Top 10 actor of our times

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:30 am

Some of my favorites by Bobby

The Godfather (1972) .... Tom Hagen
The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Tom Hagen
Apocalypse Now (1979) .... Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Colors (1988) ... Officer Bob Hodges
Days of Thunder (1990) .... Harry Hogge
Falling Down (1993) .... Prendergast
Sling Blade (1996)... Karl's father
The Apostle (1997) .... Euliss 'Sonny' Dewey - The Apostle E.F.

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:47 am

Robert Duvall is a good choice. as are:
Jack Nicholson
Robert DeNiro
Daniel Day-Lewis
Anthony Hopkins
Michael Caine
Dustin Hoffman
Edward Norton

a safe enough list.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:53 am

Inside Man (2006)
Glory (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Philadelphia (1993)
Fallen (1998)
He Got Game (1998)
Training Day (2001)

IN MY PERSONAL OPINION his performance in Malcolm X is top 3 of all time.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:59 am

wait is this a Duvall appreciation or name a actor thread, i'm confused?

either way, Duvall is fantastic, no doubt about it

anybody actually seen this:

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:29 am

His performance in The Apostle is the best performance of that bunch, imho.

Kilgore is a much more memorable performance - and it's one of the best 10 minute performances I've seen - but it's too one note to fuck with his performance in The Apostle.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:33 am

Definitely top 10.

Agree with Nicholson
Pacino
Day-Lewis
Denzel
DeNiro
Hopkins
Caine
Hoffman

Norton isn't even close to top 20.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:34 am

SYMantiks wrote:Robert Duvall is a good choice. as are:
Jack Nicholson
Robert DeNiro
Daniel Day-Lewis
Anthony Hopkins
Michael Caine
Dustin Hoffman
Edward Norton

a safe enough list.

good list

LONDON · Post by **LONDON** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:37 am

Trademark wrote:

Inside Man (2006)
Glory (1989)
Malcolm X (1992)
Philadelphia (1993)
Fallen (1998)
He Got Game (1998)
Training Day (2001)

IN MY PERSONAL OPINION his performance in Malcolm X is top 3 of all time.

no doubt, Denzel merked it as Malcolm, he did his thing, Robert Duvall has done his thing, thing aswell you know, here's some other top notch actors
Al Pachino
Robert De Niro
Harvey Keitel
Samuel L Jackson
Giancarlo Espisito(he's bare underated)
Christopher Walken
Marlon Brando
Johnny Depp(even though he's a weirdo)
Gene Hackman
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SYM · Post by **SYM** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:42 am

cascarrabias wrote:Norton isn't even close to top 20.

i snuck him in there, i actually don't even know what i was thinking since i knew that would be contested. probably should have reconsidered and went with christian bale.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:43 am

he takes up slots 1-10

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:43 am

LONDON wrote: Harvey Keitel
Christopher Walken
Gene Hackman

glaring omissions on my part, gene hackman especially.

wizeguy · Post by **wizeguy** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:43 am

Duvall is awesome. Besides the mentioned movies, he killed it in Network and MASH also.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:46 am

cascarrabias wrote: Norton isn't even close to top 20.

Co-signed.

Top 10 of our time.

Sean Penn
Bobby D
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ralph Fiennes
Denzel
Michael Caine
Johnny Depp
Bill Murray
Dustin Hoffman
Gene Hackman

There's two people who should get on lists like these but don't cause they never play "dangerous" roles; Tom Hanks and Kevin Kline. They barely missed mine.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:01 pm

Forgot Brando and Hackman.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:07 pm

Random Sample wrote:

he takes up slots 1-10

Have you seen Urban Justice yet? Its so fucking good....

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:15 pm

cascarrabias wrote:Forgot Brando and Hackman.

I don't know if Brando would qualify as "our times" being that his heyday was the 50s - 70s.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:16 pm

Oh yeah. Oops.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:31 pm

blastmaster wrote:
Random Sample wrote:

he takes up slots 1-10

Have you seen Urban Justice yet? Its so fucking good....

no but I will be seeing it in the very near future.

