Your favourite 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.

 

[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

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Sam Rockwell - Moon

 

[Wesley Dodds]

No kidding?

 

[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 t:t:

 

[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.

 

[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

. 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.

 

[El Payaso]

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

 

[The Shredder]

. Pretty good choices.

Thanks, gwynplaine.