50 Greatest Actors - voted by actors

[Toronto]

http://www.channel4.tv/film/newsfeatures/microsites/W/worlds_greatest_actor/index.html

[Ghostbat]

Johnny Depp is a great actor but no way he's better than the great trio of Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson and Robert DeNiro. Well at least that my two cents..

[r2r]

Robert De Niro is at number 5 :|

He is number 1 on my list, DeNiro plays perfectly any role he gets, and u can never get tired of watching him in any movie he plays in.

[ARMAN]

Johnny Depp 2nd palce? :? Is he that good? I saw only Donnie Brasco, The Astronaut's Wife and some other film, in Brasco he played good thou.

DeNiro and Pacino are 5th! :P

EDIT i see thers more deniro fans :P

[r2r]

Johnny Depp is a great actor but no way he's better than the great trio of Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson and Robert DeNiro. Well at least that my two cents..

Totally agree. the list is completely flawed.

[Everlasting]

WTF is Johnny Depp doing in the Top 5?!!

and just for the record James Gandolfini should be on the list somewhere

[04RCSTI]

wheres keanu reeves damnit!

[Mattk]

Keanu Reeves is one of the world's worst actors. Wrong list, mate.

Brando deserves to be number one, although he wouldn't have been my vote.

[Overmind]

And where the fuck is Arnold Schwarzenegger? :? This list is flawed.

[MIHALS]

my favourite Tom Hanks is 39th? :shock: :(

but he's still in the list :D

[sameerrao]

Three actors missing from the list that immediately comes to mind are Jack Lemmon, Walther Matthau and Shirley MacLaine. Superb actors each one of them and simply fantastic when paired together.

Kate Winslet? Surely you jest.

About the discussion on DeNiro and Pacino and the fact that some of you feel they need to be leading the pack:
--> I disagree: DeNiro and Pacino are very similar character actors and have dominated the roles that they undertake. They have appeared in unforgettable movies.

However, I rate actors such as Laurence Olivier, Sir John Geilgud and Sir Alec Guiness above these two. Why?
Couple reasons: a) I think when one is watching a DeNiro performance, we are seeing DeNiro and not the character he is playing --> meaning say DeNiro were to act as Napolean, in the end we would see him as DeNiro and not Napolean. This is because they dont really meld into the role - they act as themselves virtually all the time. Contrast this to Sir Laurence Olivier - that guy is a chameleon and he literally breathes the role - we feel certain that we are watching Napolean and not Olivier
b) Breadth of characters played - compared to the other three actors that I mentioned, these two havent played that wide a variety of roles. c) Subtlety - I doubt the Niro and Pacino can pull this off in a role - they do so well when they are burning with rage and passion.

You really need to see their movies first before blasting me for blasphemy. :P

I think DeNiro, Nicholson and Pacino are certainly deserving a top 10 spot but not #1.

[nthfinity]

Keanu is a very wooden actor... very stiff. why do you think he hates the saying 'whao' so much? it perfectly characterizes him.

Sir Alec Guiness... what an amazing actor! easily top 2.
where the HELL is Clint Eastwood! based on 'thier' list, i would say he's top 7 (since Eastwood always is the man with no name, no matter what movie it is (except space cowboys))

Where is Harrison Ford? didn't he recieve the lifetime achivement award?

what about Ian McKellen? a fantastic REAL actor.... and while at it, where is Christopher Lee?... Christopher Walkin...

there are so many guys i'd put on the list in others' place...

Sean penn is on the list?
he hasn't played a good roll ever, until ... oh nevermind, he's always sucked.

my personal favorite? i guess i have to say Clint Eastwood.

[graywolf624]

More celebrities jerking off other celebrities.. as if the oscars werent enough..

They should make a movie about it.. oh wait.. wasnt that broke back mountain..

[Toronto]

De Niro is good guys, but it about range, and what else can he play?
it is amazing @ what he does, but he can only play 1 or 2 roles in a movie and that is it.
bad cop or bad guy mobster. (1 exception to the list, TAXI driver)

[bmwmpower]

Johnny Depp 2nd palce? :? Is he that good? I saw only Donnie Brasco,
he do not played in this movie


any ,nice that Mcqueen is that list, but im missing Paul Newman and Robert Redford

[RAMMIUS]

Johnny Depp is an awesome actor , but no way he`s better then Pacino and DeNiro both 5th and Jack Nicholson 6th
WTF

[saadie]

jhonny depp is a really cool actor ... .
@ arman ... watch 'pirates of the caribbean' :mrgreen:

[Mattk]

Scissorhands is probably Depp at his best. POTC was crap.