What?! No Robin Williams!? Heh, heh...

I'll have to give some thought to this from any opinion I'd have. "Will Ferrell?" See... now I would've left him off my list. Not because he isn't funny, mind you. I just don't think he's as 'seasoned' as a serious actor. My list would look back a few score earlier to include actors like JIMMY STEWART and SPENCER TRACEY too! Ahh, yes, but beauty...as in craftmanship...is in the eye of the beholder.

 

Jimmy Stewart is pretty good, I agree, unfortunately I have only seen a few of his movies..Spencer Tracy, not a single one. 

 

Not a single one? See spencer tracy in GUESS WHS COMMING TO DINNER with kathryn hepburn...its his last role b4 he died and he died 2 days after filming wrapped. When you watch it realize they had to film all of his close ups and all his lines first because he wasnt sure how long hed be alive so when you see him on screen alone in that movie he is acting to noone...without the other actor there. Its a brilliant movie for ANY time and ANY person its just a brilliant story and brilliantly acted. The daughter in it dont know her name is said to be hepburns cousin but in actual fact was hepburns and tracys illigitimate daughter. Not many people know, i met a producer in LA from old old hollywood who said its absolutely true and they managed to keep it out of the papers. Also sidney poitier...brilliant. Kathryn Houghton is the daughters name i just remembered. Peace love and movie magic* Winterain*
 

Spencer Tracy is awesome... his kind of acting is no longer around well george clooney tries to enmulate it but he strill trying... you ought to see him with catherine hepburn...they are quit a pair...
 

Also Del Toro was great in "Traffic"
 

Kevin Bacon might just be the most underrated actor ever..he's great in every movie.
 

Jodie Foster, good choice...Kidman, love her movies..Frances McDorman, whatever roles she takes, she's great, "Fargo" was great...Monroe, I finally seen some of her work..great performance in "Dont Bother to Knock"
 

1.meryl streep

2.katharine hepburn

3.tom hanks

4.river pheonix

5.dustin hoffman

6.johnny depp

7.ed norton

8.bette davis

9.vivian leigh

 

1.johnny depp

2.olivia dehavilland

3.meryl streep

4.joaquin pheonix

5.joan crawford

6.dustin hoffman

7.shia lebuff

8.katharine hepburn

9.steve carell

10.edward norton

 

River Phoenix was great in "Stand By Me", his bro Joaquin is carrying his legacy...Dustin Hoffman is in so many movies, I enjoy all his performances.
 

Peter O'Toole scares me, but his presence in every movie is so strong..you listen to all his words.
 

I only posted one list (no neccessarily in order) because my favourite is the same as the best list.  Why would your favourite actors be anyone other than who you feel is the best?

 

Robert Deniro

Meryl Streep

Edward Norton

Kevin Spacey

Marlon Brando

Robin Williams

Dustin Hoffman

Haley Joel Osment

Tom Hanks

Russell Crowe

 

Easily "The Best" list can differ from "Your Favourites"....

You can appreciate and give due credit to something you think is created particularly well or the best. You know, admire the story, direction, cinematography, acting, or all of those things.....but "your favourite" doesnt necessarily have to be crafted well, it can just be a movie that warms your heart for whatever reason, that you can relate to or are entertained by EVERY time you watch it...it could be a movie that first got you into loving movies...a lot of the times your true choice can be embarrassing!....

For example one of the "great movies" i think has been made is Gone with the Wind....what struck me deeply (and surprisingly) was the incredible complexity and intensity of the characters, the unexpected dialogue and witty subtext, the epic nature of the story, but i only saw it once and am not really interested in seeing it again anytime soon but was truly impressed by the film making itself and will never forget it....

But one of my "favourite movies" is.... shit i just realized you were talking about actors....well same thing applies i guess...one of the greats is certainly Marlin Brando and i appreciate his intensity, his presence and understanding and brilliant execution of his craft but he annoys the crap out of me.

Nicholas Cage is so over the top and is has been known to give some lame and laboured performances and some truly great ones. I can see how he can be very 2 dimensional and wishywashy but i find him fascinating and will see everything he does...Confessions of a movie junkie (with a little too much time on her hands at the moment).......um thanks xxx
 

I had to change my list as I made the last one too quickly...Here, again in no particular order...

