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As the title says list your favourite actors and actresses.
I just realized my list is mostly men, will have to correct that some time. Anyway here's my list, or at least what I can think of off the top of my head, I'll probably add to it when others suggest their own.
Philip Seymore Hoffman
Edward Norton
Daniel Day-Lewis
Robert De Niro (the young De Niro that is)
Leonardo DiCaprio
Jack Nicholson (again the young Nicholson)
Mark Wahlberg
Paul Giamatti
John C. Reilly
Julianne Moore
DearHeart
(692 posts)Actors:
Gary Oldman
Colin Firth
Tom Hanks
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actresses:
Kate Winslet
Nicole Kidman
Meryle Streep
Sandra Bullock
In no particular order, and not excluding any on your list. Also, this is a list of living actors:
Chris Cooper
Jeff Bridges
Alan Rickman
Colin Firth
Albert Finney
David Strathairn
Brian Cox
Morgan Freeman
Tom Hanks
Andre Braugher
Joan Allen
Meryl Streep
Judi Dench
Helen Mirren
Jennifer Ehle
Helena Bonham Carter
Marion Cotillard
Alfre Woodard
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Svetlana Toma (spitting image of my other half)
jason statham
robson green
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 1, 2012, 08:51 PM - Edit history (1)
Shintaro Katsu
Sorimachi Takashi
Hirosue Ryoko
Takenouchi Yutaka
Shibasaki Kou
Inoue Mao
Oguri Shun
Matsumoto Jun
Takuya Kimura
Yuji Oda
Honami Suzuki
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Kanno Miho
Tamaki Koji
Koyuki
Tadanobu Asano
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I know most of the ones you listed have longer histories than current stars, but still, I'm out of touch with a lot of that.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Shintaro Katsu was well known to play Zatoichi.
Sorimachi Takashi, Hirosue Ryoko, Takenouchi Yutaka all were actors in the drama series BEACHBOYS
Shibasaki Kou was best known for the film The sinking of Japan. She has appeared in many dramas, and movies.
Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Matsumoto Jun were in the famous Japanese drama; Hana Yori Dango.
Takuya Kimura is an accomplished actor having been in many movies and dramas.
Yuji Oda, Honami Suzuki were together in the drama Tokyo Love Story. Yuji has been in a ton of films and dramas.
Tomoko Yamaguchi has been in a number of dramas though out the years.
Kanno Miho and Tamaki Koji appeared in the drama: Ai no Uta
Koyuki has been in many fine dramas and films including Clint Eastwoods Letters from Iwo Jima
Tadanobu Asano is a fine actor appearing in many drama and films includinig the last Zatoichi movie.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)... personalities - I shut the damn thing off in '82.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)sadly not seen any of them. Actually I think I may have seen Letters from Iwo Jima, I didn't really love it (but that may be because I tend not to like anything by Eastwood.
My favourite Japanese films would be Ran and Ikiru but I suppose those are a bit cliched loves.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)"House Sitter", the remake of "The Out of Towners". They just click. Martin was great in "Roxanne" too, but that wasn't Goldie Hawn, although I believe she produced it.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I'm a fan of old French movies from the golden age (I own about 600 old classic French black and whites). Harry Baur (tortured and murdered by the Gestapo) was the single greatest influence on Rod Steiger.
Orson Welles called French actor Raimu the greatest actor who ever lived and broke down in tears when he learned of his death.
My favorite French actor, who is tied with Humphrey Bogart in my own internal poll overall, is the great Louis Jouvet, who was also a remarkable stage actor.
Edwige Feuillere, Michele Morgan, Viviane Romance, and Micheline Francey are my favorite female actresses based on their sheer acting brilliance.
BarackTheVote
(938 posts)also the movies where I think they really stood out:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Brick," "Looper"
Patrick Wilson ("Hard Candy," "Watchmen"
Robert Downey Jr. ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," "Zodiac"
Brad Pitt ("Fight Club," "12 Monkeys"
Justin Timberlake ("In Time," "The Social Network"
Natalie Portman ("Black Swan," "Leon: The Professional"
Saoirse Ronan ("The Lovely Bones," "Hanna"
Ellen Page ("Hard Candy," "Super"
Keira Knightley ("The Hole" "Pride & Prejudice"
Thora Birch ("The Hole," "American Beauty"
Bucky
(54,014 posts)and that born again Christian Baldwin, you know the ugly one.
Shrek
(3,981 posts)Kathy Bates
Alan Rickman
hmm...
do they have to be alive?
Paul Newman
er...
John Lithgow
Jack Nickelson
um...thinking...
Jodie Foster
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Peter Weller, Kirk Douglas,
Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, the lovable leftie
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The lines they wrote for Philip Seymore Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" were amazing.
I loved his fights with his boss at the CIA.
He threw the furniture through the window.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)Now I want to see this film!
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I borrowed the movie from the library. Tom Hanks acted well in that movie. I think he produced it, too.
Yavin4
(35,441 posts)Morgan Freedman
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)though he get's a bit melodramatic at times I think. He's a great director too. Never have cared too too much for Morgan Freeman.