Who is your favorite actor?

[NikolaeVarius]

Simon pegg

 

[JulesMaximus]

I don't know, Paul Newman and Henry Fonda definitely rank high on my list though. Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro are also up there.

 

[SlitheryDee]

 

[Wanescotting]

I used to like Mel Gibson, he turned out to be a bi-polar psychopath..oh melly mel

Jack Nicholson wins by default

 

[QuantumPion]

Gary Oldman

 

[SphinxnihpS]

A Fistful of Dollars

Cool Hand Luke

Kelly's Heroes

Alien

Escape form New York

Repo Man

Red Dawn

Pretty in Pink

Wild at Heart

 

[WT]

John Malkovich
Gary Oldman
Edward Norton

 

[shortylickens]

You forgot Alpha Dog.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Christopher Walken or Nickolas Cage.

 

[reallyscrued]

You forgot Alpha Dog.

I assume you mean for Harry Dean Stanton.

Yes he did.

 

[classy]

Tom Cruise
Will Smith

 

[BurnItDwn]

Today, I will answer this question with Takashi Shimura.

 

[busydude]

No list is complete without mentioning Daniel Day-Lewis.

 

[KeithTalent]

Great post!

Recently it's been Michael Fassbender and Michelle Williams for me:

KT

 

[Schadenfreude]

Choi Min-sik
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

 

[Braznor]

Bruce Willis

 

[slayer202]

He's not the best by a long shot, but my favorite is probably Sam Rockwell

 

[sleep]

 

[BurnItDwn]

He's not the best by a long shot, but my favorite is probably Sam Rockwell

Anybody who's seen Moon should know he's a very very skilled actor.

 

[slayer202]

Anybody who's seen Moon should know he's a very very skilled actor.

Absolutely :thumbsup:

but not sure he's in the same level as guys like your pick, Shimura. But then again, Shimura had a great director and many great roles. I suppose Rockwell can hold his own against the rest. I wish he would get some better movies though

 

[BurnItDwn]

Absolutely :thumbsup:

but not sure he's in the same level as guys like your pick, Shimura. But then again, Shimura had a great director and many great roles. I suppose Rockwell can hold his own against the rest. I wish he would get some better movies though

Another favorite of mine is Clint Eastwood, even though he's really only good at playing certain roles ...

I'd also nominate Ellen Burstyn based only on her performance in Requiem For a Dream...

Other favorites include Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Humphry Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, Max Von Sydow, Henry Fonda, Ingred Bergman, Liv Ullmann, and there are many others who are "up there."

Anyhow, Rockwell is one of my favorites. He simply hasn't had time to develop a 50+ year career....

One other actor who I really like is Dominique Pinon. He's great at playing weird or quirky characters ... I especially liked him in Delicatessen...

 

[KGB]

Marlon Brando.

 

[Spikesoldier]

 

[slag]

Will Ferrell simply because he makes me laugh.

 

[Kaieye]

Toshiro Mifune