Good Actors and Actresses

This is a spin-off from the "Recommended movies" thread, where actors and actresses were obviously mentioned also.

I'll start, and nail my colours to the mast immediately -

Best actor - Dustin Hoffman. His best performance - Lenny

Best actress - Gong Li. Her best performance - Raise the Red Lantern

Terry Crews(Balls of Fury,Puff, Puff Pass,Malibu's Most Wanted,White Chicks)
Morgan Freeman(The Shawshank Redemption,Bruce Almighty,Evan Almighty)
and Denzel Washington(Malcolm X,Remember the Titans,American Gangster,Coach Carter)

Kurt Russell - (Overboard 1987)
Goldie Hawn - (Overboard 1987)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overboard_%281987_film%29

Robert Mitchum.

so many Jeez I can make a list just off the top of my head like:

Jack Nickolson - One flew over the cukoos nest
Denzel Washington - Most films he's been in.
Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the carribean
Billy Bob Thornton - Pushing tin and Bad santa
Angelina Jolie - well its not really for the acting :p
Salma Hayek - as above
Edward Norton - Fight club.

Leonardo di Caprio

Brad Pitt-Snatch

Good dags. D'ya like dags?

Jim Carrey - Truman Show /The Mask
Christina Ricci - Buffalo 66

Christian Bale (machinist, american psycho)
Ed Norton & Brad Pitt (Fight club)

Kevin Spacey, Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp and Jim Carrey.

cate blanchett-veronica guerin

ed harris/gary oldman-state of grace

can i ask a question?
is this forum a front for "the denzel washington appreciation society".
he's a farily average actor ,in my opinion and the last film i seen him in,american gangster he was not very believable.:eek:
sorry.

de niro,brando,day lewis,norton are all fine actors
pointy chinned reece witherspoon was amazing in "walk the line"

I was always a big fan of Peter Cushing. I'm not sure how many of his movies have him wringing his hands while delivering some variation on "I must continue my important work" or "I must continue the research" ...but I'd wager it's more than a few.

Getting through my Hitchcock collection atm and James Stewart holds a lot of the lesser films together.
I love his drawl.
"I look up. I look down."

In no particular order - solid actors, not necessarily movie stars.

Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Russell Crowe

Cate Blanchett (best female actor), Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon (token non-aussie) :p

If you at some former nominees & even winners of the Oscars you would be surprised how many poor actors on the list.

Daniel Day lewis.

Denzel Washington - The Hurricane

Steve Buscemi - he just cracks me up.
Joaquin Pheonix
Christian Bale
Clooney
De Niro
Ed Norton

Julianne Moore- Hannibal
Charlize Theron- Monster

Dustin Hoffmann -Rain Man
Larry Fishbourne- Pretty much everything

best irish Actor
Gerald McSorley

some more I admire
1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman
2. John Turturro
3. Clifton Collins Jr
4. Colin Farrell
5. Paddy Considine