Harrison Ford

fryup · 24-08-2013 12:08PM

muttley-dps wrote: »

Best actor ever!

Given genre and all other considerations, name someone else more appealing? e.g Witness, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Jack Ryan, Fugitive ... anyone else out there?

best actor ever??...nah

because he more or less plays the same type of character in each movie as your list shows

Dyr · 24-08-2013 12:08PM

Royal Irish wrote: »

The three best performances in lead male roles in my opinion would be Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood, Gene Hackman in The French Connection II, and Heath Ledger as the Joker.

Daniel Day lewis playing a churning, gurning, scenery chewer? I thought he was taking the piss in that film he was that daft

longhalloween · 24-08-2013 12:11PM

fryup wrote: »

best actor ever??...nah

because he more or less plays the same type of character in each movie as your list shows

What?? No way...

Capt'n Midnight · 24-08-2013 12:16PM

Best Actor = Christopher Lee

some of the stuff he's done over his career
Nazi hunter
operatic bass-baritone singer
Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a metal album
stunt driver
was in the Finnish army during the winter war and then the SAS
is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and German, and moderately proficient in Swedish, Russian and Greek and ..

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ChristopherLee?from=Main.ChristopherLee

He's 91 and still makes films, does his own swordwork, and records heavy metal albums.
and also appeared in 270 + films

Dyr · 24-08-2013 12:23PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Best Actor = Christopher Lee

some of the stuff he's done over his career
Nazi hunter
operatic bass-baritone singer
Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross, a metal album
stunt driver
was in the Finnish army during the winter war and then the SAS
is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and German, and moderately proficient in Swedish, Russian and Greek and ..

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ChristopherLee?from=Main.ChristopherLee

He's 91 and still makes films, does his own swordwork, and records heavy metal albums.
and also appeared in 270 + films

Thats great but what about his acting?

pretty sure he was in the RAF rather than the SAS in annyways

24-08-2013 12:23PM

Joaquin Phoenix is a great actor,he was superb in 'The Master'
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, also excellent

ruthloss · 24-08-2013 12:32PM

These are all Film Stars., never 'Acktaurs' darhlings!:rolleyes:

Sam Kade · 24-08-2013 12:35PM

John Hurt he can play any type of character.

Irish Guitarist · 24-08-2013 12:44PM

Carlos Bernard. The range of emotions he can portray is amazing.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/img/interviews/b/cbernard.jpg

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/carlos-bernard-24.jpg

http://i2.listal.com/image/2180560/600full-carlos-bernard.jpg

http://fikklefame.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/carlos-bernard-vicente.jpg

http://www.hispanicallyyours.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/carlos_bernard01-e1320897122473.jpg

mick121 · 24-08-2013 12:59PM

A lot of serious talented actors out there and most have been mentioned.I would like to add in my two cents so here goes
BRANDO he owns the screen
Forrest Whitacker a very gifted actor that doesn't seem to make many films
Also one of his co stars in panic room just to give the girls a mention Jodi Foster.

24-08-2013 01:02PM

mick121 wrote: »

A lot of serious talented actors out there and most have been mentioned.I would like to add in my two cents so here goes
BRANDO he owns the screen
Forrest Whitacker a very gifted actor that doesn't seem to make many films
Also one of his co stars in panic room just to give the girls a mention Jodi Foster.

Brando certainly owns the title 'Most Beautiful Man on Screen''

IMHO

HerrScheisse · 24-08-2013 01:10PM

btard wrote: »

De Niro

/thread

De Niro can only play one role, that of a New York gangster, and he plays that role in every single film he stars in. Though he does so brilliantly.

Ralph Fiennes in Schindlers List, what a performance; Same goes for Liam Neeson.

Nobody mentioned Jeremy Irons, now that is an actor! From Lolita to Brideshead Revisited, he can say so much by doing so little.

ViveLaVie · 24-08-2013 01:15PM

timthumbni wrote: »

You must have missed him Gangs of New York then. And Titanic. He has been good in some others though I will give you that.

How are they bad performances?

john_cappa · 24-08-2013 01:16PM

I think Leonardo Di Caprio is a serious actor.

Pretty much every single role he has done in the last 10 yaers he has been nominated for golden globes, baftas, etc. The breath of the roles has been immense also.

conorhal · 24-08-2013 01:16PM

cymbaline wrote: »

I think Harrison Ford will be remembered more for some of the memorable films he appeared in than for his acting in them. At best he's an adequate actor who had a good run of films from the 70s into the mid 1990s. The Fugitive is still a cracking acting film and that's 20 years old now. He also made a pre-Star Wars appearance in a film Francis Ford Coppola made between the two Godfathers. The Conversation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation

As much as I love Harrison Ford even I have to admit he as more charisma then talent, and he pretty much gave up acting about 20 years ago and now he collects appearance fees to stand around looking bored in movies.

