Who is your favourite actor ever?

[bobh]

Tom Hanks getting a lot of mentions.
But whilst I acknowledge his acting ability, for some unknown reason, I've never particularly liked him.

[The Alien]

Morgan Freeman
Samuel L Jackson
Anthony Hopkins
Leonardo Dicaprio
Robert De Nero

[chepstow]

luis Saurez closely follwed by Arjen Robben

[Cleve van Leef]

James Garner
Humphrey Bogart

[LordKenwyne]

De Niro
Tom Hardy
Paddy Considine
Benecio Del Toro
Leo
Samuel L

John Travolta was always good entertainment. Downhill rapidly in recent years though.

[Mr Soul '68]

Steve McQueen
Errol Flynn
Peter O'Toole
Sean Connery
Richard Harris (Just watched 'This Sporting Life' last night. Quite a bleak portrayal of life oop north in the early 60s)

[chris lee]

I have really enjoyed most of Tom Hardy's movies, so he is up their for me.

For those who mentioned Anthony Hopkins
I have heard is performance in the new TV series Westworld is outstanding.

I had the pleasure of meeting Hopkins and Whalberg on set of Transformers 5 recently, I worked on the some of the battle scenes in Brecon (I'm sure he had an influence on that location choice lol)

[jon1959]

I have really enjoyed most of Tom Hardy's movies, so he is up their for me.

For those who mentioned Anthony Hopkins
I have heard is performance in the new TV series Westworld is outstanding.

I had the pleasure of meeting Hopkins and Whalberg on set of Transformers 5 recently, I worked on the some of the battle scenes in Brecon (I'm sure he had an influence on that location choice lol)

Anthony Hopkins is very good in Westworld.

He is a fantastic actor. I remember first noticing him in the 1970s BBC adaptation of War And Peace when he played Pierre Bezhukov. However, although he has produced some outstanding performances in his career, he has also shown up in some total disasters (not only 'disaster movies') where he didn't have to get out of first gear to collect his fee and laugh all the way to the bank. When he's good he's very good - but he can also be less than average in some of the Golden Turkey's he's been in!

[Richyrich]

Spacey
Newman
Brando

[Bluebird since 1948]

John Travolta, plays a character with a lot of warmth. His performance in Pulp fiction is my favourite of all time. Di Caprio smashes every role he's given out of the park too, definitely a great of our times.

[bobh]

Anthony Hopkins is very good in Westworld.

He is a fantastic actor. I remember first noticing him in the 1970s BBC adaptation of War And Peace when he played Pierre Bezhukov. However, although he has produced some outstanding performances in his career, he has also shown up in some total disasters (not only 'disaster movies') where he didn't have to get out of first gear to collect his fee and laugh all the way to the bank. When he's good he's very good - but he can also be less than average in some of the Golden Turkey's he's been in!

As Michael Caine has said-
"When you have a high standard of living, you sometimes have to take a low standard of pictures"

[Des Parrot]

I agree with most of the above (especially Pete Postlethwaite).

I'll add two current actors who I think are exceptional:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Eddie Redmayne

[nugent]

Anthony Hopkins.
Denzel Washington
And my new favourite is Michael fassbender , he really would have made a good Bond.