Best actors and their best performances. Vote for 1 to 5 actors, there will be a count after each page

Yonyx

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The male actors you enjoy watching more, either because of the charisma they radiate or the value you place on their acting quality.

Please, write down the names of the actors and not just a photo or a gif. For the vote count, I will only count the posts with the names written (up to 5 per person).

Final tally up to post number 63:

Al Pacino
6
Arnold Schwarzenegger
6
Daniel Day-Lewis
6
Gary Oldman
5
Harrison Ford
4
Jack Nicholson
4
Robert De Niro
4
Tom Cruise
4
Jim Carrey
3
Joaquin Phoenix
3
Leonardo DiCaprio
3
Robert Shaw
3
Anthony Hopkins
2
Bruce Willis
2
Gene Wilder
2
Headth Ledger
2
Jake Gyllenhaal
2
Marlon Brando
2
Robin Williams
2
Russell Crowe
2
Sean Connery
2
Adam Sandler
1
Ben Stiller
1
Benny Safdie
1
Bryan Cranston
1
Charles Chaplin
1
Chow Yun-Fat
1
Christopher Judge
1
Christopher Walken
1
Clint Eastwood
1
Daniel Craig
1
Danny DeVito
1
Denzel Washington
1
Dom DeLuise
1
Don S. Davis
1
Dustin Hoffman
1
Ian McKellen
1
Ian McShane
1
James Stewart
1
Javier Bardem
1
John Amos
1
John Malkovich
1
Keanu Reeves
1
Kevin Spacey
1
Kurt Russell
1
Matthew McConaughey
1
Michael Biehn
1
Michael Fassbender
1
Morgan Freeman
1
Nicolas Cage
1
Owen Wilson
1
Peter Sellers
1
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
1
Ralph Fiennes
1
Ricardo Darín
1
Richard Dean Anderson
1
Ryan Gosling
1
Sam Rockwell
1
Samuel L. Jackson
1
Stephen Chow
1
Sylvester Stallone
1
Timothée Chalamet
1
Tom Hanks
1
Tom Hardy
1


Here are the actors who have better careers in my more subjective opinion, along with the performance of theirs that has impacted me the most:

Marlon Brando - "The ugly american"
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Ricardo Darín - "The secret in their eyes"
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Denzel Washington - "Cry freedom"
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Ryan Gosling - "Blue Valentine"
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Joaquin Phoenix - "We own the night"
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Honorable mention (does not count):
Edward Norton
 
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I'll throw out some of my favorite and then some odd ball performances I just love.

First, the G.O.A.T., Arnold Schwarzeneggar, my all time fav actor and this role was one only he could do. Lots of guys try to be the silent killer type but Arnie CRUSHES it!
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Followed closely by Sylvester Stallone, specifically in Rambo First Blood pt 2, where his final act rage against Murdock and the Vietnam War in general is so poignant
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Then there is Clint Eastwood, who capped off decades of Westerns with what I consider to be the ultimate summation of his brand of renegade in Unforgiven

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It's a shame that he seems almost totally forgotten here, but I'll be damned if there is any talk of great actors without Chow Yun Fat and Hard Boiled. 45 doves salute!
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And I'm just weird sometimes but I really really loved John Amos as Colonel Grant in Die Hard 2. I know he's second fiddle to Sadlers villain but that heel turn he makes just blew me away as a kid and I love the chemistry he had with McClaine. Grew up watching Amos on TV so this film role was a treat.
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Gary Oldman - What an incredible array of characters this guy has played. The master of disguises.
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Kevin Spacey - Maybe a controversial choice but I can't ignore that so many of my favourite performances are by him.
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Timothee Chalamet - Probably the most talented young actor out there at the moment. No doubt there's a very long and successful career ahead of this one.
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Tom Cruise - Not really an actor I watch and think "Fuck, this guy can act", but his passion for the industry is infectious and his movies are just so much damn fun.
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Harrison Ford - There's no way I can look past the face of my favourite hero. Not even Disney can destroy my love for these movies.
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Jim Carrey - Liar Liar, The Mask, Ace Ventura

Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler, Prisoners

Robin Williams - Mrs Doubtfire, Flubber

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight, 10 things i hate about you

Bruce Willis - Die Hard, The Fifth Element
 
Arnold Schwarzeneggar - Predator

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Keanu Reeves - Point Break

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Tom Cruise - Mission Impossible Series

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Robert Shaw - Jaws

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Daniel Craig - Casino Royale

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Brad Pitt - Fight Club

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I could pick so many more.

1. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
2. Robert Shaw - Jaws
3. Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
4. Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
5. Mathew McConaughey - The Dallas Buyers Club
 
Kevin Spacey - Maybe a controversial choice but I can't ignore that so many of my favourite performances are by him.

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I gotta agree. One of my top 10 movies of all time is The Usual Suspects and it's hard to imagine the movie being so good without him. Also I don't think Netflix would be what it is today if it wasn't for the first few award winning seasons of House of Cards. It was like the first streaming series to be taken seriously by critics.

Also FFS can someone vote for Benicio Del Toro in Sicario. I'm out of votes.

