Greatest Actor Ever?

[KingBeasley08]

Who do you think is the GOAT? :confusedshrug:

[OldSkoolball#52]

Barack Obama

[Myth]

Daniel Day-Lewis

[magic chiongson]

tossup between wade and lebron

[KingBeasley08]

tossup between wade and lebron
Ginobili and Harden >>>>>>>>>>>>>


DDay Lewis is a great actor but his acting isn't natural all the time. I don't know, it's just a feeling but he is perfect IMO for grand characters like Daniel Plainview but he isn't very subtle :confusedshrug:

[magic chiongson]

Ginobili and Harden >>>>>>>>>>>>>


personal preference for me. there are a lot of all-time greats in this era

[Swaggin916]

I like Kevin Spacey a lot

[kNicKz]

inb4 dicrapio's overrated self is mentioned

[Beatlezz]

Gary Oldman

[ZeN]

If were not going gender bias then I say Meryl Streep is in the running for a top spot.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Meryl_Streep_by_Jack_Mitchell.jpg

[alenleomessi]

al pacino and tom hanks

[FatComputerNerd]

Tossup between Ben Kingsley and Anthony Hopkins

[DonD13]

I got De Niro

[branslowski]

Johnny Depp easily /

[hateraid]

I got to give it to Anthony Hopkins.

[TheSilentKiller]

I got to give it to Anthony Hopkins.
Came here to post this.

[senelcoolidge]

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Lon Chaney Sr.
Even with no sound his acting resonates through the screen. This guy was awesome. Incredible actor with just using his face and body.

[DuMa]

Bale

[MavsSuperFan]

tom hanks.

[TheReal Kendall]

Denzel Washington :pimp:

[OldSkoolball#52]

Not gonna try and crown any objective "GOAT" here but Ill list some of my favorite actors:

Sean Penn
Derek Jacobi
Johnny Depp
Al Pacino
Kelsey Grammer
Jim Carrey

[Dresta]

Bale
Gareth?:

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[b1imtf]

Gareth?:

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[bladefd]

I'm going old-school and saying James Stewart. Al Pacino, Nicholson, De Niro, Marlon Brando right there too.

[miller-time]

Maybe not the greatest yet but Leonardo DiCaprio will be in contention as he gets older. His performance in What's Eating Gilbert Grape is one of the best ever.

[KingBeasley08]

Gonna make some noise for Paul Newman. Dude has some great performances

[#number6ix#]

Denzel Washington
Dustin Hoffman

I never knew who Daniel day-Lewis was until just now... I've seen like 7 of his movies but never knew it was him... He looks so different in each of his films... There will be blood is a great movie

[ZeN]

Some that should be mentioned as candidates: Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Marlon Brando, Paul Newman,

[ihoopallday]

My picks are Nicholson, Denzel, Tom Hanks, and Robert De Niro.
Denzel is the greatest out of all them in my opinion.

[TheMarkMadsen]

I've seen like 7 of his movies but never knew it was him...


Exactly

[bluechox2]

tom hanks, versatile

[KingBeasley08]

If I listed my all-time favorites, it'd be:

Brad Pitt- awesome actor, awesome dude
Al Pacino- has some great performances even though he's been cashing it in last 10-15 years
Robert De Niro- see Al Pacino
Paul Newman- The Hustler, Butch Cassidy, Cool Hand Luke
Daniel Day-Lewis- There Will Be Blood alone puts him here
Tom Hanks- got the best combination of comedic and dramatic chops
Denzel Washington- one dimensional but plays that dimension so well
John Wayne- actually not that good of an actor but he's fvcking badass so who cares

[HarryCallahan]

Paul Newman. Slapshot>>> Everything ddl has ever done.

[Lebron23]

Marlon Brando
Humphrey Bogart
James Cagney

[DonDadda59]

Greatest: Marlon Brando

Best: Gary Oldman

[OldSkoolball#52]

Greatest: John Leguizamo

Best: John Leguizamo



Fixed

[DonDadda59]

Fixed

John was great in Summer of Sam. But his work as Chi Chi in Beeban Kidron's seminal 1995 masterpiece 'To Wong Foo,Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar' was so touching, so magnificent, I curled up naked into the fetal position and cried while suckling on bottled Vietnamese breast milk for 2 weeks straight. I spent the next 7 years literally speechless, meditating on the proper single adjective to describe his performance. In a moment of pure Nirvana, it finally dawned upon me, the thespian Gods gave me only enough energy to utter one... perfect... word...

http://hitemwheretheyaint.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_m4tcmt2wwu1qhea6no1_500.jpg

"Scrumtrulescent"

[KingBeasley08]

Greatest: Marlon Brando

Best: Gary Oldman
Haven't seen On The Waterfront yet but it's supposed to be one of the greatest performances ever. If you've seen it, would you agree with that?

[DonDadda59]

Haven't seen On The Waterfront yet but it's supposed to be one of the greatest performances ever. If you've seen it, would you agree with that?

Haven't seen that movie in many years, but I remember it and him being great. That was the performance that basically changed the landscape of film acting, from the more theatrical over-the-top performances to a more naturalistic approach. Launched generations of copycats from James Dean to Pacino/Deniro all the way to Russell Crowe (Back when he was Russ Le Roq :lol )

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2005/gallery/rcrowe/rcrowe6.jpg

Since then everyone has basically been doing their best Brando impersonation.

Even fat Deniro couldn't help himself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLNft6cO0I4)

[East_Stone_Ya]

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[ZeN]

Haven't seen On The Waterfront yet but it's supposed to be one of the greatest performances ever. If you've seen it, would you agree with that?
Brando carried On The Waterfront. His performance in that was outstanding. Without him that film would not have aged as well as it did. Its about the beginning of unions and how they attempt to form one in the docks.

[Andrei89]

Daniel Day Lewis and nobody comes even close

Gangs of New York
There Will be Blood
My Left Foot
In the Name of the Father
Lincoln

GOAT

[Trollsmasher]

Schwarzenegger

proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxn0Xfqkgw

[ROCSteady]

Greatest: Marlon Brando

Best: Gary Oldman

My views are pretty close to this but add in Robert De Niro and maybe I'm good.

Also really enjoy Daniel Day Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Stewart, Kelly and Cagney old school.

[rufuspaul]

Brando carried On The Waterfront. His performance in that was outstanding. Without him that film would not have aged as well as it did. Its about the beginning of unions and how they attempt to form one in the docks.


I really liked Karl Malden's performance too. Great film.

[KingBeasley08]

Just watched On The Waterfront. Great flick, Brando was great as expected and props to the priest as well