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+ my top 2 fav movie's there in

Al Pacino - scent of a woman, carlitos way
Benicio Del Toro - traffic, 21 Grams
Christopher Walken - poolhall junkies, true romance
Robert De niro - Raging Bull, Casino
Sean Penn - dead man walking, i am sam
Brad Pitt - se7en, Kalifornia
Johnny Depp - Blow, Donnie Brasco
Robert Downey Jr - Chaplin, One Night Stand(terrible film though)
Denzel Washington - The Seige, training day
Kevin Spacey - american beauty, se7en

pretty good list of actors (some HUGE omitions which you will see below)...shaky list of films. You seem to be a Del Toro fan and yet you left out one of his Oscar Nominated Performances? He was Spectacular in 21 grams! Here's my list, just like yours next to the actor are my 2 favriote films he has been in. * means Oscar Winner, + means Oscar Nominee

1. Tim Robbins* (Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption)
2. Edward Norton (Fight Club, The 25th Hour)
3. Harrison Ford+ (The Fugitive, Indiana Jones)
4. Morgan Freeman* (The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby)
5. Johnny Depp+ (Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean)
6. Tom Hanks* (Philidelphia, Cast Away)
7. Robert DeNiro* (The Godfather Part II, Cape Fear)
8. Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Se7en)
9. Kevin Spacey* (Se7en, The Usual Suspects)
10. Cary Grant+ (North By Northwest, The Grass is Greener)

I picked my two movies based on performances rather than the overall movie.

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
Nicolas Cage (Adaptation, Matchstick Men)
Denzel Washington (Training Day, Man on Fire)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption)
Brad Pitt (Fight Club, 12 Monkeys)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator)
Al Pacino (Scarface, Glen Garry)
Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X)
Tom Cruise (Minority Report, Collateral)
Jack Nicolson (One Flew, Shining)

You seem to be a Del Toro fan and yet you left out one of his Oscar Nominated Performances? He was Spectacular in 21 grams!

funny you should say that, i only just saw 21 grams yesterday....bought it on DVD

great film!

why is this a top 10 actor thread if we have to choose movie titles???? f*ck

Al Pacino- Dog Day Afternoon and The Godfather
Robert DeNiro- Raging Bull and Goodfellas
Jack Nicholson- One flew over the cuckoo's nest and As Good as it gets
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean and Donnie Brasco
Kevin Spacey- American Beauty and The Usual Suspects
Denzel Washington- Training Day and Glory
Gary Oldman- True Romance and Air Force One
Billy Bob Thornton-Monster's Ball and Intolearble cruelty
Tom Wilkinson- The Full Monty and Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Sean Penn- 21 Grams and Mystic River

In no particular order:

Robert De Niro (Raging Bull, Casino, Goodfellas)
Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire, Rain Man, Collateral)
Sean Penn (Mystic River, The Interpreter)
Edward Norton (25th Hour, FIght Club, American History X)
Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman, Heat)
Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Seven)
Tim Robbins (Mystic River, The Shawshank Redemption)
Brad Pitt (Seven, Fight Club)
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, The Terminal)
NIcholas Cage (The Rock, Matchstick Men)

My list bears a resemblence to Krossroads' and Indiana Jones'.

Top ten just ain't enough for me.

Al Pacino (for everything...mostly scarface)
Robert DeNiro (for taxi driver, casino, and hide and seek)
Jack Nicholson (for everything...mainly the shining)
Morgan Freeman (for everything...mostly shawshank rdmptn)
Michelle Phiefer (babe)
Harvey Keitel (for dusk till dawn, pulp fiction, and reservoir dogs)
Samuel L. Jackson (for pulp fiction)
Denzel Washington (for john Q, and remember the titans)
John Travolta (for grease, pulp fiction, and a love song for bobby long)
Johnny Depp (for everything)
Steve Buscemi (for everything)
Michael Madsen (for reservoir dogs and Kill Bill 1/2)
Uma Thurman (for pulp fiction and the kill bills)
Quentin Tarantino (for everything)

Okay, umm...