 

Bette Davis

Jean Reno

Robert Deniro

Benicio Del Toro

Kevin Spacey

Edward Norton

Meryl Streep

Robin Williams

Tom Hanks

Dustin Hoffman

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Marlon Brando

 

Robin Williams, when he gets a serious part in a movie, he is soo convincing, its scary.
 

...AND Colm Feore
...AND Bruce Greenwood
...AND Christopher Plummer

All underrated Canadian actors who I hope to work with some day. THey are amazing. Colm...I remember seeing you onstage in Stratford when I was a teen and have wanted to work with you since.
 

...AND Colm Feore
...AND Bruce Greenwood
...AND Christopher Plummer

All underrated Canadian actors who I hope to work with some day. THey are amazing. Colm...I remember seeing you onstage in Stratford when I was a teen and have wanted to work with you since.
 

Where's Jimmy Cagney. He truly was the most versatile in his time. Hell...there are none that can cut a rug like he used to NOW either. John Garfield was a GREAT. I truly believe Michael Keaton is under rated too. He is an extremely talented Actor. Jimmy Costello is an extremely talented Actor as well. He isn't on the Map yet...but you may remember him as Wise Guy  "Tony Bones"  in "Walker Texas Ranger" and he can be seen in the recently released "The Prodigy." www.theprodigymovie.com He plays "Leon Carter" in that one. He also just booked the part as Mob Boss "Jimmy Dannuci" in Vince DeNiro's upcoming Action/Horror Film "GOD of the Dead" He will co-star with TOM SAVINI. Okay...I am Jimmy Costello. Ha! What can I say...there is NO HUMBLE way to Market myself. ")

 

I feel like I dont watch enough movies, well at least older movies..I wonder, how come, Christopher Walken is not in anyone's list?
 

I know everyone on your list but have no idea who Julie Waters is.
 

oh, I forgot about Edward Norton, he's definitely one of the best actor of my generation.
 

Although I think your list has merit, you're missing some of the best actors of all time. How 'bout Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, or Spencer Tracy? What about Katherine Hepbern, Bette Davis, or Ingrid Bergman? Where would they rank on your lists?
 

Oh yeah I forgot Jimmy Stewart!  How could I?!
 

And again, I'm not too familiar with older movies, but slowly I'm catching up...but I know all those actors/actress' work, except Tracy.
 

Good question!  Thanks for picking my brain!

Possible all-time great actors.  Not necessarily my favourites:

1. Marlon Brando

2. Al Pacino

3. Jack Nicholson

4. Spencer Tracy

5. Meryl Streep

6. Olivia De Havilland

7. Tom Hanks

8. Morgan Freeman

9. Robert De Niro

10. Dustin Hoffman

My all time favourites:

1. Lon Chaney (best actor EVER in my humble opinion)

2. Jack Nicholson

3. Rita Hayworth

4. Cary Grant

5. Al Pacino

6.Steve McQueen

7. Joaquin Phoenix

8. Vivien Leigh

9. James Cagney

10. Nicole Kidman

I wanted to add a few more like : Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Wells & Joan Crawford....etc

 

i love your list, it just needs more paul newman


 

Crickey!  And I forgot Kevin Spacey & Sean Pean...I need to go to bed.  I'm a little hung over & not thinking straight.  lol!!
 

See!  I can't spell tonight either..oh my goodness...it's Sean Penn not Sean Pean.  Forgive me.  I'm not usually this dizzy!
 

This is a good list.....here is my list in no particular order

Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Vincent Price, Robert DeNiro, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood

Actresses:

Barbara Stanwyck, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Kate Winslet, Anne Bancroft, Jane Fonda, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Holly Hunter
 

Okay, I agree with JackNicholson, Robert DeNiro, Duston Hoffman - Maybe Tom Hanks. But Not So Much The Others. (for Best Actor Of All Time) I dont agree with Your Female Choices Though. And I Cant Say Anything About Your Actual Favorites, Because Everybody Has An Opinion.

