Best Living Actor Poll

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Who is the best living male actor?

36 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Al Pacino
	0 (0%)
	Anthony Hopkins
	7 (19%)
	Daniel Day-Lewis
	6 (17%)
	Denzel Washington
	2 (6%)
	Jeremy Irons
	1 (3%)
	Leonardo DeCaprio
	1 (3%)
	Robert Redford
	3 (8%)
	Sean Penn
	2 (6%)
	Robert DeNiro
	4 (11%)
	OTHER
	10 (28%)
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[Still Sensible]

1. Tom Hanks n/t

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3. Yeah, I wish there were more than 9 slots.

He's awesome. I picked people with a lot of awards.

[True Dough]

15. That would be my suggestion

as well.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. +1 nt

[FarPoint]

2. My pic....

Russell Crowe

[hlthe2b]

4. No Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Jeff Bridges, Morgan Freeman, Harrison Ford,

George Clooney, or my own personal fav, Tom Hanks?

[cilla4progress]

5. Clooney will be receiving a Kennedy Center Honor this year -

Wednesday evening on CBS!

If you've never watched, you will wish you had!

[TexasBushwhacker]

39. Jeff Bridges is my fave

[underpants]

6. Hopkins wrote a looong praising letter to Brian Cranston

Redford is retired as is Daniel Day Lewis.

Garry Oldman is way up there too.

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10. Old and retired, but still living.

Brian Cranston is great. He may not be as widely known as some of the others.

I think some of the all time best actors (Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Lawrence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman) are gone.

And there are some greats that didn't make the list: Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman

And I didn't include adorable but not necessarily elite actors: Brad Pitt, George Clooney

[panader0]

40. Robert Mitchum.

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41. ...

[Jaydog]

7. Jack Nicholson

[Butterflylady]

8. Definitely, Deniro.

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11. Did you know DeNiro and Scorcese have been friends since childhood?

I came across a picture of them about 7-8 years old.

[IcyPeas]

28. Ummm... this is a famous historic photo of 2 boys from the Gorbals from 1948....

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/iconic-image-glasgow-goes-under-hammer-1401582

“The Gorbals”, a stark black- and-white photograph, was taken by Hardy in 1948, a time when thousands of families were living in squalid tenement blocks.

The image captures two young boys in tatty clothing playing in a street in the area to the south of the River Clyde, surrounded by the dilapidated, overcrowded housing stock.

Hardy had been sent to Glasgow by his employers, the Picture Post, a prominent photo-journalistic magazine which ran from 1938 to 1957, echoing the tone and content of Life, the long-running US publication.

Intrigued by the Gorbals’ unwanted reputation as being among the worst slums in all of Europe, the London-born photographer captured the decay, but also something of the city’s spirit – the youngsters in his frame are walking arm in arm along the long demolished Clelland Street, wearing cheery smiles.

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29. Wow I saw it misidentified as these two.

However I do believe that they have been friends for years.

[IcyPeas]

32. I wasn't sure if you were just being funny. (Because it was kinda funny)

But just in case I wanted to post the article about the photo.

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35. It is kind of funny.

But I wasn't trying.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. Voted for DeNiro, but really, too many great ones to name.

Hoffman? Maybe the best in the breadth of roles that he played. Then you have O'Toole, Burton, and many other British actors....and what about women? Meryl Streep, Helen Miriam, Taylor,?

Just too many great actors to make this poll viable.

On edit" sorry, reread and saw it was limited to living and male.

[El Supremo]

12. Why not Robert Duvall?

So many movies. Many very good.

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14. I agree, he's great.

Haven't seen much of him lately, but I think he is one of the best.

[Tetrachloride]

13. SRK. Shah Rukh Khan

[True Dough]

16. Good poll, milestogo

I know you were asking the question in the sense of most skilled or convincing answer, but it made me wonder who is the highest grossing actor of all time? Whose movies made the most money in a career.

I don't believe I've ever heard that so I Googled it. Any guesses who that might be? Answer below...









































Harrison Ford!

As Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, and numerous other action heroes, Ford has made it abundantly clear that he is not an action hero to be trifled with. He has even crossed several of the actors on this list throughout the course of his career. However, Ford’s first major role – the one that catapulted him to stardom – is the one that has officially made him the highest grossing actor of all time: intergalactic badass, smuggler, and all around nerf herder Han Solo from the Star Wars saga.

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/10-Highest-Grossing-Actors-All-Time-104717.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Box%20Office%20Mojo,Jackson%20to%20get%20there.

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18. That makes sense!

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He's a very good actor, and I love watching him. But I don't think of him as an elite actor.

Tom Cruise is a very good actor, for certain kinds of roles.

The British trained actors are really amazing... Daniel Day Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Kenneth Branagh, Liam Neeson... I watch their films to see the performance as much as anything else.

[True Dough]

23. Tom Cruise

would have been my guess for highest grossing actor, but he hasn't been able to surpass Harrison Ford. Actually, he's #6 on that list I linked. But I he'll surely move into the top 5 before too long.

[BlueTsunami2018]

17. DeCaprio is amazingly talented.

Probably the best of his generation.

But it’s really hard to define under these circumstances. Who was better in their prime? Pacino or DeNiro?

I mean, Robert Blake is still alive, his acting skills were off the chart.

It’s very subjective.

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19. DeCaprio is good at everything...

Every kind of role, and he proved it with The Revenant.

Kevin Spacey is also an amazing actor - one of the best. But I can't even watch him any more. Its a shame he turned out to be lecherous.

[ENO in 2024]

20. Lots of good actors

Hackman, Adam Driver, .so many cool dudes. Jeff Bridges!

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21. And lets not forget Johnny Depp

Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Willem Dafoe, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Keaton...

And one of my favorites: Billy Bob Thornton

[First Speaker]

22. My vote would go to Jeff Bridges

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24. The Big Lebowski

DUDE!

[Cracklin Charlie]

25. I like that British guy.

I think his name is Colin Firth. I think he is a terrific actor.

[Coventina]

34. He's my number 2

after Ian McKellen.

[wnylib]

26. Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman

Both are versatile and portray their characters well.

[Tikki]

30. He is a stellar actor.

One of the early movies I saw Gary Oldman in was the 1987 "Prick Up Your Ears"..A Joe Orton biog.
I was captivated by the performance. I have seen many other Oldman movies. More than not his performances always shine.

Tikki

[Ohio Joe]

31. Other - Walton Goggins - nt

[Coventina]

33. SIR IAN MCKELLEN!

Sorry for shouting, but I was worried no one would see this otherwise.

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36. Agreed.

[Upthevibe]

37. milestogo.........

Great poll!

I picked Robert De Niro but on another day I may have chosen someone else.

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38. Thanks.

I keep thinking of other great actors that might have been considered...

DeNiro is surely one of the greats, but for me Daniel Day Lewis is in a class by himself.