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Tarantino 03-26-12 12:10 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 11166925)
He's over in the other Best Actor thread. He might an "oldman" but he's not part of the "older" generation :)
Yet Tom Hanks is on this list. :lol:

Tarantino 03-26-12 12:11 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Also, Jeremy Irons is on both lists...

inri222 03-26-12 12:30 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
And Klaus Kinski is on none :(

superdeluxe 03-26-12 12:30 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Robert Duvall.

TomOpus 03-26-12 12:32 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by Tarantino (Post 11167036)
Also, Jeremy Irons is on both lists...
Great! :lol:

Since these threads don't have "Other" as a choice, I'll just wait and give someone a vote that didn't get one.

Supermallet 03-26-12 12:40 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Toshiro Mifune and Klaus Kinski over everyone on that list.

OldBoy 03-26-12 02:20 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Bobby D. has done some truly amazing stuff in the past.

Charlie Goose 03-26-12 02:25 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Mickey Rooney is the greatest actor in the history of films.

Solid Snake 03-26-12 04:26 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by Charlie Goose (Post 11167247)
Mickey Rooney is the greatest actor in the history of films.
I've never liked him. He's got talent and the whatnot. He did his thing and was good at it..but he is nowhere near being great. He's had a great career but I've never been surprised by his acting.

Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 11167085)
Toshiro Mifune and Klaus Kinski over everyone on that list.
I'd agree w/ you on this...except he's dead. He doesn't follow the standard of what we need to hold up this thread by. Kinski is dead too.

I can't have enough Mifune. So sad to see how Kurosawa and Mifune ended their run like they did.

Numanoid 03-26-12 04:38 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 11166925)
He's over in the other Best Actor thread. He might an "oldman" but he's not part of the "older" generation :)
You know what's weird is that Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman. :whofart:

TomOpus 03-26-12 05:21 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by Numanoid (Post 11167428)
You know what's weird is that Gary Numan is older than Gary Oldman. :whofart:
Mind=blown

Supermallet 03-26-12 05:26 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC (Post 11167405)
I'd agree w/ you on this...except he's dead. He doesn't follow the standard of what we need to hold up this thread by. Kinski is dead too.

I can't have enough Mifune. So sad to see how Kurosawa and Mifune ended their run like they did.
Oh jeez, you expect me to read the OP now? What do you think I'm made of, reading glasses?

Pizza 03-26-12 06:19 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Of the older generation? Nice way to put it.
And, my answer would be Jack Lemmon but he's not on the list.

TomOpus 03-26-12 06:23 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by Pizza (Post 11167608)
Of the older generation? Nice way to put it.
And, my answer would be Jack Lemmon but he's not on the list.
Might be because he's dead. Per the OP:

Originally Posted by IstvanTheHun (Post 11166281)
Of the actors still around,

K&AJones 03-26-12 06:36 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Hands down...De Niro

I don't think there's anyone who has adopted, changed, molded, protrayed and became the charaters he has. You see the character he has made and not the actor....

Cape Fear
The Ragging Bull
The Untouchables
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather
Meet The Parents
The Fockers
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Men of Honor

GoldenJCJ 03-26-12 06:44 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Is Tom Hanks really considered the "older generation"?

Supermallet 03-26-12 06:51 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Of people still alive, how about Ian McKellan or Christopher Lee?

Pizza 03-26-12 06:51 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by TomOpus (Post 11167616)
Might be because he's dead. Per the OP:
Ahh. That would explain it. Thank you.

JumpCutz 03-26-12 06:56 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by K&AJones (Post 11167635)
Hands down...De Niro

I don't think there's anyone who has adopted, changed, molded, protrayed and became the charaters he has. You see the character he has made and not the actor....



Meet The Parents
The Fockers
:eek:

Let's just say I'd swap out those two for Mean Streets and Jacknife.

K&AJones 03-26-12 11:43 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by JumpCutz (Post 11167665)
:eek:

Let's just say I'd swap out those two for Mean Streets and Jacknife.
No doubt...they were put in just to show that anyone who can play two psychos in Taxi Driver and Cape Fear, then turn around and make you laugh in two comedies is on the extreme

brayzie 03-27-12 03:25 AM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
I'm just now discovering how great Robert Deniro is after having just recently seeing Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter. Not really a fan of the characters he played in Raging Bull or Taxi Driver.

Peter O'Toole is pretty great.

Jeremy Irons is great too but I've only seen him in Dead Ringers and M. Butterfly.

I'd go with Jeremy Irons. Always forget it's him when watching his movies because it seems like he totally becomes the characters.

inri222 03-27-12 07:26 AM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by brayzie (Post 11168137)
I'm just now discovering how great Robert Deniro is after having just recently seeing Taxi Driver and The Deer Hunter. Not really a fan of the characters he played in Raging Bull or Taxi Driver.

Peter O'Toole is pretty great.

Jeremy Irons is great too but I've only seen him in Dead Ringers and M. Butterfly.

I'd go with Jeremy Irons. Always forget it's him when watching his movies because it seems like he totally becomes the characters.
IMO Raging Bull & Taxi Driver are DeNiro's best performances.
If you like Irons you should see Reversal of Fortune & Damage.

Terrell 03-27-12 03:21 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
I'm going to have to go with Hoffman.

Kramer vs. Kramer
All the President's Men
Rain Man
Papillon
Rain Man
Tootsie
Midnight Cowboy
Straw Dogs
The Graduate
Little Big Man
Wag the Dog
Death Of A Salesman
Lenny

JohnnyMovie 03-31-12 11:07 PM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Clint Eastwood :thumbsup:

JumpCutz 04-01-12 12:26 AM
Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
 
Originally Posted by JohnnyMovie (Post 11174542)
Clint Eastwood :thumbsup:

Best actor? :lol: rotfl


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