Your favourite acting performances?

[Ace of Knaves]

I'm surprised there isn't a thread like this already to be honest.

What are some of your favourite performances by an actor or actress?

I do have a few favourites but one that has really stood out recently is Tom Hardy's performance in Bronson.

This is truly outstanding. He literally carries the movie, seeing as it is basically a one man show. The movie doesn't really have a engaging plot either to be fair. But his performance alone makes it worth watching.

The performance is just so engrossing, I literally couldn't take my eyes of him. Subtle, extravagant, insane, calm, explosive, simmering, thoughtful, mindless.

Such a varied performance, truly one of the greatest acting performances I have ever, ever scene. No hyperbole. I urge everyone to watch this movie. It won't appeal to a lot of people I imagine, but the actual performance by Hardy is honestly ****ing stunning.

[gwynplaine]

:hoboj:

[Wiseman]

Kevin Kline in Life As A House

[Rukus]

Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Al Pacino - Scarface
Robert Deniro - Raging Bull - Taxi Driver

[Johnny Drama]

Robert Deniro - Taxi Driver / Cape Fear / Raging Bull/ Deer Hunter

Leonardo Dicaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape / The Departed

Christian Bale - American Psycho / Harsh Times

Johnny Depp - Ed Wood / Dead Man / Finding Neverland

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Scarface, The Godfather, The Godfather II

Kate Winslet - The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Daniel Day Lewis - The Boxer / There Will Be Blood

Natalie Portman - The Professional / Garden State

Jack Nicholson - Batman, The Shining, One Flew Over The Cukoos Nest, As Good As It Get's, About Schmit

Meyrll Streep - Deer Hunter / Kramer Vs Kramer / Adaptation / Rendition / Doubt

Sean Penn - Mystic River, I Am Sam, Milk, Bad Boys (original), Carlitos Way, Dead Man Walking, 21 Grams and of course Fast Times At Ridgemont High (for sentimental value)

Kevin Bacon - A Few Good Men, The Woodsmen, Mystic River, Apollo 13

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain, Lords Of Dogtown, Ned Kelly, The Dark Knight.

Kevin Kline - The Big Chill, A Fish Called Wanda, Soapdish, The Ice Storm

Robert Downey Jr - Chaplin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Heart and Souls, The Singing Detective

[gwynplaine]

^Good list.

Heath Ledger was also great in Candy imo.
And Daniel Day Lewis in In the name of the father.

[weezerspider]

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino, The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Jackie Earle Haley- Watchmen
Johnny Depp- Public Enemies
Joe Pesci- Goodfellas
Al Pacino- The Godfather, The Godfather II, Heat
Robert Denrio- Taxi Driver, Heat
Russel Crowe- Gladiator, 3:10 to Yuma, A Beautiful Mind
Christian Bale- 3:10 to Yuma, Rescue Dawn
Denzel Washington- American Gangster, Man On Fire, Remember The Titans
Tom Hanks- Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan
Leonardo Decaprio- The Departed
Matt Damon- The Departed
Jack Nicholson- Batman, The Shining, The Departed
Tom Cruise- Collateral
Edward Norton- American History X
Robert Downey Jr- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man
John Belushi- Animal House, Blues Brothers
Dan Akroyd- Blues Brothers
Adam Sandler- Click, Funny People
Sacha Baron Cohen- Borat
Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Superbad
Mel Gibson- Braveheart

[Johnny Drama]

Christopher Mintz-Plasse - Superbad


:hehe:

[gwynplaine]

I'm surprised there isn't a thread like this already to be honest.

What are some of your favourite performances by an actor or actress?

I do have a few favourites but one that has really stood out recently is Tom Hardy's performance in Bronson.

This is truly outstanding. He literally carries the movie, seeing as it is basically a one man show. The movie doesn't really have a engaging plot either to be fair. But his performance alone makes it worth watching.

The performance is just so engrossing, I literally couldn't take my eyes of him. Subtle, extravagant, insane, calm, explosive, simmering, thoughtful, mindless.

Such a varied performance, truly one of the greatest acting performances I have ever, ever scene. No hyperbole. I urge everyone to watch this movie. It won't appeal to a lot of people I imagine, but the actual performance by Hardy is honestly ****ing stunning.
Looking forward to Bronson, I don't know much about it but it kind of looks like the british answer to Chopper, which i really liked.

