Who is the better actor: De Niro or Nicholson?

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Vote and discuss.

 

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OMG, can some moderator change the title to ''better'' - I wrote bestter

 

[Dark Raven]

Did someone say Bester actor?

 

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Jack Nicholson.

 

[Schlosser85]

OMG, can some moderator change the title to ''better'' - I wrote bestter

Done.

As for the question, I voted De Niro. Jack Nicholson, to me, just kinda played "Jack Nicholson".

 

[Stringer]

DeNiro's best performances pretty much obliterate Jack's, even if Jack is more consistent. Easy work for Bobby.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Love Nicholson, but he doesn't have the range of DeNiro.

 

[David H.]

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Have to agree with those saying Deniro.

Jack is a charismatic presence and very entertaining and he's great at chewing scenery and going testicles out crazy... But for a very long time he basically plays a larger than life version of himself in films. There's nothing wrong with that and many giant stars from Hollywood essentially do the same thing.

But Deniro can and has done what Jack can AND disappear into roles. He successfully plays against type and can affect accents and characteristics you rarely if ever see from a Jack, especially as the years have gone by.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

I enjoy watching Nicholson, but De Niro by a mile.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Bobby hands down.

Jack is obviously iconic in his own right, but still.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Love them both, but I chose Jack. When I look at Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, 5 Easy Pieces, Terms of Endearment and Chinatown, I call that range.

 

[Schlosser85]

Honestly I don’t necessarily think either of them is someone I’d say has a tremendous amount of range or is a chameleon or anything, and De Niro has roles where he’s just “De Niro” the same as Nicholson has roles where he’s just Nicholson, but to me it’s more so with Nicholson just being Nicholson most of the time.

 

[writer0327]

Love both actors but its Jack for me. Deniro best works within the crime genre. Nicholson works everywhere and he pretty much steals every film he's in regardless of who's in it with him.

 

[Schlosser85]

De Niro can also work outside the crime genre, in things like Stanley & Iris, or Silver Linings Playbook.