OT Favorite Actor

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    With the passing of Sir Sean Connery, one of my favorites, it got me to thinking of who everybody's favorite actor is.

    In no particular order my tops are Connery, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Robert DeNiro, Harrison Ford and Samuel L. Jackson.
     
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    Add Tom Hanks and I’ll take your list.
     
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    Gregory Peck

    even though they were/are right wing nutjobs, I like(ed) John Wayne, Charlton Heston, Clint Eastwood

    and yes on DeNiro, Denzel, Freeman, Hanks. Also, Tommy Lee Jones & Robert Duvall
     
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    Mine wouldn't be A listers in most people's opinions....I like actors like Tim Roth, John Turturro, Helena Bonham Carter, Viggo Mortensen, Gary Oldman....John Goodman.. Don Cheadle.and my favorite probably ever was Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Sam Rockwell....the actors who make small independent films work
     
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    Can't leave Jimmy Stewart off the list.
    Wasn't Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mocking Bird? What an actor her was!
     
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    Tim Roth and Gary Oldman! Fantastic actors.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Nicholas Cage.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    And for @crandc lets not forget Meryl Streep, Kate Blanchett, Jodi Foster, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, Helen Mirran, Francis McDormand.
     
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    Childhood friend actor Matt Nolan seen here cuffing Cage!!!!

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    good list but you left out Hillary Swank....one of the greats along with Viola Davis and Angelica Huston
     
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    Stanley Turrentine needs a shoutout as well as Matt Damon, James Spader, John Cusack and Christian Bale
     
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    Bruce Dern as well...like Lee Van Cleef he started out playing bad guys in westerns like Bonanza
     
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    You said “actor” so I assumed you were looking at make leads. I have a bunch of favorite actresses, many of whom have already been listed. Susan Sarandon and Maggie Smith would be a couple of suggestions.
     
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    Definitely me. You should see what I tell my wife when I come home late on the weekends.
     
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    All good lists above. My favorite under the radar actor is Ben Mendelsohn.
     
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    He's a great choice...good call
     
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    I had to look up his name but Aidan Gillen is one of those great irish actors that makes movies better
    aidan gillen.jpg
     
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    Besides Sean Connery (He was James Bond)

    Jeff Bridges, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Jack Nicholson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Harrison Ford, John Cusak, James Spader, Gene Hackman, Sidney Poitier, Liam Neeson, Clint Eastwood, Robin Williams, Anthony Hopkins, Francis Mcdormand, Steve Beucemi, Hillary Swank, Viola Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon
     
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