Is there currently a better actor than Daniel Day Lewis?

"You've gotta wait till the seed grows into a plant. Then you f#$k the plant!"

 

dude. that WAS his first movie, and he was amazing in it.

Ed Norton = awesome. He's one of my favs.

I also like Russell Crowe and Christian Bale a lot.


As for Day-Lewis, I agree with some of the sentiment about him only doing 8 films in the past 15 years. He doesn't have the resume of like a De Niro or a Nicholson, but he's been damn good in basically everything he's done, and the Oscars have shown him a lot of love.

He's either one ****ing badass actor or he's schizophrenic.

 

I've got another vote for Gary Oldman. The dude has a completely different accent in every movie.
Zorg, Sid Vicious, Pontius Pilate, Vlad, Spivey, LHO, Gordon, etc.

 

I really like Christian Bale and Ed Norton.

Regarding DDL, I absolutely hated Gangs of New York, thus I only know him from that movie.

I just looked at his IMDB page and it seems strange why he would act in so few movies since Gangs of New York. He has only done two more movies since 2002.

 

Me? The last really good flick was The Fugitive. I've got a soft spot in my heart for What Lies Beneath, though. I enjoyed playing a bad guy for once. And no... you don't have to remind me that The Fugitive was made in 1993.

 

Was The Fifth Element mentioned? Oldman was terrific in it.

 

It took him three years to get ready for his role in There Will Be Blood

 

I kinda liked Leo in Gangs of NY, but he looks too much of a pansy in that. Actually he looks like a pansy in all his movies.

An actor that really surprised me was Vin Diesel in A Man Apart. Maybe it's cus the movie was surprisingly good.

 

Agree with:


The Score wasn't that great a movie, would have been awful if he didn't put it on his back. His portrayal of a handicapped person was ridiculous.

also:


Best actor ever? definitely not. But movies are so much more fun when he's in there.

 

All of these actors are great- Day-Lewis, Norton, Nicholson, Hackman, DeNiro, Depp, etc. However, any one that wants to see how one person can play an incredibly diverse number of roles needs to rent and watch the following:

The Graduate
Midnight Cowboy
Lenny
Tootsie
Rainman
Straw Dogs
Straight Time
Papillon
Little Big Man

I just can't see anybody that can play as many different kinds of roles like Dustin Hoffman- and do a great job at them.

As far as an individual performance, I can't see anyone topping DeNiro in Raging Bull- best performance of all time.

 

Not that I think he's the best actor, but anyone saying that Will Smith has no range must have never seen Six Degrees of Separation.

 

But he didn't go all the way. By refusing to kiss a man on camera he didn't sell out for his craft. When an actor starts worrying about what a role or an acting choice will do for his "image" its a bad thing. I think he has said since he would have done it differently now.

I like the Happyness/Ali, Will Smith...I don't have a lot of interest in the Independence Day Will Smith, but to be fair I probably wouldn't be that impressed with anyone in that role.

 

Since we're just talking about actors in general now.. I think Tom Hanks is a very good actor.

one actor that is the complete opposite whom I cannot stand is Adam Sandler. how anyone sees talent in this guy besides a lame excuse for a comedian is beyond me.

 

i liked him in punch drunk love and reign over me.
especially the scene in the courtroom and after the courtroom in the latter.

 

Zorg was the first character I listed!!!

 

He was great as Sirius Black in the Potter movies too.

 

One of the greatest actors of our time or of any time period. He's so great I don't have to mention his name. Just look at the list below and tell me at least a few of them aren't some of the best movies you have seen.

Angels & Demons (2009) (in production) .... Robert Langdon
Fahrenheit 451 (2009) (announced) (rumored) .... Guy Montag
Boone's Lick (2008) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Seth Cecil

