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Top Ten Performances by an Actor

posted 9 years ago by JakeGittes04
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What are your top ten performances without listing the same actor/actress twice? Here's mine:

1. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
2. Al Pacino - The Godfather Part II
3. Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
5. Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris
6. George C. Scott - Patton
7. Gene Hackman - The Conversation
8. Dustin Hoffman - Lenny
9. Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
10. Leonardo Dicaprio - The Aviator

Honorable Mentions:

Jimmy Stewart - It's A Wonderful Life
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
F. Murray Abraham - Amadeus
Paul Newman - The Hustler
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List

[–] MovieFella23 9 years ago

If I made a list it would look a lot different, but I really do like what you have here.

[–] JakeGittes04 9 years ago

You should make a list. I'm interested in seeing what other people put.

[–] saud-s-g 9 years ago

Al Pacino- the godfather part 2
Joe Pesci- goodfellas
Robert de Niro- goodfellas
James Stewart- rear window
Robert walker- strangers on a train
Ray Liotta- goodfellas
Johnny depp- Donnie Brasco
Jack Nicholson- the departed
Leonardo dicaprio- the wolf of Wall Street
Humphrey bogart- Casablanca

[–] Elder_Yautija 9 years ago

1) Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties
2) David Thewlis in Naked
3) Robert DeNiro in Cape Fear
4) Javier Bardem in The Sea Inside
5) R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
6) Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood
7) John Goodman in The Big Lebowski
8) Ellen Burstyn in Requiem For A Dream
9) Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
10) Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon

Honorable mentions to some of my other favorites:

Eamonn Owens in The Butcher Boy
Patrick McGoohan in Braveheart
Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
Michael Keaton in Birdman
Rock Hudson in Seconds
Kathy Bates in Misery
Christian Bale in The Machinist
Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
Marlon Brando in The Godfather
Steve McQueen in Papillon
Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty
Vincent Cassel in La Haine
Jon Voight in Runaway Train
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Boogie Nights (even if he is on screen for just 20 minutes, he's too good to not mention)

[–] BethH24 9 years ago

1. Robert Downey jr in Chaplin (can't believe no one has mentioned that yet! ).

2.Sean Penn in I am Sam,At Close Range, Mystic River and Milk

3. Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, In The Name Of The Father, and There Will Be Blood.

4. Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs Kramer and Rainman

5 Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, Awakenings, and Cape Fear.

6.Tim Roth in Rob Roy.

7. Gary Oldman in Sid And Nancy

8. Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

9. Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets

10. Edward Norton in Primal Fear and American History X

Others- Joaquin Phoenix in Walk The Line, Lou Diamond Phillips in La Bamba, Esai Morales in La Bamba, Paul Rank in There Will Be Blood, Kevin Spacey in Beyond The Sea, Heath Ledger in Broke back Mountain, Ned Kelly, and The Dark Knight, Jake Gyllenhaal in The Good Girl, Donnie Darko and Broke back Mountain, Christian Bale in Empire Of The Sun..,...... There are more besides those lol. I will do a list of actresses soon.

[–] mrdjx 9 years ago

1.Marlon Brando - The Godfather
2.Jeff Bridges - The Big Lebowski
3.Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction
4.Juliette Binoche - Three Colors Blue
5.Jack Nicholson - The Shining
6.Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
7.John Cazale - Godfather Part 2
8. Frances McDormand - Fargo
9.Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
10. Nicholas Cage - Adaptation.

[–] kungasagar 9 years ago

1. Al Pacino - The Godfather: Part II
2. Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
3. Marlon Brando - The Godfather
4. Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
5. Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
6. Jack Nicholson - The Shining
7. Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
8. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
9. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
10. Denzel Washington - Training Day

[–] !!!deleted!!! (63057267) 9 years ago

In no particular order:

1. Dustin Hoffman in STRAIGHT TIME
2. Marlon Brando in LAST TANGO IN PARIS
3. George Segal in LOVING
4. Robert De Niro in RAGING BULL
5. Erland Josephson in SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
6. Gene Hackman in NIGHT MOVES
7. Jean-Louis Tritignant in THE CONFORMIST
8. Mary Beth Hurt in INTERIORS
9. Theresa Russell in BAD TIMING
10. John Cassavetes in MARVIN & TIGE

[–] arshadkhuhawar-92966 9 years ago

Can't Believe Nobody Has Mentioned Tom Cruise From Magnolia
His Performance Was One Of The Best Ever

[–] llegaste_tarde 9 years ago

1- Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
2- Malcolm Mcdowell - A Clockwork Orange
3- Al Pacino - The Godfather part II
4- Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
5- Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers
6- Sheryl Lee - Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
7- Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
8- Brad Pitt - Snatch
9- Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
10- Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Honorable Mentions:

Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Ralph Fiennes - Spider
Leonardo Di Caprio - The Aviator
Ellen Burstyn - The Exorcist
Anthony Hopkins - The Silence Of The Lambs

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