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1) Robert De Niro
2) Billy Bob Thornton
3) Alec Baldwin
4) Joan Cusack
5) Gene Hackman
Honorable Mention:
- Denzel Washington
- Robert Redford
- Jeff Bridges
- John Cusack
- Tom Hanks
(Feel free to list more than five)
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,031 posts)I'm mostly into old movies!
cilla4progress
(24,756 posts)Cate Blanchett
Nick Nolte
Jeff Bridges
Julie Christie
Judy Dench
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)(especially in The Big Lebowski)
cilla4progress
(24,756 posts)it's in my limited library.
And I know people who know him / people that film is based on!
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)..when they were writing The Big Lebowski.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Jeff Bridges
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Al Pachino
Kevin Costner
Robert Duvall
6...just 5 didn't cut it.
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Imo, Robert Duvall was outstanding in "The Great Santini"
Hugo24601
(45 posts)Tom Cruise
Charlize Theron
Amanda Seyfield
Michael Keaton
Lefthacker
(264 posts)Robert Redford
Denzel
Judy Densch
De Niro
Kim Coates
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)One of my all-time favorites!
Lefthacker
(264 posts)Alone makes him my favorite.
How about favorite actors who have passed?
Paul Newman
Cary Grant
Gene Tierney
Rex Harrison
I couldn't name just 5.
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 10, 2017, 07:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Whenever I think about Redford I think about him & Paul Newman (one of my favorites) in
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid....and also the Sundance Film Festival
Also among my favorites who are no longer with us,
- Zero Mostel
- Walter Matthau
- Jack Lemon
- Ernest Borgnine
- Lee Marvin
- Charles Bronson
- Gene Wilder
(I could go on)
TexasBushwhacker
(20,208 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Sandra bullock
James marsden
Jason Bateman
Miles teller
Melissa McCarthy
Skittles
(153,170 posts)I too like Billy Bob - he is very unique.......I also like Viola Davis, Adam Driver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine....and can I squeeze in Jeff Bridges, love him
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)Pacino
Bill Macy
Scott Glenn
Bruce Dern
Nicholson, when he was young and not fattie
Laffy Kat
(16,385 posts)1) Cicely Tyson (ret.)
2) Gene Hackman (ret.)
3) Denzel Washington
4) Meryl Streep
5) Christopher Walken
lisa58
(5,755 posts)Jack Black
Martin Sheen
James Spader
Robert Downey, Jr.
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)I'll have to add him to my list
(I especially loved him in "The Ice Palace" with Billy Bob Thornton & Randy Quaid)
lisa58
(5,755 posts)I think Gross Pointe Blank is my favorite and High Fidelity
cilla4progress
(24,756 posts)I LOVE all listed!!
Great actors and many great people, among them.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Roger Allam. Actresses: Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg, Cate Blanchett, Gillian Andersen, Lucy Lawless.
rurallib
(62,432 posts)beyond that I am not too much aware of today's actors.
Denzel Washington is certainly in a class above also
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)(many Hollywood actresses refer to themselves as "actors"
rurallib
(62,432 posts)I am glad to see the term 'actress' seems to be or maybe has disappeared.
A performer is a performer.
mnhtnbb
(31,397 posts)Helen Mirren
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Denzel Washington
Kevin Spacey
Julianne Moore
Sean Penn
Cate Blanchett
After thinking about this overnight, I have to add
Viola Davis
Jessica Chastain
Amy Adams
Jude Law
Tom Hanks
Leonardo DiCaprio
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)I especially like your last two, Tom Hanks & Leo DiCaprio (I loved "Aviator"
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,843 posts)Tom Hanks
Jeff Bridges
Robert Downey, Jr.
Bill Murray
Jason Bateman
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)I've been a huge fan of his since he first appeared on SNL, taking Chevy Chase's place.
