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I'm sure this has been covered but what's the greatest single acting performance

Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:16 am
Posted by beaver
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:16 am
In a movie in your opinion? I need some ideas of what to watch next

For me, it is Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Posted by beauchristopher
new orleans
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:26 am to
not greatest at all i'm sure, but jamie foxx definitely deserved his oscar for ray
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:29 am to
Phoenix in Master HAS to be up there
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37413 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 7:28 am to
Mifune in Ikiru
Brando in Waterfront
Peck in Mockingbird
Stewart in Mr. Smith

Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57437 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 7:32 am to
Leo in Inception
Posted by davesdawgs
Georgia - Class of '75
Member since Oct 2008
20307 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:55 am to
Peter O'Toole as T.J. Lawrence is recognized by many as the greatest movie performance of all time. LINK

While O'Toole's total body of work is not at the same level as for instance, Meryl Streep, I tend to agree that that one performance in Lawrence of Arabia was the best of all time; clearly he was made for that role.
Posted by brgfather129
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Jul 2009
17108 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 8:57 am to
Toby Radloff in Bride of Killer Nerd
Posted by Kel Varnsen
Member since May 2013
1975 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:20 am to
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Sandy Lyle

Oh man, I'm so friggin horny

Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
65147 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:21 am to
Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II is the best performance I have ever seen in a movie. Such realistic acting.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:30 am to
Brando in a Streetcar Named Desire.
Jimmy Stewart in the Rope.
Bogart in the African Queen
Posted by Methuselah
On da Riva
Member since Jan 2005
23350 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 9:43 am to
I won't try to name a "greatest" performance. But my favorite is Duval in Lonesome Dove. Oh, and I agree that Bogie in African Queen is excellent.
Posted by JCinBAMA
North of Huntsville
Member since Oct 2009
17586 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:16 am to
John Malkovich in Of Mice and Men did a damn good job, maybe not the greatest but good.

And i get to tend the rabbits (graphic)
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
56463 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:39 am to
Mason in Caddyshack 2.
Posted by Melvin
Member since Apr 2011
23535 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 1:03 pm to
Nic Cage in Con Air
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 4/6/14 at 2:39 pm to
Ledger as Joker prob best
Forrest Gump is right there too
Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
72937 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 3:08 pm to
Portman in Black Swan
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
31974 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 3:29 pm to
Me as a night guard in "Hamlet" when I was in 3rd grade
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116173 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 3:55 pm to
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.
This post was edited on 4/6/14 at 6:45 pm
Posted by Fenwick86
Member since May 2007
3522 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 6:39 pm to
Deniro - Raging Bull/Taxi Driver
Stewart - Vertigo/Harvey
Phoenix - The Master
Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Brian Cranston - Breaking Bad
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32486 posts
Posted on 4/6/14 at 6:44 pm to
Bogey in Casablanca
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