Who’s your favourite Actor ?

[SerenityNigh]

Forgot Hanks, who is not only extremely disarming and pleasant to watch, but sat next to a movie producer on a flight an she said "never meet your heroes... except Hanks, he's really nice."

Only problem with actors like Hanks, Clooney, and Julia Roberts is that they don't seem to have much range; every character they portray very much seems to be themselves.

 

[SerenityNigh]

I just googled Burt Reynolds AI and was not disappointed!

 

[Rita_Poon]

I can see this getting out of hand quickly, might even tangent into it's own thread...

 

[Nightman]

Not seen Woody Harrleson mentioned. Rarely sighted in bad films.

 

[The binman chronicles]

I can see this getting out of hand quickly, might even tangent into it's own thread...

More like an AI Dennis Weaver.

 

[Bedfordblue]

George Clooney is disarming/charming and fun to watch on screen; same for me with Julia Roberts
I like Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, a few others like them
I think Matt Damon is actually a great actor, he plays some great roles
Wish I could have watched Peter Sellers in his time, he was very good in what I've seen
that's about it, there are lots of great actors but CBA about most of them

Good shout that, another one that’s played a number of very different characters well.
Not sure what possessed him to appear in The Great Wall though, must have been bags and bags full of money from China!

 

[DavidH]

My favourite British actors:

Timothy Spall
Ralph Fiennes
Gary Oldman
Pete Postlethwaite
Mark Strong.

If I ever go bald I want to look like Mark Strong.

 

[SerenityNigh]

I can see this getting out of hand quickly, might even tangent into it's own thread...

I believe we have a thread for this, @Littlesue should be able to hook you up

 

[SerenityNigh]

Not seen Woody Harrleson mentioned. Rarely sighted in bad films.

that's because you've smoked a bowl at the start and have no memory of how bad his acting was.

I did like the prosthetic hook in kingpin though

 

[McBain]

Good shout that, another one that’s played a number of very different characters well.
Not sure what possessed him to appear in The Great Wall though, must have been bags and bags full of money from China!

Hes got to make up for this somehow!

Matt Damon: I turned down a $250 million Avatar payday

Yup, that's right, a quarter of a billion.

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

 

[Charro]

john cazale had an absolute top run as a supporting man.

One of my favourite performances of all time is his in dog day afternoon.

Tom Cruise mid 80s to mid 90s didn’t miss.

Modern day, Ryan Gosling is the best about.

Also a big fan of Ben Mandelsohn.

Brad Pitt is also very underrated and I was happy for him to get recognition for once upon a time in Hollywood.

 

[Huyton Layne]

For acting, Norton or Pitt
For what they do in real life, Keanu.

 

[Abertonian]

john cazale had an absolute top run as a supporting man.

Every film he appeared in was nominated for the best picture Oscar, a top run indeed. He played the hapless better than just about anyone.

The scene with Fredo and Michael in Godfather 2 just sums up how awesome he was. He's shaking with frustration and rage during the it wasn't what I wanted line.

 

[Prevenger17]

No order

Christian Bale
Nic Cage
Julianne Moore
Jimmy Stewart

 

[WA Toffee]

I prefer unknown actors. If I am watching a film with Tom Hanks or Denzel Washington, then I am watching the actor and not the character. If I don't know the actor then the character is much more believable