The Greatest Actor To Ever Live?

[paisjpq]

Nicholson...

Originally Posted by paisjpq

Nicholson...

Yeah that's my pick. I wasn't serious about Dolph Lundgren, although he has one of the greatest lines in cinema.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Yeah that's my pick. I wasn't serious about Dolph Lundgren, although he has one of the greatest lines in cinema.

Arguments can be made for others but it will fall on my deaf ears...I love nearly everything that nicholson has done...I can even forgive him for the 'Witches of Eastwick'

Originally Posted by paisjpq

Arguments can be made for others but it will fall on my deaf ears...I love nearly everything that nicholson has done...I can even forgive him for the 'Witches of Eastwick'

Very few actors could've made About Schmidt as brilliant as he did.

[Buffymommy]

OVERRATED? How can you say Tom Hanks is overrated? You smoking the wacky?

MY OPINION:

1. Tom Hanks
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Denzel Washington
4. Dustin Hoffman

[Zaf]

I like Nicholson, Deniro, Pacino, but my all time favorite is Christopher Walken.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

OVERRATED? How can you say Tom Hanks is overrated? You smoking the wacky?

MY OPINION:

1. Tom Hanks
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Denzel Washington
4. Dustin Hoffman

I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.

[Seattleallstar]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.

dont forget The Terminal

[repent]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.

ok,
but Randy that is the very reason I included him on my list.
Tom Hanks is a guy who totally redefined himself professionaly at something like the age of 37.
when Hanks was 35, he was a big name and was on the hollywood walk of fame.
yet he was a complete waste of an actor.
appeared in stupid tv shows and did really unoriginal comedic movies.
if he had retired at that point, we would remember him as a bad version of Ben Stiller.

then he makes a distinct career move and stops playing the leading role in comedies.
started with Philadelphia.
horrible movie, but he deserved all the critical acclaim that he recieved for his portrayal of human filth.
then went on to Appolo 13 with RHoward, Saving Private Ryan. The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, Catch Me if You Can, ......
he was awesome in all of those films and really defined them.
can you imagine what any of those films would be like if another actor had played his lead role?
would be like Gladiator without Russel Crowe.
this is a guy that made 2 hours of a man talking to a volleyball seem interesting.

anyway, I just think that few ppl have reinvented themselves as an actor that late in life.


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[somerfrost]

Really hard question...I don't know if it's easy to separate actors from their vehicles...good movies make good actors while good actors don't necessarily make good movies...I'll list my personal favorites rather than claim they are the "best":
Male:
1) Anthony Hopkins
2) David Boreanz
3) Richard Burton
4) Roy Dupuis
Female:
1) Sarah Michelle Gellar
2) Alyson Hannigan
3) Merryl Streep
4) Juliette Lewis

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Really hard question...I don't know if it's easy to separate actors from their vehicles...good movies make good actors while good actors don't necessarily make good movies...I'll list my personal favorites rather than claim they are the "best":
Male:
1) Anthony Hopkins
2) David Boreanz
3) Richard Burton
4) Roy Dupuis
Female:
1) Sarah Michelle Gellar
2) Alyson Hannigan
3) Merryl Streep
4) Juliette Lewis

Oh I didn't think of Anthony Hopkins. He would be in my top 10 as the best. Ya know I LOVE me some David Somer!

The best women would be (not my personal faves but who I would put towards the top:

1. Lauren Bacall
2. Helen Hunt
3. Diane Keaton
4. Rebecca Johnson (you guys may not know her now, but you will!)