Your top three Male actors ever

bijapos

Steve McQueen
Stan Laurel
John Cazale

Honourable mentions to:

Robert De Niro
Mick Lally (great stage actor)
Groucho Marx
Daniel Day Lewis
Morgan Freeman
Harvey Keitel


Btw Cazale appeared in 5 films, all of which were nominated for Best Film Oscar and married Maryl Streep before he sadly died of cancer at 42. Very underrated.

Dudess

Sean Penn, Henry Fonda, Al Pacino.

padd b1975

Ray McNally.
Noel Purcell.
Cyril Cusack.

bigwormbundoran

Jack Nicholson
Daniel Day-Lewis
and Robert De Niro

Hard to fault any of them in any way really

Sooopie

Dudess wrote: »

Sean Penn, Henry Fonda, Al Pacino.

Good call

4zn76tysfajdxp

De Niro, Daniel Day Lewis, Donal McCann.

mackg

Clint Eastwood, Robert de Niro, can't decide om the third

LisaLee

Leonardo di Caprio
Johnny Depp
Christopher Walken

Would highly rate Jack Nicholson, Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins and Samuel L Jackson.

PeefsPixie

Gary Oldman, Edward Norton and Jean reno

foxyboxer

I'd have Alec Baldwin and Jeff Bridges on the bench though.

old hippy

foxyboxer wrote: »

I'd have Alec Baldwin and Jeff Bridges on the bench though.

Mmmm. I'd have had that Bridges in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, for sure

Baldwin's a comic genius but dunno if he's one of the all time greats.

DEFTLEFTHAND

1. Humphrey Bogart

2. Clint Eastwood

3. Robert De Niro.

Biggins

Morgan Freeman
Liam Neeson
Ian McKellen

To name just three...

theparish

Gregory Peck has to be up there

HalloweenJack

Clint Eastwood.
Clint Eastwood.
Clint Eastwood.

Honourable mentions: Robert de Niro, Al Pacino and Christian Bale.

Bipolar Joe

Steve Buscemi. No exceptions.

saintsaltynuts

Daniel Day-Lewis
Anthony Hopkins
Robert De Niro.
Runners Up..John Hurt,Al Pacino,Gary Oldman,Dustin Hoffman, Brendan Gleeson,Paul Newman,Richard Harris,Marlon Brando,Peter O'Toole,Samuel L. Jackson,Harvey Kietel,Christian Bale and Kevin Spacey.

kerry4sam

Clint Eastwood
Robert DeNiro
Morgan Freeman


nice thread op

BraziliaNZ

For sheer presence I'd have to go for

1. Richard Burton
2. Clint
3. Steve McQueen

Take me right now Richard...

Sky King

Someone posted the many faces of Gary Oldman a while back but it's probably worth a repost:

http://www.listal.com/list/many-faces-gary-oldman

Class!

The_Thing

My top 3:

Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
Eli Wallach

But lets not forget:

Jack Elam, Henry Fonda, Telly Savalas, Lee Marvin, James Woods, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Woody Strode.....

rednik

De Niro
Pacino
Brando

ppink

Robert Redford

Clint Eastwood

Eddie Murphy

Tomk1

Paul Giamatti -"American Splendor" "Lady in the water"
Stephen Rea -"The crying game" "Copenhagen"

Hard to pick a 3rd
Anthony Hopkins or Sean Penn

paddy kerins

Christian Bale
Liam Neeson
Patrick Wilson

Philip Semour Hoffman

Sean Penn

Daniel Day Lewis.

kupus

Denzel Washington, even his worst movies are made good by his acting
Daniel day Lewis same as Denzel.....
Brendan Gleeson not because he's a paddy but he's a genuinely good actor.......

He might be bat**** crazy, but Tom Cruise deserves a special mention

Dudess

Tim Robbins
Heath Ledger (I know his career wasn't very established, but I found him incredible in The Dark Knight, Brokeback Mountain and Monster's Ball)
Billy Bob Thornton (under-rated for his acting abilities, more known for being married to Angelina; check him out in Slingblade - amazing)
Kevin Spacey

Daithi 1

This thread is so gay !

Shrek
Fiona
Donkey

parker kent

Sooopie wrote: »

i hope you're joking - brad pitt is sh1te

He is actually very good. He has great range, from the serious/arthouse (The Assassination of Jesse James, Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Tree of Life etc, to the funny (Inglourious Basterds, Burn After Reading) to the blockbuster (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Oceans 11 etc). He gets a bad rep unfairly IMO. He is definitely not shíte and has picked some excellent movies in recent years.