[Johnny Drama]

Ones I forgot

Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder

Tim Roth - Reservoir Dogs

Jake Gyllenhaal - Jarhead, Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain

Harvey Keitel - From Dusk Till Dawn (very underrated performance by Keitel as a former preacher and father of two. He is conflicted, and is having a crisis of faith, denouncing everything he has ever known. Then he is kidnapped by George Clooney and Quentin Tarentino and they fight vampires. The end.

[Dr Strange]

Jack Nicholson in almost every film, but one in particular - Five Easy Pieces.

[Schlosser85]

Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter

Heath Ledger as The Joker

Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List

Liam Neeson as Michael Collins

Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings and Apt Pupil

also Sean Bean, Ian Holm, and Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings

Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman in The Professional

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain

Cate Blanchett in The Gift

Denzel Washington in Glory

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, and Road to Perdition

Tim Roth in Rob Roy

Edward Norton in Primal Fear

Brian Cox as Hermann Goering in Nuremberg

Morgan Freeman in just about everything

[weezerspider]

Oh, Forgot Andy Serkis in LOTR

[Jack O Lantern]

I always loved Burt Lancaster as the Doctor in Field of Dreams. He brings so much warmth to that character in such a short amount of screen time that it breaks your heart that he has step off the field.

[Ace of Knaves]

Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton and Sam Elliot-Tombstone.

Gary Oldman-Bram Stoker's Dracula

Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher-One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe-LA Confidential

Russell Crowe-Gladiator, Master and Commander and Cinderella Man.

[OctaviusINC]

James Dead- East of Eden
Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino
Viggo Mortenson- Appaloosa
Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
Harrison Ford/Paul Freeman-Raiders of the Lost Ark
Robert DeNiro- Taxi Driver
Jack Nicholson- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Hound55]

Joe Pesci exploded onto the screen in GoodFellas.

Eric Bana put in a career performance in Chopper.

Of course the elite character performance would have to be Bob DeNiro as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver though...

[Wesley Dodds]

Anything Kevin Spacey did before he won the Best Actor oscar.

Anything Mickey Rourke did before he began his boxing career.

Anything Samuel L. Jackson did before Shaft.

Every SINGLE actor in The Wire.

[Bim]

A few come to mind:

Al Pacino - The Godfather movies, Scarface
Robert Deniro - Taxi Driver, The Godfather II
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shinning, A Few Good Men
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth
Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting, Big Fish
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight, Brokeback Mountain
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
James Caan - The Godfather
Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman - The Professional
Edward Norton - American History X, Primal Fear
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
Nicole Kidman - The Others, Moulin Rouge
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland, Revolutionary Road, Sense and Sensibility
Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco, Jack Sparrow, Edward Scissorhands (i could list most of his movies, to me the man is awesome!)
Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Russel Crowe - L.A. Confidential, Gladiator, The Insider
Marlon Brando - The Wild One, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Philadelphia
Charlize Theron - Monster
Michael Clarke Duncan - The Green Mile
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed, Revolutionary Road, Titanic, Blood Diamond
Eric Bana - Black Hawk Down, Munich
Djimon Hounsou - Amistad, Gladiator, Blood Diamond
Sir Alec Guinnes - Bridge on the River Kwai, ANH, A Passage to India, Lawrence of Arabia
Jodie Foster - The Accussed, Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable - Gone with the Wind
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose

[The Chairman]

Actors:

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, As Good As It Gets, Terms Of Endearment, Batman, Carnal Knowledge
Heath Ledger - The Dark Night
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler, The Pope Of Greenwich Village, Sin City, The Pledge, Body Heat
Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction
Gary Oldman - True Romance (My favorite Oldman role, he owns what little screen time he has), The Professional
George Clooney - Out Of Sight
Joe Pesci - Goodfellas, JFK
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull, Taxi Driver
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Gregory Peck - To Kill A Mockingbird
Al Pacino - The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, Carlito's Way
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Frank Sinatra - The Manchurian Candidate
Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
Bill Murray - Ghostbusters, Groundhoug Day
Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront, The Godfather
Anthony Perkins - Psycho
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Kevin Spacey - Se7en
Gary Cooper - High Noon
Eddie Murphy - Trading Places, Coming To America
Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption
Tim Curry - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
James Dean - Rebel Without A Cause

Actresses:

