Your five favorite living actors?

[red dog 1]

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1) Robert De Niro
2) Billy Bob Thornton
3) Alec Baldwin
4) Joan Cusack
5) Gene Hackman

Honorable Mention:
- Denzel Washington
- Robert Redford
- Jeff Bridges
- John Cusack
- Tom Hanks

(Feel free to list more than five)

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I can only come up with one - Colin Farrell

I'm mostly into old movies!

[cilla4progress]

2. I'll bite

Cate Blanchett
Nick Nolte
Jeff Bridges
Julie Christie
Judy Dench

[red dog 1]

10. Damn..I forgot how much I like Jeff Bridges!

(especially in The Big Lebowski)

[cilla4progress]

14. I know...so fun..

it's in my limited library.

And I know people who know him / people that film is based on!

[red dog 1]

16. In a recent interview with Terry Gross, he said that the Coen brothers had him in mind..

..when they were writing The Big Lebowski.

[Snackshack]

3. Ok

Jeff Bridges
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Al Pachino
Kevin Costner
Robert Duvall

6...just 5 didn't cut it.

[red dog 1]

11. I know....I might add one or two myself, including Denzel Washington

Imo, Robert Duvall was outstanding in "The Great Santini"

[Hugo24601]

4. Bennedict Cumberbatch

Tom Cruise
Charlize Theron
Amanda Seyfield
Michael Keaton

[Lefthacker]

5. Here goes

Robert Redford
Denzel
Judy Densch
De Niro
Kim Coates

[red dog 1]

12. You gotta love Redford

One of my all-time favorites!

[Lefthacker]

18. The Natural

Alone makes him my favorite.

How about favorite actors who have passed?

Paul Newman
Cary Grant
Gene Tierney
Rex Harrison


I couldn't name just 5.

[red dog 1]

35. How about Robert Mitchum, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Robin Williams?

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Whenever I think about Redford I think about him & Paul Newman (one of my favorites) in
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid....and also the Sundance Film Festival

Also among my favorites who are no longer with us,
- Zero Mostel
- Walter Matthau
- Jack Lemon
- Ernest Borgnine
- Lee Marvin
- Charles Bronson
- Gene Wilder
(I could go on)

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. Alan Rickman! n/t

[yeoman6987]

6. Mine are

Sandra bullock
James marsden
Jason Bateman
Miles teller
Melissa McCarthy

[Skittles]

7. ...

I too like Billy Bob - he is very unique.......I also like Viola Davis, Adam Driver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine....and can I squeeze in Jeff Bridges, love him

[jodymarie aimee]

8. Pacino for pity's sake..and Bruce Dern

Pacino
Bill Macy
Scott Glenn
Bruce Dern
Nicholson, when he was young and not fattie

[Laffy Kat]

9. Here goes:

1) Cicely Tyson (ret.)
2) Gene Hackman (ret.)
3) Denzel Washington
4) Meryl Streep
5) Christopher Walken

[lisa58]

13. John Cusack

Jack Black
Martin Sheen
James Spader
Robert Downey, Jr.

[red dog 1]

17. John Cusack is great!

I'll have to add him to my list

(I especially loved him in "The Ice Palace" with Billy Bob Thornton & Randy Quaid)

[lisa58]

21. I love that movie...

I think Gross Pointe Blank is my favorite and High Fidelity

[cilla4progress]

15. So many great ones!

I LOVE all listed!!

Great actors and many great people, among them.

[First Speaker]

19. Here goes--James Spader...

...Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Roger Allam. Actresses: Helen Mirren, Diana Rigg, Cate Blanchett, Gillian Andersen, Lucy Lawless.

[rurallib]

20. I guess actor may imply males. To me Streep is the tops

beyond that I am not too much aware of today's actors.
Denzel Washington is certainly in a class above also

[red dog 1]

38. To me, actors are both male & female,

(many Hollywood actresses refer to themselves as "actors&quot

[rurallib]

45. I know - me too. But many still refer to 'actors' and 'actresses'

I am glad to see the term 'actress' seems to be or maybe has disappeared.
A performer is a performer.

[mnhtnbb]

22. OK. Here's my list of favorites. I'll go see any of their films.

Helen Mirren
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Denzel Washington
Kevin Spacey
Julianne Moore
Sean Penn
Cate Blanchett

After thinking about this overnight, I have to add

Viola Davis
Jessica Chastain
Amy Adams
Jude Law
Tom Hanks
Leonardo DiCaprio

[red dog 1]

39. Good list!

I especially like your last two, Tom Hanks & Leo DiCaprio (I loved "Aviator&quot

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. I'd go see anything these 5 guys are in:

Tom Hanks
Jeff Bridges
Robert Downey, Jr.
Bill Murray
Jason Bateman

[red dog 1]

40. I think you're the first to mention Bill Murray

I've been a huge fan of his since he first appeared on SNL, taking Chevy Chase's place.

I loved "Meatballs" (which I think was his first movie), but my favorite Bill Murray film has to be
Groundhog Day.

[progressoid]

24. Helen Mirren. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Tilda Swinton. Cate Blanchett. Helena Bonham Carter.

Frances McDormand


Patricia Clarkson


Anjelica Huston


Isabella Rossellini

[red dog 1]

41. Frances McDormand is one of my favorites too

Especially "Fargo", (which I've seen at least 20 times), but she was also great in
"Almost Famous" playing the mom.

