Upcoming Actors/Actresses to keep an eye on

[Liquid Blue]

Quarantine topic (eagle eye talk specifically) made me think of this -

Alot of prominent actors for the past couple of decades are really starting to show their age, and I personally don't think there is a huge amount of talent in Hollywood at the moment to fill those shoes in the next couple of years. And I'm not talking about someone that's good in one movie, I'm talking about actors and actresses with a score of good movies to their name. People that will (some have) been in good movies for 20 years or will be in alot of movies over the next 20 years.

Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, Jack Nickelson, etc etc- they're all getting up there in age. So to put it simply, out of the younger generation (10-40) who do you think we should keep an eye on? Who do you think has amazing talent and has a bright future ahead of them?

Actors
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Christian Bale
Aaron Eckhart
Shia LeBouf
Leonardo DeCaprio
Hugh Jackman
Will Smith
Matt Damon



Actresses
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Rosario Dawson
Rachel Weisz
Jennifer Connelly
Catherine Zeta Jones
Radha Mitchell


Those are the ones I can think of for now. Gimme yours!

[genocidal]

<Obligatory played out Galleleo joke>

[Liquid Blue]

yea i was waiting for it

lol

[Jeenyuss]

a lot of those actors and actresses have already came in terms of successful movie roles. leo dicaprio's been around since gilbert grape.

i really like lee pace from pushing daisies.

[Liquid Blue]

I know they have, but I'm talking about passing the torch, so to speak- after the current greats have died out

it's fantastic that alot of them have done well, I just want to know who people think will continue to do well as time goes on

[Vykromond]

isn't catherine zeta-jones like a million years old

nvm shes only 39 weird

she doesn't really do movies much anymore does she though

[Dabram]

Andrew Garfield had an impressive performance in Boy A.
Emile Hirsch was really good in Into the Wild.


Can't think of anyone else atm.

[PH]

Shia LeBouf

seconded, he is fucking good

[HateTheFake]

I think a few movies from a few years ago have sprouted tons of careers (40 year old virgin/knocked up, juno)

[Squeezer]

Gael Garcia Bernal

(this guy)





And he's already kind of arrived, but I respect Josh Hartnett. Oh and this guy (he's also been in quite a bit of stuff but most people don't recognize him):

boo. they tooked my hotrinked image. it's Giovanni Ribisi.

[Pearl Jam]

I agree that he has acting talent, but Shia LeBouf needs to stop doing movies where he just runs around like a chicken with its head cut off (Transformers/Indiana Jones/Disturbia/Eagle Eye).

So much scurrying!

[PUNK rock]

I think a few movies from a few years ago have sprouted tons of careers (40 year old virgin/knocked up, juno)

And several of them and other now popular actors/actresses/producers/directors started with Freaks and Geeks.


Also, Emile Hirsch, Kristen Bell, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Ritter, Kristen Stewart, etc.

[PaulOakenfold]

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Actrices

[Epinephrine]

If Will Smith is in that list, I'm putting Brad Pitt.

[Troll King]

I'd say that a majority of the names listed in this thread are people who have already made it and may have peaked in terms of potential.


I want to throw the name Jay Baruchel into the ring.

He played the young actor in Tropic Thunder and had roles in Knocked Up and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Another member of the Judd Apatow crew as the lead in Undeclared, he made his start on several Canadian kids shows, most prominently as a co-host of Popular Mechanics for Kids opposite Elisha Cuthbert.