Having obtained Juanky's blessing...

 

Begin nominations for any actor you feel to be the best movie actor ever. Feel free to nominate as many as you want. You may also repeat names that have already been mentioned. Discussion is also permitted.

Marlon Brando. No one else is even close.

 

If I had to pick a second: Willem Dafoe. Unfortunately he does some bad/weird ass movies about 80% of the time, so he's big time underappreciated.

Though I agree with Marlon Brando being up there, I'll throw in Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Christopher Walken. Along with Dafoe, my five favorite actors ever.

Tom Hanks--diverse portfolio, and can appeal to anyone, anywhere at anytime.

 

Johnny Depp--can play any role to perfection and is probably the most underrated actor. ever.

 

Ian McKlellan--can't say enough about his acting talents. I love the guy.

 

Sean Connery--need I say more?

Brando wins, but I like Morgan Freeman and I'll still see just about any move Tom Hanks is in.

 

Willem Dafoe, too.

I'm going to add John Turturro and Gary Oldman. Two REALLY great actors who rarely get recognized because they're so chamelonlike.

Jack Nicholson (won an acting Oscar in 3 different decades)

Michael Caine

Gene Hackman

Kevin Spacey

Nic Cage

Dustin Hoffman

Jimmy Stewart

Denzel Washington

Gotta rep for my man Mel Gibson.

John Wayne

Yeah, Clint Eastwood

Johnny Depp

Denzel Washington

Bruce Willis

Leonardo Dicaprio

Tom Hanks

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Sean Penn

 

Hey, how about best theme song for a category?

Patrick Stewart.

Deniro and Pacino are strangely missing from this party.

Deniro and Pacino are strangely missing from this party.

 

Juanky nominated them.

Deniro and Pacino are strangely missing from this party.

 

Juanky nominated them.

 

I was not aware of that.

Denzel

 

Jim Carrey

Tom Hanks or Denzel Washington.

Robert Duval. Anthony Hopkins.

 

Nicholas Cage?? C'mon Passion....

Robert Duval. Anthony Hopkins.

 

Nicholas Cage?? C'mon Passion....

 

What's wrong with Academy Award winner Nic Cage?

 

He's my favorite actor and was tremendous in Adaptation, Matchstick Men, Leaving Las Vegas, The Weather Man, and others.

 

I don't think he is the greatest actor ever, but he deserves to be in the pool of those it's taken from.

I really enjoyed Matchstick Men.

I really think there are some questionable nominations.

 

John freakin' Wayne?

 

Boy, what a great actor. He's so good at being John Wayne. I consider a good actor to go beyond playing himself and to be, like a chameleon taking on a new skin. In most cases I would prefer the actor to be unrecognizeable.

 

However, there are exceptions. Al Pacino being one of them. He's good at what he does and he brings a certain "Pacinoness" to every role, but EVERY ROLE IS STILL DIFFERENT.

 

You guys are welcome to your opinions, but as for John Wayne, Mel Gibson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Bruce Willis.

 

Tom Hanks is on the fence for me. He does REALLY good movies, but I'm not sure that makes him a great actor. But, then again, I watch Forest Gump and he's great. I'm 50/50 on Hanks. I like the guy, I'd see his movies, but as for acting... Meh. I wouldn't give him any awards outside of Forest Gump.

 

Anyone see the Weatherman? I'd be interested to know if it's any good. I'm a big Nicholas Cage fan (since Raising Arizona). I basically won't watch Bruckheimer flicks anymore, so that's one Cage avenue cut off, but Michael Caine, Nick Cage? How can it be bad? Anyone feel free to tell me if it's a rental or a buy.

I loved The Weather Man, but it's definitely a movie you will either love or hate....no middle ground. I thought the way Cage played his character was fantastic. I think you'd like it, definitely worth a rental.

Val Kilmer hands down

Bill Murray

 

 

best actor EVER ... and no one cares about him, now he's underated

 

 

others:

 

James Dean

James Cagney

Ewan McGregor

Vince Vaughn

James Dean & Johnny Depp are my top 2.