 

ah its so nice to see some Katharine Hepburn lovin here!
 

my favorites are:

1.Robert DeNiro

2.Al Pacino

3.Jack Nicholson

4.Tom Hanks

5.Dustin Hoffman or Marlon Brando

6.Meryl Streep

7.Charlize Theron

8.Catherine Zeta-Jones

9.Barbra Streisand

10.Nicole Kidman

 

My favorites/ones I think are the best (and I can't limit them to just 10)

1 Meryl Streep
2 Audrey Hepburn
3 Katherine Hepburn
4 Cary Grant
5 Robin Williams
6 Helena Bonham-Carter
7 Sandra Bullock
8 Jimmy Stewart
9 Robert Redford
10 Jack Nicholson
11 Dustin Hoffman
12 Tom Hanks
13 Ashley Judd

 

Bests, No particular order:

Joaquin Phoenix (he is AMAZING)

Kirsten Dunst

Paul Newman

Natalie Wood

James Dean

Charlie Chaplin

James Garner

Katharine Ross

Lauren Bacall

Buster Keaton

Greg Kinnear

(that's actually 11, but oh well)



Favorites, No particular order:

Annette Funicello

Frankie Avalon

Marilyn Monroe

Kirsten Dunst

Joaquin Phoenix

Tobey Maguire

Carol Burnett

Dame Judy Dench

Michael J. Fox

Elizabeth Hurley
 

i hate to be mean but this is one of the worst lists ive ever seen
lets analyze
Top 10 best actor/actress of all-time



1.) Jack Nicholson ok in the 70s he was great

2.) Meryl Streep good but way overrated

3.) Dustin Hoffman great for decades mediocre now

4.) Tom Hanks AWFUL EVIL....some good performances but so annoying

5.) Robert Deniro VERY talented by no Pacino

6.) Natalie Portman hot cute adorable loveable

7.) Haly Joe Osment what the mother fuck...some lil kid are you joking....anyway christian bale was 1,000,000 times better child actor than this annoying shit

8.) Russell Crowe no comment can be good

9.) Michael Douglas ok no you must be joking...this guy must be one of the worst actors in the business....without his dad he would never got through a single audition....get a grip

10.) Johnny Depp pretty damn talented but kinda annoying....some classics though







Top 10 Favorite actor/actress of all-time



1.) Charlize Theron ok pretty good and bold

2.) Mike Myers WHAT most annoying comic around

3.) Naomi Watts 100% agree hot talented and bold

4.) Ben Stiller WHAT THE MUTHERFUK this guy is talentless and annoying....down there with ben affleck and vince vaughn

5.) Jim Carrey ok even worse....annnoying....except SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS and as Andy Kaufmann can be good when directed...as himself is horrendous

6.) Harrison Ford hasnt madea decent movie since the Fugitive...was cool in the 80s

7.) Will Ferrell OUCH this guy is the worst....onnly thing worse is Dane Cook....anybody who has ot get naked in each of his films has no talent

8.) Nicole Kidman overrated and pretentious

9.) Jennifer Connelly self righteous hack...absoltely horrible in blood diamond

10.) Tom Cruise are you fing kidding again.....magnolia yes.....everything else piss off

you have left off just about evey talented actor from the past 100 years....i sincerlely hope you are kidding with these lists....sorry ot be a prick but....
 

I agree that your list is really bad and seems not to be thought out or well informed at all.. i mean i understand different tastes but are you kidding...?? Think about it!!! You might be a cinema enthusiast but you need to stop watching movies while smoking crack...no offence. :)

TOP TEN FEMALES

1. Meryl Streep-
To the person above me you obviously have seen none of her movies...certainly not overated..i understand it can be a matter of taste but she is undeniably a true inhabitant of her characters..
2. Cate Blanchett
3. Kate Winslet
4. Vivienne Leigh
5. Kathryn Hepburn
6. Julliane Moore
7. Toni Collette
8. Dakota Fanning (no matter how annoying)
9. Judy Davis
10. Ellen Burstyn


