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***BEST ACTORS SINCE 1980***

I’ll add that we’re limiting it to film actors.
Bryan Cranston and James Gandolfini deserve consideration.
 
OK...updated OP so we can adjust from there. Need to replace someone with Lithgow, I believe. We can start there.
 
We are going for since 1980

1 seeds2 seeds3 seeds4 seeds
HanksFreemanDiCaprioDepp
DenzelSeymore HoffmanPittB Cooper
HopkinsNicholsonBaleCruise
Day LewisEastwoodDeNiroFord
5 seeds6 seeds7 seeds8 seeds
MurrayGiamattiSpaceyCrowe
PennPacinoBridgesHackman
Downey Jr.DamonClooneyNorton
JacksonWill SmithCostnerHarris
9 seeds10 seeds11 seeds12 seeds
WilliamsCageKingsleyNolte
RedfordGibsonStewartCumberbatch
BaconGyllenhallConneryPhoenix
LiottaOldmanFoxxBB Thornton
13 seeds14 seeds15 seeds16 seeds
MalcovichIronsFishburneElliott
TL JonesTutorroCraigLithgow
DaFoeNeesenWilkinsonCarrey
FiennesD. HoffmanC. CooperWhitaker
Not too shabby...gonna go with it unless any other adjustments are needed?
 
We are going for since 1980

1 seeds2 seeds3 seeds4 seeds
HanksFreemanDiCaprioDepp
DenzelSeymore HoffmanPittB Cooper
HopkinsNicholsonBaleCruise
Day LewisEastwoodDeNiroFord
5 seeds6 seeds7 seeds8 seeds
MurrayGiamattiSpaceyCrowe
PennPacinoBridgesHackman
Downey Jr.DamonClooneyNorton
JacksonWill SmithCostnerHarris
9 seeds10 seeds11 seeds12 seeds
WilliamsCageKingsleyNolte
RedfordGibsonStewartCumberbatch
BaconGyllenhallConneryPhoenix
LiottaOldmanFoxxBB Thornton
13 seeds14 seeds15 seeds16 seeds
MalcovichIronsFishburneElliott
TL JonesTutorroCraigLithgow
DaFoeNeesenWilkinsonCarrey
FiennesD. HoffmanC. CooperWhitaker
Is Heath Ledger on NCAA probation?
 
Robert Downey Jr. seeded above Russell Crowe and Gary Oldman.
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William Hurt is one I think I screwed over

In the last 40 years - their best movies and nominations

Hurt - 4 Oscar nominations

Big Chill
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Children of a Lesser God
Broadcast News
Too Big to Fail
A History of Violence



Duvall - 4 Nominations

Tender Mercies
Colors
The Natural
Civil Action
Secondhand Lions
Lonesome Dove
The Judge


Newman - 5 nominations

Absence of Malice
The Verdict
Color of Money
Nobody’s Fool
Road to Perdition
 
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We are going for since 1980

1 seeds2 seeds3 seeds4 seeds
HanksFreemanDiCaprioDepp
DenzelSeymore HoffmanPittB Cooper
HopkinsNicholsonBaleCruise
Day LewisEastwoodDeNiroFord
5 seeds6 seeds7 seeds8 seeds
MurrayGiamattiSpaceyCrowe
PennNeesenBridgesHackman
Downey Jr.DamonClooneyNorton
JacksonWill SmithCostnerHarris
9 seeds10 seeds11 seeds12 seeds
WilliamsWaltzKingsleyNolte
RedfordGibsonStewart v. CusackCumberbatch
BaconGyllenhall v. LedgerConnery v. Del ToroPhoenix
LiottaOldmanFoxxBB Thornton
13 seeds14 seeds15 seeds16 seeds
MalcovichIronsFishburne v. PeschiElliott
TL JonesTutorroCraig v. SpaderLithgow
DaFoePacinoWilkinsonCarrey
FiennesD. HoffmanC. CooperWhitaker
Interesting list, you lost me with Kevin bacon above Fishbourne, Pacino & Malcovich i your seeding. ☺️
 
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