Best Current Actor

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2008
    Keiko wrote: »
    It's just an opinion Bob. ;)

    I know, just debating, not saying you can't have your opinion. :)
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited September 2008
    Hard to beat Pacino in Scarface
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited September 2008
    I think that you have to look at actors that are consistently convincing in a variety of roles. Depp and Spacey are my two picks.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited September 2008
    I'm down with Morgan Freeman. What an amazing actor. & Tom Hanks has to get props as well. He has amazing range and flexibility as an actor and has been excellent for a long time.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    WTF??????

    It is:

    John Wayne and/or Jimmy Stewart

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2008
    John Wayne! The guy was iconic, but hardly a good actor.

    Jimmy Stewart was great though.

    However, the thread title is "Best current actor" not "of all time." Otherwise this thread would be Brando, Paul Newman, maybe some Bogey thrown in there.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    gotcha, BoB.

    Then its Newman or is he dead too...........anyway, I am sticking with the old guys.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited September 2008
    Nobody has mentioned Russel Crowe? I mean, in his personal life, he's a bit of an arrogant jackass at times but if you want to REALLY see what he is capable of, watch Gladiator then watch Master and Commander.


    Another one that I think gets over looked is Ron Livingston of Office Space fame. But go check out his IMDB page and see how much stuff he is actually in. Sometimes I think he just chose a bad role for himself. Not that he doesn't do good with it just that the role doesn't get him the exposure he deserves.

    The thing about Ron is that so often in his roles, I forget he's even in them. He becomes the character so well that he's more of a plot device instead of a character that the movie is about. I think that is what makes Tom Hanks so good too. I'm never really watching Tom Hanks playing playing Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War. I'm watching a movie about Charlie Wilson and nothing about his performance clues me in that it's Tom Hanks playing the part. Even in a bad movie like The Ladykillers or a good movie like Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks is a name in the credits not a dude playing a character in a movie.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited September 2008
    Very good points, and you are right, Russell Crowe has done some really good work and we probably forget about him since he has been out of the spotlight for a couple of years. I thought he was brilliant in the Outsider as well as M&C and Gladiator.

    Ron Livingston is probably under-rated too because he so often kind of slips under the radar. He was great in Band of Brothers (hell, everyone was, but he really made an impression in that).

    I've never seen Hanks be bad or even seem mis-cast in a role, much to his credit. I would like to seem him play someone really nasty (even in Road to Perdition he seemed kind of like a nice guy). But of course then maybe he would come off as miss-cast. Fine actor though and seems like a good human being...not sure that can be said of all of the others mentioned above.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    Crowe was good in that fight movie with Zellwiger.

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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2008
    Denzel Washington Great movie after great movie


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2008
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    Crowe was good in that fight movie with Zellwiger.

    RT1

    Cinderella Man. Fantastic movie, and he was really good in it.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited September 2008
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a great character in most anything he's in.

    I gotta echo this sentiment as well. Hoffman, the dude is so good every character he touches turns to gold. He just has a laundry list of excellent roles. Whether it's a leading role or a supporting role, he approaches it the same every time. From "Dusty" in "Twister" to the lead role of "Truman Capote" in "Capote" to "Gust Avrakotos" in "Charlie Wilson' War", he is a master of his craft.

    Very much like Johnny Depp, there are not many roles that he hasn't brought a higher level of competency too and I can't imagine any one else playing the part. Hell, he was so good in "Charlie Wilson's War" I didn't even realize it was him until halfway through the movie!
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited September 2008
    Will Smith
    Burt Reynolds
    John Cusack
    Christian Bale
    George Clooney
    Robert De Niro
    Al Pacino
    Robin Williams
    Cuba Gooding Jr
    Nicolas Cage
    Are you frikkin' kidding me? I like a couple guys on that list (Will Smith is one of my favorite actors), but no way any of them even belongs in the "Best Actor" discussion.

    Hell, there's lots of roles that I really liked (Matt Daman in the Bourne movies, Val Kilmer in the Saint, etc) but they sure as hell don't go on the "Best Actor" list.

    Jeezus, why don't we just go ahead and add Brad Pitt, Matt Daman and Ben Afleck on there as well...did I miss anyone, or would that complete the list???
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited January 2010
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Snow Dogs has forever cemented Gooding as a god among thespians.

    I never knew if that was serious or not until last week.

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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited January 2010
    Morgan Freeman
    DiCaprio

    Almost all of those listed above except Cusack and Norton.

    Favorite actress - Sandra Bullock
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited January 2010
    Meryl Streep for actress and Johnny Depp for actor...

    All time favorite??? Sir Anthony Hopkins
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited January 2010
    Hah, I was just about to comment on some of the picks on the list, until I read post #54 and realized i'd already done that :D

    Also I'm kind of an a$$hole sometimes...





    But seriously, CHRISTIAN BALE!!!???
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,065
    edited January 2010
    Bill Murry - has come a long way in non-comedy roles since CAddyshack and Stripes
    Clint Eastwood - has remained iconic and never really "sold out" over the years like many other actors.
    Bruce Willis - just a great actor
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited January 2010
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Bruce Willis - just a great actor
    Yippy Kay Yay motherfu...:D

    That is about the only line I remember him ever speaking in a movie.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2010
    Hands down, it's gotta be.....






















    John Cenna:p
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  • ozzy21236
    ozzy21236 Posts: 100
    edited January 2010
    Tom Hanks
    Kevin Spacey
    Johnny Depp

    All three terrific actors.

    I'd also like to throw some props to:
    William H. Macy
    Robert Downey Jr.
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Steve Buscemi
    Ben Kingsley

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  • RCFGuitars
    RCFGuitars Posts: 159
    edited January 2010
    I think Gary Oldman is great, but the best current actor out there has to be Daniel Day-Lewis. Look at all the Oscar nominated/winning perfomances.
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  • woodhead 2
    woodhead 2 Posts: 367
    edited January 2010
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited January 2010
    He's got some growing to do, but i'm pretty impressed with Michael C. Hall. Especially for a "tv actor."
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  • Huck344
    Huck344 Posts: 453
    edited February 2010
    Jack Nicholson
    Sean Penn
    Russell Crowe
    Denzel Washington
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited February 2010
    Huck344 wrote: »
    Jack Nicholson
    very good but one dimentional
    Huck344 wrote: »
    Sean Penn
    he should move to Venezuela
    Huck344 wrote: »
    Russell Crowe
    to full of himself and also one dimentional
    Huck344 wrote: »
    Denzel Washington
    Good choice and very much overlooked
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2010
    HAHA, I love how you call two guys one dimensional but praise Denzel. Denzel can play one character - Denzel. He plays it really well, but the guy defines one dimensional.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2010
    Sorry... but I gotta agree. I know there's all this love for Denzel, but the man has **** for an acting range. I may pay ya Training Day, but even then... I only think his performance was so noted because he managed to step away from his "Denzel persona". In retrospect, was that performance even that good? Or were we just shocked to see him playing something other that what he's always brought to the table.

    There's a difference between a charismatic celebrity and an excellent actor. I still stand behind my picks of Gary Oldman and Daniel Day-Lewis. Neither actor ever seems to play the same role twice. Sean Pean can suck it when it comes to method acting, as those two are light years ahead of him.
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  • anton.chigurh
    anton.chigurh Posts: 239
    edited February 2010
    Pauly Shore....can't believe nobody mentioned him yet?
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