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Best Actor of the modern era?

  • 06-07-2020 6:32pm
    #1
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    Christian Bale.


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  • #2
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    actors are kinds over for me


  • #3
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    Christian Bale.

    Daniel Day Lewis

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #4
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,824 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Donald Trump.


    /runs


  • #5
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Modern era?

    Since the invention of talkies? Since WWII? Since yesterday?


  • #6
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,239 ✭✭✭Be right back


    Joaquin Phoenix.


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  • #7
    dan1895
    Registered Users Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    Leonardo diCaprio


  • #8
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,961 ✭✭✭billyhead


    The actor from the Green Book is good. Marshala Ali. Not sure if the spelling is correct


  • #9
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    Really difficult to say. Actors suit different films so if you want popcorn action I think Tom Cruise or Bruce Willis do a good job but if you want something serious then Daniel Day Lewis, or Sean Penn are very believable. I would always give something a try if Tom Hanks was in it, or Julianne Moore. Kate Winslet has done some exceptional work, I really vibe with her characters and believe her. She has a lovely face. Tilda Swinton is cool. If I had to pick one I would say Jeff Bridges but only because I want him to leave his wife and run off with me. But he has done some reasonably good work too. The dude and True Grit, for example. Juliette Binoche is another I like to watch. Loads more.
    In summary I cannot choose!


  • #10
    KoolKluxKlan
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭KoolKluxKlan


    Kevin Spacey.


  • #11
    marklazarcovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,224 ✭✭✭marklazarcovic


    jake gyllenhaal


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  • #12
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    What's modern era?


  • #13
    chrissb8
    Registered Users Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Modern era?

    Since the invention of talkies? Since WWII? Since yesterday?

    As in there is the golden age of Hollywood, that went right up to the 1960's and then everything after would be considered modern. Starting with films of the type like the graduate, Godfather etc. etc. Modern films.


  • #14
    Be right back
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    Heath Ledger is another one that comes to mind.


  • #15
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    As in there is the golden age of Hollywood, that went right up to the 1960's and then everything after would be considered modern. Starting with films of the type like the graduate, Godfather etc. etc. Modern films.

    In that case...

    Jack Nicholson


  • #16
    Musefan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 775 ✭✭✭Musefan


    I think Shia LaBeouf has had some great performances recently. Honey Boy & Peanut Butter Falcon were particularly good.


  • #17
    Jedidiah Some Pacemaker
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jedidiah Some Pacemaker


    Philip Seymour Hoffman.


  • #18
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    As in there is the golden age of Hollywood, that went right up to the 1960's and then everything after would be considered modern. Starting with films of the type like the graduate, Godfather etc. etc. Modern films.

    so we can suggest someone who hasn't made a movie in 50 years is modern?


  • #19
    Madeoface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭Madeoface


    Leo in fair city.


  • #20
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Gary Oldman.


  • #21
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Gary Oldman.

    You literally beat me to it :D

    I'd also have Denzel Washington up there.


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  • #22
    Abel Ruiz
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Abel Ruiz


    Adam driver.

    Amazing in marriage story and Paterson


  • #23
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Danny DeVito or Val Kilmer


  • #24
    MeisterG
    Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭MeisterG


    Gene Hackman or Edward Norton


  • #25
    Four Phucs Ache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Four Phucs Ache


    Modern for me would be Michael Fassbender.


  • #26
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    That German fella who played the vampire in Nosferatu, Max Schreck.


  • #27
    lickalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭lickalot


    Mia Khalifa


  • #28
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,782 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    Brendan Gleeson.

    His portrayal of Donald Trump is rumoured to be brilliant.


  • #29
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    Gene Hackman


  • #30
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭buried


    James Gandolfini

    Just the best in the greatest of them all

    Masterclass of the grim criminal character here in this too

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



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  • #31
    I Am Nobody
    Closed Accounts Posts: 726 ✭✭✭I Am Nobody


    Robert Duvall


  • #32
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,299 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Tom Hardy


  • #33
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    I Am Nobody wrote: »
    Gene Hackman

    The Duck I say


  • #34
    van_beano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭van_beano


    McNulty


  • #35
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    How can anybody pick just one?


  • #36
    cbreeze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 878 ✭✭✭cbreeze


    Nicholas Cage


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  • #37
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Matt Damon


  • #38
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭buried


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    How can anybody pick just one?

    True. Ima pick Robert Shaw too

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



  • #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,369 ✭ [Deleted User]


    No DeNiro?

    There's so many that might not have been great but absolutely nailed a certain character. Heath ledger being the one example.

    Whereas you have someone who might not ever get the Oscar but is always solid like Samuel Jackson. He never nailed it enough to deserve the Oscar but he's had some very memorable roles without stinking. Harvey Keitel as well.


  • #40
    Aidric
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    Be right back wrote: »
    Heath Ledger is another one that comes to mind.

    As a singular piece of work I've yet to see anyone top his performance in Brokeback Mountain.

    For continuity Jake Gyllenhaal has been knocking it out of the park on a regular basis.


  • #41
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    John Hurt
    Jeff Bridges
    Sean Penn
    Philip Seymour Hoffmann


    All did very different characters and did them brilliantly, that's the mark of a brilliant actor.


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  • #42
    Gremlinertia
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Cate Blanchett would be up there for me.. I think William H Macy manages to lift anything he is in


  • #43
    Bobblehats
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    Niner leprauchan wrote: »
    No DeNiro?

    He’s great as the hipster in that advert. Puts in a real shift. Rumour has it he walked around San Francisco in that get up sipping bubble tea and not so skinny lattes in order to adapt to the role


  • #44
    RandomViewer
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    Watched Once upon a time in Hollywood, Pitt, Dr Caprio and Margot Robbie were all good and the dog was brilliant

    Bruce Dern was in it as well (nomination)


  • #45
    buried
    Registered Users Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭buried


    Ray Wise. Leon C Nash in Robocop and Laura Palmer's owl lad in Twin Peaks was mighty work

    "You have disgraced yourselves again" - W. B. Yeats



  • #46
    jiltloop
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    Until fairly recently I would have went with Leo Di Caprio but I'm finding him to be a bit samey these days in that a lot of his characters are very similar. One of his last great performances I think was Shutter Island.

    I've always really admired Cate Blanchet, she has bags of talent and has played a myriad of characters, she never fails to impress me. She's like a chameleon.

    Tom Hardy I also think is excellent and has some very solid and fascinating performances under his belt. He's a master at conveying intensity without having to overdo the dramatics or become too animated. The film where he plays both if the Kray twins is amazing.

    Christian Bale is also excellent but I have to say I lost a lot of respect for him after his fiasco with verbally abusing one of the production staff on a set.


  • #47
    RandomViewer
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    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Cate Blanchett would be up there for me.. I think William H Macy manages to lift anything he is in

    Really don't like her, Think she spoils a lot of films


  • #48
    jiltloop
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    I also have to mention Harry Dean Stanton, I love that guy. Great solid actor and he's been in some great films.


  • #49
    TomRiddle35
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 11 ✭TomRiddle35


    A second vote for Adam Driver

    Or yer man who played the Bomber in Pure Mule, pure daycent like


  • #50
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Morgan Freeman’s voice

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #51
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    philip seymour hoffman


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