• Your Favourite Film Actors/Actresses

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:41 am**

If you love cinema as I do, chances are you'll like a lot of actors and actresses.

It might be interesting not only to put the name of the person but also the films he/she's made you've enjoyed the most.

No limits to the number of times an actor/actress can be named.

And please: respect other people's opinions.

I'll start the ball rolling with a man starring in a film I started watching on Amazon last night (not finished as it's long and TBH tough watching it due to the nature of the film).

Jake Gyllenhaal.

I've seen five of his films and, apart from Spiderman which he didn't really need to act in, he's been excellent in all of them.

Jarhead (2005)

Zodiac (2007)

End of Watch (2012)

The Sisters' Brothers (2018)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Only saw because I took my son.

Am currently watching "Stronger" in which he plays the role of Jeff Bauman, a man who lost both legs during the Boston Marathon bombings. This is a hard film to watch but Jake Gyllenhaal is superb.

What I particularly like about him is his desire to act in independent films often as a producer. They are often box office failures but his career approach seems to be: choose screenplays and roles he wants to do and throw in the occasional "big earner" to enable him to do the former without worrying (in relative terms) about the films losing money.

I'm hoping to see "Brokeback Mountain" one day because he and Heath Ledger were brave to take those roles on.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:45 am**

Andrew Garfield is pretty epic in whatever film he's in. A personal favourite is Hacksaw Ridge. He's also my favourite Spider-Man.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:00 am**

John Candy for me. Just a huge huge part of my childhood.

For me Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the absolute perfect comedy. The chemistry between he and Steve Martin is superb.
Uncle Buck
The Great Outdoors
Spaceballs
Stripes
Home Alone (minor Part)
Cool Runnings
Splash
Blues Brothers (minor part)

All superb - in my opinion. Even in his minor part roles he could always steal a scene.

He just seemed like such a likeable guy as well.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:07 am**

De Niro

Godfather II
Deerhunter
Once Upon a Time in America

Carey Mulligan

Drive
Never Let Me Go
Far From the Madding Crowd

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:28 am**

Gary Oldman

The man is the epitome of a chameleon.

Lee Harvey Oswald - JFK
Drexel - True Romance
Stansfield - Leon (One of my favourite villains)
Jim Gordon - Dark Knight Trilogy

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:33 am**

Don't see him in that much but I always think Edward Norton is , or certainly was, a really compelling and intense actor :
American History X
Fight Club
25th Hour
Down in the Valley
Red Dragon

Stephen Graham has raised the bar for TV acting in recent years I think.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:52 am**

charles laughton in:

witness for the prosecution
the hunchback of notre dame
hobson's choice

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:54 am**

Jambounchained wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:00 am
John Candy for me. Just a huge huge part of my childhood.

For me Planes, Trains & Automobiles is the absolute perfect comedy. The chemistry between he and Steve Martin is superb.
Uncle Buck
The Great Outdoors
Spaceballs
Stripes
Home Alone (minor Part)
Cool Runnings
Splash
Blues Brothers (minor part)

All superb - in my opinion. Even in his minor part roles he could always steal a scene.

He just seemed like such a likeable guy as well.

I think John Candy is still missed, even to this day. He could play goofy, but relatable characters really well despite being in family films and R-Rated movies too. I can't think of another actor who can still do that... maybe Jack Black...? but he doesn't have Candy's warmth.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:58 am**

Robert de Nero

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:04 pm**

Apart from a few of movies, such as The Departed, Limitless and The Joker... De Nero's movies over the last 20 years have been turd in my opinion. He's done much more garbage than good films overall. He is brilliant in the good films though.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:17 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:04 pm
Apart from a few of movies, such as The Departed, Limitless and The Joker... De Nero's movies over the last 20 years have been turd in my opinion. He's done much more garbage than good films overall. He is brilliant in the good films though.

Yeah would have to agree with that. Comedy and De Niro don’t mix for me.

I missed Goodfellas and Jackknife of my original list…

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:20 pm**

Passing Clouds wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:17 pm
Yeah would have to agree with that. Comedy and De Niro don’t mix for me.

I missed Goodfellas and Jackknife of my original list…

I missed an ‘f’ off my ‘off’ too ha ha

Getting confused… time for me to ‘f off’ I think.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:50 pm**

Tom Hanks.

