Top 3 current Actors?

[Graviton]

I like to separate my list into "old guys" and "younger guys".

1) Daniel Day Lewis
2) Gary Oldman
3) Kevin Spacey
4) Ed Harris
5) Tom Hanks
6) Christoph Waltz
7) Denzel Washington
8) Jedd Bridges
9) Liam Neeson
10) Tommy Lee Jones


This list is so hard though, I change it up all the time.


1) Michael Fassbender/Javier Bardem
2) Christian Bale/Tom Hardy
3) Viggo Mortensen/Del Toro
4) Leonardio DiCaprio
5) Edward Norton
6) Matthew McConaughey
7) Matt Damon
8) Brad Pitt
9) Jake Gyllenhaal
10) Bradley Cooper

[JohnFreeman]

Tom Hanks
Daniel Day Lewis
Gary Oldman

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Idris Elba
Mads Mikkelson
Jake Gellynhall

[West-Side]

It's hard to narrow it to just 3;

The names that automatically came to mind though:

Gordon Levitt
Matthew McConaughey
Leo DiCaprio
Tom Hardy
Mads Mikkelson
Christoph Waltz

I'm not naming guys like DDL; I'm strictly listing actors that have been absolutely killing it in the past 5 years. I don't think there are better actors right now than those six.

If I had to choose just three I'd say

1) Mikkelson
2) Waltz
3) McConaughey

But I hate doing this because I absolutely love Hardy, Leo & Levitt's performances recently.

I mean Leo's scene in The Wolf of Wall Street trying to get back into his white ferrari after taking the drug? Absolutely one of the greatest acting scenes I have ever seen.

GL has been absolutely killing it as of late. He's quickly becoming one of my absolute favorites. Loved him in Looper. I laughed at first because I thought the role just didn't fit his character or looks; but he surprisingly killed that role. If someone said he was the best actor right now, I wouldn't even have an argument against that.

Tom Hardy; well he's been putting out a lot of films and has consistently been the best actor in them. My favorite performance of his is easily "Warrior" [2011]. I can sense the hatred in his eyes throughout the movie, he played it brilliant. He was terrific in Mad Max, The Dark Knight Rises, Lawless and even his latest movie [Legend].

Spectacular actor, hope he gets the next James Bond role.

But honestly, there hasn't been a better A list actor than Waltz in the last 5 years. Mikkelson is in a league of his own and if anyone watched his foreign roles, they'd know why. I think he might even be better than DDL to be honest.

If you haven't seen The Hunt yet, I suggest you go watch it.
He was also in Casino Royale, as La Chiffre.

Matthew has always been super underrated. It wasn't until the last 5-8 years where he started getting prominent roles in movies, and he's arguably been the absolute best in them. I don't even need to listen any of his recent movies. He's been consistently great in all of them. Even the small role he had in The Wolf of Wall Street, he managed to outshine Leo himself on screen.

To me those are the Elite Six right now.
I also think Jeremy Renner is close behind.

[Smoke117]

Right now?

Bryan Cranston

Sam Rockwell

Matthew Mcconaughey

[ArbitraryWater]

Mikkelsen is a good mention.. (not Mikkelson bruh)

[UK2K]

8

Denzel is Denzel in every movie. Typical Denzel playing Denzel in a different script. I do not understand all the praise he gets. I enjoy watching his movies and watching him as an actor, but, cmon son, he is not versatile at all.

Denzel in Training Day
Denzel in Remember the Titans
Denzel in Safehouse
Denzel in American Gangster
Denzel in Flight was fantastic
Denzel in Man on Fire was excellent as well

I feel like all those characters are very different.

The courtroom scene from Flight was one of my favorite scenes. Full of emotion. I mean, you really feel like he's sorry, and when he's speaking at the prison, it's almost like he's been there before.

https://youtu.be/1wFqNxr8sk4

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Cranston deserves recognition just for arguably having the GOAT acting performance for a TV character ever...................but havent seen him in anything amazing outside Breaking Bad

I wanted to put Mcconaughey but couldnt