nrogers Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Jake Gyllenhaal was immense in Donnie Darko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Lewis for me. although it is a strecth to class him as one of the "newer generation" ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Bale or Depp, but most of them are watchable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Erik Per Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 11, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2008 If you are putting 51 year old Daniel Day Lewis on the shortlist, im asking for 48 year old Kevin Spacey. Then im voting for him. Ran out of options @ 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 11, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2008 BOF did you just put Daniel Day-Lewis one of the greatest actors of all time, never mind modern times in a poll with the likes of Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Gosling and Leonardo Di Craprio? You might as well have stuck Pee Wee Herman in there. and just where exactly are: Denzel Washington Liam Neeson Sean Penn Tom Hanks Kevin Spacey Tom Wilkinson Don Cheadle Philip Seymour Hoffman EDIT missed him in the poll Forest Whitaker Brendan Gleeson Paul Giamatti Benicio del Toro Ray Liotta Ed Harris Willem Dafoe James Woods William H. Macy John Malkovich Ralph Fiennes Joe Pesci Not too nitpick or anything There's only room for 10, and mine are better than yours A lot of yours are not newer generation either. And even on an F1 grid there's room for the Jenson Buttons alongside the Michael Schumachers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Good thread ... but a toughie to pick one I must admit I like Edward Norton ever since American History X , Depp is Ok but for me always seems to be the same character Denzil Washington is another great actor ... but went for Christian Bale .. he's the more versatile actor of the bunch for me no votes for Leonardo Di Caprio is surprising he is in fact a great actor but never seems to got acknowledgment Day Lewis has been around since the 80's so I don't see him as "new generation" in that sense .. although after Brando he is probably the best actor of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 it would have to be either Christian Bale or Jonny Depp. i went for Christian Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 From that list it has to be Daniel Day-Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olejniker Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Jake Gyllenhaal was immense in Donnie Darko! Agreed. Loved that film, his potrayal of his character was top notch. Erik Per Sullivan Isn't that the guy who played Dewey in Malcom In The Middle? And although I would agree about Kevin Spacey being a great actor, he's not really part of the NEW generation of actors. He's been around quite long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Went for Depp myself. He has been brilliant in anything I have seen him in - including The Libertine which I watched last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Russell Crowe for me, mainly due to Gladiator being one of my all time favourite films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 i thought you was going to put up the likes of ryan gosling and jake gyllenhall however you spell his name! guess they are going to be on a list in 10 years time personally i like christian bale, although brad pitt in snatch and fight club was simply amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I really do think Tom Hanks is a great actor, and that has nothing to do with the Villa connections I promise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuen_Biao Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I voted Daniel Day-Lewis based on his presence in many better movies than the other actors. However, I like Christian Bale who will probably begin to receive roles similar to the ones given to Daniel Day-Lewis. I used to like Johnny Depp until I remembered my childhood favorite Buster Keaton and after revisiting those films of Keaton's again I can firmly conclude that there is no doubt that Depp "tips the hat" firmly towards the genius of Keaton's stoic performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PW Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Good list. Christian Bale for me, versatile, and is awesome in everything. I've never seen him not be awesome. And he is probably the only yank who can do a very good English (cockney) accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBromVilla Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 What about James McAvoy? He's a good actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Good list. Christian Bale for me, versatile, and is awesome in everything. I've never seen him not be awesome. And he is probably the only yank who can do a very good English (cockney) accent. He's not American. He was born in Pembrokeshire and his parents are English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Good list. Christian Bale for me, versatile, and is awesome in everything. I've never seen him not be awesome. And he is probably the only yank who can do a very good English (cockney) accent. He's not American. He was born in Pembrokeshire and his parents are English Haha, exactly. He's an englishman who can do an amazing American accent. Hopefully the Batman movies make more people realise how much of a fantastic actor he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 13, 2008 Author Moderator Share Posted July 13, 2008 Hopefully the Batman movies make more people realise how much of a fantastic actor he is. I think it's already generally regarded that he's one of the very best actors around tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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