Favorite actors and why.

[Tillius]

So, instead of going for the usual favorite actors thread, I thought I'd also make one to know WHY they're your favorite. What role made them this way to you?

Kevin Spacey:
The Life of David Gale
I hadn't watched too many Spacey flicks before this. I watched this and Pay It Forward, and that was about it. After that, I started watching more and I love him.

Sean Penn:
I Am Sam
I had seen Penn movies before, but I thought he was outstanding in this movie.

Al Pacino
Enough said.

Johnny Depp
Blow
I've always loved Depp, but Blow definitely made him a favorite of mine. Something about him in that movie just got to me.




So yes, pretty simple thread. Post away.

[DeckerDontPlay]

Paul Walker cause he is the fastest street racer that ever lived.

[Meatplow]

James Stewart - He is my ideal father figure :cool:

[Seafroggys]

Humphrey Bogart and Clint Eastwood. They're pretty badass.

[samthebassman]

Ed Norton, Kevin spacey, Johnny Depp - all badass in every role they play.

[Iskandar]

Humphrey Bogart for being the epitome of man.

[AlienEater]

Steve Buscemi - almost all roles. Seriously, he rules

James Woods - Videodrome and Salvador. Those two especially, but he's good in others

Vincent Price - whatever the first film I saw him in was.

and maybe others already mentioned and people I've forgotten about momentarily

[EightMilesHigh]

Edward Norton (Fight Club, AHX, Primal Fear, 25th Hour)
Morgan Freeman (Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby)
Dennis Hopper (True Romance, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet)
Gary Oldman (The Professional, JFK, Batman Begins, True Romance)
Robert DeNiro (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Godfather II, Goodfellas, Casino)
Tom Sizemore (Heat, NBK, True Romance, Born On The Fourth Of July)
Ewan MacGregor (Trainspotting, Shallow Grave)
Christian Bale (Batman Begins, American Psycho)
Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Layer Cake, Munich)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Capote, The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Meryl Streep (Deer Hunter, Adaptation (I consider actor to be gender neutral))
Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, The Usual Suspects, Snatch)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs Of New York)
Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers, Zoolander, Royal Tenenbaums)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Lucky Number Slevin)
Samuel L. Jackson (True Romance, Snakes on A Plane, Pulp Fiction, The Incredibles ( :cool: ))
Guy Pearce (The Proposition, L.A. Confidential, Memento)
Denzel Washington (Glory, Inside Man, Malcolm X)
Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs, Big Lebowski, Coffee & Cigarettes)

I guess for just sheer entertainment. I like comedies and action mostly, and I guess whoever can entertain me most.

[Chrysostom]

Bill Murray
Why: Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation.

Jim Carrey
Why: The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine, Ace Ventura.

Christian Bale
Why: The Machinist, Equilibrium

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Will Smith for being the Fresh Prince.

[Squirrel]

John Travolta: Pulp Fiction, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Swordfish, seems like an awesome guy in interviews.

Sylvester Stallone: as a weightlifter he's an inspiration, plus he seesm very down to earth and humble in interviews i've seen/read. His decent films - Rocky 1,2,3,4,6, Rambo: first blood, Demolition Man, Cliffhanger.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: same as above, plenty of fun films: Terminator 1+2, Predator, The Running Man, Total Recall, Last Action Hero etc.

Brad Pitt: exudes confidence and charisma with a slightly boyish charm. Great in Fight Club, The Mexican, Snatch, lots of others.

Then theres loads of others I like, mainly for one or two roles they really excelled at:

Tom Berenger as Staff. Sgt Barnes in Platoon.

James Woods in Videodrome, Shark and himself in Family Guy and the Simpsons :p

Gary Oldman: Leon, True Romance.

[EightMilesHigh]

James Woods in Videodrome, Shark and himself in Family Guy and the Simpsons :p

He's really good in this Martin Scorsese movie Casino, he plays this really sleazy pimp.

[Squirrel]

Hmm, my friend goes on about that all the time. I'll have to give it a watch now that you've reminded me, thanks :)

I think Woods is very underestimated, he seems very versatile and has a lot of presence on screen.

[Happymeal]

Jack Nicholson for his roles in The Shining and As Good as It Gets, and his antiheroic charisma.

[Riziger]

Joaquin Phoenix.
-Signs, Walk the Line, Gladiator
-Seems like a really humble, down to earth guy. Love his acting as well.

Matt Damon.
-Oceans series, Bourne Series.
-the bourne series is my favourite movie series, and he is a pretty comical person in interviews.

Johnny Depp.
-Looks and acts like a rockstar and chooses his roles weirdly yet wisely.

[metallicaman8]

Rodney Dangerfield and John Candy

Brought da lulz.

[antihippy]

jim carrey

will smith

richard cheese.

[Turkish]

Liam Neeson - Les Miserables, Batman Begins
Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun, American Psycho, The Machinist
Gary Oldman - Leon the Professional, Bram Stoker's Dracula
Will Arnett - Arrested Development (nuff said)