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And and and Javier Bardem - Old Country for Old Men

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This group of actors have brought to life amazing stories on screen:

1. James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life (George Bailey)


2. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter (Michael Vronsky)


3. Tom Hanks - Cast Away (Chuck Nolan)


4. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (Randle Patrick McMurphy)


5. Dustin Hoffman - Little Big Man (Jack Crabb)
 
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Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Leo DiCaprio - Basketball Diaries
Al Pacino - Heat
Kurt Russell - Big Trouble In Little China
Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
 
I'm impressed by the actors that even though I recognize them, I forget about their celebrity and just see the character on screen. For that criteria, these guys come to mind:

Tom Hardy

Jake Gyllenhaal

Javier Bardem

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Newer guy: Benny Safdie. I've seen him in Good Time, The Curse, and Oppenheimer and the dude disappears into those wildly different roles.
 
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I'm impressed by the actors that even though I recognize them, I forget about their celebrity and just see the character on screen.

Jake Gyllenhaal
I can rewatch Donnie Darko and Day After Tomorrow endlessly, but if I catch Nightcrawler or Southpaw on TV I still just see the same guy. The same goes for Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hardy (when he is not using voice modulators and wearing face masks) in every role.
 
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I can rewatch Donnie Darko and Day After Tomorrow endlessly, but if I catch Nightcrawler or Southpaw on TV I still just see the same guy. The same goes for Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hardy (when he is not using voice modulators and wearing face masks) in every role.
Your opinion's alright by me. For me it was these roles that showed range and immersion:

Tom Hardy in The Revenant / The Drop / Batman / Mad Max / Peaky Blinders
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia / Along Came Polly / The Master / Mission Impossible: 3.
Jake Gigglyballs: Prisoners / Donnie Darko / Nightcrawler / Nocturnal Animals
 
At this moment I have time, so I will do the first count now.

Vote counting up to post number 34:
Daniel Day-Lewis
4
Al Pacino
3
Arnold Schwarzenegger
3
Harrison Ford
3
Tom Cruise
3
Bruce Willis
2
Gary Oldman
2
Headth Ledger
2
Jack Nicholson
2
Jake Gyllenhaal
2
Leonardo DiCaprio
2
Marlon Brando
2
Robert De Niro
2
Robert Shaw
2
Robin Williams
2
Sean Connery
2
Benny Safdie
1
Bryan Cranston
1
Chow Yun-Fat
1
Christopher Walken
1
Clint Eastwood
1
Daniel Craig
1
Danny DeVito
1
Denzel Washington
1
Dustin Hoffman
1
Ian McShane
1
James Stewart
1
Javier Bardem
1
Jim Carrey
1
Joaquin Phoenix
1
John Amos
1
Keanu Reeves
1
Kevin Spacey
1
Kurt Russell
1
Matthew McConaughey
1
Michael Biehn
1
Michael Fassbender
1
Morgan Freeman
1
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
1
Ricardo Darín
1
Ryan Gosling
1
Samuel L. Jackson
1
Sylvester Stallone
1
Timothée Chalamet
1
Tom Hanks
1
Tom Hardy
1
 
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Nicolas Kim Coppola, known by his stage name Nicolas Cage

Best performance: The Rock (1996)

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Ralph Fiennes - Schindler List (and special mention for Strange Days)
Al Pacino - Glengarry Glenn Ross
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Gary Oldman - doesn't have a pivotal role but he has been the best thing in several movies
Russell Crowe - Gladiator

Special mentions
Robert Carlysle - Begbie to Gaz
Terence Stamp - The Limey
Steve Buscemi - consumate character actor
Denzel Wahington - Man on Fire and so much more
Leslie Nielsen - the fucking Goat comedy actor.
And I know I am forgetting some that might be in my top 5
 
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Leonardo DiCaprio is as close as you can get to a guarantee of a good film. Plus there's the rarity value - only four movies in the last 10 years. He's an old-school movie star in the Marlon Brando mode. Best role for me was Wolf of Wall Street.
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Stephen Chow - saw him first in Shaolin Soccer, which is just amazing. Then Kung Fu Hustle, in probably his best role, and have since sought out various Hong Kong imports that play at postage stamp size in the middle of my TV screen. A really watchable action-comedy actor, like Jackie Chan but much funnier and without the Hollywood embarrassments.
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Robert De Niro - it helps that he's also in a load of genuinely excellent films, but I really like the Meet The Parents trilogy. It's dumb, and he's playing a caricature of himself that's possibly damaging to his legacy, but the guy didn't object to having his wrinkles blurred out while delivering an old-man-with-hip-replacement beatdown in The Irishman. So he probaby doesn't care.
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Richard Dean Anderson - Stargate, MacGyver
Don S. Davis - Stargate, A league of their own, twin peaks, the fan
Christopher Judge - Stargate, God of War
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones et al
Dom DeLuise- Stargate, Cannon ball run et al
 
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Jim Carrey - One of the best comedians of all time.

Peter Sellers - Great in everything.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Best action star of all time.

Al Pacino - Godfather...

Gene Wilder - I Love him in everything.


So many others, but i think this 5 will do.
 
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