Matt Damon has to be one of the greatest ive ever seen, but Denzel Washington and Alan Rickman come close behind.

Laurence Olivier already owns the British title - Pacino and De Niro are still vying for it in the states.

Once upon a time it could've belonged to Charlton Heston if he wasn't such an gun-toting madman!

But for me it's Robert De Niro all the way

This is really hard for me, there's so many actors I like for so many reasons. I guess Jack Nicholson, because I find him to be cosistantly good in all of the films I have seen him in.

Jack Nicholson. The guy is a god.
Chinatown, One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The Shining, Batman, The Pledge, About Schmidt, As Good as it Gets.

don't know if i'd call him the greatest but Alan Rickman really makes my laugh I always try to see a film if i see it has him in it

Robert De Niro... with considerable ease too!

"On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody..."

i love that ewan mcgregor

robert de niro

or jack nicholson

These would be the best for me.

Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Bruce Willis

Cher oh hang on thats a woman, HAHAHAHAHAHA.
well i think by far the greatest Actor i ave seen, is Sir Micheal Cane.

Best actor ever Tom Hanks

That man can play any role and was brilliant as forest gump

Ed Norton
A pre mid90s DeNiro
Brad Pitt, believe it or not
Tim Roth
Ralph Fiennes

quote:

Originally posted by sidudeuk:
These would be the best for me.

Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Bruce Willis

Take Bruce Willis out of that list and you've got my top 5.

Pacino
De Niro
Hanks
Spacey
Cruise

In no particular order:
Men;
Alec Guiness
James Earl Jones
Paul Newman
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Cary Grant
Toshiro Mifune
Daniel Autieul
Daniel Day Lewis
Sidney Poitier
Spencer Tracy
Humphrey Bogart
James Stewart

Women;
Cicely Tyson
Katherine Hepburn
Rosalind Russell
Irene Dunne
Julie Christie
Liz Taylor (only in the 40s, 50s and early 60s)
Ida Lupino (mainly because she was a pioneer director as well)
Louise Fletcher
Jane Fonda
Vanessa Redgrave

I'm sure there are others think of but I can't think of them at the moment.

Al Pacino is the greatest actor of all time!!!!!

I would have said Al Pacino, but now he just tends to shout instead of act. Everytime I watch De Niro now, I keep expecting him to say 'Jesus, Focker. It's just a game', unfair, I know as they are both brilliant. So I am going to nominate my favourites (not necesarily the greatest)
Gary Oldman
Johnny Depp
Johm Malkovic
Denzel Washington.

I would love the title to go to Bruce Campbell!!
Hail to the king, baby!

I'd also say after watching Narc last night, Ray Liotta.

I reckon Tom Hanks is a good actor he sits well in all the films he has been in but my favourite has to be The Green Mile

I love Al pacino and Robert De Niro, like most movie fans. But up there with them are Tim Robbins and Sean Penn. In my humble opinion

JAMES CAGNEY.ROCK HUDSON, AND LOVELY JAMES DEAN.

I think my top five would have to be

Kevin Spacey
Samuel L Jackson
Kevin Bacon
Edward Norton
and Robert De Niro

kevin spacey in American beauty
or Johnny depp in edward scissor hands

Have thought about this long and hard. Would say Al Pacino but of late I've preferred Tom Hanks, especially in Road to Perdition.