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Pesci in casino might have been better than Goodfellas.  Deniro was at his best too.

 

Agreed with Rain Man

 

 

A couple of my favorites, but maybe not technically the best performances ever:

 

Javier Bardem in no country for old men.

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman in before the devil knows you're dead

 

Steve Martin in the jerk

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Just now, May Day 10 said:

Pesci in casino might have been better than Goodfellas.  Deniro was at his best too.

 

Agreed with Rain Man

 

 

A couple of my favorites:

 

Javier Bardem in no country for old men.

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman in before the devil knows you're dead

 

Steve Martin in the jerk

 

Yes...another good mention with Javier Bardem.

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my top 5 in no particular order, but is subject to change.

1. Keir Dullea as Dr Dave Bowman - 2001: A Space Odyssey

2. James Mason as Captain Nemo - 20k Leagues Under the Sea

3. Jamie Foxx as Ray - Ray

4. Robert Shaw as Quint - Jaws

5. James Dean as Jim Stark- Rebel without a Cause

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15 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

1. Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York

2. Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Bastards

3. Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction

4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

5. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

 

Other notable mentions:

* Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs

* Joe Pesci - Goodfellas

 

Those are great performances, but you are suffering from a massive case of recency bias.

 

 

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In no particular order:

 

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver

Sean Penn - I Am Sam

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs

 

 

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27 minutes ago, Gugny said:

In no particular order:

 

Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon

Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver

Sean Penn - I Am Sam

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs

 

 

Hopkins in SOTL for sure. As well as Hannibal.

Vincent Price.. House of Wax

Michael Douglas.. Falling Down

Marlon Brando.. The Godfather

Marilyn Chambers.. Behind the Green Door

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17 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

1. Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York

2. Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Bastards

3. Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction

4. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man

5. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

 

Other notable mentions:

* Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs

* Joe Pesci - Goodfellas

 

This is like the worst list I've ever seen

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13 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

Tom Hanks in

 

The Green Mile

Forrest Gump

Saving Private Ryan 

Cast Away

 

Dammit!  I just lost a bet.  I said your input would be all silent movies.

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Nick Nolte "Affliction"

James Mason "A Star Is Born"

Gregory Peck "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Jane Fonda "They Shoot Horses Don't They"

Paul Newman "Nobody's Fool"

James Gandolfini "The Sopranos"

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Pat Morita in the Karate Kid. Sorry, I had to! (Although I think he was nominated for an academy award for it).

 

Proud The Karate Kid GIF

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER

HAING S. NGOR

The Killing Fields

 

NOMINEES

ADOLPH CAESAR

A Soldier's Story

JOHN MALKOVICH

Places in the Heart

NORIYUKI "PAT" MORITA

The Karate Kid

RALPH RICHARDSON

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

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Nice thread!
 

Peter O’Toole, Lawrence Of Arabia

Marlon Brando, On The Waterfront

Jimmy Stewart, It’s A Wonderful Life

Henry Fonda, The Grapes Of Wrath

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

 

Don’t want to be completely sexist, so I will add Bette Davis, All About Eve.

 

My favs though are:

Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry

Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange

Charlie Chaplin, City Lights

Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca

Robert DeNiro , Taxi Driver

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2 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Tom Hanks in

 

The Green Mile

Forrest Gump

Saving Private Ryan 

Cast Away


I am not a big Tom Hanks fan, but his performance in Cast Away is epic, and he was totally robbed out of an Oscar. I think Russell Crowe got it for Gladiator, which is an absolute joke if you look at both movies now in hindsight. 

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40 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:


I am not a big Tom Hanks fan, but his performance in Cast Away is epic, and he was totally robbed out of an Oscar. I think Russell Crowe got it for Gladiator, which is an absolute joke if you look at both movies now in hindsight. 

Yes! Losing all that weight? I don’t think I could do it..

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3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said:

Tom Hanks in

 

The Green Mile

Forrest Gump

Saving Private Ryan 

Cast Away

 

To bring your list to five, I’ll throw in one I’m surprised hasn’t been mentioned already: 

 

Tom Brady trying to convince the refs he was hit late, in the head or below the knees. 

 

 

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