Top 3 Best/Worst Actors.

1. Tom Hanks 2. Gary Oldman 3. Anthony Hopkins Worst 1. Jean-Claude Van Damme 2. Woody Allen 3. And women with bad looking titties

best:
1) Marlon Brando
2) Al Pacino
3) Morgan Freeman

honorable mention to Jack Nicholson


worst:
1) Rob Schneider
2) Tommy Wiseau
3) Quentin Tarantino (not just a bad director (sorry all you Tarantino fans out there, he hasnt been good since Pulp Fiction))

kuzi16:

best:
1) Marlon Brando
2) Al Pacino
3) Morgan Freeman

honorable mention to Jack Nicholson


worst:
1) Rob Schneider
2) Tommy Wiseau
3) Quentin Tarantino (not just a bad director (sorry all you Tarantino fans out there, he hasnt been good since Pulp Fiction))

I really agree with Morgan Freeman and Tarantino, but I really don't get all the hoopla over Brando. He was great - make that perfect - as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar, and as Don Corleone, but other than that.......what? I've always thought George C. Scott was 10 times better, with a much wider range than Brando - but that's just me.

best tom hanks(loved bussom buddies..) morgan freeman kevin spacey worst 1david spade 2vince vaugn 3dana carvey

Johnny Depp
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert De Niro

However Fav of all time for just this role Val Kilmer (Tombstone)

Worst
Arnold
John Travlta
Ben Affleck

it's so hard to pick 3 for best, Morgan Freeman has such an awesome voice, as does James Earl Jones, H. Jon Benjamin is a fantastic voice actor as well

Best:
Al Pacino
Robert Downey Jr./Emma Watson
Jackie Chan (As an actor. As a director/producer, he's mediocre)

Worst:
Kristen Stewart (Worst. Ever.)
Tommy Wiseau (Horrible, but it's almost entertaining how bad his acting is)
Hayden Christensen

Amos Umwhat:

Bigshizza:

Best:
Jimmy Stewart
Kevin Spacey
Humphrey Bogart
Worst
Tom Cruise
Steven Segal
Martin Lawrence

I'm pretty close to this, except I'd add a sub-category of "newer" actors in the best column to include Denzel, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, and how could pee-wee herman not make the worst list?

As a side note, something my Dad said once. Ever notice how the great male leads are perennial, while the females come and go? That's because basically all females are acting most of the time.
It's their gift.
Much rarer for those of us with a Y chromosome.

Was Pee Wee Herman really an actor?

I don't think I can come up with a best/worst list. I've been thinking about this before posting, and I have to say that there are a lot of great actors, many of whom have a great body of work, but I remember great performances more than that body of work.

If I had to pick one, it would easily be Bogart. I'm kind of a Bogart nut, though. I'm looking for a good (and there are cheap ones out there, but not great) reproduction of the Maltese Falcon.
My next favorite performance is Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.
Steve McQueen is great too.
Stewart, Denzel, Nicholson, Brando, there are many more to list.
For actresses, Audrey Hepburn rises to the top. I can't bring myself to put Julia Roberts on the list, because I just don't like her that much, but she's made some good movies. Eve Marie Saint would be on my list, too. Maybe Janet Leigh.

As far as worst, I'm not even going to attempt, because there are so many bad actors that make a living doing comedy, but their skill isn't acting, it's making you laugh. There is one non-funny "comedian-actor" whose movies I will never watch-Pauley Shore. Put him at the top of my bad list. I'm tempted to put Keanu Reeves on here simply for the Matrix movies (and Devil's Advocate and Chain Reaction), but he's redeemed by Bill & Ted, and one of my guilty pleasures, The Replacements. I'll give him Point Break, too.

Amos Umwhat:

JDH:

Amos Umwhat:

Bigshizza:

Best:
Jimmy Stewart
Kevin Spacey
Humphrey Bogart
Worst
Tom Cruise
Steven Segal
Martin Lawrence

I'm pretty close to this, except I'd add a sub-category of "newer" actors in the best column to include Denzel, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, and how could pee-wee herman not make the worst list?

As a side note, something my Dad said once. Ever notice how the great male leads are perennial, while the females come and go? That's because basically all females are acting most of the time.
It's their gift.
Much rarer for those of us with a Y chromosome.

Was Pee Wee Herman really an actor?

I stand corrected, I should have said Paul Reubens, but who'd have known who he was?

The police would.



The test I use for deciding whether someone is a good actor or not is whether I can forget who it is that I'm watching. For instance, whenever I see a movie with Tom Cruise in it, I never forget for a second that I'm watching Tom Cruise. He is the exact same person in every movie I've seen him in, whether he's a Nazi, or a fighter pilot. It's the Tom Cruise persona. He never once convinces me that he's the character he's playing. By that rationale I think Jeremy Brett, Peter Sellers, and Brad Pitt are at the top of my list of best actors. There are so many bad actors I don't think I could list them all. Tom Cruise is up there obviously.

Then there are actors that I think are ok, but really good at picking scripts. Tom Hanks is one of those to me. He doesn't really impress me as an actor, but damn, most of his movies are really good, entertaining, massive money makers. Maybe not what I'd choose to watch, or fit with my personal tastes, but they are wildly successful.

