I'd have to go with:

1. Jimmy Stewart
2. John Wayne
3. Robin Williams (for his versatility)
4. Morgan Freeman
5. David Morse (I wish he did more movies)

 

1. George Sanders
2. Gene Hackman
3. Jack Lemon
3. Christian Bale
5. Morgan Freeman

 

my favorite:
1. Johnny Depp
2. Hugo Weaving
3. Mel Gibson
4. Sir Ian McKellen
5. Christopher Walken

 

:up: I forgot about Depp... and I do like Hugo Weaving not sure I'd have him in my top 5 though

 

:wink2: That's the same way I feel about Freeman, big fan of his work but just didn't quite make my top 5 list.

 

Jimmy Stewart
John Wayne
Sidney Poitier
Errol Flynn
Humprey Bogart
Kirk Douglas
Robert Mitchum
Morgan Freeman
Steve McQueen
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood

 

1. marilyn monroe
2. denzel washington
3. will smith
4. jim carey
5. adam sandler

 

Robert Deniro
Beneficio Del Toro
Val Kilmer
Gabriel Byrne
Robert Mitchum
Kevin Spacey
Clint Eastwood
Russel Crowe
Robert Shaw
Sean Connery

 

De Niro
Morgan Freeman
Johnny Depp
Ed Norton
Denzel
Russel Crowe
Val Kilmer
Nicholson
Jessica Simpson :tongue2:

 

yeah Freeman was my "couldn't think of a 5th actor" guy... I'd replace him with Depp though... I can't believe I forgot him lol.

 

Darn! I forgot Sean Connery :lol:

 

James Cagney
Paul Muni
Marlon Brando
Edward G. Robinson
Peter Sellers
Hon. Mention - Charlie Chaplin, Sean Connery (my favourite, but not the best)

Actresses

Barbara Stanwyk
Liv Ullmann
Joan Fontaine
Ingrid Bergman
Katharine Hepburn


edit: How the heck could I forget Jack Nicholson? Crap. I hate lists.

 

I think you could throw Mel Gibson up there for Braveheart alone.

 

Leonardo DiCaprio
Kevin Spacey
Daniel Day Lewis
Robert Downey Jr
Crowe maybe, several could fill the 5th spot.

 

1. Bette Davis (no one can do the nasty ***** like Bette could, which brings me to my next one)
2. Olivia de Havilland
3. Meryl Streep
4. Cate Blanchett
5. Rachel Weisz

and I'm redoing my actors 'cause I thought of some more...

1. George Sanders
2. Gene Hackman
2. Ralph Fiennes
4. Jack Lemon
4. Gregory Peck
5. Johnny Depp

 

Kevin Spacey
Denzel Washington
Johnny Depp
Henry Fonda
Robert DuVall.

 

I can't believe I forgot Mel.........back to edit my list! :yes:

 

bette davis would get honorable mention, but there is something about her eyebrow-forehead area that bugs me too much. yeah, i'm superficial, pompous and a little bit pretentious.

as for cate blanchett, i'm going to go check her out in sydney next year in a performance of streetcar. liv ullman is directing :drool: (do we have :drool: on here yet?)

 

Clint Eastwood
Robin Williams
Kevin Spacey
Tom Hanks
Sean Connery

 

yeah Davis wasn't the prettiest thing but I think that works to her advantage...

Blanchett lives around the corner from me... I was so excited when I found that out 'cause she's like my fav actor... but I'm too much of a coward to go anywhere near her place :lol:

 

Damn, I forgot Lawrence Fishburn, Al Pacino and Stallone.

 

Tom Hanks
Harrison Ford.
Kenneth Brannaugh
John Cleeves.
Gary Oldman

 

I'm sorry guys I can't go with just 5

Gregory Peck
Anthony Hopkins
Denzel Washington
Laurence Olivier
Sidney Poitier
Sean Connery
Clint Eastwood
Jack Nicholson
Marlon Brando

 

Kevin Costner
Clark Gable
James Earl Jones
Denzel
Bogart
Jimmy Stewart
Morgan Freeman
Lou Gossett Jr.



Susan Hayward
Bette Davis
Katherine Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Cher
Lauren Bacall

 

My favorite:

1.) Christian Bale
2.) Bruce Willis (I just enjoy most of his movies)
3.) Morgan Freeman
4.) Denzel Washington
5.) Johnny Depp

Close ones but didnt make it for me.
Al Pachino (love his work just didnt quiet make my personal top 5 although he is one of the best)
Russel Crowe
Mel Gibson
Jack Nicholson
Sir Ian McKellen
Bill Murray (enjoy some of his movies caddyshack/ghostbusters)

 

1. Robert De Niro/Al Pacino
2. Marlon Brando
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Daniel Day Lewis
5. Anthony Hopkins

Honorable Mention: Kevin Spacey and John Malkovich

 

1. Denzel Washington
2. Mel Gibson
3. Johnny Depp
4. Morgan Freeman
5. Robert De'Niro

I don't know. There's just something about Leonardo DiCaprio that always made me dislike him. Perhaps it was that horrific Titanic movie. Blood Diamond, which is one of my favorite movies, along with The Departed kind of changed that. He's top 10 to me now. Growing.........

 

Robert DeNiro
Al Pacino
Marlon Brando
Jack Nicholson
Russell Crowe
Christian Bale
Leonardo DeCaprio

 

You know they're different people, right?

 

Bill Murray
Brendan Fraser
Tom Hanks
Toshiro Mifune
Leonardo DiCaprio

 

Morgan Freeman
Jack Nicholson
Leonardo DiCaprio
Johnny Depp
Bruce Willis
Edward Norton
Brad Pitt
Christopher Walken
Russel Crowe
Sean Connery
Harrison Ford.

Edit-How can I forget Chevy Chase.