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Spin off: Who is the greatest screen actor of all time
Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:10 pm
Actor/actress is the same thing. This list is based on opinion, please contribute your opinions. I'll just do a top 7 for myself
1: Daniel Day Lewis
2: Marlon Brando
3: Al Pacino
4: Leonardo DiCaprio
5: Christian Bale
6: Anthony Hopkins
7: Dustin Hoffman
I'll probably get dv to hell but I'm drinking
1: Daniel Day Lewis
2: Marlon Brando
3: Al Pacino
4: Leonardo DiCaprio
5: Christian Bale
6: Anthony Hopkins
7: Dustin Hoffman
I'll probably get dv to hell but I'm drinking
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Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:17 pm to HoboDickCheese
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:22 pm to HoboDickCheese
I like Daniel Day-Lewis. But Gary Oldman should be on that list as well.
Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:32 pm to lsuguy84
quote:good call, I actually just started Sin City II
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Posted on 5/26/25 at 11:34 pm to Neutral Underground
quote:Better call, he’s possibly DDL.2
But Gary Oldman should be on that list as well.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 12:18 am to HoboDickCheese
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 12:20 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 6:46 am to HoboDickCheese
Philip Seymour Hoffman. The definition of "range".
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:15 am to HoboDickCheese
Mel
Depp
Nicholson
Hackman
Bale
Depp
Nicholson
Hackman
Bale
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:19 am to HoboDickCheese
Like THE "the greatest"? Still probably Olivier.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 7:25 am to HoboDickCheese
Movie-goers in the 1930s likely considered George Arliss was the greatest screen actor of all time. But his style didn't age well.
Critics were gaga over the method actors in the 1950s and 1960s, but I find that style often too weirdly self-conscious these days.
Will the more modern acclaimed actors stand the test of time? Who knows. Culture and society changes.
Critics were gaga over the method actors in the 1950s and 1960s, but I find that style often too weirdly self-conscious these days.
Will the more modern acclaimed actors stand the test of time? Who knows. Culture and society changes.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:25 am to Neutral Underground
quote:
But Gary Oldman should be on that list as well.
He doesn't get nearly enough credit for how good he is, and he gets a lot of credit for how good he is. That's how good he is.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:32 am to HoboDickCheese
quote:
1: Daniel Day Lewis
GOAT
The biggest problem with your list is recency bias. Peter O'Toole, Jimmy Stewart, Paul Newman, Bette Davis and Peter Sellers need to be on this list.
1: Daniel Day Lewis
2: O'Toole
3: Sellers
4: Davis
5: Christian Bale
6: Anthony Hopkins
7: Gary Oldman
8: Brando
9: Stewart
10: Newman
This post was edited on 5/27/25 at 10:37 am
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:34 am to HoboDickCheese
DDL is the best to ever do it
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:34 am to Neutral Underground
quote:
Gary Oldman should be on that list
Posted on 5/27/25 at 10:39 am to HoboDickCheese
if you want range, look no further than Nicholas Cage
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:03 am to HoboDickCheese
Acting styles change over time, so it's hard to say GOAT. Paul Muni was considered the greatest actor of his day and had an unusual amount of control over his parts. His style is buffoonish by today's standards.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:08 am to HoboDickCheese
No Bogart or DeNiro?
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:22 am to HoboDickCheese
John Cazale is in my Top 10. What a resume.
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:30 am to HoboDickCheese
quote:
1: Daniel Day Lewis - no issue
2: Marlon Brando - overrated
3: Al Pacino - overrated
4: Leonardo DiCaprio - overrated
5: Christian Bale - no issue
6: Anthony Hopkins - overrated
7: Dustin Hoffman - no issue
Posted on 5/27/25 at 11:52 am to HueyLongJr
Paul Muni is the greatest actor of all time.
Just look at his list of movies and watch the top 10 and see why it was said "I would rather have 10 Betty Davis' than Paul Muni"
Muni was a stage actor and went talkies started Hollywood was looking for stage actor who could speak and act well.
Paul deep dived characters to the point he changed his look and voice.
Just look at his list of movies and watch the top 10 and see why it was said "I would rather have 10 Betty Davis' than Paul Muni"
Muni was a stage actor and went talkies started Hollywood was looking for stage actor who could speak and act well.
Paul deep dived characters to the point he changed his look and voice.
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