Greatest Actor of our generation?

[Folanator]

I kid. But I really like Paul Rubens. His kids show was a riot. He was great on Lettermen. Very creative man who like to choke his chicken in public. Glad to see that he has made a come back.

 

[buckeyes_rock]

I'd go with Tom Hanks. Very versatile and very good IMO.

 

[RugbyBuck]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Brian Bosworth.

I'd add Robert Duvall and Gene Hackman. Duvall in "The Prophet" was incredible, imho.

 

[scarletngray]

These two have been acting for over 40 years...a tad outside of the current generation. If you go back that far, you need to include Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro.

I'd throw in Anthony Hopkins as well....

 

[RugbyBuck]

I'd throw in Anthony Hopkins as well....

Suddenly I'm in the mood for fava beans.

Just watched The Bounty from '84 with Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Hopkins was really good as the captain. Mel, eh,... not so much.

 

[Dryden]

Under 50: Ralph Fiennes, Johnny Depp, Michael Imperioli, Robert Downey Jr, Tim Robbins
Over 50: Gabriel Byrne, Daniel Day Lewis, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley

Anybody that does not think Ben Kingsley isn't one of the four or five greatest actors of all time hasn't seen Sexy Beast. I'd say the same about Tim Robbins for either Shawshank or The Player.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Karl Hungus

 

[BrutusMaximus]

2 Words.....

Val Motherfucking Kilmer

 

[ScriptOhio]

Tom Hanks....Nice to see i'm not the only person that watches Bruce Campbell films though.

"Plenty of people will see 'Man With the Screaming Brain' and think it's the worst movie they've ever seen, ... But there's a group out there that'll be fine with it."

 

[Jagdaddy]

Unless I missed it, nobody's mentioned Sean Penn. While he's defunct now, Kevin Spacey is another great one who hasn't, I don't think, been mentioned.

 

[Steve19]

Under-rated, the late Cleavon Little

 

[ScriptOhio]

I've always liked this guy's movies (and TV show too):

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

but I cannot dispute Tom Hanks

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

I won't pose him as elite... but I had the opportunity to have lunch with Bill Tannen when Universal launched Orlando. and to think this same person (so ultra mild mannered, polite, soft spoken, almost shy, very cerebral) played Biff demonstrated how talented some of these folks are.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Hayden Christiansen obviously