Your favorite actor ?

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Hanks does good work, but he is an unAmerican so and so that belongs in a different forum.


My favorite actors are Tommy Lee Jones and Sam Elliott.

Yes, I'm perfectly aware that Jones was the college roommate of manbearpig and spoke on his behalf at the short-bus convention, and Elliott is the demon-spawn incarnate.

But show me an actor who isn't screwed up in the head?

Jon Voight & Gary Sinise

Favorite actors:

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

Little Big man is a favorite movie!

[NY65912]

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.

[VINMAN]

Toss up between Robert Duvall and Gary Sinise.

[widgeon13]

Paul Newman

[jcommin]

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.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally Posted by red-beard

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

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

[herr_oberst]

Two more faves -
Daniel Day Lewis.
Josh Brolin

[azasadny]

Current: Tom Hanks
Vintage: Jimmy Stewart

[kimlangley7]

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

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by kimlangley7

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

+1 million. A wonderful film and epic story.

[mikeesik]

-Kevin Spacey
-Jeff Bridges

[Rick Lee]

Ron Jeremy

[mikeesik]

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.

[speeder]

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

[Jagshund]

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

[Laneco]

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

[A930Rocket]

Barney Rubble. What an actor!

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Ron Jeremy

Ron wasn't acting.

[sc_rufctr]

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.

[wdfifteen]

I always liked Robert Duvall, but there are a lot to choose from. Hoffman, Newman, Nicholson are at the top of my list.
I have trouble coming up with a favorite actress though. Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Gwyneth Paltrow would be in the running.