Who is/are the best actor/actors in history?

wow that's hard to say. let me think about it.

Robert Downey Jr. Gets a vote for Ironman^^

Past, present, future...

The possibilities are somewhat limited, but that shouldn't stop you from naming off the best actors of any generation!

Alrighty

@WARLOCK: He was the perfect guy to play tony stark

Lets see..

Joan Crawford

Gregory Peck

Humphrey Bogart

Katherine Hepburn

Shirley Maclaine

Audrey Hepburn

Cary Grant

Faye Dunaway

Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon

Lucille Ball

Ingred Bergeman

Peter O'Toole

Omar Sharif

Richard Burton

Present:

Liam Neeson

Al Pacino

Robert Duvall

Ralph Fiennes

Ed Norton

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (I don't think she's done much of anything special since the Godfather,)

Steve Buscemi

Giovanni Ribisi

Matt Damon

Christian Bale

Natalie Portman

Meryl Streep

Anne Bancroft (Hello Graduate...she was so hot in that movie...)

I can keep going but I don't want to make this page any longer. LOL.

Babs i absolutely agree with your people of the past list....Though i'm gonna have to add Gene Kelly for an exquisite performance in "Singing in the Rain."

who else......hmmmmmmm idk this is major hard

lol...Matt Damon...

He repeatedly shouts his name in "Team America".

A few personal favs of mine are John Wayne, Charlie Chaplin (especially in "The Great Dictator"), and Clark Gable.

Apparition says:

"wow that's hard to say. let me think about it."

Christian Bale

Daniel Day Lewis

Clive Owen

Will Smith (has never mad a movie i don't like)

Mark Wahlberg (same as Will Smith)

Scarlett Johansson (supa fine!)

Oh Lucy Liu...I adored her on Ally Mcbeal....and Leah Remini...King of queens wouldnt have worked with any other female

pixelized says:

"Babs i absolutely agree with your people of the past list....Though i'm gonna have to add Gene Kelly for an exquisite performance in "Singing in the Rain."
who else......hmmmmmmm idk this is major hard"

Totally slipped my mind!

Gene Kelly

Donald O'Connor

Debbie Reynolds (she was just adorable)

in defense of Matt Damon: Personally one of my favorite actors. A fantastic screenwriter (good will hunting) and he can pull of a great Texas accent. Also, The Departed made me LOVE him as an actor.

Mark wahlberg is on my list simply for boogie nights....ahhhh i love that movie.

Vanessa Williams [ugly betty].

America Ferrara

Leighton Meester

Lauren Graham [Gilmore girls]

Alexis Bledel

And the cast of The Hills. lol

Did anyoney say Jack Nicholson?

How 'bout Robert De Niro?

Tom Hanks ('Forrest Gump')

David Prowse (the man behind the mask of Dath Vader)

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn, among many others)

Harrison Ford (Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, etc.)

Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca; I got his autograph m/ ^_^)

and

Vic Mignogna (Broly, Ikkaku, Zabimaru, Edward Elric, etc.)

I forgot James Stewart!

I think Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Winslet and Uma Thurman are great actresses. BUT My ABSOLUTE favorite actress right now has to be Cate Blanchette.

Any chick that can pull of Bob Dylan THAT WELL deserves mad props.

Slinger says:

"Did anyoney say Jack Nicholson?How 'bout Robert De Niro?"

Jack in the cuckoo's nest...I'm not too crazy for DeNiro though.

Now Al Pacino...there's an amazing actor...

Will Smith.

Marlon Brando

Denzel Washnigton

Jack Nicholson

Al Pacino

Johnny Depp

Natalie Portman

Meryl Streep

Liam Neeson

Sean Connery

Tom Hanks

Kate Winslet

Scarlett Johansson

Christopher Walken

Laurence Oliver

Edward Norton

Anthony Hopkins

Roberd Downey .Jr ( and i haven't watched Iron Man)

Cuba Gooding .Jr

Val Kimer (Don't think of Batman Forever)

John Travolta

Jeremy Irons

zzzzzzzzzzzz

Marlon Brando was gorgeous when he was in his prime!

Jimmy Stewart

Oh yeah, and Sean Connery. Can't forget him :)

Sparda says:

"Jack Nicholson Denzel Washington Tom Hanks Pierce Brosnan Angelina Jolie Christian Bale Bruce Willis Will Smith (Like Obi said earlier, he hasn't made a movie I haven't enjoyed-but then again, I didn't see all of *Hitch*.....hmmm....)"

You've seen parts of Hitch?

Slinger says:

"Did anyoney say Jack Nicholson? How 'bout Robert De Niro?"

I said Jack but I forgot about Robert.

BatgirlBabs says:

"Slinger says:

"Did anyoney say Jack Nicholson? How 'bout Robert De Niro?"

Jack in the cuckoo's nest...I'm not too crazy for DeNiro though. Now Al Pacino...there's an amazing actor..."

Agreed. I dont like Robert Di Nero that much either.

By The Way - Hey BatgirlBabs

Jack Nicholson

Denzel Washington

Tom Hanks

Pierce Brosnan

Angelina Jolie

Christian Bale

Bruce Willis

Will Smith (Like Obi said earlier, he hasn't made a movie I haven't enjoyed-but then again, I didn't see all of Hitch.....hmmm....)

