Who is your favorite screen actor(s)?

Daniel Day Lewis is incomparably the most skillful and evocative male actor in recent history.

Cate Blanchett is unequivocally phenomenal.

Then there's also the likes of Edward Norton, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, et cetera.

I think Edward Norton is a remarkable talent, however, I do agree, recently his role-selection has lacked noticeable grandeur. Great films and performances in Primal Fear, The People vs. Larry Flynt, American History X, Fight Club. Edward Norton should be exclusive to profound, thought-compelling films. He has an aura of intensity and sophistication that should be supplemented with cohesive roles. There's a subtly in his eyes that's wasted on simplicity. Complexity is where Edward Norton reigns true.

As for Natalie Portman, I love her. I think she's very intriguing as a performer. I appreciate the films she selects, as she tends to participate in more unique movies. She perfectly captured the innocence and eccentricity of Garden State. Oh, and, I remember this one scene in The Other Boleyn Girl... (which, was a horrendous film; it was plagued with historical inaccuracies and was altered so significantly from the book that it was virtually unrecognizable. Anyway, the scene)... the execution of Anne Boleyn towards the end of the film... Natalie Portman begins crying as she removes her headdress to prepare for the decapitation... the pure emotion exerted in that scene was just such a moving embodiment of history.

Speaking of the others, I'm surprised Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Revolutionary Road.

The films and performances this year have been so great... Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, et cetera... they all deserve an award. It almost seems like thievery not to properly validate every single one of these films.

Pete Postlethwaite

Vin Diesel

Jason Statham

small screen

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jared Padalecki

Jensen Ackles

Since y'all already took Gary and Daniel...

I'll have to go with Mary McDonnell...

Notables... I'll just cut and paste my fave actor list from Flixter... lol... Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Rufus Sewell, Liam Neeson, Nicole Kidman, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li, Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Ken Watanabe, Rutger Hauer, Harrison Ford, Edward James Olmos, Bill Nighy, Peter Stormare, Colin Firth, Kiera Knightley, Johnny Depp, Rosamond Pike, Keanu Reeves (I KNOW... I KNOW), Viggo Mortenson, Christian Bale, Tcheky Karyo, Jean Reno, Bruno Ganz, Gary Sinese, Tim Curry, Billy Zane (another I KNOW...)

Adult Female Jennifer Connelly great actress does some very interesting movies (also some stinkers)

Adult Male Brad Pitt, it irks me to say it he does a good job with most of his roles

Child Female Elle Fanning yes Elle not Dakota

Child Male No one the guys are letting the side down

Tim Curry:

He was in Stephen Kings It

Was in a very funny movie called Clue

he was great in Home Alone 2

He has been in a slue of cartoons as voices,

and who can forget The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Denzel Washington is a great actor you never no what type a role he is going to play next.

You all must be on drugs for not saying Robert De Niro?.....his acting in Cape Fear...holy crud?... goodfellas,heat,casino,awakenings he is the greatest actor of all time.. and if i might say...beats Oldman..

i like shia labeouf, for aesthetic reasons

john cusack is good, love his old stuff

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Johnny Depp all the waay (: