Best Actor Ever

[Necromotic]

robert downey jr. in tropic thunder

[Summa]

I would say my favorite personal top 5 actors are:

Johhny Depp- Very well with odd parts, he can act like no other
Ben Stiller- Plays the loser roles quite well. (meet the fuckers, Heartbreak kid)
Steve Carrell- Plays some great roles where he usually puts himself in an akward position. (40 year old virgin, the office)
Mike Myers- A good writer, and can act all his own parts
Adam Sandler- Great with comedic dramas (click) But often just a funny guy to watch

Granted the last 4 are comedians.

rofl plz Tom Hanks isnt even as talented as JD

Hes played a retard, a survivor of a plane crash and a soldeir big fucking deal. Maybe you cant understand the roles JD has been in. How each role he masters the individual characteristics.

Tom Hanks is too plain.
Johnny Depp Is a Dynamic Actor

But then again maybe you like poor acting?

let me just be the first to tell you that with these two statements that you have stripped urself of any and all respect that anyone had for your opinion.

Now Johnny Depp is damn good, and i probably respect him more than any other actor because he takes risks and actually puts himself out there and does some weird ass risky roles and usually delivers. He can act, but he isn't the best by any means. I have also read all of this thread and you seem to be stuck in modern day movies, so maybe you should take a trip back to before you were born and watch some movies.

Now to really determine who is the best you have to define what is the actual goal of acting or an actor (which varies from person to person) and then see who best accomplishes such. For me I would say an actor is successful when I am first and foremost entertained and absorbed in the move, if I feel like their acting is sincere and real, and if the actor can make me feel the same emotions that their character is feeling.

I would say Johnny Depp is probably one of the most entertaining actors I've seen, but for me he lacks on making me feel what his character is feeling, he just seems a bit too insane or impersonal at times for me. Maybe its just his roles being over the top, but he's just not the best for me.

Tom Hanks is amazing. And I was talking about Johnny Depp and risks, this guy was the only person on a screen for almost two hours. Its not like the plot was very interesting either (guy crashes on island and wants to go home). You try making that shit entertaining or not boring as hell, its hard. While I think Tom Hanks is probably the best actor I've seen at relaying emotions and being legitimate about his acting, I think his choices of movies (aside from castaway) have been for the majority safe over his career. He is not the MOST entertaining actor and hes definitely not eccentric like Johnny Depp, but his skill is up there with the best. But in the end I think I would agree that Johnny Depp has more talent, but I think he kind of pisses it away, he gets type casted into only eccentric roles and you really never come across much acting. I think Depp is the best entertainer out there today, but not actor.

Overall I really don't see anyone holding a candle up to De Niro and Morgan Freeman in the realm of pure acting. I think that Robin Williams is the best comedy/acting hybrid, and I will vote steven chow as the best at comedy simply because he writes the movies he acts in and they are all fucking hillarious.

[phata$$]

Come on guys... I was hoping someone else would mention this guy.

[Liquid Blue]

I really hate it when people post an obscure picture and say "this guy" or "this girl" like everyone on the planet should be able to recognize them at a glance

[Mantra-Slider]

hey phren!!!


oh btw, since every actor has been listed in this thread, where is Frank T.J. Mackey and Scotty J.?

[Cops]

robert downey jr. in tropic thunder

more like jack black in tropic thunder, he used a black marker on the nips.

Anyone see Johnny Depp win best comedic actor at the Much Music Awards? Superbad and Knocked Up deserved that shit, don't get me wrong Pirates was amazing but he didn't deserve that award. He definitely deserved best villain for Sweeny Todd, but in no way shape or form did Jonnah Hill not deserve that award. I also thought Zac Efron from Hairspray didn't really deserve the break through actor award but then again neither did half the people listed. I can guess on a whole I was just pissed that I was playing a drinking game where we'd wager shots/drinks on the winner and I got my ass handed to me.

note to self: always pick people who don't deserve the award

[RednaZ]

Ow I forgot Kevin Bacon, his performance in The Woodsman was magnificent and it was a major career risk

[Fidel Castro]

Come on guys... I was hoping someone else would mention this guy.

This guy does get nominated for Best Actor academy awards every time he makes a movie. We tend to forget about him because he is very, very selective about his roles.

So nobody else likes Slim Pickens? Come on people. He was the best part of the best movie ever made.

[Jeenyuss]

I really hate it when people post an obscure picture and say "this guy" or "this girl" like everyone on the planet should be able to recognize them at a glance

daniel day lewis

[ShadowHand]

I would say my favorite personal top 5 actors are:

Johhny Depp- Very well with odd parts, he can act like no other
Ben Stiller- Plays the loser roles quite well. (meet the fuckers, Heartbreak kid)
Steve Carrell- Plays some great roles where he usually puts himself in an akward position. (40 year old virgin, the office)
Mike Myers- A good writer, and can act all his own parts
Adam Sandler- Great with comedic dramas (click) But often just a funny guy to watch

Granted the last 4 are comedians.

wow how are you arguing who the best actors are with a list like that?
steve carell is one of the most overrated actors ever. Johnny Depp makes the same kind of movies with the exception of a few. I mean how many tim burton movies has he been involved with? christ. mike myers is a good pick. I like him and eddie murphy for being able to play multiple characters in a single movie.

the people who mentioned tom hanks and morgan freeman have the right idea. I also agree with gregory peck and mel gibson. i also think tom cruise should be considered for the list. Personal favorites of mine include denzel washington, russel crowe, nicholas cage, edward norton, and i am quickly gaining respect for christian bale

[Noah]

I personally wouldn't take any movie recommendations from someone who enjoys Ben Stiller's work, besides Zoolander and Something About Mary that guy has done nothing but produce shit work and shown he's not a real actor.

Edit: ®Maddox.

[ShadowHand]

robert downey jr. in tropic thunder

robert downey jr. in "in dreams"

[Squeezer]

What I learned from this thread!

Very few on these forums have seen foreign/pre-1970s movies.

hollywud haz teh best actors! cuz there hot butz

[Galleleo]

daniel day lewis

That guy looks so incredibly different once you take that moustache away.. And his face seems to have so much more emotion and stories on it when he has that moustache.

I mean:



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[Cops]

Edit: ®Maddox.

dodgeball was a great movie and so the was the royal tenanbaums but not because of that piece of crap. maddox was dead on about ben stiller.