After going through the Phillip Seymour Hoffman thread I decided to make my own list of the top actors of my generation. I know it's been done before, but not by me. The list is pretty much in order, more so the first half than the last half. I wanted to make a top fifty list but stopped at forty because I'm good, but I know I probably forgot a few fellas. The movie listed after the actor is either what they were most known for, their best performance, latest blockbuster, or just my favorite movie they were in. I would appreciate help in jogging my memory in my attempt to get to 50. TIA BTW, My top 10 is exactly my top 10.
BTW I posted this list on FBG but I am still short a couple of fellas. TIA.
#1 George Clooney -- O Brother, Where Art Thou? {Ulysses Everett McGill}
#2 Matt Damon -- Good Will Hunting {"Will Hunting"}
#3 Johnny Depp -- Pirates of the Caribbean: {Jack Sparrow}
#4 Tobey Maguire -- Cider House Rules {Homer Wells}
#5 Liam Neeson -- Schindler's List {"Oskar Schindler"}
#6 Mark Wahlberg -- Boogie Nights {Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler}
#7 Edward Norton -- American History X {"Derek"}
#8 Daniel Day-Lewis -- Gangs of New York {"Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting"}
#9 Don Cheadle -- Hotel Rwanda {"Paul Rusesabagina"}
#10 Michael Caine -- The Quiet American {"Thomas Fowler"}
#11 Alan Rickman -- Harry Potter {Severous Snape}
#12 Russell Crowe -- A Beautiful Mind {"John Nash"}
#13 Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote {"Truman Capote"}
#14 Kevin Spacey -- American Beauty {"Lester Burnham"}
#15 Ian McKellen -- Gods and Monsters {"James Whale"}
#16 Steve Buscemi -- The Big Lebowski {Theodore Donald 'Donny' Kerabatsos}
#17 John Turturro -- Rounders {Joey Knish}
#18 Leonardo DiCaprio -- The Aviator {"Howard Hughes"}
#19 Tom Hanks -- Forrest Gump {Forrest Gump}
#20 Denzel Washington -- Training Day {"Alonzo"}
#21 Harrison Ford --Raiders of the Lost Ark {Indiana Jones}
#22 Jude Law -- Enemy at the Gates {Vassili Zaitsev}
#23 Paul Giamatti -- American Splendor {Harvey Pekar}
#24 Ewan McGregor -- A Life Less Ordinary {Robert Lewis}
#25 John C. Reilly -- Gangs of New York {Happy Jack}
#26 Benicio Del Toro -- The Usual Suspects {Fred Fenster}
#27 William Macy -- Pleasantville {George Parker}
#28 Billy Bob Thornton -- Bad Santa {Willie}
#29 Gary Oldman -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban {Sirius Black}
#30 William Defoe -- The Boondock Saints {Paul Smecker}
#31 John Malkovich -- Shadow of the Vampire {Friedrich Wilhelm 'F.W.' Murnau}
#32 Tim Robbins -- The Shawshank Redemption {Andy Dufresne}
#33 Ralph Fiennes -- Quiz Show {Charles Van Doren}
#34 Hugh Grant -- Four Weddings and a Funeral {Charles}
#35 Dennis Quaid -- In Good Company {Dan Foreman}
#36 Geoffrey Rush -- Shine {David as an Adult}
#37 Joseph Fiennes -- Shakespeare in Love {Will Shakespeare}
#38 Brad Pitt -- Fight Club {Tyler Durden}
#39 Jake Gyllenhaal -- Donnie Darko {Donnie Darko}
#40 John Goodman -- The Big Lebowski {Walter Sobchak}
#41 Jason lee -- Almost Famous {Jeff Bebe}
#42 Kevin Bacon -- Mystic River {Sean Devine}
#43 Jim Carrey -- The Truman Show {Truman Burbank}
#44 Jeff Bridges -- The Big Lebowski {Jeffrey Lebowski - The Dude}
#49 Nick Cage
#50 Topher Grace -- In Good Company {Carter Duryea}
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