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Actor that has worked with the best directors?
Which actor/actress do you think has worked with the best directors?
I'll start: Tom Cruise Stanley Kubrick Francis Ford Coppola Cameron Crowe Michael Mann Robert Redford Paul Thomas Anderson John Woo Oliver Stone Brian De Palma Steven Spielberg Ron Howard Ridley Scott Tony Scott Martin Scorsese Some notable directors he has not worked with: Joel & Ethan Coen Steven Soderberg Clint Eastwood Quentin Tarantino What do you guys think? There's probably some great actors that have passed away that have just as impressive resumes. |
Robert Duvall
Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, John Sturges, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, George Lucas, Walter Hill, Barry Levinson, Dennis Hopper, Tony Scott, Roland Joffé, Ron Howard, Kevin Costner Maybe not all "great" directors by some standards, but famous to be sure. |
Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I'll start:
Tom Cruise Some notable directors he has not worked with: Martin Scorsese De Niro has worked with Scorsese, Mann, Coppola, De Palma, Kazan, Bertolucci, Leone, Gilliam, Ritt, Parker, Scott, Levinson, Tarantino, Frankenheimer. |
Jack Nicholson's resume isn't bad:
Stanley Kubrick Martin Scorsese Milos Forman Mike Nichols Roman Polanski James L. Brooks Alexander Payne Sean Penn Tim Burton Warren Beatty John Huston Elia Kazan |
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sam Mendes Ridley Scott Edward Zwick Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Danny Boyle Woody Allen Baz Luhrmann Sam Raimi Lasse Hallström |
Originally Posted by Finisher
The lead actor in Color of Money must've been Tom Cruise's long lost identical twin brother.
De Niro has worked with Scorsese, Mann, Coppola, De Palma, Kazan, Bertolucci, Leone, Gilliam, Ritt, Parker, Scott, Levinson, Tarantino, Frankenheimer. |
Originally Posted by Drexl
Jack Nicholson's resume isn't bad:
Stanley Kubrick Martin Scorsese Milos Forman Mike Nichols Roman Polanski James L. Brooks Alexander Payne Sean Penn Tim Burton Warren Beatty John Huston Elia Kazan |
James Stewart:
Ernst Lubitsch George Cukor Cecil B. DeMille Anthony Mann Billy Wilder Otto Preminger Robert Aldrich Frank Capra Alfred Hitchcock John Ford William Wellman |
Henry Fonda:
Fritz Lang Victor Fleming William Wyler Henry King John Ford Preston Sturges King Vidor Alfred Hitchcock Sidney Lumet Anthony Mann Edward Dmytryk Otto Preminger Sergio Leone Gene Kelly |
Burt Lancaster :
Bernardo Bertolucci Luchino Visconti Sam Peckinpah Louis Malle Robert Aldrich Robert Altman Michael Winner John Frankenheimer Sydney Pollack John Sturges John Huston John Cassavetes Stanley Kramer Robert Wise Guy Hamilton Carol Reed Fred Zinnemann Robert Siodmak Daniel Mann Michael Curtiz Jacques Tourneur Jules Dassin Richard Brooks |
Hank Worden:
Hawks Wyler DeMille Ford Vidor Minnelli Kazan Wellman Curtiz Walsh Fuller Friedkin Milius Eastwood Wenders Lynch |
Leelee Sobieski:
James Ivory Neil LaBute Stanley Kubrick Uwe Boll |
John Cazale:
Francis Coppola Sidney Lumet Michael Cimino And that's it. |
Peter O'Toole:
Nicholas Ray David Lean Richard Brooks Clive Donner Vincente Minelli William Wyler John Huston Anatole Litvak Herbert Ross J. Lee Thompson Peter Medak Arthur Hiller Otto Preminger Arturo Ripstein Tinto Brass Richard Rush Harold Ramis Bernardo Bertolucci Neil Jordan Lina Wertmuller Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Originally Posted by Drexl
Jack Nicholson's resume isn't bad:
Stanley Kubrick Martin Scorsese Milos Forman Mike Nichols Roman Polanski James L. Brooks Alexander Payne Sean Penn Tim Burton Warren Beatty John Huston Elia Kazan |
Paul Newman is the only actor I can think of that has worked with Hitchcock and Scorsese. Others on his resume make an impressive list:
Irwin Allen Robert Altman Joel & Ethan Cohen Michael Curtiz George Roy Hill Alfred Hitchcock John Huston James Ivory Sidney Lumet Sam Mendes Sydney Pollack Otto Preminger Stuart Rosenberg Martin Scorsese Robert Wise |
Harrison Ford:
George Lucas Steven Speilberg Francis Ford Coppola Ridley Scott Roman Polanski |
Originally Posted by Damfino
Paul Newman is the only actor I can think of that has worked with Hitchcock and Scorsese.
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Somebody do Christopher Walken. And Kevin Bacon ;)
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JOHNNY DEPP:
Emir Kusturica Wes Craven Oliver Stone John Waters Tim Burton Lasse Hallström Jim Jarmusch Terry Gilliam Roman Polanski Julian Schnabel Ted Demme Hughes Brothers Gore Verbinski Robert Rodriguez Yvan Attal Marc Forster Michael Mann (upcoming) Mira Nair (upcoming) |
Originally Posted by Legolas
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sam Mendes Ridley Scott Edward Zwick Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Danny Boyle Woody Allen Baz Luhrmann Sam Raimi Lasse Hallström |
Originally Posted by wendersfan
John Cazale:
Francis Coppola Sidney Lumet Michael Cimino And that's it. |
Cary Grant?:
Dorothy Arzner Richard Brooks Frank Capra John Cromwell George Cukor Michael Curtiz Delmer Daves Stanley Donen Blake Edwards Howard Hawks Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kramer Joseph L. Mankiewicz Leo McCarey George Stevens Joseph von Sternberg Charles Walters Raoul Walsh Plus two great writers turned directors: Garson Kanin Clifford Odets |
Re: Actor that has worked with the best directors?
Felt like seeing this topic again.
Other filmographies I like: Anthony Quinn DeMille Peter Collinson Dmytryk Mark Robson Walsh Anatole Litvak Richard Fliescher Robert Florey Carol Reed Mamoulian Stanley Kramer Kazan William A. Wellman Fellini Nicholas Ray Minnelli J. Lee Thompson Lean Terence Young Zeffirelli John McTiernan Chris Columbus Spike Lee Tony Scott Harry Dean Stanton Monte Hellman Peckinpah Stuart Rosenberg Coppola Arthur Penn Sean Penn Frankenheimer Scorsese John Huston John Milius John Carpenter Wenders Alex Cox Lynch Frank Darabont Gilliam Ridley Scott |
Re: Actor that has worked with the best directors?
Max Von Sydow
Ingmar Bergman George Stevens George Roy Hill William Friedkin Steven Spielberg Martin Scorcese John Huston Stuart Rosenberg Sydney Pollack John Boorman Woody Allen David Lynch |
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