Already one of the greatest actors ever

His turn as Erik Lensherr was magnetic.

You must be joking, this hack is what's wrong with Hollywood, zero expression, no talent, what were you thinking to post this?

Never seen him have a bad performance.

For someone who is supposedly one of the best actors ever, he's starred in lots of rubbish. The majority of his films over the last five years were critical and commerical flops. He doesn't have any iconic roles.

My favourite living actor, no doubt.

With all due respect to Ian McKellan, who I think is a tremendous talent, I think Michael knocked it out of the park as Eric Lensherr in the X-Men films.
The scene where he encounters the former Nazis in South America and utters the line "Let's just say that I am Frankenstein's monster and I am looking for my creator" still gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.