Top Actors.

I'm ill and bored at home, so figured I may as well try and entertain myself in the most easy manner. So let's discuss a personally top subject of mine, actors/actresses, who are the best?

For me Stephen Graham is so under rated and deserve many more plaudits for his acting. In This Is England '88 he was only on screen for about 5 minutes out of 3 hours of footage and still delivered the strongest performance. (and when alongside Joe Gilgun and Vicky McClure that's even more impressive).

I also think that Andy Serkis is an incredibly talented actor for his portrayal of Smeagle/Gollum, and his commitment to that role.

How about you?

Morgan Freeman- quality actor
Al Pacino, De Niro, Di Caprio.

Think they go without saying.

Matt Damon is decent
Clive Owen.

Rachel McAadams, I think is a good actress.

Currently I consider these to be the at the top of my list, of those still in the acting. Just males at the moment, might do a female list later on.

Choi min-sik
Tony Leung
Daniel Day Lewis
Jang Don-gun
Ryan Gosling

Get this feeling I'm missing some other name.

Dass wrote:Currently I consider these to be the at the top of my list, of those still in the acting. Just males at the moment, might do a female list later on.

Choi min-sik
Tony Leung
Daniel Day Lewis
Jang Don-gun
Ryan Gosling

Get this feeling I'm missing some other name.

Yes - Its Sum Won Gon

Robert Downey junior,
Christian Bale,
Brad Pitt,

Yes.. Stephen Graham...tour-de-force performance in This is England.

My acting heros come from a different generation to the present string. But of the present string I can isolate Billy Bob Thornton, Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Craig, Paul Bettany off the top of my head.

Daniel day lewis
gary oldman
ben kingsley
sean penn

some new actors below that deserve a mention
ryan gosling
michael fassbender
tom hardy

great screen presence rather than amazing cahmelion style ability
leonardo dicarprio
matt damon
al pachinio
robert deniro
ray winstone

Liam Neeson
John Lithgow
Sigourney Weaver
Nicole Kidman
Hugh Jackman

Dicaprio- think he's magnificent
Daniel Day Lewis- 'My Left Foot' says it all.
Pacino and DeNiro - both brilliant.

I'm a big fan of Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy and Sean Penn too.

One that has recently caught my attention also is Mark Ruffalo. Very understated, but intense. I like him a lot.

Tom Hanks.

Greatest actor of all time. End of discussion.

Some of these guys have already been mentioned
James Stewart
Kirk Douglas
Burt Lancaster
Henry Fonda
Glenn Ford
Jack Nicholas
Al Pacino
Robert DiNero
Tom Hanks
Charlton Heston
Ed Harris
Denziel Washigton
Cary Grant
Lee Marvin
Earnest Bouginne
Spencer Tracy
Alec Guiness
Ewan Mcgregor
Paul Newman
Robert Redford
Dustin Hoffman
Laurence Olivier
Sidney Poitier
Kenneth More
Anthony Hopkins
Gary Oldman
Richard Burton
Gregory Peck
Steve McQueen
Lee Marvin
Earnest Borgnine
Anthony Quinn
Gene Hackman
Marlon Brando
Nothing better else to do at 20 past 2 in the morning

5 Males/5 Females who are stand out at the moment for me.

Males

Michael Fassbender (Hunger, Shame, Fish Tank, Upcoming Prometheus)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, Drive, Lars and The Real Girl)
Tom Hardy (Bronson, Inception, Warrior, Upcoming The Dark Knight Rises)
Joseph Gordan Levitt (Brick, Inception, 50/50, 500 Days of Summer, The Lookout, Upcoming The Dark Knight Rises)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town, Upcoming Bourne Legacy)


Females

Viola Davis (Doubt, The Help)
Carey Mulligan (Drive, Shame, Never Let Me Go)
Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, Source Code, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winters Bone, The Hunger Games)
Michelle Williams (Shutter Island, Blue Valentine, My Week with Marilyn)

Joseph Gordon Levitt! Great shout

What about Gary Johnson from Team America? He upstaged the great Arec Baldwin in front of the cooperations and Big Dawg Kim Jong Il!

SharkSoul wrote:
5 Males/5 Females who are stand out at the moment for me.

Males

Michael Fassbender (Hunger, Shame, Fish Tank, Upcoming Prometheus)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, Drive, Lars and The Real Girl)
Tom Hardy (Bronson, Inception, Warrior, Upcoming The Dark Knight Rises)
Joseph Gordan Levitt (Brick, Inception, 50/50, 500 Days of Summer, The Lookout, Upcoming The Dark Knight Rises)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, The Town, Upcoming Bourne Legacy)


Females

Viola Davis (Doubt, The Help)
Carey Mulligan (Drive, Shame, Never Let Me Go)
Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, Source Code, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winters Bone, The Hunger Games)
Michelle Williams (Shutter Island, Blue Valentine, My Week with Marilyn)

Loved Viola Davis in Doubt! She was fantastic.

No one's mentioned Russell Crowe.

Aand why would we mention russell crowe- good but abit hammy, good type cast actor as a warrior from the past mind. Not completly sure about his other performances like in a beautifull mind

Well I thought he was excellent in 3:10 to Yuma, certainly better than Bale.

oh yeah i remeber that remake-- bale plays an amazing druggie or nutter, not sure about the rest of his parts

Paddy Considine's performance in Dead Man's Shoes was one of the best I've seen.

One of my very favourite actors, ever since I was a youngster and he was in Cracker, is Christopher Eccleston. I really liked another series he did called Hearts and Minds, plus a two-part drama called The Second Coming.

I never watch Doctor Who though so I can't comment on that.

Of course, this is the film section and not the TV section, but I can redeem my post by saying he was good in Shallow Grave and Jude too.

But I mainly prefer his TV work.

I suppose part of the reason I wanted to give mention to these two is because they seem quite down to earth. They seem do this job because they have a good old fashined passion for it, not just to become famous, and they don't abuse the fame that has come with the deserved success, or let it go to their heads.

I like to think they'd have a chat with you if you saw them in a pub.

Along similar lines:

Ewan McGregor - not really for his acting but I liked The Long Way Round and The Long Way Down, both for the fact that he got off his arse and did something like that and also that he seemed a pretty sound bloke on those programmes.