Coolest actor in recent years

lufties · 05-03-2014 8:52pm #1

Having recently watched the movie 'the counselor', I must say Brad Pitt was the slickest I've seen him in a while. Even dressed in cowboy suits, he was impeccable.Other noticeable 'cool' performances from Pitt would be Fight club, snatch, oceans eleven, sleepers and the mexican. Definately the slickest hollywood actor in perhaps a generation IMO.

Slicemeister · 05-03-2014 8:54pm

McConnaisance is where it's at OP.

RobbingBandit · 05-03-2014 8:57pm

Bryan Cranston for TV, Michael Fassbender for Movies.

Sir Arthur Daley · 05-03-2014 8:59pm

Anna Kendrick

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:00pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Bryan Cranston for TV, Michael Fassbender for Movies.

Nah, couldn't agree with either. I reckon one of us need to look up the definition of cool

Fr_Dougal · 05-03-2014 9:01pm

Matt Damon.

Royal Legend · 05-03-2014 9:01pm

mConaghy, if he won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers club, god knows what he should get for True Detective

05-03-2014 9:04pm

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. Can play anything and look cool doing it.

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8900000/Mads-Mikkelsen-mads-mikkelsen-8948614-1680-1050.jpg

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:04pm

TheZohan wrote: »

Matt Damon.

Yeah he'd get a close 2nd nomination for jason bourne.

WoollyRedHat · 05-03-2014 9:05pm

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Vito Corleone · 05-03-2014 9:05pm

James Franco.

stefan idiot jones · 05-03-2014 9:06pm

Still Denzel.

shamrock55 · 05-03-2014 9:07pm

Denzel is as cool as they get (training day) (man on fire) amoungst others:cool:

caustic 1 · 05-03-2014 9:08pm

How could you leave out Inglorious bastards when mentioning Brad Pitt?:eek:

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:09pm

caustic 1 wrote: »

How could you leave out Inglorious bastards when mentioning Brad Pitt?:eek:

because I haven't seen it yet.

caustic 1 · 05-03-2014 9:11pm

lufties wrote: »

because I haven't seen it yet.

IMO one of the best Brad Pitt movies, thought he was amazing in it.:D

wexie · 05-03-2014 9:11pm

I think Tom Hardy and Jeremy Renner are ones to watch

Shiraz 4.99 · 05-03-2014 9:13pm

Royal Legend wrote: »

mConaghy, if he won an Oscar for Dallas Buyers club, god knows what he should get for True Detective

Testify

05-03-2014 9:15pm

wexie wrote: »

I think Tom Hardy and Jeremy Renner are ones to watch

Jeremy Renner doesn't have the looks to be uber cool though, and he's a shortarse.

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27900000/Jeremy-Renner-jeremy-renner-27990819-1280-1024.jpg

Really not seeing it.

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:15pm

wexie wrote: »

I think Tom Hardy and Jeremy Renner are ones to watch

I can't take either of them seriously for some reason.

Lawrence1895 · 05-03-2014 9:15pm

Bruno Ganz

Napper Hawkins · 05-03-2014 9:16pm

Can't stick Denzel Washington, I find him incredibly limited as an actor despite liking Training Day and Man On Fire.

Matthew McConnaughy has raised the bar with True Detective though.

Can't fault Michael Fassbender or James McAvoy either.

KungPao · 05-03-2014 9:16pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Bryan Cranston for TV, Michael Fassbender for Movies.

Gustavo Fring was cooler.

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:17pm

Candie wrote: »

Jeremy Renner doesn't have the looks to be uber cool though, and he's a shortarse.

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27900000/Jeremy-Renner-jeremy-renner-27990819-1280-1024.jpg

Really not seeing it.

You can be a short arse and still carry off cool, I'm a prime example :pac:

RobbingBandit · 05-03-2014 9:18pm

KungPao wrote: »

Gustavo Fring was cooler.

Have you seen him in Once Upon a Time, the guy is an evil slime ball in both roles, fantastic actor.

05-03-2014 9:18pm

http://seriousseverity.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/horatio.jpg

C.K Dexter Haven · 05-03-2014 9:18pm

Cary Grant.

Oh wait, how recent is recent?

05-03-2014 9:19pm

lufties wrote: »

You can be a short arse and still carry off cool, I'm a prime example :pac:

I'm a cool shortarse myself, but Renner just doesn't have the looks we obviously do.

Adamantium · 05-03-2014 9:19pm

If we're talking about all time: Patrick Stewart or Bill Murray

Currently: Michael Fassbender and Peter Dinklage

How could I forget: Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister. Terrifying.

Femme_Fatale · 05-03-2014 9:19pm

David Strathairn. Really hope the massive recognition he deserves will come his way eventually.

orangesoda · 05-03-2014 9:19pm

Your man in Home&Away, you know the one with the surf board and tan?

wexie · 05-03-2014 9:20pm

lufties wrote: »

I can't take either of them seriously for some reason.

Have you seen Lawless I thought Tom Hardy was very good in that.

Also forgot to mention Liev Schreiber

Fr_Dougal · 05-03-2014 9:20pm

Matt Damon.

Boskowski · 05-03-2014 9:21pm

Coolest over recent years, consistently, I'll have to second Brad Pitt.

Man of the hour, Kevin Spacey. Absolutely love him in House of Cards. What a presence and yet has that bit of ironic quality, too.

McConnaughy I don't know. Didn't see Dallas buyers club but in True Detective he does this over stereotype, macho, hard done by chain smoker semi intellectual, very deep kinda guy thing that is just too much for my liking. I don't buy it.

lufties · 05-03-2014 9:21pm

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Cary Grant.

Oh wait, how recent is recent?

It's probably hard to define 'of all time' because each generation differs.

RobbingBandit · 05-03-2014 9:22pm

lufties wrote: »

Nah, couldn't agree with either. I reckon one of us need to look up the definition of cool

I would perhaps sub Dicaprio for Fassbender, how he hasn't won an oscar yet I just don't know.

Vito Corleone · 05-03-2014 9:22pm

Candie wrote: »

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. Can play anything and look cool doing it.

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8900000/Mads-Mikkelsen-mads-mikkelsen-8948614-1680-1050.jpg

He looks like a rapist.

Cienciano · 05-03-2014 9:22pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Bryan Cranston for TV, Michael Fassbender for Movies.

I like Breaking Bad, but Bryan Cranston cool? The complete opposite.

05-03-2014 9:23pm

Vito Corleone wrote: »

He looks like a rapist.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll bear it in mind.

Ruu · 05-03-2014 9:24pm

Tom Hardy.

RobbingBandit · 05-03-2014 9:25pm

Adamantium wrote: »

If we're talking about all time: Patrick Stewart or Bill Murray

Currently: Michael Fassbender and Peter Dinklage

How could I forget: Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister. Terrifying.

Dinklage and Dance are epic in Game of Thrones, Aiden Gillen too.

melmoth77 · 05-03-2014 9:28pm

Ryan Gosling in Drive gets my vote!

KungPao · 05-03-2014 9:28pm

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Have you seen him in Once Upon a Time, the guy is an evil slime ball in both roles, fantastic actor.

I've never seen him in anything else, but just from BB I can agree with you, amazing presence. His chicken gives KFC a run for its money by all accounts as well!

Must check that out!