favourite actors/actress?

[MrMagoo]

Who's your favourate actor/actress? and why?

Mine:
Heath Ledger: His performance in the dark knight was incredible.Mesmerizing. Have yet to see a film of his in which he gives a bad performance. His roles were also diverse which IMO is the mark of a great actor/actress.

[hesnotthemessiah]

My Favourite Actor; Samuel L. Jackson because he is just super cool, even in his early roles in Boyz in the Hood etc. And yes, even Snakes on a Plane

My Favourite Actress; probably.........Natalie Portman.....I guess because of the characters she gas played and the films she has been in. particularly her role in Leon at such a young age, amazing.

[Highrisedrifter]

hesnotthemessiah said:

My Favourite Actor; Samuel L. Jackson because he is just super cool, even in his early roles in Boyz in the Hood etc. And yes, even Snakes on a Plane

I didn't think he was in Boyz n the Hood. You sure you aren't thinking of Larry Fishburne?

[hesnotthemessiah]

Highrisedrifter said:

I didn't think he was in Boyz n the Hood. You sure you aren't thinking of Larry Fishburne?

Doh! I meant Do the Right Thing.

[PaulFontaine]

Samuael jackson is the same exact character in every movie he plays an angry man who even while he talks is yelling

[ItsaTVR]

MrMagoo said:

Who's your favourite actor/actress? and why?

Steve Buscemi. The more reprehensible his character, the harder it is to imagine anyone else in his place. Rarely has to raise his voice to be utterly believable, does it all with his eyes and a tilt of the head.
Not like that Jackson fellow someone mentioned. (But I like him as well )

Helena Bonham Carter is always a delight; even just baking meat pies. And she shares my birthday

Edited by ItsaTVR on Wednesday 3rd August 21:08

[hesnotthemessiah]

PaulFontaine said:

Samuael jackson is the same exact character in every movie he plays an angry man who even while he talks is yelling

Sorry, I thought the OP wanted wanted one's own favourite actor/actress.......not just waiting for someone to post theirs and then commenting on whether or not you agree?

[bellowedout]

Vicky Vette. She's Norwegian donchakno.

[jj333]

Kevin Spacey

[bexVN]

ItsaTVR said:

MrMagoo said:

Who's your favourite actor/actress? and why?

Steve Buscemi. The more reprehensible his character, the harder it is to imagine anyone else in his place. Rarely has to raise his voice to be utterly believable, does it all with his eyes and a tilt of the head.
Not like that Jackson fellow someone mentioned. (But I like him as well )

Helena Bonham Carter is always a delight; even just baking meat pies. And she shares my birthday

Edited by ItsaTVR on Wednesday 3rd August 21:08

Yep I'd agree with Steve Buscemi, though to pick ab absolute favourite is quite tough.

One of my favourite actresses is Maggie Smith, she is fantastic in every role she plays, shame she's getting on a bit now.

Edited by bexVN on Wednesday 3rd August 23:18

[Skii]

Clint Eastwood, the epitomy of 70's cool



Harrison ford - just made the 80's great


Gene Hackman - just bloody awesome whatever film he's in

[Heathwood]

Robert Downey Jnr / Patricia Arquette

[PaulFontaine]

hesnotthemessiah said:

Sorry, I thought the OP wanted wanted one's own favourite actor/actress.......not just waiting for someone to post theirs and then commenting on whether or not you agree?

Thank you officer but I think the poster wanted one's own favorite actor/actress not just a policeman like comment

[hidetheelephants]

bellowedout said:

Vicky Vette. She's Norwegian donchakno.

She can act?

[anonymous-user]

GentleFellow said:

Yeah gotta be Benicio Del Toro. Take his performances in The Usual Suspects, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Che films and Traffic, all great IMO and varied, not typecast either. I like a film where I can forget who the actor is and immerse myself in the character they are playing.
Re Kevin Spacey - smashing performance in LA Confidential but so too were Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.

[Nom de ploom]

tough choice...

among my favourites would be

John Cusack
Billy bob thornton
denzel
malkovich
gary oldman

but for sheer versatility and the fact that he takes on challenging roles and never fails to make them believable I would say

Phillip Seymour Hoffman - from MI 3 where he blew the cruiser off the screen to The boat that Rocked, Almost Famous, Capote...etc

just a pleasure to watch on screen and a bit underrated imho

as for actresses...Kate Winslet.

[Eric Mc]

Jimmy Stewart.

[Turbodiesel1690]

Some excellent suggestions so far, I'll throw in Anthony Hopkins as he's just a brilliant and engaging actor and of course Tony Soprano himself, James Gandolfini, absolute class. Uma Thurman also gets my vote.

[craggers]

Actor - Robert De Niro (from Gangster to Depressing to Comedy)

Actress - Charlize Theron (she was brilliant in Monster)

[boobles]

Always liked Dudley Moore & Richard Pryor because they both make me laugh.
Also John Candy for the same reason