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Old 07-19-20 | 10:36 PM
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Re: Who do you consider to be the best 10 actors of the last 50 years?

These 10 Movie actors have given what I consider some of the best performances of the last 50 years, 1970+

Nicholson
H. Ford
Clint Eastwood
Oldman
Pacino
D. Washington
Sean Connery
Kurt Russell
M. Brando
T. Cruise
Old 07-20-20 | 01:45 AM
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Harrison Ford is more of a movie star than a actor

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Old 07-20-20 | 10:47 AM
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Jack Nicholson
Cate Blanchett
Robert Deniro
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Morgan Freeman
Meryl Streep
Daniel Day Lewis
Glenn Close
Paul Newman
Laura Dern

I just made this list real quick without really looking at what others put. I'm sure I'm overlooking some notable people.
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And just like that, I hit send and immediately see someone mention Gary Oldman. Yep, good choice. I'd probably edit my list to include him.
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Jeffrey Wright
Karl Urban
Meryl Streep
Gary Oldman
Harry Lennix
Viola Davis
Angela Bassett

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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
Harrison Ford is more of s movie star than a actor
I'm afraid to ask what you mean by "s movie star." I hope it's nothing o derogatory.

I didn't put HF in their for any SW films I should say!
Old 07-20-20 | 05:14 PM
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Re: Who do you consider to be the best 10 actors of the last 50 years?

Nobody has mentioned Helen Mirren yet, but she should be way up there.
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I'm afraid to ask what you mean by "s movie star." I hope it's nothing o derogatory.

I didn't put HF in their for any SW films I should say!

He is probably the king of the blockbuster but I don't remember a lot of Oscar worthy roles in his career.

Mosquito Coast maybe but mostly he has played it safe.
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Re: Who do you consider to be the best 10 actors of the last 50 years?

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He is probably the king of the blockbuster but I don't remember a lot of Oscar worthy roles in his career.

Mosquito Coast maybe but mostly he has played it safe.
Not that I don’t agree with you but Ford was nominated for an Oscar for Witness.
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Old 07-21-20 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
He is probably the king of the blockbuster but I don't remember a lot of Oscar worthy roles in his career.

Mosquito Coast maybe but mostly he has played it safe.
For HF, I really liked his acting in ROTLA. In Drama, I liked What Lies Beneath. HF was at the bottom of my top 10, so I could easily think of others that could bump him out.
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Re: Who do you consider to be the best 10 actors of the last 50 years?

But Ford is not on the same caliber as other actors mentioned in this thread.

Michelle Williams is pretty good too.
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Ed Norton
Natalie Portman
Brie Larson
Marisa Tomei
Taraji P. Henson
Ryan Gosling
Ed Norton was riveting in Primal Fear.
Old 07-23-20 | 11:26 AM
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Jackie Chan should get some lovin’. Just a Fearless daredevil he is.
Old 07-23-20 | 06:41 PM
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Re: Who do you consider to be the best 10 actors of the last 50 years?

Robert Pattinson

Throw out the Twilight movies and he can do all kinds of roles.

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