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Best Actor of the modern era?

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    #32
    SCOOP 64
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    Tom Hardy


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    #33
    kingtiger
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    I Am Nobody wrote: »
    Gene Hackman

    The Duck I say


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    #34
    van_beano
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    McNulty


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    #35
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    How can anybody pick just one?


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    #36
    cbreeze
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    Nicholas Cage


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    #37
    Bobblehats
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    Matt Damon


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    #38
    buried
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    How can anybody pick just one?

    True. Ima pick Robert Shaw too

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



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    #39
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    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.


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    #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.


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    #41
    KevRossi
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    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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    Gremlinertia
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    Cate Blanchett would be up there for me.. I think William H Macy manages to lift anything he is in


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    #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


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    #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)


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    #45
    buried
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    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



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    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.


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    #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


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    #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.


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    #49
    TomRiddle35
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    A second vote for Adam Driver

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


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    #50
    Feisar
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    Morgan Freeman’s voice

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #51
    Mad_maxx
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    philip seymour hoffman


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    #52
    seenitall
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    The best screen performance that sticks in my mind is Billy Crudup in 'Waking the Dead'. Sorry, I'm too lazy to embed, but the restaurant scene in that film is a 3 minute acting masterclass. Stunning.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1nspf2E76cw


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    #53
    Be right back
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    Aidric wrote: »
    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.

    His final scene in Brokeback was very moving. Brilliant as the Joker as well.


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    bodhrandude
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    Quite an underrated actor but a superb one is Paul Giamatti, loved the recent one he done called Private Life.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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    #55
    pidgeoneyes
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    Sam Rockwell.


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    Javier Bardem, all the way back to Jamón Jamón.


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    #57
    O.A.P
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    Christoph Waltz .


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    #58
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
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    jiltloop wrote: »
    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 felt that way about DiCaprio for years. I get that people defended him when he was dismissed as the Titanic pretty boy because he is better than that. But I find him a bit limited at times.


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    #59
    murpho999
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Quite an underrated actor but a superb one is Paul Giamatti, loved the recent one he done called Private Life.

    How is he "under-rated" when he's been critically acclaimed for numerous roles and also won Emmys, Screen Actors' Guilds, Golden Globes and numerous other associations and award body awards.

    Also been nominated for an Academy Award.

    I agree with you that he's a great actor but he's had a very successful career to date and it has been critically well received and he's highly regarded and by no means under-rated.


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    #60
    Degag
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    Anthony Hopkins.

    Owns the screen in anything he's in.


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    #61
    kevthegaff
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    Marlon Brando,Al Pacino, hoffmann, Nicholson and de Nirio streets ahead of the rest


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