Favorite Actors or Actresses

[Westside Steve]

Toxic you mentioned Froggy and yet snubbed Chubby?

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[gftChris]

Donald O'Connor

[Westside Steve]

Good call Chris. Some others should include Dick Van Dyke Bob Hope and Danny Kaye.

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[Westside Steve]

And Peter Sellers.

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[gftChris]

Maggie Smith also worth a shout.

[Westside Steve]

Yes. Thester tends to be a little bit sexist. let's not forget Cate Blanchett either.

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[gftChris]

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.

[DieHardBrownsFan]

Clint Eastwood.

[Westside Steve]

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Clint Eastwood.

Good call.

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[gftChris]

Anthony Hopkins has got to be up there.

[Westside Steve]

@gftchris said:

Anthony Hopkins has got to be up there.

Yes, but with the exception of Nixon and for that I blame Oliver Stone.

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[gftChris]

Haven't seen it - I didn't realise they did one before the more recent version, which I really liked.

[Westside Steve]

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.

WSW

[gftChris]

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.

[The Gipper]

@westside-steve said:

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

[The Gipper]

@gftchris said:

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.

So, is he an Estevez too?

[nickers]

I guess My faves in no particular order are as follows....

Robert DiNero

Al Pacino

Marlon Brando

Morgan Freeman

Samuel L Jackson

Gary Oldman

Gene Hackman

Kevin Spacey

Gary Sinise

Clint Eeastwood

[Westside Steve]

@the-gipper said:

From being his friend for years and moviegoing buddy here are two actors I know are among his favorites:

Boy howdy!

At least there werent a raft of producers forcing Pauly Shore upon the world in dramatic roles!

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Keanu Reeves

Pauly Shore

[Westside Steve]

I have no idea how I could have possibly left Philip Seymour Hoffman of my list of the all-time great actors but he certainly belongs there. He has been so good in so many things I'm ashamed to have let him slip my mind.

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[JPPT1974]

@westside-steve said:

I have no idea how I could have possibly left Philip Seymour Hoffman of my list of the all-time great actors but he certainly belongs there. He has been so good in so many things I'm ashamed to have let him slip my mind.

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A talent that left us way too soon! RIP as thoughts are with his family!