Favorite Modern Male Actor

Schmidty · 08-12-2004, 03:41 PM

I just watched Solaris again, and realized my favorite is George Clooney.

I'm so ashamed.

(My other favorites are John Malkovich, Christopher Walken, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman.)

albionmoonlight · 08-12-2004, 03:47 PM

Tom Hanks.

A boring choice, but true.

All time, it would be between Hanks and Jimmy Stewart.

(Note--this is favorite, not who I think is the best ever. Though I do consider both of them very, very good actors.)

kingfc22 · 08-12-2004, 03:48 PM

I would have to say Tom Hanks as well.

Joe · 08-12-2004, 03:50 PM

Edward Norton

cartman · 08-12-2004, 03:55 PM

Kevin Spacey

FBPro · 08-12-2004, 04:07 PM

Matt Damon

Franklinnoble · 08-12-2004, 04:09 PM

Mr. T

Marmel · 08-12-2004, 04:15 PM

Ron Jeremy

Kodos · 08-12-2004, 04:24 PM

Brett Favre.

VPI97 · 08-12-2004, 04:28 PM

John Cusack

Schmidty · 08-12-2004, 04:34 PM

Hillary Clinton.

sabotai · 08-12-2004, 04:35 PM

It's a tie between John Malcovich and John Turturro.

duckman · 08-12-2004, 04:38 PM

John Travolta

CAsterling · 08-12-2004, 04:39 PM

Samuel L Jackson, and then Lawrence Fishbourne

BreizhManu · 08-12-2004, 04:47 PM

Jean-Pierre Daroussin (I know you never heard of him)

runner-ups : Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey, Steve Buscemi

Schmidty · 08-12-2004, 04:50 PM

I loved "Qui plume la lune? and "Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours" was a masterpiece...........

BreizhManu · 08-12-2004, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidty

I loved "Qui plume la lune? and "Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours" was a masterpiece...........

duckman · 08-12-2004, 05:03 PM

Kevin Spacey is pretty good too.

Desnudo · 08-12-2004, 05:09 PM

Billy Zabka

SplitPersonality1 · 08-12-2004, 05:13 PM

Ed Norton, Gary Sinise & Morgan Freeman

Franklinnoble · 08-12-2004, 05:18 PM

OJ Simpson

MacroGuru · 08-12-2004, 05:22 PM

Ed Norton then Samuel Jackson.

Scholes · 08-12-2004, 05:23 PM

John Cusack, Bill Murray and the guy that plays Napoleon Dynamite.

Rich1033 · 08-12-2004, 05:24 PM

Johnny Depp

thealmighty · 08-12-2004, 05:32 PM

Denzel (it's all about Glory)

Franklinnoble · 08-12-2004, 05:33 PM

Paul Reubens

GrantDawg · 08-12-2004, 06:19 PM

Denzel, with Clooney a close second.

korme · 08-12-2004, 06:23 PM

Honestly.. heh.. Brad Pitt. Talk about feeling ashamed.

Axxon · 08-12-2004, 06:28 PM

Robert DeNiro

Leonidas · 08-12-2004, 06:32 PM

Brando is my favorite all time. Anthony Hopkins is my favorite living actor, despite turning Hannibal Lector into a charicature. He's on my short list of guys I'll go see in anything he does just because he's in it.

Buddy Grant · 08-12-2004, 06:38 PM

John Cusack, Bill Murray, Johnny Depp, and George Clooney in no particular order.

cthomer5000 · 08-12-2004, 06:47 PM

favorite: Owen Wilson
best: Philip Seymour Hoffman

korme · 08-12-2004, 06:54 PM

owen wilson is great

TroyF · 08-12-2004, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axxon

Robert DeNiro

At least there is some sanity in this thread.

DeNiro in a walk.

Archer219 · 08-12-2004, 07:02 PM

John Cusack, Jason Lee, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges.

Damn thats a lot of Js

cthomer5000 · 08-12-2004, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Shorty3281

owen wilson is great

And then add in the fact that he's co-written two of my Top 5 favorite movies (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) and he's an easy favorite for me.

MrBug708 · 08-12-2004, 07:05 PM

Cary Elwes

JonInMiddleGA · 08-12-2004, 07:06 PM

Andre Braugher

Kodos · 08-12-2004, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

best: Philip Seymour Hoffman

He graduated in the same class as my brother at our high school in New York. Just for trivia's sake.

The problem with DeNiro is he always plays a variation of himself.

I like Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. They rarely are involved in bad movies.

MikeVic · 08-12-2004, 07:08 PM

I like a lot, and don't know if I really have a favourite. Some that I like and will give a movie a chance if they're in it, and it even looks really bad: The Rock, Christopher Walken, John Cusack, Brad Pitt, Jason Lee, Johnny Depp, and I'm probably forgetting a couple.

Schmidty · 08-12-2004, 07:10 PM

Yeah, I should have said Owen Wilson, although I saw "The Big Bounce" last week and it was awful.

yabanci · 08-12-2004, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

....The Rock.....

yikes.

scc27 · 08-12-2004, 07:15 PM

Johnny Depp

Draft Dodger · 08-12-2004, 07:18 PM

I'm not gay, but I think I have to say Tom Cruise. please don't ban me because of it.

I also like Kevin Spacey, and just to throw in a straight guy in there, Harrison Ford

MrBug708 · 08-12-2004, 07:18 PM

Johnny Depp is a good actor who picks wierd movies to star in. I think Val Kilmer made an excellent Doc Holliday, but killed Batman and Willow

Yossarian · 08-12-2004, 07:26 PM

Johnny Depp; Kevin Spacey; Robert Dinero

by FAR the best on the list so far.

Dinero's proven his worth over the years and Depp and Spacey are fantastic at playing a HUGE range of different characters believably (guess thats why they call it acting).

Bill Murray showed very little really over the years but Lost in Translation was an eye opener for his talend.

Edward Norton's had his moments, but needs to be more consistant for me I think. He was great in American History X.

A lot of the guys so far posted do 'one thing' really well. eg.. I dont see a LOT of range in Cusak / Cruise (always looks like "tom cruise acting" rather than his character).

Dunno where I put Sam Jackson. He's fantastic at a kind of 'hard' character. Haven't seen him play much else.

ntndeacon · 08-12-2004, 07:32 PM

Danny Devito.

Brillig · 08-12-2004, 07:35 PM

Dunno about favorite, but here's a few I like who haven't been mentioned yet:

Nicholas Cage
Robin Williams

Daimyo · 08-12-2004, 07:36 PM

Johnny Depp and John Cusack are probably my favorite two with Bill Murray in third. After that I think Clooney and Pitt are both very good and I like that they're willing to take on a variety of interesting roles.

MikeVic · 08-12-2004, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by yabanci

yikes.

Based on 1 movie, The Rundown, which I loved. Haven't seen Walking Tall or The Scorpion King yet, so he's 1/1, 100% in my books so far..

Quote:

Originally Posted by BreizhManu

Jean-Pierre Daroussin (I know you never heard of him)

Is that the guy from Green Card?

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