Who are your top 5 favorite actors?

[noleclone2]

To me to answer Favorite, I have to limit it to actors that made films overall in my lifetime that were a part of my life and that I watched a ton of, often wanting to watch them because they were in it. These people had long careers too and were in some of the greatest films and film franchises ever.

Tom Hanks
Harrison Ford
Denzel Washington
Clint Eastwood
Robert Downey Jr.

The greatest actor of my lifetime is Daniel Day Lewis.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Nothing wrong with that. He's the man. Fugitive ftw

And No Country for Old Men

 

[BGHAWK]

Sidney Poitier
Paul Newman
Gregory Peck
Tom Hanks
Clint Eastwood

 

[LuciousBDragon]

Paul Walker
Seth Green
Pauly Shore
Andy Dick
Ashton Kutcher

Did you post this from your Motorola Razr after getting your tips frosted?

 

[LuciousBDragon]

No particular order:

Living:
Colin Firth
Brad Pitt
Ralph Fiennes
Jack Nicholson
Kurt Russell
Bruce Campbell

Deceased:
Patrick McGoohan
Charlton Heston
Sean Connery
Bruce Willis (in my 2025 dead pool)
William Shatner (surprised he’s not dead)

 

[Bro D]

Paul Walker
Seth Green
Pauly Shore
Andy Dick
Ashton Kutcher

Running Scared
Can't Hardly Wait
Encino Man
News Radio
Butterfly Effect

 

[grayhair81]

Sir Anthony Hopkins
Eastwood
Daniel Day Lewis
Robert Duvall
Gene Hackman.

 

[Bro D]

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Ever seen World's Fastest Indian?

 

[SolarHawk]

Alien = 8.5 imdb (#50, 1 mil votes), 93%/94% RT, 89 metacritic, 1 Oscar,

Whiplash = 8.5 imdb (#39, 1 mil votes), 94%/94% RT, 89 metacritic, 3 Oscar's, 1 GG

What I think is silly is douching up a thread about people's personal opinions but I guess that's just me

You being a douche is silly, but par for the course.

 

[Bro D]

You being a douche is silly, but par for the course.

 

[grayhair81]

Ever seen World's Fastest Indian?

Yup

 

[FAUlty Gator]

My top 5 actresses
Gina Davis
Streep (she’s just good)
Natalie Portman
Frances McDormand
Allison Janney

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Actresses:

Helen Mirren
Sigourney Weaver
Kathy Bates
Taraji P. Henson
Katherine Hepburn

And none of them are attractive, except Helen Mirren up through middle age.

 

[Tailgater371]

Not taking into account the current status of each:

1. Hanks
2. Connery
3. Eastwood
4. Hackman
5. Cruise - not a fan of him personally, but usually makes an entertaining movie
5.a Leonardo- was very slow to come around to him in the early 2000's, but a damn good actor.

 

[Bro D]

Actresses:

1. Natalie Portman
2. Francis McDormand
3. Margot Martindale
4. Kate Mara
5. Amy Adams

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

Michael J. Fox

(whoever is 2-5 doesn't matter because they're so far behind)

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Top of Head:

Mel Gibson
Denzel Washington
Ava Adams
Sean Connery
Adam Sandler

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

1. Daniel Day-Lewis

2. Paul Newman
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman
4. Sissy Spacek
5. William Hurt
HM. Scott Glenn

 

[seminoleed]

My top 5 actresses
Gina Davis
Streep (she’s just good)
Natalie Portman
Frances McDormand
Allison Janney

Loved Janney on West Wing.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

Loved Janney on West Wing.

As the mom in the Tonya Harding movie she was incredible.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Loved Janney on West Wing.

As the mom in the Tonya Harding movie she was incredible.

Man. I think she replaces Sigourney on my list. Totally forgot about her, but she’s incredible in everything she does.

 

[13thman]

Actors:
Kurt Russell
Brad Pitt
Kevin Costner
Robert Duvall
Tom Selleck

Actresses:
Taraji Henson
Sasha Alexander
Lauren Holly
Halle Berry
Vivica Fox

 

[NI hawk]

Brad Pitt
John Tutorro
Chris Cooper
Robert Redford
Paul Giamatti

Cooper is underrated.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

This is the douchebag top 5

Jason Statham
The Rock
Vin Diesel
Shia Lebouf
Jeremy Renner

 

[NI hawk]

Clint Eastwood
John Wayne
Kevin Costner
Paul Newman
Jimmy Stewart

Honorable Mention
Morgan Freeman
Tom Hanks
Robert Redford
Dean Martin

 

[Hawksfinal4]

No one mentioned Jack Nicholson
Also liked
Sydney Greenstreet
Peter Lorrie
Richard Burton
Clark Gable
Carey Grant
But I get the last 5 were from a bygone era
Maybe all of them are

 

[ISUBryce]

It is, you’re right. It wasn’t my cup of tea, nor my wife. He is a great actor and the only reason we finished the film. The fact it’s rated 39th all time is further evidence that the people who decide these rankings are not to be taken seriously. You can’t tell me it’s even in the top 500 best films, let alone top 50. What a joke lol.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed it and I thought the end was outstanding.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

No one mentioned Jack Nicholson

Love him. But I’ve seen everything he’s done a whole bunch and my list is more forward looking I’d say.

If it was all time, these three would probably be on there…
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
Anthony Hopkins

 

[Twoooooooo]

Have you seen Whiplash?

Vern Schillinger will go down as one of my favorite characters of all time. Made you hate him,but also feel bad for him at times. Can’t think there is anything I don’t like Simmons in. Even Liked his role in the new one, Juror #2

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I'm surprised how many of you have good tastes. Then I saw a Rock nomination and all was for naught

 

[MikeyHawk]

Daniel Day
Cruise
Eastwood
Cilian Murphy
Hanks

 

[Bro D]

This is the douchebag top 5

Jason Statham
The Rock
Vin Diesel
Shia Lebouf
Jeremy Renner

Are you talking about douchebag in real life or the characters they play?

The Rock makes fantastic terrible action movies. Really like Renner as an actor and he is apparently a great human being.. and LeBouf is likely a douche in real life but an excellent actor.

Not a fan of Diesel. I don't mind Statham. He was great in Snatch