Your Top 10 Actors/Actresses Of All Time!

[Reefsmoka]

Whats your top 10 actors/actresses of all time then? I do mean your favourites and not what the internet wants to here as well Give me your reason why you chose them as well! They dont have to be just from film.

1. Robert Deniro: Because of Heat, Ronin, Casino, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Jackie Brown, Hide and Seek, 15 Minutes, A Bronx Tale, The Godfather 2.
2. James Gandolfini: Mainly because of Sopranos, But brilliant in True Romance.
3. Al Pacino: Because of The Godfather series, Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, Scarface, Carlitos Way, Donnie Brasco. The Recruit, Insomnia
4. Jason Statham: Lock Stock, Snatch, Transporter Series, Crank 1&2, War, Chaos, The Mechanic, Blitz, The Expendables 1&2, Safe.
5. Idris Elba: Mainly The wire, but liked him in Luther, Thor, The Losers.
6. Denzel Washington: Man On Fire, American Gangsta, Inside Man, Taking Of Pelham 123, Book of Eli, Training Day, Unstoppable
7: Gary Oldman: True Romance, Book of Eli, Dark knight, Dark knight returns. The 5th Element.
8. Samuel L Jackson: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, The Avengers, Cleaner, Soul Men, The 51st State, A Time To Kill.
9: Brad Pitt: Snatch, Inglorious Basterds, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reason, Oceans 1,2&3, Fight Club, True Romance.
10. John Travolter: From Paris With Love, Pulp Fiction, Taking Of Pelham 123, Face Off, The Punisher, Swordfish, Get Shorty, Be Cool.

Honorable mentions: Nicolas Cage, Steve Van Zandt, Jonny Depp, Steve Buscemi, Tom Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Graham, Jean Reno, Daniel Day Lewis, Josh Brolin, Javier Bordem. (too hard to pick 10)

 

[EvanDavis]

I pretty much think you have nailed most of mine o the head in your post

 

[crazylegs]

Well me being around on this earth a little longer than Reef has, I have a little more experience in watching films and TV and maybe a more varied taste across more of a spectrum than just what Hollywood has to offer, so my top 10 would probably be something like this but not in any particular order, some may not be the best of all time but they are great Actors/Actresses and I have enjoyed watching them.

Clint Eastwood - The Unforgiven, The good the bad and the ugly, Outlaw Josey Wales, Fistful of dollars, Million dollar baby, Gran Torino etc etc

David Niven - http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm0000057/ What a superb actor this guy was and what a catalogue!

James Cagney - Angels with dirty faces, White heat, Yankee doodle Dandy, Love me or leave me

Matt Damon - Goodwill hunting, the Ciderhouse rules, The Bourne trilogy, The adjustment Bureau, The Departed, Saving private Ryan

John Thaw - The Sweeney, Goodnight Mr Tom, Inspector Morse, Kavanagh QC,

Ronnie Barker - Porridge, The 2 Ronnies, Open all hours, etc etc

Sigourney Weaver - Alien film series, Avatar, Gorillas in the mist, a million other parts too!

Denzel Washington - same as Reefs reasons, some excellent films and parts

Clive Owen - Children of men, The Bourne identity, Inside man, The international, Croupier, Elizabeth

Ian Mckellen - Lord of the rings, X-Men, Hamlet, Stardust, Gods and monsters, Richard III


Thought this thread would actually get more of a response than it has, so come on people post up your faves as there are bound to be a few we have missed or just plain old forgotten!

 

[Reefsmoka]

Cant believe I missed Christopher Walken, what a crazy dude!

 

[floppybootstomp]

This is a toughie, off the top of my head:

Michael Caine
Sean Connery
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Julie Waters
Helena Bonham Carter
Helen Mirren
Paul Newman
Morgan Freeman
Jack Nicholson

 

[Quadophile]

Not so easy and I am sure I will miss out some . Regardless, I will attempt to put the 10 down here. If I forget I will come back.

The list in no particular order.....

Kirk Douglas
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Meryl Streep
Morgan Freeman
Dustin Hoffman
Audrey Hepburn
James Stewart
Alec Guinness
Anthony Hopkins

I did not mention any particular movie associated with the artists because I could watch any movie in which one of them is cast as they are all in my opinion fantastic actors overall

I know I am forgetting some and cannot think hard to come up with names but will come back after I spot some here on the thread after my post.

 

[Abarbarian]

What no one mentions PETER SELLERS. Philistines.

 

[floppybootstomp]

What no one mentions PETER SELLERS. Philistines.

So give us your top 10 Mr Hoity Toity

For me it was a hard choice between Helen Mirrem and Sigourney Weaver, also found it hard to restrict number to 10 only and still not 100% sure of my choices.

But I will say the ten I've listed have entertained me greatly over the years.