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous
Michelle Pfeiffer - Batman Returns
Natalie Portman - The Professional
Kathy Bates - Misery
Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Jennifer Lopez - Out Of Sight
Marilyn Monroe - Some Like It Hot
Jodie Foster - Taxi Driver, Silence Of The Lambs
Sigourney Weaver - Alien, Aliens
Patricia Arquette - True Romance
Kathleen Turner - Body Heat, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (yes, I count it as performance)
Ann-Margret - Carnal Knowledge
Grace Kelly - Rear Window
Janet Leigh - Pyscho
Ingrid Bergman - Casablanca, Notorious
Linda Hamilton - The Terminator, T2: Judgement Day
Lee Remick - Anatomy Of A Murder
Kim Novack - Vertigo
Julia Roberts - Steel Magnolias, Erin Brockovich
Sally Field - Steel Magnolias, Forrest Gump
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity

[shopaholic10]

The terminal -Tom Hanks

[[A]]

I do have a few favourites but one that has really stood out recently is Tom Hardy's performance in Bronson.I wanna see that movie so bad -- but only got subtitles for the first half :down and I can only understand american english :hehe: That thick british accent, I cannot understand

[Johnny Drama]

Tom Green - Freddy Got Fingered

Jason Biggs - Saving Silverman, American Pie 2

Chris Kattan - Monkey Bone, A Night At The Roxbury

Shaquille O'neal - Steel, Kazaam

John Cena - The Marine

Kat Williams - Friday After Next

Hulk Hogan - Suburban Comando

Pauly Shore - Jury Duty, In The Army Now

[Ace of Knaves]

;17290858']I wanna see that movie so bad -- but only got subtitles for the first half :down and I can only understand american english :hehe: That thick british accent, I cannot understand

:hehe: Yea he doesn't talk the Queens English I'll give you that. :D

[Swordmaster]

Christian Bale-The Prestige
Liam Neeson-Taken
Arnold Schwarzenegger-Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Nathan Fillion-Serenity
Hugo Weaving-V for Vendetta

[SuperFerret]

Robert Shaw as Quint in JAWS

[elgato]

Michelle Pfeiffer-Batman Returns/The Fabulous Baker Boys
Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
Marion Cotillard-La Vie en Rose/Love Me if You Dare
Angelina Jolie-Girl, Interrupted
Wynona Ryder/Gary Oldman-Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bela Lugosi-Dracula
Uma Thurman-Pulp Fiction/Kill Bill
Jack Nicholson-Batman
Max Shreck-Nosferatu
Klaus Klinski/Isabelle Adjani-Nosferatu (Remake)
Johny Depp-Public Enemies/Sleepy Hollow
Drew Barrymore-Riding in Cars with Boys

[BloodyWolverine]

Geoffrey Rush- As Captain Hector Barbossa POTC COTBP.

Alan Rickman- As Severus Snape-All Harry Potter film the man is one of the best Scene stealers who ever performed.

Gary Oldman- Bram Stokers Dracula.

Viggo Mortensen- As Aragorn LOTR All 3 Films.

Robert Downey Jr- Iron Man.

Eric Bana- Troy.

John Malcovich-The Man In The Iron Mask.

Tommy Lee Jones-The Fugative.

Ian McKellan- As Gandalf The Grey.

Russell Crowe - Gladiator.

[CWP]

Love the acting in The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Elijah Wood as Frodo, Sean Astin as Sam, Ian McKellen as Gandalf, and Andy Serkis as Gollum to name a few. Very believable performances.

Then there's Tom Hollander as Cutler Beckett, Bill Nighy as Davy Jones, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, etc. Even James Norrington and Mr. Gibbs rounded off a great cast. I don't care much for Keira Knightley or Orlando Bloom's performances, however.

Also, some may not agree with me, but I like Shia LaBeouf's acting. It's very raw and suits a lot of different genres.

Edit: The post above mine reminded me of Alan Rickman as Severus Snape, too. Needed more of him in the films; he could have his own spin-off...

[BloodyWolverine]

After the next two movies i don't think Severus will be spinning anywhere.

[Schlosser85]

Also, some may not agree with me, but I like Shia LaBeouf's acting. It's very raw and suits a lot of different genres.




I don't get the hatred for Shia LaBeouf either. I've found him very likable in everything I've seen him in. He takes some flack for Transformers, but those movies' crappiness isn't his fault.

