Favorite Actors or Actresses
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well to start off with Theater is dominated by men and that's just the way it is. Women as well as comedic actors tend to get short shrift when you're thinking of the greatest of all time but...
I think Meryl Streep is the best ever. Among other women who've done very good work I'd include Barbara Stanwyck Jennifer Lawrence Barbra Streisand Jill Clayburgh Amy Adams Bette Davis Judi Dench Sharon Stone Carol Burnett Elizabeth Taylor and quite possibly some others that I will remember and add to this list.
I place men in categories which often times overlap. First the men who are so cool and so charismatic that whatever role they play becomes them.These include Sean Connery Humphrey Bogart Jimmy Cagney and John Wayne. Then there are the guys that are so good and so talented that they can play almost any role and create a completely new character for each one.
Kenneth Brannagh John Malkovich Joaquin Phoenix Burgess Meredith Kevin Spacey Christian Bale Gary Oldman Marlon Brando. Then there are guys that have a combination of those two categories maybe a little more of one than the other or vice versa drama and in that group I put Robert De Niro Richard Burton Michael Caine Jack Lemmon Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Robert Mitchum Denzel Washington Brad Pitt Al Pacino Richard Gere Robert Duval and the great Jack Nicholson. Then there are the guys who have a few, a small few, types of roles that they do better than anyone else. I'm talking about Tom Cruise Bruce Willis Sylvester Stallone et cetera. Also we tend to overlook comedy. Comedy, in my opinion is very hard to do but for some reason we don't take the talent involved as seriously as we should. Let's say those guys would include W. C. Fields Woody Allen Dan Aykroyd Gene Wilder Jim Carrey Michael McKean John Candy Steve Martin John Belushi Ben Stiller.
like I said I'm sure others will pop into my head and I will edit this as time goes by...
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Oops sorry guys did I go over 10?
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Oops sorry guys did I go over 10?
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39 men .... Without mentioning Tom Hanks.Oops sorry guys did I go over 10?
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Or classic Everyman actors Fonda and Stewart.
Or hoofers Astaire or Kelly.
Or one of my all time favorites .... Bill Murray..
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Leo? Cary?
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Chris, sorry, I accidentally deleted your Will Smith post. Sambo like I said this is off the top of my head and I think of others. No doubt Jimmy Stewart belongs there along with Henry, not Peter, Fonda. Personally as an actor I like Gene Kelly better than Astair. Bill Murray for sure.
No disrespect intended but I've never been a huge fan of Tom Hanks Leonardo DiCaprio or Will Smith.
Possibly Mickey Rourke and Kevin Costner and Robert Downey Jr belong on this list?
Others that certainly slipped my mind for my list of favorites are Paul Newman Alec Baldwin Robert Redford and the great Burt Lancaster.
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Toxic you mentioned Froggy and yet snubbed Chubby?
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Donald O'Connor
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Good call Chris. Some others should include Dick Van Dyke Bob Hope and Danny Kaye.
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And Peter Sellers.
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Maggie Smith also worth a shout.
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Yes. Thester tends to be a little bit sexist. let's not forget Cate Blanchett either.
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In fact, you could look at those kinds of movies where they trot out the 'legends' for compiling a list like this. Harry Potter - Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, the list goes on. RED is another great one, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis and the rest.
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Clint Eastwood.
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Clint Eastwood.
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Anthony Hopkins has got to be up there.
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Haven't seen it - I didn't realise they did one before the more recent version, which I really liked.
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you mean the Richard Nixon David Frost movie? Yeah that was good. The Oliver Stone Nixon starred Hopkins and I didn't buy it for a second.
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That's the fella, yeah. Which reminds me, Michael Sheen is pretty decent. Did an excellent David Frost and an equally excellent Tony Blair - two quite different personalities that he nailed.
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Chris, sorry, I accidentally deleted your Will Smith post. Sambo like I said this is off the top of my head and I think of others. No doubt Jimmy Stewart belongs there along with Henry, not Peter, Fonda. Personally as an actor I like Gene Kelly better than Astair. Bill Murray for sure.
No disrespect intended but I've never been a huge fan of Tom Hanks Leonardo DiCaprio or Will Smith.
Possibly Mickey Rourke and Kevin Costner and Robert Downey Jr belong on this list?
Others that certainly slipped my mind for my list of favorites are Paul Newman Alec Baldwin Robert Redford and the great Burt Lancaster.
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Chris, sorry, I accidentally deleted your Will Smith post. Sambo like I said this is off the top of my head and I think of others. No doubt Jimmy Stewart belongs there along with Henry, not Peter, Fonda. Personally as an actor I like Gene Kelly better than Astair. Bill Murray for sure.
No disrespect intended but I've never been a huge fan of Tom Hanks Leonardo DiCaprio or Will Smith.
Possibly Mickey Rourke and Kevin Costner and Robert Downey Jr belong on this list?
Others that certainly slipped my mind for my list of favorites are Paul Newman Alec Baldwin Robert Redford and the great Burt Lancaster.
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From being his friend for years and moviegoing buddy here are two actors I know are among his favorites:
Keanu Reeves
Pauly Shore
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That's the fella, yeah. Which reminds me, Michael Sheen is pretty decent. Did an excellent David Frost and an equally excellent Tony Blair - two quite different personalities that he nailed.
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