Castaway, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story, Philadelphia, Big, Sleepless in Seattle..

There are so many, it's hard to pick a small number of favourites.
I'm struggling to name any poor films he's been in tbh.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:57 pm**

James Stewart

Tippi Hedren

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:05 pm**

Like others: De Niro and Gary Oldman spring to mind.

Pacino, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L Jackson, Denzel Washington and Jeff Bridges.

Marion Cotillard, Helen Mirren, Judie Dench, Olivia Colman

Quite a few I've forgotten probably....

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:09 pm**

Seann William Scott - American Pie 2 is one of the best films ever and Seann's role as Stifler (the stiffmeister) is one of the all time comedy performance in cinematic history.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:11 pm**

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:50 pm
Tom Hanks.

Castaway, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story, Philadelphia, Big, Sleepless in Seattle..

There are so many, it's hard to pick a small number of favourites.
I'm struggling to name any poor films he's been in tbh.

Clearly Hanks is a top actor and has been in a number of iconic films. But don't you find that he plays the same part in about 80% of his films? He's the stoic, humble, American hero.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:15 pm**

Also a fan of Gyllenhaal - first came across him in Donnie Darko which is a must watch if you haven't.

I'll throw a couple more into the mix; Philip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand. Adam Driver is one of my current favourites.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:22 pm**

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. If I coudln’t be a footballer I was determined I would become a cowboy as a kid. I now hope that scientists are right and time is not linear and that somewhere I am living the dream elsewhere in the multiverse.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:23 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:11 pm
Clearly Hanks is a top actor and has been in a number of iconic films. But don't you find that he plays the same part in about 80% of his films? He's the stoic, humble, American hero.

Doesn't bother me, I just like his films and if that's his niche then fair play to him.

Same with Samuel L Jackson being the bloke who swears a lot

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:47 pm**

Jeff Bridges:

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Bad Company
The Last Picture Show
Hearts of The West.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:52 pm**

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:11 pm
Clearly Hanks is a top actor and has been in a number of iconic films. But don't you find that he plays the same part in about 80% of his films? He's the stoic, humble, American hero.

I think you're always safe with a Tom Hanks film, he puts in a brilliant performance every time - theres no denying that, but the films are not challenging in anyway. He plays people-pleasing characters. He did say that he looking to take more risks in the films he undertakes now though. I'd like to see him do something more adventurous myself. He's got nothing to prove.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:52 pm**

HahaYeah wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:47 pm
Jeff Bridges:

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Bad Company
The Last Picture Show
Hearts of The West.

The Big Lebowski

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:05 pm**

Clint.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:06 pm**

Matthew McConaughey

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:08 pm**

Denzel Washington has given some terrific performances over the years.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:20 pm**

Gregory Peck
Just a few of his films
To kill a mockingbird
Boys from Brazil
Moby dick
Guns of navarre
The big country
Cape fear
The omen
And many more !!!

Claudia Cardinale
Once upon a time in the west (fell in love with her then and forever)

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:51 pm**

Russell Crowe- Gladiator, Cinderella Man, American Gangster, Next three Days.

Denzel Washington is top notch too.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:54 pm**

ecc wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:41 am
If you love cinema as I do, chances are you'll like a lot of actors and actresses.

It might be interesting not only to put the name of the person but also the films he/she's made you've enjoyed the most.

No limits to the number of times an actor/actress can be named.

And please: respect other people's opinions.

I'll start the ball rolling with a man starring in a film I started watching on Amazon last night (not finished as it's long and TBH tough watching it due to the nature of the film).

Jake Gyllenhaal.

I've seen five of his films and, apart from Spiderman which he didn't really need to act in, he's been excellent in all of them.

Jarhead (2005)

Zodiac (2007)

End of Watch (2012)

The Sisters' Brothers (2018)

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Only saw because I took my son.

Am currently watching "Stronger" in which he plays the role of Jeff Bauman, a man who lost both legs during the Boston Marathon bombings. This is a hard film to watch but Jake Gyllenhaal is superb.

What I particularly like about him is his desire to act in independent films often as a producer. They are often box office failures but his career approach seems to be: choose screenplays and roles he wants to do and throw in the occasional "big earner" to enable him to do the former without worrying (in relative terms) about the films losing money.

