Greatest Actor Ever?

[><>InHisName<><]

some good names up their.... but seriously lacking...

clark gable? cary grant? frank sinatra (okay, maybe i just put him because of his voice)...tony curtis? the lord of the rings cast???? viggo mortensen? billy boyd?? elijah wood? dominic monahan? sean astin? maybe the last few is because i am partial to lotr...

 

[Moros]

Marlon Brando.

 

[Blackguard_]

Peter Sellers- Not many people can convincingly play multiple charecters across a career, much less in one movie.

 

[Sword-In-Hand]

From the list, definitely go with Al Pacino. He is my favorite actor, but I also like Tommy Lee Jones and Johnny Depp. Depp is just so versatile.

 

[HaloRoundMyHead]

None of the above. The King of Hollywood-Clark Gable-is the greatest actor of all time, but of course I might be a little biased seeing that I've had a crush on him my entire life

Wow, you must be ooolld..Russell Crowe, today; Jack Nicholson, then - Easy Rider is just priceless and what he says about freedom in it rings true even today; Marlon Brando could make an otherwise terrible movie at least interesting same as Crowe can - they both can/could really carry the whole movie with their presence; Then, then, would be Jimmy Stuart, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart.

And of course, we all know that that

















William Schatner is the best, hands down..

 

[MaddiesDad]

Morgan Freeman finally got his oscar,although many on the list are great,I chose him.

 

[Blackguard_]

What's so great about Morgan Freeman? He plays the same charecter in every movie I've ever seen him in. He's like Arnold Swarzenegger, he seems typecast in every movies he's in. And screen presence and gravitas, which he has a lot of, does not an actor make. Great actors can convincling play a wide range of charecters, which I have not seen Mr. Freeman do.

For example Peter Sellers played about 3 different charecters in "dr. Strangelove".
Also, Mike Myers is a good actor for playing multiple roles convinclingly in one movie.
And he has a good range of charecter across his career, Wayne is quite different from Austin who is different from Dr. Evil, fat b------, etc. Too bad his talent is wasted in the 2nd and third Austin powers movies.

 

[HaloRoundMyHead]

mike myers sucks bc he's candanian

 

[AngelinasAngel]

Edward Norton!

 

[theFijian]

mike myers sucks bc he's candanian

And the Academy Award for 'Most Racist Post' goes to.....

 

[AngelinasAngel]

Johnny Depp's Brilliant! hes so funny!

 

[The-Doctor]

NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!! Interesting they are all american actors...what happened to Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Alec Guiness, John Mills, David Niven Kenneth Moore, Anthony Hopkins, Micheal Caine...currently in Batman Begins, Bob Hoskins, Peter Sellers, David Attenborough, Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, Ian Mckellen, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean, Christian Bale and Pierce Brosnan?

 

[Ryder]

The list may be too short. I like Morgan Freeman and Al Pacino a lot though.

 

[white dove]

Greatest Actor Ever?

At first, I thought Morgan Freeman should be on this list, even before I even got to the page. However, as great an actor I think he is, I don't think he shows much range in the characters he plays; and by this, I mean to say that he will typically play roles in which he is typecast for (*cough* forensic pathologist). In no way am I suggesting that he has no range ~he just isn't "allowed" to show that much range in the roles he plays. I love Morgan Freeman; I just don't think he quite earns this title (just yet).

I think a great actor should be one who proves himself to be versatile & be able to play roles of varying levels of intellectual capability, as well as comedic talent, an actor who "pulls you in" every single time, an actor who can make you cry (and yeah, while watching the Shawshank Redemption, I totally cried but still), an actor who can make you think (lol as oxymoronic as that might seem) & an actor that you always care about ~whether you love him or hate him, you want to see that he always gets what's coming to him.

Out of your list, Hoffman, Freeman and Pacino stand out. Again, I'm just not too sure I can vote for if any of those you've selected with full confidence. I'd thought of Wil Smith, as well. I know he isn't the Greatest (though he has played the Greatest.. ), but he has shown that he can play far more serious roles with richer content, as well as off-the-wall comdies & senseless action roles to boot. Meh, I dunno. *shrug*