Who is your favorite actor or actress?

Demiurge
Demiurge Posts: 10,874
edited June 2006 in Music & Movies
Well, it's all in the title. Who is your favorite actor or actress, and why?

My favorite actor of all time goes to Edward Norton. I don't know what it is about his performances exactly, but I end up loving every movie he is in. I think he plays his roles so well as to make him believable as a person. Some of the movies I liked him the best in are:

Rounders
Fight Club
American History X

I'm looking forward to The Illusionist and Motherless Brooklyn the most.

Runners up would be:

Clint Eastwood
Samual L. Jackson
Brad Pitt (He's a damn good actor...)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2006
    Gary Oldham

    never plays the same role/character twice
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited June 2006
    My favorite actor hands down is Gary Oldman. I would watch him read the phone book.

    My favorite actess is Charlise Theron. She is amazingly versatile and just a great actress.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited June 2006
    Tony Hopkins
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2006
    guess i need to check my spelling:o
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2006
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Gary Oldham

    never plays the same role/character twice

    Sirius Black! ;)

    He's a hell of an actor, I agree. Leon the Professional being my favorite.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited June 2006
    .... even another ethnicity all together in True Romance
    (pimpin' aint easy ya know:D )

    Dracula

    even a dog :eek:
















    ...oh
    wrong Beethoven:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited June 2006
    Uh, can I vote for my sister? ;)

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  • bert26
    bert26 Posts: 320
    edited June 2006
    My favorite actors:

    John Wayne - because, well, he's THE DUKE, dammit.
    Johnny Depp - Versitile and believable
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    edited June 2006
    There are so many great Actors but if I had to have only one favorite

    Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Aniston.

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  • marker
    marker Posts: 1,084
    edited June 2006
    The Lynn girls, Ginger and Amber. ;):p :cool: :eek: :D:o:)
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited June 2006
    Cool thread!

    Actors:
    Cary Grant followed by a close Johnny Depp. Grant was the man! A true ladies man through and through. Two of my favorites, Talk of the Town and Charade. Outstanding acting. Depp has never tackled a job that he didn't convince me with his performance that it was totally real.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2006
    Gregory Peck
    Michael ;)
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited June 2006
    janmike wrote:
    Gregory Peck

    He was quite the actor as well. I remember my mom would make us sit down and watch all the old black and white's and get "Cultured" in the films of the past! Sure am glad she did. Don't forget James Stewart, he was up there at the top as well!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2006
    Speaking of Gregory Peck we just watched The Omen last night.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited June 2006
    Russ Crowe, don't know why, just like him
    Bruce Willis, he is just too bad **** on and off the screen (orange suit on Letterman anyone?)

    Scarlett tops my want to bone list.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2006
    Gary Oldham & Patricia Clarkson.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited June 2006
    Al Pacino
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2006
    Jack followed by Deniro, Kilmer, Hackman and Duvall

    Have to think a bit on actresses
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2006
    James Steward as well. Totally agree.

    I can easily watch "To Kill a Mockingbird" once a month.
    Other notables include The Omen, Moby Dick, On The Beach & Twelve O’clock High not to mention the westerns he did. I’m a sucker for old flicks.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2006
    Natalie Portman

    Jodie Foster

    Jack Nicholson (although not recently)

    Edward Norton in Primal Fear

    Paul Giamatti in Sideways

    Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs

    It's too hard to cite just one or two. I mean how many good movies have DeNero, Pacino, Nicholson, Eastwood, been in.

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2006
    Might as well add

    Johhny Depp for his off the wall roles like Edward Scissorhands, Benny & June, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. And he was fantastic in Pirates of the Carribean.

    Gary Oldman in The Professional among others. Benico DelToro for his many varied roles.

    Of Course how could I forget my all time favorite.

    Christopher Walken.

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2006
    Crap I can't stop

    Sean Connery as the one and only James Bond. I enjoyed the hell out of Peter Sellers especially in the first few Pink Panther movies
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited June 2006
    I like old flicks also and Humphrey Bogart is my all time favorite actor!

    Casablanca, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, All Thru the Night, The Caine Mutiny and many more....

    BTW..imho, To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the greatest films ever made!!!
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited June 2006
    Christopher Walken is great
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  • begbie
    begbie Posts: 630
    edited June 2006
    A little obscure but if your tastes goes beyond the usual supspects among Hollywood actors- than I present Tony Leung Chiu Wai (Hard Boiled, In the Mood for Love, 2046, Infernal Affairs, Hero, etc).

    Well praised from around the world-by directors to fans to even Robert Deniro !
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited June 2006
    Originally Posted by Roy Munson
    BTW..imho, To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the greatest films ever made!!!

    Totally agree. Forgot about Jack, but the post was all time favorite.
    Jack as well - I "can handle the truth."
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2006
    Oh yeah...William Hurt in "The Big Chill"
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited June 2006
    Morgan Freeman
    Sean Connery
    Samuel Jackson
    Adam Sandler:eek: :eek: :eek:

    Meryl Streep
    Jodie Foster
    Charlize Theron
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited June 2006
    Gah, can't believe no one's mentioned my fave, Paul Newman. Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid... and even in his newer movies he's great.

    Can't think of an actress at the moment, all I can think of is hot ones.... I wonder why that is....
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    I dont know if I can narrow it down to one but off the top of my head:

    Gary Oldman
    Morgan Freeman
    Brad Pitt
    Jason Statham
    Jack Nicholson

    Kate Winslet
    Kate Beckinsale
    Jennifer Aniston

    These are listed not only for acting talent but also for a "coolness" factor that makes me enjoy watching them.
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