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The ones that constantly amaze you with their performances and transformations?

Merryl Streep
Tom Hanks
Matt Damon
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Tom Hardy
Brad Pitt
Charlize Theron
Leonardo DiCapprio
George Clooney

Who is on your list?
 
The ones that constantly amaze you with their performances and transformations?

Merryl Streep
Tom Hanks
Matt Damon
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Tom Hardy
Brad Pitt
Charlize Theron
Leonardo DiCapprio
George Clooney

Who is on your list?

Thats a great list
Id add
Kevin Spacey
Denzel Washington
Anne Hathaway
Robert De Niro
Jamie Foxx
Edward Norton
Emma Thompson
Tim Roth
Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP)
Joacquin Phoenix
 
Thats a great list
Id add
Kevin Spacey
Denzel Washington
Anne Hathaway
Robert De Niro
Jamie Foxx
Edward Norton
Emma Thompson
Tim Roth
Philip Seymour Hoffman (RIP)
Joacquin Phoenix

Great additions. Especially Foxx.

I will add Tom Cruise to the list.
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Collateral
Edge of Tomorrow
M.I. series
Born on the 4th of July
 
Great additions. Especially Foxx.

I will add Tom Cruise to the list.
Oblivion
Jack Reacher
Collateral
Edge of Tomorrow
M.I. series
Born on the 4th of July

Yeah I'm down with Tom Cruise being added

Russell Crowe
Jennifer Connelly should be on my list, Im actually embarrassed I forgot her lol
 
Yeah I'm down with Tom Cruise being added

Russell Crowe
Jennifer Connelly should be on my list, Im actually embarrassed I forgot her lol

Two more great ones...
 
Billy Bob Thorton
. Sling Blade
. A Simple Plan
 
I dont think you can be a successful great actor til you successfully pull of the bad guy schtick. There are a lot of 'great actors'. Tom Hanks is a great actor, but Tom Hanks will always be Forrest Gump (and I dont mean 'Forrest Gump' but rather he will always play a role that is groomed to compete for an Academy Award). Tom Cruise...great action move actor. Leonardo DiCaprio plays some roles great. But if you can watch a movie with him in it you can almost always see Jack from the Titanic.

Some of the obvious bests...

Brando. Great range.
Nickleson. Come on.
De Niro. No doubt.
Denzel Washington is a great actor. He could play pretty much any role.
Ed Norton. I dont know if he gets enough credit. Check out Primal Fear.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Another underappreciated actor IMO.

It is almostpainful to hear some of the modern actors compared to some of the actors of yesterday. But...familiarity...
 
Two more great ones...

Connelly is actually one of my all times favs thats why i cant believe I forgot her. She's getting older now "actres" wise but she was/is Mega hot with a big brain too!
 
The ones that constantly amaze you with their performances and transformations?

Merryl Streep
Tom Hanks
Matt Damon
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Tom Hardy
Brad Pitt
Charlize Theron
Leonardo DiCapprio
George Clooney

Who is on your list?

My best....Denzel Washington. Box office gold for me.
 
Connelly is actually one of my all times favs thats why i cant believe I forgot her. She's getting older now "actres" wise but she was/is Mega hot with a big brain too!

I agree. One of my favorites too... i want more women (on the list too).

Sougerny Weaver
Cate Blanchet
Jodi Foster
Emily Blount
The girl from The Fighter. Blanking on her name.
 
Christoph Waltz is one of the best I've seen in a long time.
 
Any such list not including Gary Oldman is highly suspect.
 
I agree. One of my favorites too... i want more women (on the list too).

Sougerny Weaver
Cate Blanchet
Jodi Foster
Emily Blount
The girl from The Fighter. Blanking on her name.

all good pics, especially foster!
add juila roberts if nobody did already

amy adams?? (fighter)
or
Hilary Swank? million dollar baby?

eitherway both good pick :)
 
Any such list not including Gary Oldman is highly suspect.

Well... he is on the list now.

JEFF BRIDGES!!!

My god how did I leave him off?
 
all good pics, especially foster!
add juila roberts if nobody did already

amy adams?? (fighter)
or
Hilary Swank? million dollar baby?

eitherway both good pick :)

Adams but Swank too. Good catch. Foster is always so good and I fall in love again whenever I see Maverick. Which reminds me...

Mel Gibson
 
Natalie Portman will be there soon. So much better than she USED to be . . .
 
Adams but Swank too. Good catch. Foster is always so good and I fall in love again whenever I see Maverick. Which reminds me...

Mel Gibson

LOL I have maverick on DVD
 
Sean Penn is very good, although he's not the nicest character in real life.
 
Was just thinking of Mystic River when I typed this out. Both of them were outstanding in that film.

Same here when I saw Penn. Lol.
 
did we mention Robert Duvall yet?
 
Bruce Willis ,Keanu Reeves ,Daniel Day lewis ,Mel gibson,Gary Oldman ,Cate Blanchett,Al Pacino ,Sean Connery,Goldie Hawn ,many others etc..
 
The top 5 in my book are Marlon Brando, Kevin Spacey, Gary Oldman, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.

Others include Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Russell Crowe, Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks.
 
The ones that constantly amaze you with their performances and transformations?

If we can do stage and TV:

Kenneth Branagh
Ian McKellan
Derek Jacobi
John Hurt
Anthony Hopkins
Daniel Day Lewis
Matthew McConaughey
David Tennant
Brad Pitt
Johnny Depp
Leonardo DiCapprio
George Clooney
Tom Hanks
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Joacquin Phoenix


(Guess that makes me a sexist, eh?)
Barbara Streisand
Whoever played Augustus's wife in "I, Claudius"



More to come....
 
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