Adam Sandler (for Punch-Drunk Love/Happy Gilmore/The Wedding Singer)
Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands/Pirates)
Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Illeana Douglas (I hope TV counts because this is for Action)
Jena Malone (Donnie Darko/The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys)
Michael Keaton (his Tim Burton films)
Ewan McGregor (for everything, I guess)

In the words of Amy Poehler's Jenna Bush: dang, I don't know!

1. Tom Cruise (Collateral, Top Gun, ANYTHING that he is in)
2. Nicholas Cage (Snake Eyes, Face Off)
3. Denzel Washington (Man on Fire, Training Day)
4. Tom Hanks (Road to Perdition, Forrest Gump)
5. Robert DeNiro (Goodfellas, Casino)
6. Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, No Escape)
7. Kevin Spacey (K-Pax, The Usual Suspects)
8. Edward Norton (Fight Club, American History X)
9. Tim Robbins (Mystic River, Arlington Road)
10. Russel Crowe (Master and Commander, Cinderella Man)

1. Robert De Niro ( Taxi Driver )
2. John Travolta ( Primary Colors )
3. Kevin Spacey ( American Beauty )
4. Jack Nicholson ( Hoffa )
5. Samuel L. Jackson ( Pulp Fiction )
6. James Woods ( Once Upon a Time in America )
7. Edward Norton ( The People Vs. Larry Flynt )
8. Kevin Costner ( JFK )
9. William Forsythe ( The Untouchables )
10. Phillip Seymour Hoffman ( Owning Mahowny )

I've got way more favorite actors.

In No order:
Bruce Willis (The Die Hard Movies)
Adam Sandler (Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, Anger Management)
Morgan Freeman (Se7en, Unleased)
Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty, The Mask)
Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball)
Jason Stratham (Transporter 1+2, Snatch)
Vin Diesel (XXX, A Man Apart, The Pacifier)
The Rock (Walking Tall, Welcome To The Jungle (The Rundown))
Elisha Cuthbert (House Of Wax, The Girl Next Door)
Keira Knightly (Pirates Of The Carribean, The Jacket)

Im probably forgeting a load of people but that just 10 actors and actreses that i think are brilliant.

No real order:
Christian Bale (Batman Begins, American Psycho, Newsies, Equilibrium, The Machinist)
Brad Pitt (Snatch, Fight Club, Troy, Ocean's 11 & 12, Seven)
Edward Norton (25h Hour, Fight Club, Red Dragon)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard 1-3, Sin City, Pulp Fiction, Last Man Standing)
Don Cheadle (Crash, Hotel Rwanda, Ocean's 11 & 12)
Jonny Depp (Pirates of the Caribean, Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissor Hands)
Gabriel Byrne (Miller's Crossing)
Guy Pierce (Momento, L.A. Confidential)
Harrison Ford (Stars Trilogy & The Indiana Jones series)

Actor, along with my two favorite performances by them.

1. Sean Connery (Dr. No, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade)

2. Johnny Depp (Pirates of The Carribean, Once Upon A Time In Mexico)

3. Robert De Niro (Goodfellas, The Godfather Part II)

4. Russell Crowe (Gladiator, Master And Commander)

5. Tom Cruise (Collateral, Jerry Maguire)

6. Gene Hackman (Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning)

7. Viggo Mortensen (Lord of The Rings trilogy, Hidalgo)

8. Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon, Braveheart)

9. Denzel Washington (Glory, Training Day)

10. Kevin Costner (Field Of Dreams, Dances With Wolves)

1 -Al Pacino - The Godfather, Heat.
2 -Jimmy Stewart - Rope, Harvey.
3 -Cary Grant - Arsenic and Old Lace, Notorious.
4 -Christian Bale - Equillibrium, Batman Begins.
5 -Robert De Niro - Raging Bull, Awakenings.
6 -Jack Lemmon - Glengarry Glen Ross, The Apartment.
7 -Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo, Seven Samurai.
8 -Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca, The Treasure of Sierra
Madre.
9 - Tatsuya Nakadai - Sword of Doom, Harakiri.
10 - Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
The Hustler.