I'm hoping to see "Brokeback Mountain" one day because he and Heath Ledger were brave to take those roles on.

Surely you saw Donnie Darko?

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:56 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:04 pm
Apart from a few of movies, such as The Departed, Limitless and The Joker... De Nero's movies over the last 20 years have been turd in my opinion. He's done much more garbage than good films overall. He is brilliant in the good films though.

don't think DeNiro was in the Departed?

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:58 pm**

claptrappers_union wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:52 pm
I think you're always safe with a Tom Hanks film, he puts in a brilliant performance every time - theres no denying that, but the films are not challenging in anyway. He plays people-pleasing characters. He did say that he looking to take more risks in the films he undertakes now though. I'd like to see him do something more adventurous myself. He's got nothing to prove.

His role in Finch was a little different which he was basically the only actor in it

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:02 pm**

Ric_C wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 3:56 pm
don't think DeNiro was in the Departed?

You’re quite right. so he’s only done two good movies in twenty years

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:03 pm**

Dana Andrews. He's just watchable in a low key sort of way.

A Walk in the Sun
The Best Years of Our Lives
Boomerang
Laura
The Ox Bow Incident

Robert Donat. The same really, but with added wit).

39 Steps
Goodbye Mr Chips
Lease of Life

Will Hay (Oh Mr Porter and others). Along with his two co-conspiriters Moore Marriot and Graham Moffit, just silly and hilarious at times.

Then there's two actor directors with their own take on life: Jacques Tati (Mon Oncle etc.), Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful and others).

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 4:04 pm**

Spencer Tracey. Gene Hackman. Gregory Peck.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:18 pm**

yTib wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:52 am
charles laughton in:

witness for the prosecution
the hunchback of notre dame
hobson's choice

Mutiny on the Bounty.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:25 pm**

Never got past Judy Geeson!

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:36 pm**

Stephen Graham is excellent in everything I have seen him in. Ralph Feinnes (sp) is great, as is Denzel. Also, christoph waltz.

Massive fan of Pete Postlethwaite too. And Benedict cumberpatch, or ‘Q’ as he’s known to his mates…

for the female parts, I like Judi dench, and suranne Jones. Robin Wright in house of cards was superb.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:39 pm**

I'm quite partial to Dennis Hopper in 'Blue Velvet'.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:46 pm**

Dustin Hoffman. The Graduate and Midnight Cowboy were wonderful films in my youth.
Katherine Ross. Brenda Vaccaro.
And even longer ago - always liked. William Bendix.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:47 pm**

dougcollins wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:39 pm
I'm quite partial to Dennis Hopper in 'Blue Velvet'.

I like Dennis Hopper. I have watched Blue Velvet many times, it’s a ‘must see’ for film students… but to say I liked it would be stretching it; in fact I’d say Bobby Vinton’s singing is the only thing that immediately springs to mind about it now (it’s been about 20 years since I last watched it).

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:06 pm**

Humphrey Bogart, early Robert De Nero, Jack Nicholson
Mae West, Julie Christie, Meryl Streep

With a special mention for Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:13 pm**

Lauren Bacall, especially To Have and Have Not

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 6:25 pm**

Penelope Cruz in anything by Almódovar

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:16 pm**

A few off the top of my head I've watched recently.

Gary Oldman- Darkest Hour.

Rami Malek- Bohemian Rhapsody.

Taron Egerton- Rocketman

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:21 pm**

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:50 pm
Tom Hanks.

Castaway, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story, Philadelphia, Big, Sleepless in Seattle..

There are so many, it's hard to pick a small number of favourites.
I'm struggling to name any poor films he's been in tbh.

Caught Sleepless in Seattle a few nights ago, surprisingly watchable, and plenty of movie references to boot.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:23 pm**

Rod Steiger

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:30 pm**

Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, Hunger Games, Red Sparrow and at only 31 lots more roles to come.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:34 pm**

Errol Flynn
Victor Malawian

They died with their boots.
Classic

Used to watch with my died

Also

Humphrey Bogart
Casablanca
Classic and apparently was filmed in 2 weeks.

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:05 pm**

ps:- just love predictive text

# McLaughlan

# dad

Posted: **Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:11 pm**

Kevin spacey, should get a mention. Superb actor and starred in one of my favourite films “the usual suspects” . Then you realise his really dark side & you realise he’s not a nice person.

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