1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull/Ronin 2. Tom Hanks - Splash 3. Johnny Depp - 4. Jack Nicholson - As Good As It Gets 5. Sylvester Stallone - 6. Morgan Freeman - Se7en 7. Harrison Ford - Raiders Of The Lost Ark/The Fugitive 8. Brad Pitt - 9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator 10. Russell Crowe - LA Confidential 11. Clint Eastwood - Absolute Power 12. Jim Carrey - 13. Bruce Willis - The Sixth Sense 14. Kurt Russell - The Thing 15. Kevin Costner - The Untouchables 16. Kevin Spacey - LA Confidential 17. Edward Norton - American History X 18. Denzel Washington - Fallen 19. Adam Sandler - The Wedding Singer (actually it's the only good movie he's done) 20. Val Kilmer - Thunderheart 21. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon Why is there Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Jim Carrey yet no Dustin Hoffman, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, Gene Hackman, Daniel Day Lewis or William Hurt? So to add to a very incomplete list Dustin Hoffman - Tootsie/Midnight Cowboy Paul Newman - The Sting Robert Redford - All The President's Men Richard Dreyfuss - Moon Over Parador Harvey Keitel - Reservoir Dogs Gene Hackman - The Quick and The Dead Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs Of New York William Hurt - Body Heat/Broadcast News
Godsend Meet the Fockers Shark Tale Analyze That The Score Men of Honour Analyze This Great Expectations Cop Land The Fan Heat (I think I've seen this one, not 100% sure) The Deer Hunter Mostly newer ones, none of the legnedary ones like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, A Bronx Tale or Casino. I knew I would take heat for this, that's why I made sure to mention that I haven't seen most of his "better" ones. Pugs
1. Robert De Niro - Ronin - Maybe not as many people have seen this one.. and of course The Untouchables 2. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump - Sorry, one of he greatest movies ever, and won an Oscar, so this is it for him 3. Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow - Iconic. Made Depp the star he is. Nuff said. 4. Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets - he actually became human here 5. Sylvester Stallone - Meh. Demolition Man maybe? Snipes made it fun 6. Morgan Freeman - shrug.. he just plays Morgan Freeman, which is fine, but nothing stands out 7. Harrison Ford - You cannot separate the Holy Trinity of Indy, Han Solo, and Deckard 8. Brad Pitt - Nothing stands out. Not my cup of tea I guess. 9. Leonardo DiCaprio - He has grown on me, I used to not like the guy. His most recent is also my favorite - Inception 10. Russell Crowe - Yes, Gladiator, for sure 11. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven is a great great movie, but I actually like In the Line of Fire better, as far as just a 'fun to watch' Eastwood movie 12. Jim Carrey - How did he make this list? Truman though, no question 13. Bruce Willis - 6th Sense, easy. But he has been a busy busy man. 14. Kurt Russell - Big Trouble in Little China 15. Kevin Costner - as much as people rag on Waterworld, it's still fun And the others left off this list, some mentioned below.. How do you leave off: Tom Cruise - A Few Good Men .. just a great great movie Eddie Murphy - Arguably the biggest star of the 80's and into the 90's.. Trading Places is always the most fun to watch for me Kevin Spacey - As others have remembered. But for me, it is definitely The Ref .. so much so, it is an annual Christmas tradition at my house lol Robert Downey Jr - Can't leave him off. And among all the fun things he has done, the recent Sherlock Holmes is just so re-watchable, he is just magnificent fun in that role Richard Dreyfus - So many brilliant things, Jaws, Close Encounters, but I may actually have to say Krippendorf's Tribe.. that movie is a riot Dustin Hoffman - maybe I am just showing my age.. but you can't leave him out either The Graduate? Marathon Man? Kung Fu Panda? (lol) Al Pacino - Nobody did Satan better Soo many more.. Sam Jackson, Bill Murray, Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Tommy Lee Jones, Christian Bale, Jeff Bridges, Sean Connery, Will Smith, Jamie Fox, George Clooney, etc etc etc... lots of big-time guys out there, all of whom arguably could be on that top list.. ah well, fun to talk about
1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull 2. Tom Hanks - Gump 3. Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco/Blow 4. Jack Nicholson - The Shinning 5. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky I (is this a question?) although I love Copland 6. Morgan Freeman - Glory 7. Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones I 8. Brad Pitt - Fight Club 9. Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me if You Can/Blood Diamond 10. Russell Crowe - Beautiful Mind 11. Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven 12. Jim Carrey - Truman Show/The Majestic 13. Bruce Willis - Die Hard 14. Kurt Russell - Big Trouble in Little China 15. Kevin Costner - Bull Durham
I took all of the Actors listed from this Thread. This is my Personal opinion and can be argued. 1. Robert De Niro - Casino 2. Tom Hanks - The 'Burbs / Apollo 13 3. Johnny Depp - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4. Jack Nicholson - The Shining 5. Sylvester Stallone - Cliffhanger 6. Morgan Freeman - DreamCatcher /Shawshank Redemption 7. Harrison Ford - Air Force One 8. Brad Pitt - Legends of the Fall 9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Beach 10. Russell Crowe - Gladiator 11. Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino 12. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show 13. Bruce Willis - The Fifth Element 14. Kurt Russell - Escape From L.A. 15. Kevin Costner -WaterWorld 16. Kevin Spacey - K-pax(J/K) Really liked him in Se7ev 17. Edward Norton - Being John Malkovich 18. Denzel Washington - Remember the Titans 19. Adam Sandler - I'm gonna have to go with Billy Madison 20. Val Kilmer - Tombstone 21. Al Pacino - The Devils Advocate 22. Will Smith - Independence Day / Enemy of the State 23. Joe Pesci - Gone Fishin' (J/K) He was Awesome in Goodfellas 24. Arnold Schwarzenegger -End of Days / Total Recall 25. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man 26. Paul Newman - The Sting 27. Robert Redford - Indecent Proposal 28. Richard Dreyfuss - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 29. Harvey Keitel - Pulp Fiction 30. Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenebaums 31. Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of NewYork 32. William Hurt - Dark City I'm going to add 3 to round this list out 33. Woody Harrelson - Natural Born Killers 34. Mel Gibson - The Patriot 35. John Travolta - Face Off
I change freeman to Driving Mrs Daisy, Freeman does tend to be one dimensional, but he stepped out a little on this
Wow, I think a Lot of these folks are highly one-dimensional..but here it goes 1. Robert De Niro - The Deer Hunter 2. Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump 3. Johnny Depp - Edward Scissorhands/Ed Wood 4. Jack Nicholson - The Shining/One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest 5. Sylvester Stallone - Rocky 6. Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption 7. Harrison Ford - American Graffiti 8. Brad Pitt - Snatch 9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator 10. Russell Crowe - Cinderlla Man 11. Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales 12. Jim Carrey - The Truman Show 13. Bruce Willis - The Sixth Sense 14. Kurt Russell - Silkwood 15. Kevin Costner - The Untouchables
Not to beat a dead horse, but.... Good LORD, man! You need to go rent Taxi Driver like.....right now! That's like saying Hakeem's best game was that preseason game against the Clippers back in 1992. One role De Niro doesn't get a lot of mention for is This Boy's Life. Creepiest stepfather ever.
LOL @ people giving the OP a hard time because of his favorites... :grin: "Got into it with my girlfriend" should have been a clue to let the man have his favorites, y'all... NERO: how could I have forgotten that guy... Eddie Murphy - Spoiler Coming to America