[cerealkiller182]

Jack Nicholson- Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Sam Rockwell- Moon and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Robert Downey Jr- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Bruce Willis- Unbreakable

Johnny Depp- Ed Wood and Fear and Loathing

Robert DeNiro- Taxi Driver

Mickey Rourke- The Wrestler

Jim Carey- Eternal Sunshine

Robin Williams- The Fisher King, Good Will Hunting

[TLH]

Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects, American Beauty

Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen (...awesome as Rorschach)

[Ace of Knaves]

Jackie Earle Haley WAS Rorschach

[cerealkiller182]

Jeremy Renner- The Hurt Locker

Jackie Earle Haley- Watchmen

Ron Perlman- Hellboy

Jeff Bridges- The Big Lebowski

Jamie Fox- Collateral

Michelle Monaghan- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Charlize Theron- North Country

[matrix_ghost]

There are lots more but because i just saw these two movies after a long time

Henry FOnda in 12 Angry Men
Ben Kingsly In Gandhi

[gwynplaine]

Sean Connery as Robin Hood in "Robin and Marian."

[VenomVsSpidey]

macaulay culkin & elijah wood - the good son

[nite-owl]

James Cagney - White Heat

[bullets]

Parker Posey - The House of Yes

[Bruce Banner]

Eli Wallach- The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Robert De Niro-Taxi Driver

Edward Norton-25th Hour

Jack Nicholson-The Pledge

Nicolas Cage- Bringing Out the Dead/Leaving Las Vegas

Gene Hackman- The French Connection

[TKing]

Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
Helena Bonham Carter - Fight Club
Helen Mirren - The Queen

[BoBalow7]

Bruce Willis - Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengence, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable

Clint Eastwood - Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Unforgiven, Gran Torino

Denzel Washington - Malcom X, Training Day, Fallen

Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With A Vengence

Liam Neeson - Schindler's List, Taken

Javier Bardem - No country For Old Men

Robert Downey Jr. - Heart and Souls, Iron Man

Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects

John Wayne - The Searchers, The Longest Day

Heath Ledger - Lords of Dogtown, The Dark Knight

John Goodman - The Big Lebowski, Fallen

Tom Hanks - Big, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away

Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven

Sharlto Copley - District 9

[[A]]

Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen (...awesome as Rorschach)

Jackie Earle Haley WAS RorschachYes. He was Rorschach. But he wasn't Walter Kovacs.

[gwynplaine]

Bruce Willis - Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengence, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable

Clint Eastwood - Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Unforgiven, Gran Torino

Denzel Washington - Malcom X, Training Day, Fallen

Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With A Vengence

Liam Neeson - Schindler's List, Taken

Javier Bardem - No country For Old Men

Robert Downey Jr. - Heart and Souls, Iron Man

Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects

John Wayne - The Searchers, The Longest Day

Heath Ledger - Lords of Dogtown, The Dark Knight

John Goodman - The Big Lebowski, Fallen

Tom Hanks - Big, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away

Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven

Sharlto Copley - District 9


Agreed:yay:. Welcome to the Hype.

[SuperFerret]

Andy Serkis as King Kong

[gwynplaine]

Andy Serkis as King Kong
Good one. I also liked him as gollum, and still in the mocap domain, I really enjoyed Crispin Glover as Grendel.

[omid17]

Bruce Willis - Die Hard, Die Hard With A Vengence, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable

Clint Eastwood - Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Unforgiven, Gran Torino

Denzel Washington - Malcom X, Training Day, Fallen

Samuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction, Die Hard With A Vengence

Liam Neeson - Schindler's List, Taken

Javier Bardem - No country For Old Men

Robert Downey Jr. - Heart and Souls, Iron Man

Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects

John Wayne - The Searchers, The Longest Day

Heath Ledger - Lords of Dogtown, The Dark Knight

John Goodman - The Big Lebowski, Fallen

Tom Hanks - Big, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away

Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven

Sharlto Copley - District 9:up:

[King K]

Val Kilmer- Tombstone

Gary Oldman- True Romance

Every single actor in The Crow (1993).

[returntovoid]

Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield was brilliant. The best I think he has ever acted and his dialogs were easily quotable/memorable.

Bruce Willis as John McClane in the first Die Hard was great. I think he played the most human action hero to date, his sarcastic humor was hilarious no matter how serious the film got and the dialogs he got were gold, very quotable/memorable.

I'll think of more acting performances.

[Mister H.]