Anyway, my favourite 3 (not the greatest 3 necessarily, just my favourites):

Leonardo Di Caprio
Marlon Brando
Christian Bale

Honourable mentions for Daniel Day-Lewis, Philippe Noiret, Gerard Depardieu, Russell Crowe, Clint Eastwood, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Nicholson, Jean Reno, Al Pacino, James Stewart, Robin Williams, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford, Vincent Cassel. I could probably go on and on and on really :pac:

marienbad

1- Marlon Brando
2- Sidney Poitier
3- Paul Newman

pragmatic1

Jack Nicholson (Easy rider, One flew over the cuckoos nest, The departed).
Ed Norton (American history X, Fight club, 25th hour).
Samuel L Jackson (Jules Winnfield is probably my favourite film character of all time).

Dudess

Ooh yeah, Ed Norton.

Damn you OP for limiting us to just three! :pac:

BraziliaNZ

I can't believe I'm the only person who mentioned Richard Burton. You are just in awe of the guy when he's on screen. He did the longest run of Hamlet in history on broadway. An absolute legend and one of the best actors ever. He would be one of my dinner guests if I could ever have one of those dead people dinner parties.

BraziliaNZ

No mentions of Peter O'Toole or our very own Richard Harris - I can't believe people have Johnny Depp in this list, he doesn't deserve to be in the same thread as the legends of old!
I love this picture, his face tells a life story

http://www.leninimports.com/richard_harris_b_2_big.jpg

Dudess

Burton's depiction of O'Brien in Nineteen Eighty Four is possibly the most perfect understanding of a complex character I have ever seen.

BraziliaNZ

Dudess wrote: »

Burton's depiction of O'Brien in Nineteen Eighty Four is possibly the most perfect understanding of a complex character I have ever seen.

It's spot on. He died soon after filming that, maybe even before it was released.

Dudess

He wasn't even 59 - and looked a lot older.

The man did love to party. :pac:

Liz, ya jammy biatch!

henryporter

foxyboxer wrote: »

I'd have Alec Baldwin and Jeff Bridges on the bench though.

old hippy wrote: »

Mmmm. I'd have had that Bridges in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, for sure

Baldwin's a comic genius but dunno if he's one of the all time greats.

Bridges wasn't bad in 'Crazy Heart' either and of course he made the 'Dude' an eternal legend, so he's in the top three.

Doesn't necessarily have to be all film actors I presume, so I'd have to give a place to James Gandolfini for creating another memorable character in Tony Soprano.

Final place is difficult to decide as it depends on if you pick individual performances or careers, some of the former being obliterated by poor choices in the latter (eg deNiro, Pacino, Walken, Nicholson), but I guess Clint would bag the third honor in my opinion

seamusmcspud

John Wayne
Andre the Giant
Rosie O Donnell

smodgley

Bob Deniro
sean penn
brendan Gleeson

i could add a few more. some are better at different genre's really

slowburner

Brian Cowan

Underground

Serious lack of mentions for Christian Bale.
The amount of hours of dedication he gives to every role is uncanny.
Plus he made The Batman cool again which wasn't easy after George Clooney's nipple suit.

castletownman

Ron Jeremy
Ben Dover
Mandingo

flutterflye

Underground wrote: »

Serious lack of mentions for Christian Bale.
The amount of hours of dedication he gives to every role is uncanny.
Plus he made The Batman cool again which wasn't easy after George Clooney's nipple suit.

Uncanny???

vampire of kilmainham

clint eastwood
john wayne
david suchet
mickey rooney
maureen O' hara
max von sydow
peter falk

starbelgrade

Sooopie wrote: »

i hope you're joking - brad pitt is sh1te

He's not the greatest actor in the world in technical terms, but like many of the great actors, he's extremely watchable... in the same way the likes of George Clooney and Robert Redford are.

Not everyone is a Daniel Day Lewis in the extremes they go to with their roles & quite frankly, but there's no doubt that he's one of the biggest screen icons of the last 20 years

df1985

Tom Hanks
Kevin Spacey
Liam Neeson

MungBean

Leanardo Dicaprio
Paul Giamatti
Robin Williams

jacksprat

jacksprat wrote: »

Chuck Norris
Rob Schneider
Burt Reynolds

You're joking, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hbA7PqBONI