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Old 12-12-14 | 05:17 PM
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Old 12-12-14 | 05:23 PM
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Christopher Nolan...oops.


I would go with Jack Nicholson. Even when playing Jack Nicholson he is better than the rest.
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Old 12-12-14 | 05:42 PM
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Toshiro Mifune.
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Old 12-12-14 | 05:53 PM
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Old 12-12-14 | 09:53 PM
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Old 12-12-14 | 10:00 PM
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Old 12-12-14 | 10:13 PM
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Old 12-12-14 | 10:26 PM
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Robert Duvall. His resume includes some of the greatest films of all time, and still knocking em out of the park in his 80s with movies like The Judge.
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Old 12-12-14 | 10:51 PM
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Rutger Hauer is up there for me.
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Old 12-12-14 | 11:03 PM
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Chuck Norris

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Old 12-12-14 | 11:21 PM
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Are we asking for people who might ever be a great actor?
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Old 12-12-14 | 11:44 PM
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Don't ask. Just go with it.
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Old 12-12-14 | 11:50 PM
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yes, there have been (and are) great actors out there.
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Old 12-13-14 | 12:01 AM
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Old 12-13-14 | 12:39 AM
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Old 12-13-14 | 03:19 AM
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Old 12-13-14 | 06:46 AM
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Split between Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro
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Old 12-13-14 | 08:18 AM
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Split between William Bendix and Peter Lorre.
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Old 12-13-14 | 08:52 AM
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Meryl Streep

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Old 12-13-14 | 09:55 AM
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Old 12-13-14 | 10:03 AM
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Liv Ullmann
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Old 12-13-14 | 12:29 PM
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Gene Hackman
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Old 12-13-14 | 01:17 PM
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Never have I seen ball squeezing portrayed so intensely!
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Old 12-13-14 | 01:54 PM
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I don't know about "greatest ever" but Gene Hackman is my favorite.
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Old 12-13-14 | 03:33 PM
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Re: Greatest actor ever?
I've always enjoyed daniel day Lewis
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