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re: Whose acting career would you be most proud of when looking at their movie roles?

Posted on 10/24/26 at 8:32 am to
Posted by athenslife101
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 8:32 am to
Brendan Gleason
Posted by TigerintheNO
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 9:11 am to
Val Kilmer-

Doc Holliday
Ice Man
John Holmes
Batman
Phillip of Macedonia
Jim Morrison
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 9:27 am to
Anthony Hopkins
Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Ian McKellen
Gary Oldman
Sam Rockwell





Mark Ruffalo ( haha - yeah, NOT!)

Posted by Proximo
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 9:32 am to
Arnold
Posted by theunknownknight
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 10:25 am to
Eastwood
Cruise
Stallone
Posted by Chorizo chang
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 11:19 am to
quote:

and awesome range


I meant to specify but didn’t. I meant range of roles/films he’s chosen. Im not enough of a theatre purist to comment on anyone’s actual acting range. But Pitt’s not Nicholson or Ryan Reynolds who play themselves in almost every flick, I’ll give him that much
Posted by Pax Regis
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 2:07 pm to
Sean Connery
Posted by rebelrouser
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 2:08 pm to
Alec Guiness George Smiley > Gary Oldman George Smiley and the BBC series was better than the movie.

Humphrey Bogart: The Maltese Falcon, Cassablanca, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Caine Mutiny, The African Queen, Key Largo. Charlton Heston: The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, The Planet of the Apes, Touch of Evil, Midway, Khartoum (personal favorite).

Posted by Saint Alfonzo
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 2:47 pm to
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
Bruce Willis
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 2:59 pm to
Gary Oldman. Tremendous range and in some great movies.
Posted by BabyTac
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 3:10 pm to
Dennis Quaid from a sports perspective plus other great roles.
Posted by Tampa Ray
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Posted on 10/24/26 at 3:47 pm to
I'll throw Arnold & DeNiro in there.

Woody Harrelson got to do that scene with Alexandra Daddario so he gets an honorable mention
This post was edited on 10/24/26 at 3:53 pm
Posted by Keyszer10
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Posted on 10/25/26 at 8:56 pm to

A few of my favorites that had starring roles in several movies.

Tommy Lee Jones - No Country For Old Men

Danny DeVito - My Cousin Vinny

Joe Pesci - GoodFellas

Lee Marvin - The Dirty Dozen (For The Old School Folks)
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Posted on 10/25/26 at 10:41 pm to
For breadth and variety, PSH.

For iconic roles, tough to beat Indiana Jones and Han Solo.

But I think I would take Pitt’s career overall. Or Hanks’s. Breadth, variety, depth, iconic roles, well loved.
Posted by TheFonz
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Posted on 10/26/26 at 6:43 am to
Great choices. I’ll throw Michael Caine into the mix.
Posted by Hot Carl
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Posted on 10/26/26 at 2:00 pm to
He wouldn’t be my 1st choice, but since nobody’s mentioned him, I’ll throw out McConaughey. Especially if we can include his True Detective role in there.
Posted by Wraytex
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Posted on 10/26/26 at 5:39 pm to
He's not a top 5-10 or anything, but he is batting way above his weight, James Cromwell.
Posted by StreamsOfWhiskey
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Posted on 10/27/26 at 8:35 am to
Daniel Day Lewis
Gary Oldman
Posted by VOR
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Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:27 am to
I think Daniel Day Lewis would be a good suggestion. He has played very diverse roles, and has been excellent in them…
Posted by dupergreenie
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Posted on 10/27/26 at 9:33 am to
Johnny Sins
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