Favorite Actors
Submitted by UncRoger on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:21
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- Tom Hanks
Big, Forrest Gump - Sidney Poitier
To Sir with Love, Sneakers - Harrison Ford
Indiana Jones, The Fugitive - Cary Grant
Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House, Bringing up Baby - Jimmy Stewart
The FBI Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life - Danny Glover
Lethal Weapon, Silverado - Mel Gibson
Ransom, Maverick - Wallace Shawn
The Princess Bride, Vanya on 42nd Street - James Earl Jones
Sneakers, Coming to America - Jack Lemmon
Grumpy Old Men, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners - Walter Matthau
Grumpy Old Men, The Odd Couple, I'm not Rappaport - Michael J Fox
Back to the Future, Secret of my Succe$s - John Lithgow
Buckaroo Banzai, Cliffhanger - Robin Williams
Bicentennial Man, Jack, Mrs. Doubtfire - Sean Connery
Outland, Family Business, The Rock - Joe Pesci
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, My Cousin Vinny - Bruce Willis
Die Hard, Look Who's Talking, The Sixth Sense (well, the first half, anyway.) - Christopher Walken
The Milagro Beanfield War, Blast from the Past - John Goodman
True Stories, Blues Brothers 2000 - Robert De Niro
Midnight Run, Awakenings - Christopher Lloyd
Roger Rabbit, Addams Family, Back to the Future - Phil Hartman
Blind Date, Jingle All the Way, Small Soldiers - Danny Kaye
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, everything - Oliver Platt
The Impostors, Three to Tango - Morgan Freeman (aka Easy Reader)
Driving Miss Daisy, Lean on Me - Tim Curry
3 Musketeers, Hunt for Red October - Steve Martin
Parenthood, Father of the Bride, Leap of Faith - Stanley Tucci
The Impostors, Undercover Blues
Author Comments:
Not in any particular order... and certainly incomplete. I've added some example movies for each.
I'm curious about what it is you like about these actors. It's a great list and I agree with most of your choices (and am too unfamiliar with some of the others to judge). Can you maybe give examples of your favourite roles they've played, at least for a few of them? Or is it that you like the consistently high quality of the work they've produced?
Mostly, I can count on these guys to deliver a good-to-great performance every time. Some actors are great in one or two movies, or maybe they do pretty good most of the time, but these guys are almost always great, and consistantly so. Even if a movie sucks, these actors will at least do a good job in their part. Maybe I'll update this to add some of my favorite roles for each one.
Bruce Willis feels like he belongs here. And I know you're a Die Hard fan . . .
Yeah, I do like Bruce Willis, but his number one problem is picking really sucky scripts. Hudson Hawk is, of course, the best example, (even though he wrote it.) I do like it, however, in a grapefruit juice kinda way. Still, I think I like him enough to add him, with a caveat about the movies he picks. (Sure, Rachel, The Sixth Sense wasn't scary... 8^)
Isn't Cary Grant the star of Arsenic and Old Lace, not Jimmy Stewart?
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
But of course... For some reason, I always get those two mixed up. Sorry 'bout that!
I agree with all on your list. I know it's your list but what about Morgan Freeman. He can always be counted on to give a great performance. (Lean on Me, The Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy)
How could I forget Easy Reader! One of my all time favorites, and responsible for being an excellent reader. Thanks!