Jack Nicholson - The Pledge
Marlon Brando - Apocalypse Now
Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
Robert Duvall - The Apostle
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
Anthony Hopkins - Silence Of The Lambs
Tom Berenger - Platoon
Jimmy Stewart - Vertigo
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
David Carradine - Kill Bill
Gary Oldman - Dracula
Tom Wilkinson - In The Bedroom

[gwynplaine]

Harpo Marx in anything.

[X-Woman]

Peter Finch in Network. Actually, everybody was great in that movie, but Peter Finch was hilarious. That was the famous "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" performance.

Geoffrey Rush in Quills. Noteworthy, if nothing else.

:xmen:

[jacobed]

Say what you will about the movie but Tom Cruise is fantastic in War of the Worlds. After the initial attack and he gets to his house and realizes that he has people ashes all over his body, amazing acting.

[Ace of Knaves]

Val Kilmer in The Doors

[Wesley Dodds]

And in Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang!

[Ace of Knaves]

HAHA oh yea, can't forget that. Ahh I love that film :D

[Aesop Rocks]

Sam Rockwell - Moon

[Wesley Dodds]

No kidding? :hehe:

[Aesop Rocks]

lol! I admit it, I am a fanboy but goddamn, I love him in Moon.

[Wesley Dodds]

lol! I admit it, I am a fanboy but goddamn, I love him in Moon.

Yeah, I hear it's great. I'm definitely gonna have to check it out.

[gwynplaine]

Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green.

[The Joker]

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Kathy Bates - Misery
John Candy - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Ian McKellan - X-Men 2, Lord of the Rings trilogy
Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo

[VenomVsSpidey]

Tim Curry - IT. sorry ace..I know you hate that movie lol...but it was SOOO GOOOD

[Captain America]

Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan - Though the films aren't too great, Ewan (in my opinion) gave a magnificent performance despite the fake he was acting %98 of the time with nothing and blue screen

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man - Need I say more?

Heath Ledger as Joker - seeing him in this role always makes me think of what (he) and other actors could expand to, but usually get type casted (but as well all know, we'll never get to see what type of roles he was in for next due to his tragic expiration =( R.I.P)

Alec Guiness as Obi-Wan - Hands down the best preformance in sci-fi movie history

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine - same as with Joker, I Love to see actors (that are thought of as a certain type of role) act in character so well


that's all i cam think of now, ill have more later :woot::woot:

[Ace of Knaves]

Kurt Russell in The Thing.

Jeff Goldblum in The Fly.

Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker.

Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now.

[VenomVsSpidey]

robin williams - hook
jim carrey - pretty much everything he's been in

[Ace of Knaves]

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonte in A Few Dollars More.

[YoungE808]

Robert Shaw- Jaws 'Quint'
Jack Nicholson- Chinatown 'Jake Gittes'
Dustin Hoffman- The Graduate 'Benjamin Braddock'
Audrey Hepburn- My Fair Lady 'Eliza Dolittle'
Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady 'Henry Higgins'
Javier Bardem/Tommy Lee Jones/Josh Brolin- No Country For Old Men
Daniel Day Lewis- Everything
Johnny Depp- 'Jack Sparrow'
Ian McKellan- Gandalf
Harrison Ford- 'Han Solo'
Heath Ledger- 'The Joker'


That's all I can think of for now.

[Captain America]

Robert Shaw- Jaws 'Quint'
Jack Nicholson- Chinatown 'Jake Gittes'
Dustin Hoffman- The Graduate 'Benjamin Braddock'
Audrey Hepburn- My Fair Lady 'Eliza Dolittle'
Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady 'Henry Higgins'
Javier Bardem/Tommy Lee Jones/Josh Brolin- No Country For Old Men
Daniel Day Lewis- Everything
Johnny Depp- 'Jack Sparrow'
Ian McKellan- Gandalf
Harrison Ford- 'Han Solo'
Heath Ledger- 'The Joker'


That's all I can think of for now.

