Favorite Actors/Actresses

[phil22]

Robert Duvall is the best in the biz, my very favorite actor and a true gentleman. I think Morgan Freeman is quite good as well.

 

[terrygoldman123]

Forgot to mention Anne Bancroft as well as Anthony Hopkins.

 

[philobeddoe]

Just a few favorites.....
Male- Jeremy Irons, Clint Eastwood, Albert Finney, Jeremy Brett, David Jason and Lee Van Cleef.
Female- Audrey Tatou, Tara Fitzgerald, Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, Juliette Binoche and Jennifer Ehle.

 

[foggymountain]

Actresses (chosen for looks only, in random order) early Nastassia Kinski, Bardot, Loren, Mansfield, Lisa Bonet, Penelope Cruz, early Eva Green, Mirren, Pam Grier. Actors: don't care

 

[bogie]

Morgan Freeman

Daniel Day-Lewis

Anthony Hopkins

Christoph Waltz

 

[trailspike48]

The previous post have named all my favorites, so I'll only add one not mentioned yet.
Not necessarily for her acting, but in her earlier movies I'm a sucker for Jamie Lee Curtis. What a body!

 

[fnord]

Can't argue with many of the names already listed, but I've got to put Robert Preston into the mix.
He was musical, he could dance, he could sing a bit and he had the chops to hold his own against John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, James Garner, Julie Andrews, Jean Simmons and so many others.
Preston was a mighty talent.
Fnord

 

[dermotfahy]

Forgot James Coburn and Edward G. Robinson.

 

[numbersix]

Some of these in my list are just actors I really enjoy watching, regardless if they were great or not (Edward G. Robinsons, Woody Allen and Cary Grant come to mind). Others are in here because I think they are superb talents that get overlooked because they didn't do "serious" film work (Vivian Vance and Francis Bavier come to mind):
Edward G. Robinson

Dustin Hoffman

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Michael Caine

Woody Allen

Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy). She was a superb comedian, and an under appreciated actress.

Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show) Another under appreciated actress.

Actors: don't care

lol!

Johnny Depp is a celebrity created by Hollywood and is NOT an actor

If you said this about Keanu Reeves, I'd heartily agree; but Depp, whether you like him or not, is IMHO an excellent actor.

 

[bentmike]

Mel Gibson

 

[terrygoldman123]

When I think of Mel Gibson it is as an action hero, not an actor. Same range as Stallone and Van Damme. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the "The Last of the Mohicans"

delivers acting and action.

 

[hobie1dog]

Janine Turner


Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I have to say Depp is a good actor. He was really good in Edward Scissor Hands, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Blow, Sleepy Hollow, Sweeney Todd, Don Juan DeMarco, Public Enemies, Alice In Wonderland, the Pirates movies, The Tourist, and Rango. That's an impressive body of work.
Also into Mark Wahlberg, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Edward Norton, Jeremy Brett (he WAS Holmes!) and David Suchet (he WAS Poirot!).
As for actresses I like Amy Adams, Drew Barrymore, Anne Hathaway, Goldie Hawn, Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close.

 

[foggymountain]

Some underappreciated actresses: Kyra Sedgwick, Thandie Newton, Bobbi Phillips, Eva Green, Alexis Dziema, Emily Mortimer.