LONDON · Post by **LONDON** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:41 pm

Icesickle wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:Forgot Brando and Hackman.
I don't know if Brando would qualify as "our times" being that his heyday was the 50s - 70s.

yeah I see you on that, I only included Brando on the strength of the Godfather alone, knowing he isn't from that type of background, or wasn't around any of that type of road type of stuff you know, that brother fooled me, yes he did, he's a good fucking actor, just from the strength of that, he acted heavy, but yeah your right, I shouldn't have included him
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ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:45 pm

Random Sample wrote:

he takes up slots 1-10000

It is about time others see how great the great one is.

My personal list of his top ten performances

1) Forrest Taft On Deadly Ground
2) Mason Storm Hard to Kill
3) Jake Hopper Belly of the Beast
4) Nico Toscani Above the Law
5) Gino Flino Out for Justice
6) Casey Ryback Under Siege/2
7) John Seeger Mercenary of Justice
8) Orin Boyd Exit Wounds
9) Sasha Petersovich Half Past Dead
10) Harlan Banks Today You Die

He put in Oscar work in a supporting role in Executive Decision also.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:50 pm

I would go Mason Storm #1 and Nico #2, but the rest of your list is great.

You guys really need to put in the effort to see Urban Justice. It is the apex of Steven's 21st century wiggerdom, but it works. Eddie Griffin is in it. It really is his best movie since Ticker.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:53 pm

ThaJim2 wrote:
Random Sample wrote:

he takes up slots 1-10000

It is about time others see how great the great one is.

My personal list of his top ten performances

1) Forrest Taft On Deadly Ground
2) Mason Storm Hard to Kill
3) Jake Hopper Belly of the Beast
4) Nico Toscani Above the Law
5) Gino Flino Out for Justice
6) Casey Ryback Under Siege/2
7) John Seeger Mercenary of Justice
8) Orin Boyd Exit Wounds
9) Sasha Petersovich Half Past Dead
10) Harlan Banks Today You Die

He put in Oscar work in a supporting role in Executive Decision also.

playing yourself over and over only adding slight motifications like "he's a chef" "he can play the guitar with travis tritt" "he is native american" doesn't really count as great acting..

ThaJim2 · Post by **ThaJim2** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:58 pm

Trademark wrote:
It is about time others see how great the great one is.

My personal list of his top ten performances

1) Forrest Taft On Deadly Ground
2) Mason Storm Hard to Kill
3) Jake Hopper Belly of the Beast
4) Nico Toscani Above the Law
5) Gino Flino Out for Justice
6) Casey Ryback Under Siege/2
7) John Seeger Mercenary of Justice
8) Orin Boyd Exit Wounds
9) Sasha Petersovich Half Past Dead
10) Harlan Banks Today You Die

He put in Oscar work in a supporting role in Executive Decision also.

playing yourself over and over only adding slight motifications like "he's a chef" "he can play the guitar with travis tritt" "he is native american" doesn't really count as great acting..[/quote]

What are you talking about? Expect for sequels he plays completely different characters in every movie. Shit, sometimes he is a Chicago police officer while in other roles he is a LA police officer meaning he has to play the character in a completely different way in order to show the differences. Hell i would say it takes more acting ability to do this. And lets not forget the times he is an undercover FBI agent. And that is not even touching the times he plays a special force agent.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 1:12 pm

Or a former theif who is forced to work with the police, or a special agent with yakuza training, or a wrongly imprisoned professor, or a Lt. Colonel in the air force, or a Doctor, or a Shadow Man... Dude has range.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:08 pm

Gino Felino is my favorite character of his.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:10 pm

Hilarious.

kasmoney · Post by **kasmoney** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:04 pm

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kasmoney · Post by **kasmoney** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:05 pm

i would add him to the list also...

kasmoney · Post by **kasmoney** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:07 pm

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Patches O'Houlihan · Post by **Patches O'Houlihan** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:10 pm

kasmoney wrote:i would add him to the list also...

and then you would take him off and take a spear and run it through his body...