Russ55:

Amos Umwhat:

JDH:

Amos Umwhat:

Bigshizza:

Best:
Jimmy Stewart
Kevin Spacey
Humphrey Bogart
Worst
Tom Cruise
Steven Segal
Martin Lawrence

I'm pretty close to this, except I'd add a sub-category of "newer" actors in the best column to include Denzel, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, and how could pee-wee herman not make the worst list?

As a side note, something my Dad said once. Ever notice how the great male leads are perennial, while the females come and go? That's because basically all females are acting most of the time.
It's their gift.
Much rarer for those of us with a Y chromosome.

Was Pee Wee Herman really an actor?

I stand corrected, I should have said Paul Reubens, but who'd have known who he was?

The police would.



The test I use for deciding whether someone is a good actor or not is whether I can forget who it is that I'm watching. For instance, whenever I see a movie with Tom Cruise in it, I never forget for a second that I'm watching Tom Cruise. He is the exact same person in every movie I've seen him in, whether he's a Nazi, or a fighter pilot. It's the Tom Cruise persona. He never once convinces me that he's the character he's playing. By that rationale I think Jeremy Brett, Peter Sellers, and Brad Pitt are at the top of my list of best actors. There are so many bad actors I don't think I could list them all. Tom Cruise is up there obviously.

Then there are actors that I think are ok, but really good at picking scripts. Tom Hanks is one of those to me. He doesn't really impress me as an actor, but damn, most of his movies are really good, entertaining, massive money makers. Maybe not what I'd choose to watch, or fit with my personal tastes, but they are wildly successful.

I like your criteria for a good actor. It makes sense. By that Measure, John Wayne was not a very good actor, but George C Scott was a fine actor, and Meryl Streep is among the best. I can't watch Peter Sellers without busting a gut laughing, we watched "Return of th ePink Panther" last weeekend, and just laughed and laughed.

Can't rank
Men - Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Pacino, Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Harris, Billy Bob Thornton, Denzel Washington, John Malkovitch, Bruce Willis (even though all his movies are about the same)

Women - Kathy Bates, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock

Bad Men - Arnold, John Cena, Nicholas Cage, Van Damme, Hulk Hogan, Segal,

Bad Women - Elizabeth Berkley, Lindsey Lohan, Marilyn Monroe

Now that's not to say I won't sit and watch Bloodsport start to finish, because I do even through commercials, and I own the DVD. I love Marilyn, but damn she couldn't act, nice to look at though.

There are a ton of other actors / actresses I could put up there that I like, they just haven't done it for me.. Kevin Spacey, Ice Cube... I can go on and on.. love their movies, but they just aren't in the same class as the others.

Best----Jude Law, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp

Worst----Nick Cage, Keanu Reeves, Vin Diesel

JDH:

kuzi16:

best:
1) Marlon Brando
2) Al Pacino
3) Morgan Freeman

honorable mention to Jack Nicholson


worst:
1) Rob Schneider
2) Tommy Wiseau
3) Quentin Tarantino (not just a bad director (sorry all you Tarantino fans out there, he hasnt been good since Pulp Fiction))

I really agree with Morgan Freeman and Tarantino, but I really don't get all the hoopla over Brando. He was great - make that perfect - as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar, and as Don Corleone, but other than that.......what? I've always thought George C. Scott was 10 times better, with a much wider range than Brando - but that's just me.

I really liked him in as Lt Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty) also how bout Apocolypse Now? But I like the oldermovies with guys Like Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn,, New actors I like Depp, Pitt, Penn

JDH:

The Kid:

JDH:

kuzi16:

best:
1) Marlon Brando
2) Al Pacino
3) Morgan Freeman

honorable mention to Jack Nicholson


worst:
1) Rob Schneider
2) Tommy Wiseau
3) Quentin Tarantino (not just a bad director (sorry all you Tarantino fans out there, he hasnt been good since Pulp Fiction))

I really agree with Morgan Freeman and Tarantino, but I really don't get all the hoopla over Brando. He was great - make that perfect - as Stanley Kowalski in Streetcar, and as Don Corleone, but other than that.......what? I've always thought George C. Scott was 10 times better, with a much wider range than Brando - but that's just me.

I really liked him in as Lt Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty) also how bout Apocolypse Now? But I like the oldermovies with guys Like Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn,, New actors I like Depp, Pitt, Penn

Brando did a good job as Fletcher Christian, but I think Mel Gibson did a better job, and as for Col Whackjob in Apocolypse Now, I think De Niro or Christopher Walken could have done much better than Brando did with that role. I'm with you on some of the earlier era actors. Greggory Peck was a first class human being and a very fine actor, and Bogart...I think I have most of his movies on DVD. Don't know how many times I've watched Casablanca and The African Queen, but I don't get tired of them

I like Mel Gibson too, Man theres so many, Sidney Portier, Harvey Kietel, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall,
Lee Marvin endless list really. Probably one of the best Villian performances for me is Rutger Hauer in original The Hitcher.