Czarcasm · 24-08-2013 01:21PM

HerrScheisse wrote: »

De Niro can only play one role, that of a New York gangster, and he plays that role in every single film he stars in. Though he does so brilliantly.

You're forgetting films like "Cape Fear", "Mary Shelleys Frankenstein", "This Boy's Life" and, dare I say it, "Meet the Fockers"

john_cappa · 24-08-2013 01:22PM

KKkitty wrote: »

Nicholas Cage

lol.

Last 5 years I think 10 of his fils he has been nominated for a worst actor award.

He rode the "leaving las vegas" award for far to long.

Awful awful actor.

mick121 · 24-08-2013 01:25PM

john_cappa wrote: »

lol.

Last 5 years I think 10 of his fils he has been nominated for a worst actor award.

He rode the "leaving las vegas" award for far to long.

Awful awful actor.

Yup

mick121 · 24-08-2013 01:26PM

Another one to throw in the mix Nick Nolte

ViveLaVie · 24-08-2013 01:29PM

HerrScheisse wrote: »

De Niro can only play one role, that of a New York gangster, and he plays that role in every single film he stars in. Though he does so brilliantly.

Ralph Fiennes in Schindlers List, what a performance; Same goes for Liam Neeson.

Nobody mentioned Jeremy Irons, now that is an actor! From Lolita to Brideshead Revisited, he can say so much by doing so little.

De Niro can do humour extremely well too.

john_cappa wrote: »

I think Leonardo Di Caprio is a serious actor.

Pretty much every single role he has done in the last 10 yaers he has been nominated for golden globes, baftas, etc. The breath of the roles has been immense also.

He is fantastic and should have won an Oscar by now. He chooses his films carefully and always does very good, interesting ones.

In Django Unchained, there's a scene where he slams his hand down on the table and breaks a glass. His hand starts bleeding and after a rant he smears the blood on his co-star's face.

This wasn't in the script at all, he broke the glass by mistake and his hand wasn't meant to start bleeding. Di Caprio doesn't miss a beat, keeps going for at least ten minutes with his hand pumping, never breaking character and using it to his advantage.

He's very self aware as an actor; he has turned down films before because he hasn't felt developed enough as an actor to fulfil the potential of strong roles and others for being nothing more than box office fodder with little artistic merit.

When he was trying to make it as an actor, he turned down one million to play the boy in the film Halloween because he wanted to do something more artistically credible.

ScummyMan · 24-08-2013 01:37PM

No mention of Morgan Freeman?

john_cappa · 24-08-2013 01:42PM

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

No mention of Morgan Freeman?

Very over rated IMO.

A couple of good roles. But all a bit meh.

timthumbni · 24-08-2013 01:47PM

ViveLaVie wrote: »

How are they bad performances?

Personally thought gangs of New York was a tedious film in general and di caprio was particularly poor. Day Lewis stole every scene between the two.

Titanic. Well, that was a chick flick and again I thought di caprios performance was more wooden than a timber plank.

Very subjective this topic obviously. He has had a lot of strong performances in other movies though.

Gummy Panda · 24-08-2013 01:47PM

john_cappa wrote: »

Very over rated IMO.

A couple of good roles. But all a bit meh.

He was very good in the narrator

WinnyThePoo · 24-08-2013 02:13PM

I always thought Bruce Campbells performance in Evil Dead 2 was awesome.

Katgurl · 24-08-2013 02:15PM

john_cappa wrote: »

lol.

Last 5 years I think 10 of his fils he has been nominated for a worst actor award.

He rode the "leaving las vegas" award for far to long.

Awful awful actor.

Well he cruised along on Wild At Heart for years then just when it was dawning on everyone how rubbish he was, he got lucky with Leaving Las Vegas.

Back on topic -
De Niro
Di Caprio

Eta : titanic was obviously a mistake but forgivable given the delivery in every other role.

Yamanoto · 24-08-2013 02:18PM

Two old and gone chaps, well deserving of a mention:

Alec Guinness & Leonard Rossiter

Very different types of actor, but invariably quite brilliant in every part they played.

Pai Mei · 24-08-2013 02:22PM

Ralph Fiennes is good imo. He was great in Schindler's List and as "He Who Shall Not Be Named"

Speaking of Schindler's List I think Liam Neeson deserves a mention as he's a fairly well rounded actor and he's been great in all his rolls. But lets not mention Taken

Capt'n Midnight · 24-08-2013 02:23PM

Bambi wrote: »

Thats great but what about his acting?

pretty sure he was in the RAF rather than the SAS in annyways

yeah he was also in the RAF

and who said he was ever acting ?

seriously he has been in a film with everyone , he'd have a negative Kevin Bacon number

KKkitty · 24-08-2013 03:02PM

john_cappa wrote: »

lol.

Last 5 years I think 10 of his fils he has been nominated for a worst actor award.

He rode the "leaving las vegas" award for far to long.

Awful awful actor.

I like his films. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Harrison Ford

Comments