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Best Actor Of All Time

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Dimitar Berbatov
In light of todays news, I thought Gene Hackman is definitely in the conversation. I'll add a poll when we've got all the nominees. I will start it off with the following (the ten actors mentioned the most will be included):

Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Unforgiven, The Conversation, Mississippi Burning, The Royal Tenenbaums)
Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Burn After Reading)
Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Sexy Beast)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses, Darkest Hour, Nil by Mouth, The Firm, Meantime)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Big Lebowski, Happiness, Boogie Nights, Magnolia)
John Gielgud (Arthur, The Shooting Party, Chariots of Fire, The Elephant Man, Murder on the Orient Express)
Peter Sellers (The Pink Panther, Dr. Strangelove, The Party, Being There, What's New Pussycat?, Lolita)
Alec Guinness (The Bridge on the River Kwai, Star Wars, The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Quiller Memorandum)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, Napoleon, Her, Gladiator, To Die For)
Jack Nicholson (The Shining, Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Witches of Eastwick, Batman)
 
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Daniel Day Lewis
Robert Downey Jr.
Anthony Hopkins
Robert De Niro
Vincent D'Onofrio
Tom Hanks
Edward Norton

There are many that have done some outstanding work, but they've just done too many paycheck movies to be considered great.
 
Donald Pleasence or Peter Cushing

Cushing in particular being the definitely Dr Frankenstein, Van Helsing and Sherlock Holmes is pretty unrivalled
 
Just actors as in males?

i'd add the following for consideration

Sidney Poitier
Paul Newman
Marlon Brando
Laurence Olivier
Dustin Hoffman
Al Pacino
Robin Williams
 
Man dd lewis.
Woman m streep.

Not really an argument.

Favourite actors is a whole different coversation. Subjective and can be anyone you want.
 
James garner, always thought he was very underrated.
Martin sheen, the British one.

This will be one those "oh why didn't I think them" lists.
 
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Al Pacino
Robert de Niro
Morgan Freeman
Tommy lee Jones
Robert Duvall
Mel Gibson
Sean Connery
Marlon Brando
 
It's an impossible list to compile - øet alone agree on - but here's10 (male) favourites, in no particular order (although Seymour Hoffmann would probably be top):

Jack Nicholson
Brad Pitt
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Anthony Hopkins
Robert De Niro
Daniel Day-Lewis
Heath Ledger
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Cazale
Christian Bale

As for the women:
Tilda Swinton
Cate Blanchett
Meryl Streep
Jodie Foster
Fraces McDormand
Judi Dench
Sigourney Weaver
Kate Winslet
Scarlett Johansson
Julianne Moore

I haven't seen a lot of the stars of the 50s and 60s, hence why none of those are on my lists.
 
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