OT Favorite Actor

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Alfred Hitchcock - loved his cameos.
    Rock Hudson was a great great comedian. His best comedy was "Man's Favorite Sport".
    Rex Harrison - prime example was My Fair Lady.
     
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    Bad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew McConaughey.
     
  3. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Yes, yes, Brad Pitt and Robert Downey Jr.
     
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    I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan but he does make good movies.
     
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    Also Mark Ruffalo should get a shout out!
     
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    my favorite of his is collateral. Course it has jamie fox too, one of my all time favs.
     
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    Stevenson Old School

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    I'm reading his book right now. Very interesting guy.
     
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    Stevenson Old School

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    I've come to conclude that Tom Cruise is surprisingly a very good actor. Did you see him in Magnolia? Wow. Or Born on the 4th of July? Excellent.
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    Louis Gossett, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins...and the best bad guy ever, Alan Rickman.
     
  10. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    The best bad guy ever is Slim Pickens. Did you see him in One Eyed Jacks?
     
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    yankeesince59 "Oh Captain, my Captain".

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    As far as bad guys, we could probably add Bruce Dern to the list.
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    You’ve obviously forgot about Jack Elam, especially earlier in his career. Now THERE was the quintessential bad guy. Interestingly, he was a studio accountant until someone thought he make the perfect bad guy.....he definitely looked more like a bad guy than an accountant......
     
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    already listed him....and Lee Van Cleef...
     
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    Was Bruce Dern specifically listed as a "bad guy"?...if not, I won this election because your ballot was postmarked after Nov 3rd.
     
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    yeah...I mentioned he played bad guys in westerns like Bonanza...he was the 5 oclock shadow cowboy
     
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    Yeah, he was one of those guys who always seemed cast as "the bad guy". I do however remember a space movie he did and I guess he was a good guy in that one...can't remember the name of the movie but he was the only one on some space station in the future.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I could never take Jack Elam seriously. He had a comical look about him.
     
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    Ahh, I found it..."Silent Running"


     
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    Not sure if he's been mentioned or not but Daniel Day Lewis is one of my favs.
     

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