Best actor ever

Marlon Brando for me.

Robert Pattinson

anrold szcwazeneeger

Aled Guiness I reckon. I don't think anyone has played such a wide range of parts with such conviction, for me.

Ben Stiller, so versatile

Alec*

thought stiller was a bit narrow personally

nb James Cagney.

Jeff Bridges is one of a handfull

;)

Daniel Day Lewis of the current crop.

Henry fonda was pretty good

Ben from EastEnders

of the modern ones I think Sean Penn is superb.

The entire cast of Glengarry Glen Ross

Drogba

:) STEPTOE

joe mantegna
james spader
christian bale

sean penn a very good shout canny :)

Thanks Tevez, the other Sean (Bean) is very poor imo.

Richard Harris

spacey

Jeff Bridges is a good shout, great actor.

Laurence Olivier
Marlon Brando
Steven Seagal

Phil Davis is a shocking omission, "die at the hands of the yeti" will go down in folklore.

Morgan Freeman

i've never seen daniel day-lewis be less than excellent, and usually brilliant.

No mention of De Niro or Pacino yet - shocking scenes! Paul Newman for me, Sean Penn and Russell Crowe of the modern generation.

Edward Norton

Gordon Brown

what about Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks?

You serious?

Robert Donat

mrs Dragonreckons he is up there

Has Jack Nicholson been mentioned yet?

And Clint Eastwood :0

He's up there.

anthony hopkins.

liked clint but defo too narrow

NICK CAGE MOFOS!

de niro has played some carp roles lately u c that one were he went to a shrink or the fookers dear me

hopkins is a great shout

Denzel Washington

Noah Emmerich may not be a household name, but IMO, I can't think of an actor who is better than him. I first noticed him in 'Little Children' and was completely blown away by his 'performance' (though to call it a performance is a gross injustice to how believable he made the character).

Honourable mentions for Spencer Tracy, Humprey Bogart, Chris Cooper
early Anthony Hopkins.

*Humphrey

3 for me michael cain al pacino robert diniro

daniel day lewis

HRH The Lager Khan 03 Dec 21:09
No mention of De Niro or Pacino yet - shocking scenes!


Journeyman 03 Dec 20:44
The entire cast of Glengarry Glen Ross

Pete postlethwaite

^ yep idgo with that..great actor

cant choose between

james mason
albert finney (good in everything hes in)
robert de niro
gary oldman

gary oldman a good shout

The thread title could go very close on saturday

Peter Barlow! The troubles that mans endured! An still come thru!

My top ten in approximate order.

Spacey
Norton
Hopkins
Kinski
Ganz
Pearce
Gambon
Hoffman
Bale
Depp

A bit prejudiced 'cos watched Slap Shot last night....but gotta be Paul Newman.

Tevez beat me to it but James Spader for me. His performances as Alan Shore in Boston Legal are absolutely brilliant.

Also, and nobody's mentioned him yet, Donald Sutherland is quality.

Walken (NAP)

denzel has been brillaint in all his films

Toughie, but Henry Fonda gets my vote.

donald sinden..end of fred

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LADYCAKES

Klaus Kinski did intense lunatics better than anyone, probably because he was one.

Werner Herzog tells the story of Kinski locking himself in a bathroom for more than 24 hours. By the time he came out everything in there could fit through a tennis racket, including the toilet.

John Wayne by a long way.

Richard Dreyfuss.