TOP TEN MOST INTERESTING FEMALES

1. Christina Ricci
2. Felicity Huffman
3. Cameron Diaz
4. Francis Mcdormand
5. Chloe Seveigny
6. Francis O`connor
7. Jennifer Aniston
8. Zooey Deschanel
9. Uma Thurman
10. Rose Byrne


TOP TEN MALES

1. Daniel Day Lewis
2. De Neiro (have to say it.. Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Awakenings, Casino, Cape fear, Goodfellas, The King of Comedy, The Untouchables, Godfather, Deer Hunter, Mean Streets, HE SHITS ON AL PACINO SERIOUSLY IF YOU WANNA RAISE THAT ARGUMENT)
3. Jack Nicholson (i mean...The Shining, One Flew Over, The Joker in Batman, The Postman always rings twice, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Afew Good Men, Terms of Endearment)
4. Steve McQueen
5. Leonardo DiCaprio
6. Hugo Weaving
7. Sean Penn (when he won the oscar, he got a standing ovation from the audience because hes always been one of the greats and the bias and somewhat cowardly "academy" finally recognized it.)
8.Humphrey Bogart
9. Haley Joel Osment (no matter how annoying, credit where its due, his emotional range is extrodinary)
10. Ian Mc Kellen (Gods and Monsters, Richard iii, Rasputin, Restoration, Jack and Sarah, And the Band Played on, Six Degrees of Seperation, Lord of the Rings....list goes on.)



10 MOST INTERESTING ACTORS

1. William H Macy
2. Robert Downey Junior (could be in the top 10..inhabits the character)
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman
4. Billy Crudup
5. Joaquin Phoenix
6. Jim Carrey (amazing to see him grow as an actor, The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine.., The Majestic, Man on the Moon, Number 23, he deserves to be on this list!)
7. Johnny Depp
8. James Dean (East of Edan, Rebel Without a Cause..)
9. Jake Gyllenhal
10. Matt Damon (think about it most of his characters hes playing duel roles, Bourne identity, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Departed, Oceans..., Wrote and starred in Good will Hunting, hes good and is getting better i think.)

Thanks for letting me vent xxxx
 

Nice list Winterain...

Here's my updated list...

Top 15 Actors (in no particular order)

Actors:
Sean Penn
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Deniro
James Stewart
James Dean
Jack Lemmon
Marlon Brando
Peter Sellers
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Benicio Del Toro
Peter Lorre
Ken Watanabe
Humphrey Bogart
Leonardo DiCaprio

Actresses:
Bette Davis
Gong Li
Judy Dench
Toni Collette
Meryl Streep
Natalie Wood
Katharine Hepburn
Julianne Moore
Annette Benning
Kate Winslet
Anne Bancroft
Frances McDormand
Marilyn Monroe
Scarlett Johansson
Cate Blanchet


Top Directors
Billy Wilder
Stanley Kubrick
David Fincher
Martin Scorcese
Frank Capra
Alfred Hitchcock
Fritz Lang
Francis Ford Coppola
Akira Kurosawa
Coen Brothers
Mike Nichols
Alphonso Cuaron
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Chanwook Park
Takashi Miike
 

How's about Jennifer Jason Leigh? Sean Penn?
 

I don't get Natalie Portman or Michael Douglas being on there.

Kate Winslet would have to be my number 1 on all time - what a body of work and she's only 30.

Come on people - go see her movies! -

Judy Davis should be on there.

You've got to see Kate's movies maybe 2-3 times to really finally get her acting skills - way ahead of the rest of the pack.
 

<h1>How about Eugene Levy.....Best of Show, Waiting for Guffman, Splash. The guy is great and on nobody's list??????
 

Haly Joel osment,Michael Douglas?Dude, are you kidding?HJO has only had 2 to 3 films where he was doing what could even called acting.The rest of his "work" is just him being a kid extra. MD's best work has been as a producer.His acting is so-so at BEST.And Natalie Portman?How about Natilie Wood,Diane Keaton,Faye dunaway, or Goldie Hawn even?And Tom Hanks(THE MOST OVERATED ACTOR EVER).The only people on your list that should be moved up are Depp(should be 1,and Dinero 2).Sorry but I have to call shenanigans on your list.
Ydnar