Robert DeNiro for Taxi Driver

Unbelonger says:

"Helena Bonham Carter Renee Russo Uma Thurman Sharon Stone zzzzzzzzzzz "

Whoa ! Helena Bonham Carter ? Yeah, she is an amazing actress. Isnt she married to Tim Burton ?

BatgirlBabs says:

"I'm not too crazy for DeNiro though.Now Al Pacino...there's an amazing actor..."

Al Pacino is "meh"

DeNiro in Taxi Driver = perfection

Sparda says:

"Oh yeah, and Sean Connery. Can't forget him :)"

Helena Bonham Carter

Renee Russo

Uma Thurman

Sharon Stone

zzzzzzzzzzz

Slinger says:

"BatgirlBabs says:

"I'm not too crazy for DeNiro though.Now Al Pacino...there's an amazing actor..."

Al Pacino is "meh"

DeNiro in Taxi Driver = perfection"

Al Pacino is UNBELIEVABLE as SATAN

Al Pacino in scent of a woman:

@Saturn: yup Helena's married to Tim Burton. She's in like a ton of his movies...she's just awesome.

pixelized says:

"Marlon Brando was gorgeous when he was in his prime!"

Yeah, like in The Island of Doctor Moreau.

zzzzzz

pixelized says:

"Marlon Brando was gorgeous when he was in his prime!"

UMM beautiful. YES.

Also Robert Redford...

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1443665920/nm0000602

BatgirlBabs says:

"pixelized says:

"Marlon Brando was gorgeous when he was in his prime!"

UMM beautiful. YES. Also Robert Redford...

Agreed with Robert Redford.

zzzzzzzzzzz

King Saturn says:

"Unbelonger says:

"Helena Bonham Carter Renee Russo Uma Thurman Sharon Stone zzzzzzzzzzz "

Whoa ! Helena Bonham Carter ? Yeah, she is an amazing actress. Isnt she married to Tim Burton ? "

Hum, I wouldn't know, apart from watching movies I know little about actors/actresses personal life. I despict gossip at any level too. :)

zzzzzzzzz

BatgirlBabs says:

"Slinger says:

"BatgirlBabs says:

"I'm not too crazy for DeNiro though. Now Al Pacino...there's an amazing actor..."

Al Pacino is "meh" DeNiro in Taxi Driver = perfection"

Al Pacino is UNBELIEVABLE as SATANhttp://www.youtube.com/v/gdam7qQMkzs&hl=en width=425 height=355 type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode="transparent">Al Pacino in scent of a woman:http://www.youtube.com/v/dBHhSVJ_S6A&hl=en width=425 height=355 type=application/x-shockwave-flash wmode="transparent">"

Stop making me agreee with you so much.

zzzzzzzzz

BatgirlBabs says:

"@Saturn: yup Helena's married to Tim Burton. She's in like a ton of his movies...she's just awesome. "

Agreed. I really like her too. Oh Crap !! How the hell could I forget about Anthony Hopkins ? LOL

King Saturn says:

"BatgirlBabs says:

"@Saturn: yup Helena's married to Tim Burton. She's in like a ton of his movies...she's just awesome. "

Agreed. I really like her too. Oh Crap !! How the hell could I forget about Anthony Hopkins ? LOL "

Maybe you were distracted thinking of some thread to make, and Anthony escaped from your mind as he escaped in Hannibal, with a piece of brain(yours).

zzzzzzzzzzzz

Tom Hanks

Ed Nortan

Kathy Bates

The old lady in Harry Potter.

John wayne

Cary Grant

Maureen O'Hara

Katherine Hepburn

Katherine O'Hara

Vivien Leigh

Clark Cable

Hattie McDaniel (I respect this woman alot. First African American Woman to sing on Radio and The first to win an Academy award)

Michael Landon

Bruce Lee

Brandon Lee

Today my favorites are:

Ryan reynolds

Rosario Dawson

Bruce Willis

Orlando bloom

Eva Mendez

Don Cheadle

Sandra Bullock

And my list goes on forever xP

Unbelonger says:

"King Saturn says:

"BatgirlBabs says:

"@Saturn: yup Helena's married to Tim Burton. She's in like a ton of his movies...she's just awesome. "

Agreed. I really like her too. Oh Crap !! How the hell could I forget about Anthony Hopkins ? LOL "

Maybe you were distracted thinking of some thread to make, and Anthony escaped from your mind as he escaped in Hannibal, with a piece of brain(yours). zzzzzzzzzzzz"

LOL.

Michael Caine

Tim Curry

Johnny Depp

Orson Welles

Anthony Hopkins

Denzel Washington

Dustin Hoffman

Liza Minelli (in Cabaret, so good)

Emma Thompson

...I can't think of many good actresses

I'm sure there are some though

they are just not coming to mind so easily

Are you kidding me?

3 pages and no one mentions Patrick Stewart??

Will Smith and Marlon Brando

clint howard

BUMP!
 
Babs list is the best out of all of these. I barely agree with any of the other list. But its all opinions. But come on, Will Smith? How can you put him in the same post as Marlon Brando?
 
But. My all time actors are (in no particularly order):
  

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Are you kidding me?

3 pages and no one mentions Patrick Stewart??

"

Bruce Lee 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 
Angelina Jolie 
Will Smith 
James Franco 
Zooey Deschanel  
Nicole Kidman 
Denzel Washington 
Uma Thurman 
Heath Ledger 
Johnny Depp 
Helena Bonham Carter 
 
I cant think of anymore, but they'll come after I post this lol