[jmowreader]

25. Mine

Samuel L. Jackson
Jennifer Lawrence
George Clooney
Sandra Bullock
Donald Sutherland

[Hoyt]

26. Until he shot his wife, I really liked Robert Blake.

[pnwmom]

27. 1 woman out of 10 names. Just sayin'. n/t

[March 4th]

28. Vladimir Putin (Acting Macho), Kim Jong Un (Acting Like a Superpower), and Donald Trump

(Acting Like He Has the Slightest Fucking Clue What's Going On). Oh, right, you want two more. Okay:

FOX News (Acting Like a News Outfit), and Breitbart (Same Thing).

[FrankfurtCat]

36. So true!

[red dog 1]

42. Welcome to DU!

How about two more?
- Mitch McConnell, acting & looking like a turtle
- Paul Ryan, acting & looking like Eddie Munster

[March 4th]

49. Thanks for the Welcome

But I'm a bit confused: are you saying Mitch McConnell is not an actual turtle???

[CTyankee]

29. nobody mentions George Clooney!!!

I would watch him read the proverbial phone directory...

[Mendocino]

30. Daniel Day-Lewis

Don Cheadle

Jennifer Lawrence

Albert Finney

Julianne Moore

Tommy Lee Jones

[ailsagirl]

31. Daniel is tops!

[Mendocino]

32. IMO Best Living Actor

and perhaps ever.

[red dog 1]

43. How could I forget Tommy Lee Jones?

One of my all-time favorites (I've seen No Country For Old Men at least 30 times)

[LP2K12]

33. My five...

Robert Downey Jr.
Harrison Ford
Julia Roberts
George Clooney
Jennifer Lawrence

Honorable Mention:
Denzel Washington
Matt Damon

[red dog 1]

44. Harrison Ford was outstanding in "Witness".and so was Kelly McGillis

He's one of my favorites too.

[Number9Dream]

34. Mostly prefer old movies & actors, but...

Harrison Ford
Meryl Streep
Robert DiNero
Denzel Washington
Monica Bellucci

[FrankfurtCat]

37. I chose 5 of each gender-these actors always deliver amazing performances.

Al Pacino
Gary Oldman-a true chameleon
Jake Gyllenhaal
Joan Cusack-another chameleon
Meryl Streep
Julianne Moore
Melissa McCarthy-the funniest person alive IMO
Jason Bateman
Holmes Osborne
Mary McDonnell

[yuiyoshida]

46. ALL of mine are Japanese!

1. Takashi Sorimachi


2.Takuya Kimura


3.Kou Shibasaki


4.Mao Inoue


5.Matsumoto Jun


6.Ishihara Satomi
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7.Ken Watanabe


8.Kazuya Kamenashi


9.Yuji Oda


10.Yukie Nakama


11.Takenouchi Yutaka


12.Ueto Aya

[red dog 1]

50. What about Pat Morita?

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Oh wait...Pat Morita died a few years ago.

But I liked him a lot.
Morita was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in "The Karate Kid"
and he played Arnold on "Happy Days"
He also appeared in a few episodes of "Mash".(He was great on Mash)

(Watanabe survived stomach cancer diagnosed last year)

[yuiyoshida]

57. If I were to include an actor who is long gone, it would have to be

Shintaro Katsu

[red dog 1]

58. Wasn't Mao Inoue in "Kill Bill"?

[yuiyoshida]

59. No that was...

Chiaki Kuriyama as gogo Yubari

[red dog 1]

61. Thanks

[TexasBushwhacker]

47. Male and female

1.Jeff Bridges
2. Colin Firth
3. Chiwetel Ejiofor
4. Joseph Gordon Levitt
5. Samuel L. Jackson


1. Kathy Bates
2. Helen Mirren
3. Julianne Moore
4. Alfre Woodard
5. Frances McDormand

It was hard for me to narrow it down to 5. I could list many more.

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. ok

Laurie Metcalf is remarkable. If you can get the Louis CK series "Horace & Pete" , episode 3 or whatever, acting clinic


There is a scene in "You've Got Mail" where they meet in a restaurant and Meg Ryan rejects Tom in a harsh way, his reaction, no words at first, acting 101.




Sometimes this guy stops me dead in my trax - John Lithgow




I wonder if his demons werent so great, would he have have been such a great actor?



Philip Seymour Hoffman


I always thought he was overrated given the repetition of material until I saw


And an argument can be made for Mr. Grodin as well

[samnsara]

52. morgan freeman....

amy adams
meryl streep
betty white
hunka hunka Chris Pines

[mchill]

53. I'd like to pick Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Gregory Peck, BUT

Tom Hanks
Meryl Streep
Mark Ruffalo
Reese Witherspoon (for light-hearted stuff)
Sidney Poitier

Extras:
Kenneth Branagh
Lawrence Fishbourne (early stuff)
Bill Paxton (he just passed, though)
Frances McDormand (yes! Fargo and Olive Kitridge)

[dewsgirl]

54. Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks

[red dog 1]

55. Nice picks!

[Vilis Veritas]

56. A little list...

Steve Buscemi
Danny Devito
Denzel Washington
Matthew McConaughey
Kermit The Frog


Dead and gone
Spencer Tracey
Peter Ustinov

[NewDealProgressive]

60. Samuel L. Jackson

Johnny Depp
Ian McShane
Denzel Washington
Tim Roth