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The movie thread got me thinking about this. Much debate about what defines a great actor, how many good to bad films he's done, role depth and versatiltiy, character potrayal amongst others. So who would make your top three?
I take it this discounts TV then? Because some of my favourite performances in recent years have come from actors on major TV shows.
No Cheesy, all input is welcome. I only used modern film in thread title to prevent major film buffs and coffin dodgers putting actors from the 50's and 60's.
Edward Norton
Samuel L
Third is hard to pick. Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins....
In that case my three favourites are Di Caprio, Anthony Hopkins and Juliette Lewis.
Morgan Freeman
Tim Robins
Jodie Foster
There!
Sean Bean
I completely forgot about Morgan Freeman. I'll change Samuel L. Jackson to Morgan Freeman in my list. I knew I was missing somebody.
You got your black actor men mixed up. Everybody does it, mate, don't beat yourself up.
Yes, sorry! Although Bean isn't that bad.I'm going to assume you mean Sean Penn, otherwise you can feck right off.
Daniel Day-Lewis takes some beating.
Di Caprio is the standout "megastar" over the last few years for me.
There's a load of superb actors who are also always great, even when they are in shit films (Ben Kingsley, Geoffrey Rush, William H Macy, Brian Cox).
The likes of De Niro and Pacino have turned out so much shit recently, it's such a shame.
Freeman is a top actor and owns the show the majority of the time.
Ving Rhames is my favorite black actor. He was great in Django Unchained.
You're an idiot, he wasn't in that, it was Denzel Washington.
You're thinking of Laurence Fishbourne. Django was played by Forest Whitaker.
I thought he was alright in Hitchhiker's Guide but didn't like him as The Hobbit.
One of the three best living actors? No way.