The Great Buck Howard (2008)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) .... Rep. Charlie Wilson
The Da Vinci Code (2006) .... Dr. Robert Langdon
Cars (2006) (voice) .... Woody Car
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) (voice) .... Narrator
The Polar Express (2004) .... Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
... aka The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) .... Mailbox Elvis
The Terminal (2004) .... Viktor Navorski
The Ladykillers (2004) .... Professor G.H. Dorr
"Great Performances" .... Mountie (1 episode, 2004)
- Concert for George (2004) TV episode .... Mountie
"Freedom: A History of Us" .... Abraham Lincoln / ... (7 episodes, 2003)
- A Fatal Contradiction (2003) TV episode .... Abraham Lincoln
- A War to End Slavery (2003) TV episode .... Abraham Lincoln
- Independence (2003) TV episode .... Paul Revere
- Liberty for All (2003) TV episode .... Daniel Boone
- Wake Up America (2003) TV episode .... Reporter
(2 more)
Catch Me If You Can (2002) .... Carl Hanratty
Road to Perdition (2002) .... Michael Sullivan
"Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini) TV mini-series .... British officer
Cast Away (2000) .... Chuck Noland

The Green Mile (1999) .... Paul Edgecomb
... aka Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title)
Toy Story 2 (1999) (voice) .... Woody
Toy Story 2 (1999) (VG) (voice) .... Woody
You've Got Mail (1998) .... Joe Fox
Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Captain John H. Miller
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Jean-Luc Despont/Host/Narrator
That Thing You Do! (1996) .... Mr. White
Toy Story Activity Centre (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Woody
Toy Story (1995) (voice) .... Woody
Apollo 13 (1995) .... Jim Lovell
... aka Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Forrest Gump (1994) .... Forrest Gump
Vault of Horror I (1994) (TV)
Philadelphia (1993) .... Andrew Beckett
"Fallen Angels" .... Trouble Boy #1 (1 episode, 1993)
- I'll Be Waiting (1993) TV episode .... Trouble Boy #1
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) .... Sam Baldwin
A League of Their Own (1992) .... Jimmy Dugan
"Tales from the Crypt" .... Baxter (1 episode, 1992)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- None But the Lonely Heart (1992) TV episode .... Baxter
Radio Flyer (1992) (uncredited) .... Older Mike
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) .... Sherman McCoy
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) .... Joe Banks

Turner & Hooch (1989) .... Det. Scott Turner
The 'burbs (1989) .... Ray Peterson
Punchline (1988) .... Steven Gold
Big (1988) .... Josh
Dragnet (1987) .... Pep Streebeck
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986) .... David Bradley
Nothing in Common (1986) .... David Basner
The Money Pit (1986) .... Walter Fielding, Jr.
Volunteers (1985) .... Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) .... Richard Harlan Drew
Bachelor Party (1984) .... Rick Gassko
Splash (1984) .... Allen Bauer
"Family Ties" .... Ned Donnelly (3 episodes, 1983-1984)
- Say Uncle (1984) TV episode .... Ned Donnelly
- The Fugitive: Part 2 (1983) TV episode .... Ned Donnelly
- The Fugitive: Part 1 (1983) TV episode .... Ned Donnelly
Mazes and Monsters (1982) (TV) .... Robbie Wheeling
... aka Dungeons and Dragons (USA: video box title)
... aka Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters
"Happy Days" .... Dr. Dwayne Twitchell (1 episode, 1982)
... aka Happy Days Again (USA: syndication title)
- A Little Case of Revenge (1982) TV episode .... Dr. Dwayne Twitchell
"Taxi" .... Gordon (1 episode, 1982)
- The Road Not Taken: Part 1 (1982) TV episode .... Gordon
"Bosom Buddies" .... Kip Wilson / ... (37 episodes, 1980-1982)
- Not the Last Picture Show (1982) TV episode .... Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson
- Not with My Sister, You Pig (1982) TV episode .... Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson
- Who's on Thirst? (1982) TV episode .... Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson
- The Way Kip and Henry Were (1982) TV episode .... Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson
- Hildy's Dirt Nap (1982) TV episode .... Kip Wilson/Buffy Wilson
(32 more)
"The Love Boat" .... Rick Martin (1 episode, 1980)
- Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother (1980) TV episode .... Rick Martin
He Knows You're Alone (1980) .... Elliot
... aka Blood Wedding

 

so are you typing this from your local starbucks? isn't there a tree that you need to hug or something?

 

Daniel Day Lewis
Kevin Spacey
Ed Norton
Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland WHOA)
Christian Bale
Paul Giamatti

They convince me they really are that person. These actors really made an impression.

 

Easily my favorite character in the movies. Oldman absolutely rocked this character.