:up::up::up:

[The Shredder]

Jennifer Connelly - Waking the Dead

Christian Bale - American Psycho

Jack Nicholson - Batman, The Shining, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Detail, As good as it Gets

Kurt Russell - The Thing

Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct

Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Heat

Val Kilmer - The Doors, Wonderland

Frances Mcdormand - Fargo

Guy Pearce - Memento

Johnny Depp - Ed Wood

Woody Harrelson - Kingpin

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Anthony Hopkins - Silence Of The Lambs

Robert Shaw - JAWS

Angelina Jolie - Gia

Michael Keaton - Batman, Clean and Sober

Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights, Magnolia

Paul Newman - The Hustler

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line

[gwynplaine]

Jennifer Connelly - Waking the Dead

Christian Bale - American Psycho

Jack Nicholson - Batman, The Shining, One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Detail, As good as it Gets

Kurt Russell - The Thing

Sharon Stone - Basic Instinct

Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Heat

Val Kilmer - The Doors, Wonderland

Frances Mcdormand - Fargo

Guy Pearce - Memento

Johnny Depp - Ed Wood

Woody Harrelson - Kingpin

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Anthony Hopkins - Silence Of The Lambs

Robert Shaw - JAWS

Angelina Jolie - Gia

Michael Keaton - Batman, Clean and Sober

Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights, Magnolia

Paul Newman - The Hustler

Nicole Kidman - To Die For

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
:up:. Pretty good choices.

[gwynplaine]

Martin Landau in "Ed wood".
Like Jack Nicholson said, not only a love letter to Bela Lugosi but also a love letter to actors in general:up:.

[El Payaso]

I love Ed Wood. Landau of course but also Depp was great in it.

[The Shredder]

:up:. Pretty good choices.

Thanks, gwynplaine. :cool:

[MessiahDecoy123]

Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood.

I'm not a huge fan of the movie as a whole but damn was his acting captivating.

Amazing performance.

[gwynplaine]

Daniel Day Lewis in In the name of the father.

James Mason in Lolita.

Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac.

Peter Sellers in Being There.

John Cazale in Dog Day Afternoon/ Godfather 2.

Robert Mitchum and Lilian Gish in The Night of the Hunter.

Glenn Close and Malkovitch in Dangerous Liaisons.

Anthony Perkins in Psycho.

Anthony Hopkins (and Emma Thompson) in Remains of the day/Magic/Silence.

Ray Liotta in Goodfellas.

Sean Penn in Sweet Lowdown/Carlito's way.

Robert Shaw in everything.

And many, many more. But I'll stop here for now.

[[A]]

Anthony Perkins in Psycho.Ahead of his time.

[gwynplaine]

;17839901']Ahead of his time.
Yes, indeed. And I thought it was genius on Hitch's part to cast a sort of teen heartthrob, Perkins, as Norman, where in the book he is closer to a "Rod Steiger" type. Come to think of it, kind of a little bit what Nolan did with Heath Ledger.

And speaking about great acting performances, Rod Steiger in In the Heat of the Night.

[gwynplaine]

Heath ledger in Candy.

[Dr Strange]

James Dean - East Of Eden.

[gwynplaine]

Ryan O'Neal in Barry Lyndon.

[gwynplaine]

Viggo in The Road. Didn't care for the movie that much though.

Fredric March in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

[Ace of Knaves]

Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglorious Basterds. Probably one of the best acting performances I've ever seen.

Melanie Laurant as Shosanna Dreyfus in Inglorious Basterds.

Michael Fassbender as Lt Archie Hicox in Inglorious Basterds.

[nite-owl]

Speaking of Fassbender his performance in Hunger was superb.

[Ace of Knaves]

Haven't seen that yet. It's about the IRA hunger strike right?

[Ace of Knaves]

Haven't seen that yet. It's about the IRA hunger strike right?

[gwynplaine]

Edit.

[nite-owl]

Haven't seen that yet. It's about the IRA hunger strike right?

Yes.

[Aesop Rocks]

Anton Yelchin in Terminator: Salvation.

Probably the best thing about the movie and easily the most only likable character.

[Dark Victory]

Jonathan Pryce - Brazil
Christian Bale - American Psycho
Andy Serkis - Gollum and King Kong
Ahnuld - T-800
Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden, Aldo Raine and the Pikey
Tom Cruise - Vanilla Sky
Gong Li - Raise the Red Lantern
Ulrich Muhe - Lives of Others
Robert Armstrong - Carl Denham, King Kong(1933)
Javier Bardem - Anton Chigurh
Stephen Root - Milton
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Christopher Waltz - Hans Landa
Gary Oldman - Leon
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List and In Bruges
Kevin Spacey - Seven and the Usual Suspects
Nick Nolte - Thin Red Line
Harvey Keitel - Taxi Driver, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Adrien Brody - The Pianist
R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket
John Goodman - The Big Lebowski
Nick Frost - Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz

[gwynplaine]

^ Pretty Good List.

Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs/The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari.

[nite-owl]

John Wayne in The Searchers

[Ace of Knaves]

Nic Cage-Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

[gwynplaine]

John Wayne in The Searchers
One of my favorites too and, if needed, proof that The Duke was not just a movie star but also a very good actor, which some people tend to forget sometimes.

[[A]]

Nic Cage-Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.The iguanas, same movie :up:

[Ace of Knaves]

:funny: You know that! HEEEEYY HOOOO HEEEEY HOOOO AH AH AHHHH

[gwynplaine]

_ Martin Landau in Crime and Misdemeanor and of course Ed Wood.
_ Peter Lorre in M.
_ Dean Martin In Rio Bravo.
_ Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

There's a reason why this-http://www.amazon.com/MostlyPosters-com-Clockwork-Orange-Poster-Boots/dp/B00166UZD4/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1263602700&sr=8-14-hangs over my bed.

[gwynplaine]

Cool picture. I want one.

[Ace of Knaves]

Have you seen "If"? He's great in that aswell.

[gwynplaine]

Yeah and also in "O Lucky Man" and "Time after Time".
H.G Wells vs Jack The Ripper (David Warner). Good stuff.

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Have you seen "If"? He's great in that aswell.
Gah, I've kept pushing that one off for awhile. :doh:

[Figs]

Just last night I watched Psycho for the first time in a long time. I have to say that after watching Perkins in that, it's up there as one of my favorite performances.

[Ace of Knaves]

Nic Cage and Holly Hunter-Raising Arizona.

[Figs]

Nic Cage and Holly Hunter-Raising Arizona.

Great choices!

You know what's another good performance from Cage in my opinion?

Moonstruck

[Ace of Knaves]

Thanks :D

Yea Cage has had a lot of great performances. It does truly baffle the mind when people say he is a crap actor.

Have you seen the new Bad Lieutenant yet?

[Figs]

Thanks :D

Yea Cage has had a lot of great performances. It does truly baffle the mind when people say he is a crap actor.

Have you seen the new Bad Lieutenant yet?

Not yet, I'll have to add it to my Netflix cue. In fact I'll do that right now while i'm on lunch.

Yeah, he is a good actor, it's just after hearing about his financial problems...I can see why he started taking so many crappy roles.

edit: hahaha. It was already in my que, must have added it earlier in the week. I should be getting the Wicker Man remake tomorrow. That one is mainly for laughs since I heard he really goes a bit overboard with his acting.

[gwynplaine]

Just last night I watched Psycho for the first time in a long time. I have to say that after watching Perkins in that, it's up there as one of my favorite performances.
Watched it again also a couple days ago and I was once again blown away by the modernity and subtlety of Perkins' performance. One of my favorites of all time as well.

[Cmill216]

Easily the single greatest piece of acting in the history of the modern performing arts:

Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1323/badlieutenantnicolascag.jpg

[cin0]

has anybody seen the black donnellys i almost cried on these two scenes. u gotta watch the whole episode to feel it,though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHrGe1pfkPo
from 5:09 to 8:02
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1PArAfX1M

[Ace of Knaves]

Easily the single greatest piece of acting in the history of the modern performing arts:

Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1323/badlieutenantnicolascag.jpg

Totally. IMO one of the greatest acting performances ever.

[Schlosser85]

Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang in Avatar

[childeroland]

The three leads in Rebel Without a Cause
Olivia Hussey in Romeo and Juliet
Jeni Courtney in The Secret of Roan Inish
Linda Manz in Days of Heaven
Humphrey Bogart and Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep
William Powell and Myrna Loy in the Thin Man series
Leandra Leal in The Oyster and the Wind
Amelia Shankley in A Little Princess

[cerealkiller182]

has anybody seen the black donnellys i almost cried on these two scenes. u gotta watch the whole episode to feel it,though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHrGe1pfkPo
from 5:09 to 8:02
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1PArAfX1M

Donnellys was a fantastic show and completely underappreciated. It was one of the shows I was more sad to see go.

[gwynplaine]

Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley and Leonardo Di Caprio in "Shutter Island". In that order.

[gwynplaine]

Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, and as Hamlet.

[cin0]

Donnellys was a fantastic show and completely underappreciated. It was one of the shows I was more sad to see go.

yea, i wish we could've at least seen a better ending instead of the cliffhanger they gave us with his mother gettin shot.