View Poll Results: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
Al Pacino
2
2.90%
Anthony Hopkins
3
4.35%
Gene Hackman
10
14.49%
Robert De Niro
12
17.39%
Jack Nicholson
6
8.70%
Dustin Hoffman
7
10.14%
Tom Hanks
2
2.90%
Jeremy Irons
0
0%
Jeff Bridges
4
5.80%
William Hurt
1
1.45%
Ben Kingsley
1
1.45%
Clint Eastwood
10
14.49%
Mel Gibson
0
0%
Robert Duvall
4
5.80%
Morgan Freeman
1
1.45%
Tommy Lee Jones
0
0%
Michael Caine
0
0%
Richard Dreyfuss
0
0%
Nick Nolte
0
0%
Sean Connery
2
2.90%
John Hurt
2
2.90%
Christopher Walken
1
1.45%
Michael Douglas
0
0%
Harvey Keitel
1
1.45%
Gerard Depardieu
0
0%
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Who is the best actor of the older generation?
03-26-12 | 12:10 PM
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03-26-12 | 12:32 PM
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03-26-12 | 02:20 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
Bobby D. has done some truly amazing stuff in the past.
03-26-12 | 04:26 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
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.
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.
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.
03-26-12 | 04:38 PM
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03-26-12 | 05:21 PM
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03-26-12 | 05:26 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
Oh jeez, you expect me to read the OP now? What do you think I'm made of, reading glasses?
03-26-12 | 06:23 PM
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03-26-12 | 06:36 PM
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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
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
03-26-12 | 06:44 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
Is Tom Hanks really considered the "older generation"?
03-26-12 | 06:56 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
Let's just say I'd swap out those two for Mean Streets and Jacknife.
03-26-12 | 11:43 PM
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Re: Who is the best actor of the older generation?
03-27-12 | 03:25 AM
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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.
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.
03-27-12 | 07:26 AM
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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.
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.
If you like Irons you should see Reversal of Fortune & Damage.
03-27-12 | 03:21 PM
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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
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
