Favorite Actors? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] GlenEllyn (21239) 5 years ago

Tom Hanks
Jimmy Stewart
Judi Dench
Cary Grant
Katharine Hepburn
Gregory Peck
Gary Cooper
Kate Winslet
Jack Lemmon
Denzel Washington
Ingrid Bergman
Audrey Hepburn
Natalie Portman

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[–] BillHicksFan (10246) 5 years ago

I'd add Peck, Bergman (and Fonda)... There were so many around the 50s!

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Jack
Samuel
Hanks
Leo
Denzel

The ones that only require one name are usually the real bigboys

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Keanu
Jaden
Ashton
Kristen
Vin
Hayden
Channing
Miley
Shia
Dwayne
Tara
Zac

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Exactly man

Cher in Moonstruck...
One-namers are big ballers

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 5 years ago

Sasha
Mia
Riley
Alexis
Madison
Lexi
Asa

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Dang...you are good at this😁

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[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Samuel?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Samuel MOTHERTRUCKIN' L. Jackson!!!

'I want these gosh darned snakes off my gosh darned plane'

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[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Thank you! I was wracking my brain, but couldn't figure it out.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Welcome!
Love that dude

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[–] StoneKeeper (22875) 5 years ago

Hey, I always wondered, and now is a good time to ask; Is it against the rules to curse on this site? I noticed most people never do and even when my man Shogie quotes a movies, he censures it.

I mean, what the fuck?

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

I don't really know the rules, never read the site guidelines to be honest

But a couple of our top people have objected to harsh language in the past so I try to keep my posts PG13...I really enjoy most of our posters and try to keep it clean
I do so out of respect because I talk like a drunken sailor in real life

Sometimes I slip...the Mods seem pretty laid back about it

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[–] StoneKeeper (22875) 5 years ago

OK, I don't see how you can censor Samuel then. I mean, it's the essense of his message. ;)

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

I'm probably guilty of trying to make all parties feel happy and welcome

I was a huge trolling asshole when I busted into this joint 18 months ago...just trying to be a decent sort of guy these days

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[–] StoneKeeper (22875) 5 years ago

Cool, yeah, I'd rather you keep that positive vibe going on.

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[–] olioz (3396) 5 years ago

Dicaprio
Benicio Del Toro
Willem Dafoe
Matt Dillon
Jeff Goldblum
Danny Mcbride
Keanu Reeves

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Del Toro is amazing
Check out Escape at Dannemora for a really great Benicio performance👍

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[–] olioz (3396) 5 years ago

I watched it last weekend. He was great in it and I really liked the whole series.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

What a show
hownos turned me onto it
That Dano guy was great too

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[–] olioz (3396) 5 years ago

Cool that you have Matti Pellonpää listed as one of your favourites. He's highly respected here in Finland. Many think that he is/was the best finnish actor.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10246) 5 years ago

That's great to hear.. I've seen him in about 10 movies, all from the brothers, mostly Aki.. Do you have any other recommendations? He was such a great actor, and did a lot before dying at 44.

I was trying to read more about him, but everything was in Finnish.

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[–] horrorfan000 (2149) 5 years ago

Harrison Ford
Denzel Washingtom
Jack Nicholson
Donald Pleasance
Ernest Borgnine
Jimmy Stewart
James Spader
Jeff Goldblum
Peter Cushing
Vincent Price
Kurt Russel
Robert Downey JR
Bruce Campbell - Not in the same league as some of these other guys but always entertaining

And lots more that i just can't think of at the moment.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (73644) 5 years ago

Bruce Campbell is a great pick👍
He's a natural born entertainer with charisma and excellent comedic timing

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[–] looper007 (1153) 5 years ago

Marlon Brando
Robert De Niro
Peter O' Toole
Burt Lancaster
Jack Nicholson
Gerard Depardieu
Tom Hardy
Gary Oldman
Vincent Cassel
Juliette Binoche
Daniel Day Lewis
Ben Foster
Max Von Sydow
Liv Ullman
Gene Hackman
William Dafoe
Song Kang Ho

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Dead

Wayne
Bogart
Fonda
George C Scott
Edward G Robinson
Cooper
Walter Brennan

Alive

Eastwood
Hanks
Pacino
Del Toro
Josh Brolin
Morgan Freeman
Denzel

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[–] TexasJack (12515) 5 years ago

Sir Anthony Hopkins
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Gary Oldman
Meryl Streep
Gene Hackman
Robert Duvall
Cate Blanchett
Alan Rickman
Jeff Bridges
Donald Sutherland
John Malkovich
Alec Baldwin
Frances McDormand

I admire many more, but this is the list that comes to mind. I mainly value two characteristics -- screen presence (Hopkins, Streep, Rickman and Malkovich instantly bring a certain weight to any scene in which they appear), and flexibility/range (Pacino, DiCaprio and Oldman are utterly convincing in vastly different roles).

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