... a star." It made no sense. A little checking into whom he is related cleared it all up.

 

[Dawgs0916]

Where is Kevin James? Adam Sandler? Steve Carell? Will Ferrell? Vince Vaughn...

Kevin James:
King of Queens-hilarious show
Hitch
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

Sandler:
Happy Gilmore
Big Daddy
The Longest Yard
Anger Management
50 First Dates

Vince Vaughn
Wedding Crashers
Old School
Dodgeball
The Break-Up
Into the Wild

Will Ferell
Old School
Anchorman
Talladega Nights
Step Brothers
Blades of Glory


Seth Rogen also mentioned....recently he's had some great movies

 

[tomson75]

1. Gregory Peck
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Gunfighter
- Pork Chop Hill
- The Guns of Navarone
- Cape Fear

2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- Capote
- Almost Famous
- The Big Lebowski
- Magnolia
- Boogie Nights

3. Paul Giamatti
- Sideways
- Cinderella Man
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Truman Show
- John Adams (Showtime)

4. Tom Hanks
- Road to Perdition
- The Green Mile
- Apollo 13
- Philadelphia
- Catch Me if You Can

5. Russell Crowe
- Gladiator
- Master and Commander
- A Beautiful Mind
- L.A. Confidential
- The Insider

You've got excellent taste. I forgot Giamatti. He's terrific.

 

[MrMom]

For you Seymour Hoffman marks check out this trailer to his new movie, Synecdoche, New York.

It's being directed by Charlie Kaufman (Screen writer of Eternal Sunshine - one of my favorites) in his directorial debut.

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It looks like a winner.

 

[Danny White]

I just watched Empire of the Sun for the first time (released in 1987) and it stars a 13 year old Christian Bale, who was absolutely fantastic in it.

Anyway, thought he deserves to be on the list:


Christian Bale

1) Batman Begins (Haven't seen Dark Knight yet, but I'm sure it merits mention here)
2) The Prestige
3) Empire of the Sun
4) Rescue Dawn
5) American Psycho

 

[masomenos]

J

Dustin Hoffman

1-Kramer vs Kramer
2-Tootsie
3-All the Presidents Men
4-RainMan
5-Meet the Fockers

Dustin Hoffman is a great pick. I wouldn't put Meet the Fockers as one of his 5 movies though. Finding Neverland, Straw Dogs, Stranger than Fiction, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Death of a Salesman, the guy just has such a great body of work.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

1. Heath Ledger !!!!! Joker Batman role of a lifetime!!!!!!!!!!!!1
2. Denzel Washington American Gangster
3. Halle Berry Monster Ball
4. Al Pacino Scarface
5. Will Farrell just about every movie he has ever made.

 

[masomenos]

5 x 5 Actresses

Laura Linney
1. The Squid and the Whale
2. The Savages
3. You Can Count on Me
4. Mystic River
5. John Adams (Showtime)

Judi Dench
1. Notes on a Scandal
2. Iris
3. Mrs. Brown
4. Shakespeare in Love
5. Chocolat

Kate Winslet
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Little Children
3. Hamlet
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. Finding Neverland

Diane Keaton
1. Manhattan
2. Annie Hall
3. Marvin's Room
4. The Godfather Trilogy
5. Elephant

Meryl Streep
1. Adaptation
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. Sophie's Choice
5. Out of AFrica

 

[Boom]

I just watched Empire of the Sun for the first time (released in 1987) and it stars a 13 year old Christian Bale, who was absolutely fantastic in it.

Anyway, thought he deserves to be on the list:


Christian Bale

1) Batman Begins (Haven't seen Dark Knight yet, but I'm sure it merits mention here)
2) The Prestige
3) Empire of the Sun
4) Rescue Dawn
5) American Psycho

Be sure to check out The Machinist if you haven't already. No-one can say that Bale doesn't prepare for his roles.

 

[tomson75]

For you Seymour Hoffman marks check out this trailer to his new movie, Synecdoche, New York.

It's being directed by Charlie Kaufman (Screen writer of Eternal Sunshine - one of my favorites) in his directorial debut.

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It looks like a winner.

Lmao...that looks great.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Since most of the obvious candidates have been accounted for, here is my list:

Benicio Del Torro:
1. Things we lost in the Fire
2. Sin City
3. The Hunted
4. Snatch
5. 21 Grams

Tommy Lee Jones
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Blown Away
3. Natural Born Killers
4. The Client
5. Cobb

Viggo Mortenson (I suspect that his best is yet to come)
1. Eastern Promises
2. A History of Violence
3. Appaloosa
4-6. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Christopher Walken:
1. The Dear Hunter
2. The Dead Zone
3. A View to a Kill
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Prophecy

Samuel L. Jackson (I can't believe no one has mentioned him yet!)
1. The Long Kiss Goodnight
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Snakes on a Plane
4. The Negotiator
5. Freedomland

 

[FloridaRob]

Dustin Hoffman is a great pick. I wouldn't put Meet the Fockers as one of his 5 movies though. Finding Neverland, Straw Dogs, Stranger than Fiction, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Death of a Salesman, the guy just has such a great body of work.

yea I agree with Meet the Fockers. Papillion should have been on the list.

 

[Chief]

Tommy Lee Jones
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Blown Away
3. Natural Born Killers
4. The Client
5. Cobb

When I think of Tommy Lee Jones, I always think of Lonesome Dove, The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals, but I think his best work might have been The Good Ol' Boys. Great movie.

Viggo Mortenson (I suspect that his best is yet to come)

He was great in Appaloosa. Loved that character.

 

[Hostile]

5 x 5 Actresses

Laura Linney
1. The Squid and the Whale
2. The Savages
3. You Can Count on Me
4. Mystic River
5. John Adams (Showtime)

Judi Dench
1. Notes on a Scandal
2. Iris
3. Mrs. Brown
4. Shakespeare in Love
5. Chocolat

Kate Winslet
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Little Children
3. Hamlet
4. Sense and Sensibility
5. Finding Neverland

Diane Keaton
1. Manhattan
2. Annie Hall
3. Marvin's Room
4. The Godfather Trilogy
5. Elephant

Meryl Streep
1. Adaptation
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. Sophie's Choice
5. Out of AFrica

My 5 favorite actresses are all old school icons.

Maureen O'Hara (McLintock, Parent Trap, Rio Grande, How Green Was My Valley, and Big Jake)

Katherine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby, African Queen, Rooster Cogburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and The Philadelphia Story)

Grace Kelly (Rear Window, High Noon, Mogambo, Dial M for Murder, and To Catch a Thief)

Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca, Notorious, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gaslight, and Murder on the Orient Express)

Marilyn Monroe (Some Like it Hot, The Seven Year Itch, River of No Return, Niagra, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)