greatest actor presently performing

[pres2032]

i started a second poll, check that one too. i'll take the top vote winners from both polls and do a combined final poll later.

link to poll 2:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2397213


OK, since DU only allows for 10 spots per poll and there are so many great actors, you can ignore the poll, just tell us who you think is the best.

[disillusioned1]

1. Depp

People's Choice award last night. Golden Globe for best actor nomination, will be on Sunday night.

Not to mention the cute factor.

[Poiuyt]

2. Is Max Baer Jr. still performing?

[jpgray]

3. I'd say maybe Ian McKellen, Peter O'Toole (nt)

[propagandafreegal]

4. Sorry, I don't see any of my favs on your list nm

[pres2032]

13. did you check the second poll?

[Dookus]

5. Perhaps Sean Penn

[AverageJoe]

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton has never turned in less than a brilliant performance in any film I've seen him in. He's a consumate professional and makes any movie he's associated with a much better flick.

[Ron Green]

6. Sean Penn deserves a mention.

Also: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi

[madison2000]

7. Liam Neeson deserves a mention too

[CO Liberal]

8. George W. Bush is Acting Like a Human Being....

:-)

[NightTrain]

9. Not to be a pain in the ass, but you might want to expand the name of...

...this thread to, "Greatest AMERICAN Actor...."

Just a thought. :hi:

[pres2032]

12. yeah, thing is, there's just so many

already started a second poll, maybe a third one could be started for foriegn actors?

[billbuckhead]

21. Anthony Hopkins, Don Cheadle. Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford,

Gerard Depardieu, sure are a bunch.

[barb162]

10. Ralph Fiennes or Johnny Depp, can't make up my mind

[barb162]

11. well let me take that back, Spacey, Nicholson... I can't make up my mind

[fishwax]

14. Philip Seymour Hoffman

I think he's incredibly talented.

[For PaisAn]

15. DeNiro & Penn are a tie for me

n/t

[pres2032]

17. vote for both!

Penn is in Poll 2! :hi:

[For PaisAn]

19. Good idea

:D

[For PaisAn]

27. Do you have a link for poll 2?

I couldn't find it.

Found it, forgot there's a direct link to polls at the top of the discussion forums page.

[PassingFair]

16. Albert Finney

Rocked my young world in "Tom Jones" as a young man.
Can bring me to tears in no time flat as a great dramatic actor.
Can do Williams or Shakespeare in his sleep.
I really believe there is no match for him today.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

18. Depp. Deniro. Penn.

[TahitiNut]

20. How could ANYONE put Tom Cruise in such a list (and omit Sean Penn)??

:puke:

Penn, DeNiro, Depp, Hackman, Hoffman ... gads!
Right now I'll toss a coin and say Depp.
Any one of them might get my vote.


Tom Cruise isn't fit to shine their Oscars.

[pres2032]

23. check poll 2

:hi:

[hickman1937]

22. Paul Newman

He does more great acting in his pauses than any living actor. To me the greatest actors were as adept at comedy as drama. Like Michael Caine said, drama is fun, comedy is terrifying.

[pres2032]

25. vote in poll 2!

:hi:

[hickman1937]

26. O.K! When? n/t

[pres2032]

28. it's up now

:hi:

[KittyWampus]

24. Kenneth Branaugh

[Hans Delbrook]

29. How is it even possible to ask this question w/o naming Russell Crowe????

One vote for raging Russell.

[SKKY]

30. Tom Hanks...Did you see him in "The Terminal"???...

...He was freakin' amazing!

[sir_captain]

31. Denzel Washington

should be on the list too

[serryjw]

32. Tim Robbins

Clint Eastward is getting better as he gets older

[Mrs. Overall]

33. Ian Holm and Patrick Stewart

[Rowdyboy]

34. Kevin Spacey has 3 votes while Jack Nicholson has none?

This is some sort of wierd, wacked-out universe where up is down etc.
I think some of you guys evidently have latched onto some good stuff.

[corksean]

35. Colm Meaney (O'Brien for Star Trek TNG)

Not for Star Trek but for his comic turns in films like "The Commitments" or "The Snapper". Priceless facial expressions.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. Nobody ever mentions Morgan Freeman...

I could never pick just one actor or actress as "greatest"; but there are a few that I've always found to be outstanding, and Freeman's one of them.