I am around a lot of actors everyday. I don't pay attention to them at all. I guess Johnny Depp if I had to name one. Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson are at least nice to look at.

Jon Voight & Gary Sinise

Favorite actors:

I can't believe no one has mentioned Dustin Hoffman.

Little Big man is a favorite movie!

Current............Johnny Depp, very versatile. I like Brad Pitt, Leonardo, Sean Penn, Clooney and Walken.......and don't forget Nicholas Cage.

Old timers.........C. Chaplin, Jimmy Stewart, EG Robinson, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd.

Toss up between Robert Duvall and Gary Sinise.

Paul Newman

Lot of good names mentioned -
As a young kid it was Errol Flynn, no one did better swashbuckler films like him.
I liked Steve McQueen and Robert Mitchum: mens men.
Great actors: DiNero, Newman, Hackman, Eastwood, Nicholson.

As far as woman actors, I'm a sucker for a pretty face - no favs.

Nobody likes a whiny little beeyotch, that's why. :D

Two more faves -
Daniel Day Lewis.
Josh Brolin

Current: Tom Hanks
Vintage: Jimmy Stewart

Peter O-Toole [sic?] >> Lawrence of Arabia...

+1 million. A wonderful film and epic story.

-Kevin Spacey
-Jeff Bridges

Ron Jeremy

Perhaps longevity is not a good way of discerning nowadays.

Many, many just awful movies by the past greats that have fallen , should just do commercials......................................a gain.

Wow, there are some really bad actors named in this thread. A few good ones, too.

Anyone who sticks to acting and knows to STFU in regards to their politics.

Funny that when the question is my favorite actor, a significant list immediately comes to mind, but I would have to really scratch for actresses...

Here's a few in no particular order:

Robert Downey JR - became a fan of his after watching 'Less Than Zero'.
Jeremy Irons - deliciously wicked as a bad guy.
Al Pacino - Devils Advocate, Scent of a Woman
Tommy Lee Jones in pretty much anything but especially No Country for Old Men
Russell Crow - I've probably watched Gladiator ten times (husband's favorite)
Denzel Washington - Safe House and Training Day are two favorites
Liam Neeson - Everything (except The Phantom Menace - good heavens...)
Kevin Spacey - Pay It Forward

angela

Barney Rubble. What an actor!

Ron wasn't acting.

There are so many good ones... But at the risk of loosing my man card Brad Pitt surprises me every time.
And again Tom Cruise seems to know his craft. (if you ignore some of his poorer choices)

But the absolute best would for me have to be Denzel Washington. He just takes over the screen.