My top ten favorite actors: In no particular order.

Brad Pitt- Thelma and Louise, Interview With the Vampire,
Fight Club
Tom Cruise- Risky Business, Top Gun, C*cktail
Johnny Depp- Pirates of the Caribbean, Blow, Benny and Joon
Denzel Washington- Remember the Titans, Glory, Man on Fire
Tom Hanks- Forrest Gump, Cast Away, That Thing You Do
Robin Williams- Hook, Good Will Hunting, The Birdcage
Kevin Bacon- Footloose, A Few Good Men, Hollow Man
John Travolta- Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy
Antonio Banderas- Mask of Zorro, Once Upon a Time in Mexico,
Shrek 2
Orlando Bloom- Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Troy, Pirates of
Caribbean
There are so many other great actors out there. These are just a spare few. :)

Jack Sparrow: Do us a favor... I know it's difficult for you... but please, stay here, and try not to do anything... stupid.

Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan)
Edward Norton (Fight Club and Rounders)
Tom Cruise (A Few Good Men and Jerry Maguire)
Al Pacino(Godfather and Scarface)
Morgan Freeman (Shawshank and Glory)
Robert DeNiro (Goodfellas and Taxi Driver)
Brad Pitt (Se7en and Oceans Eleven)
Willem Dafoe (Platoon and Boondock Saints)
Mel Gibson (Braveheart and Signs)
Tim Robbins (Shawshank and Mystic River)

Honorable Mention
Chuck Norris- For fear of getting a roundhouse kick to the face.

My top 10 no order:

Al pacino (Godfather and Scent of a woman)
Edward Norton (Fight club and American history X)
De niro ( Taxi driver and Godfather)
Russell Crowe (A beautiful mind and Gladiator)
Kevin Spacey ( American Beauty and The usual suspects)
Nicholas Cage ( Face/off and con air)
Tom Hanks ( Forrest Gump and Cast away)
George Clooney ( Oceans 11 and Out of sight)
Steve Buscesmi ( This guy can play any role)
Brad Pitt ( Se7en and Fight club)

orlando Bloom???
men
Jack Nicholson-he's god on earth(Shining, AGAIG, Batman)
Leo Dic.-so underrated (the aviator, Wats eating gilbert...)
Colin Farrell-honestly,he isn't bad at all,ecspecially with feelings (Alexander, A Home at the End of th World,both movies bombed :lol: )
Ewan Megragor-nice singing voice(Moulin Rouge)
Johnny Depp-very versatile(Edward S. Pirates, Charlie...)

women
Nicole Kidman-she's so good(Moulin Rouge, Cold Mountain, The Hours, The Others, To Die For)
Kate Winslet-ditto(Titanic :oops: ,Finding Neverland, Eternal sunshine....)
Drew Barrymore-romantic-comedy queen(50 1st dates, wedding singer, Ever After, any movie,actually)
Michelle Pfeffer-so natural(White Oleander, Batman Returns)
Halle Berry-she sucks, but one movie-(Monster's ball)
Angelina Jolie-a natural,IMO(Girl,Interrupted)
Piper Laurie-?(Carrie)

While he does get bashed far too much (there are far worst actors out there), I will agree that Orlando Bloom is far from a great actor.

A few more of my favorites...

Al Pacino (Scarface, The Godfather)
Morgan Freeman (Glory, Lean On Me)
John Travolta (Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty)
Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York)
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan)
Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Coach Carter)
Leonardo Dicaprio (The Aviator, Gangs of New York)
Marlon Brando (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Troy)
Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs)