re: Would you agree Tom Hanks is one of the best actors of all time?

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DiCaprio, Oldman, Cruise, Gibson, Hoffman, Kingsley to name a few top 10 for me. Gonna get hate and downvotes for 1,3, and 4 but they have all shown versatility. Pioneers always take the arrows, settlers take the land, so the more exposure, the more detractors. I just call it like I see it

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I forget about gary oldman. One of my all time favorites.

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im genuinely curious who other people have at the top. It’s all subjective so no one can argue.

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In the recent years I would have DDL, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christian Bale and probably Denzel above him if we’re talking about who’s the better actor. Comparing resumes would be a different story

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There are dozens of actors that I put ahead of Hanks in terms of pure acting skillset.

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So you can name - at the very minimum - at least 24 actors you say can act better than Hanks?

List isn't legit without Bachelor Party and The 'Burbs. Two comedy greats

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at least 24 actors you say can act better than Hanks?

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Easily. Men I personally consider better actors, not necessarily box office draws are

1) Laurence Olivier
2) Robert DeNiro
3) Jimmy Stewart
4) Cary Grant
5) Marlon Brando
6) Peter O'Toole
7) Peter Sellers
8) Michael Caine
9) Robert Duvall
10)Johnny Depp
11)Gene Hackman
11)Sean Connery
12)James Dean
13)Gary Oldman
14)Gary Cooper
15)RDJ
16)DDL
17)Bruce Willis
18)Mel Gibson
19)Tom Cruise
20)Paul Newman
21)Dustin Hoffman
22)Anthony Hopkins
23)Leonardo Di
24)Al Pacino
25)John Gielgud
26)Ben Kingsley
27)Alec Guiness
28)David Niven

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This guy gets it.

Hanks is easily Top 50 all time. They've been making movies for over 100 years. In a hundred year history if you are easily in the top 50 you are one of the best actors all time.

This thread gets kicked around every year or so. Hanks is unbelievable. He's funny, charismatic, deep, able to change into the character to a degree that most actors can't despite not being Mr. Method. He's in the Mount Olympus of actors.

People will say DDL is better, but he isn't. He does a particular thing particularly well. The only one who is better, imo, because he has the same range while also generally being more than himself is PSH. Although Hanks is a movie star and PSH was an actor, so there's a difference there.

Of the movie stars out there, I can't think of a better actor. He can (or could) carry a film by himself (literally). That's star power. DiCaprio is as big a star, maybe bigger, but he doesn't have the range of Hanks. I think you really do have to go back to the greats of yesteryear to find one to match. Stewart is certainly one of them.

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He's funny, charismatic, deep, able to change into the character to a degree that most actors can't despite not being Mr. Method. He's in the Mount Olympus of actors.

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I mean I get liking the guy, and Method isn't the only way, but his range is slim despite the funny charismatic piece (which is what makes him a great movie star).

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People will say DDL is better, but he isn't. He does a particular thing particularly well.

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And this is where Hanks threads go sideways. DDL has at least 4 performances head and shoulders above anything Hanks has done.

I guess it depends on the interpretation of

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best actors of all time

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Little "A" to me says skill, not capital "A" Actor/Star/Hollywood icon.