I loved "Meatballs" (which I think was his first movie), but my favorite Bill Murray film has to be
Groundhog Day.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)Frances McDormand
Patricia Clarkson
Anjelica Huston
Isabella Rossellini
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Especially "Fargo", (which I've seen at least 20 times), but she was also great in
"Almost Famous" playing the mom.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)Samuel L. Jackson
Jennifer Lawrence
George Clooney
Sandra Bullock
Donald Sutherland
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)pnwmom
(108,988 posts)March 4th
(80 posts)(Acting Like He Has the Slightest Fucking Clue What's Going On). Oh, right, you want two more. Okay:
FOX News (Acting Like a News Outfit), and Breitbart (Same Thing).
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)red dog 1
(27,837 posts)How about two more?
- Mitch McConnell, acting & looking like a turtle
- Paul Ryan, acting & looking like Eddie Munster
March 4th
(80 posts)But I'm a bit confused: are you saying Mitch McConnell is not an actual turtle???
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I would watch him read the proverbial phone directory...
Mendocino
(7,498 posts)Don Cheadle
Jennifer Lawrence
Albert Finney
Julianne Moore
Tommy Lee Jones
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)Mendocino
(7,498 posts)and perhaps ever.
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)One of my all-time favorites (I've seen No Country For Old Men at least 30 times)
LP2K12
(885 posts)Robert Downey Jr.
Harrison Ford
Julia Roberts
George Clooney
Jennifer Lawrence
Honorable Mention:
Denzel Washington
Matt Damon
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)He's one of my favorites too.
Number9Dream
(1,562 posts)Harrison Ford
Meryl Streep
Robert DiNero
Denzel Washington
Monica Bellucci
FrankfurtCat
(1,213 posts)Al Pacino
Gary Oldman-a true chameleon
Jake Gyllenhaal
Joan Cusack-another chameleon
Meryl Streep
Julianne Moore
Melissa McCarthy-the funniest person alive IMO
Jason Bateman
Holmes Osborne
Mary McDonnell
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)1. Takashi Sorimachi
2.Takuya Kimura
3.Kou Shibasaki
4.Mao Inoue
5.Matsumoto Jun
6.Ishihara Satomi
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7.Ken Watanabe
8.Kazuya Kamenashi
9.Yuji Oda
10.Yukie Nakama
11.Takenouchi Yutaka
12.Ueto Aya
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Oh wait...Pat Morita died a few years ago.
But I liked him a lot.
Morita was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "The Karate Kid"
and he played Arnold on "Happy Days"
He also appeared in a few episodes of "Mash".(He was great on Mash)
(Watanabe survived stomach cancer diagnosed last year)
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)Shintaro Katsu
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)Chiaki Kuriyama as gogo Yubari
red dog 1
(27,837 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,208 posts)1.Jeff Bridges
2. Colin Firth
3. Chiwetel Ejiofor
4. Joseph Gordon Levitt
5. Samuel L. Jackson
1. Kathy Bates
2. Helen Mirren
3. Julianne Moore
4. Alfre Woodard
5. Frances McDormand
It was hard for me to narrow it down to 5. I could list many more.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Laurie Metcalf is remarkable. If you can get the Louis CK series "Horace & Pete" , episode 3 or whatever, acting clinic
There is a scene in "You've Got Mail" where they meet in a restaurant and Meg Ryan rejects Tom in a harsh way, his reaction, no words at first, acting 101.
Sometimes this guy stops me dead in my trax - John Lithgow
I wonder if his demons werent so great, would he have have been such a great actor?
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I always thought he was overrated given the repetition of material until I saw
And an argument can be made for Mr. Grodin as well
samnsara
(17,625 posts)amy adams
meryl streep
betty white
hunka hunka Chris Pines
mchill
(1,018 posts)Tom Hanks
Meryl Streep
Mark Ruffalo
Reese Witherspoon (for light-hearted stuff)
Sidney Poitier
Extras:
Kenneth Branagh
Lawrence Fishbourne (early stuff)
Bill Paxton (he just passed, though)
Frances McDormand (yes! Fargo and Olive Kitridge)
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)red dog 1
(27,837 posts)Vilis Veritas
(2,405 posts)Steve Buscemi
Danny Devito
Denzel Washington
Matthew McConaughey
Kermit The Frog
Dead and gone
Spencer Tracey
Peter Ustinov
NewDealProgressive
(98 posts)Johnny Depp
Ian McShane
Denzel Washington
Tim Roth