TOURNAMENT: Greatest Actors/Actresses of All Time

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There's been a lot of talk lately on here about us doing a new tournament. I figured I may as well take the liberty of getting one started. Last time we did the Ultimate Wrestler tournament. This time, PubTalkForum is going to decide who is the greatest actor of all time.

We'll kick off the same way we did with the Ultimate Wrestler tournament. In this thread, post 20 nominations that you'd like to see included in the tournament. We'll take the top 32 most mentioned nominations, put them into the tournament and seed them and begin from there.

If you have any questions or suggestions for how we should run this tournament, feel free to let me know! I'm hoping this will give us another big boost in discussion.

In the mean time, you can begin by placing your nominations NOW.

Let's go!!

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My nominations:

Robert de Niro
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Katharine Hepburn
Jimmy Stewart
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
Laurence Olivier
Kate Winslet
Cate Blanchett
Paul Newman
Michael Caine
Daniel Day-Lewis
Clint Eastwood
Humphrey Bogart
Vivien Leigh
Dustin Hoffman
Morgan Freeman
Julie Andrews

[Messiah]

Will Smith (people better vote for him )
Nicholas Cage
Halle Berry
Tupac Shakur
Jamie Foxx
Samuel L. Jackson
Channing Tatum
Robert de Niro
Bob Odenkirk
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Jonah Hill
Jennifer Lawrence
Ashton Kutcher
Tyler Perry
Christian Bale
Adam Sandler
Al Pacino
Anna Gunn
Aaron Paul
Bryan Cranston

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Clint Eastwood
Marlon Brando
Russell Crowe
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
Lee Van Cleef
Morgan Freeman
Tom Hanks
Humphrey Bogart
Katharine Hepburn
Meryl Streep
Anthony Hopkins
Robin Williams
Julia Roberts
Jack Nicholson
Daniel Day-Lewis
Denzel Washington
Kevin Costner
Dustin Hoffman
Michael Caine

[Str8Shooter]

@Messiah's list wins.

[Kyle]

Should we do this as Actors/Actresses together, or separate?

[DanielsonTHAGOAT]

Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Bryan Cranston
Matthew McConaughey
Jack Nicholson
Tom Hanks
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Anthony Hopkins
Clint Eastwood
Leonardo DiCapro
Marlon Brando
Kevin Spacey
Christian Bale
Will Smith
Sean Penn
Woody Harrleson
Robin Williams
Gary Oldman
James Gandolfini

[Chewy]

Leo DiCaprio?

The rock?

Cate Winslett?

Good luck with this, I'm out.

[Messiah]

Leo DiCaprio?

The rock?

Cate Winslett?

Good luck with this, I'm out.

Just for clarification, I was just bullshitting after Will Smith (outside of guys that popped up in my head like Pacino, who I legitimately enjoy in all of his roles).

I don't bother to keep up with the quality of actors/actresses and my knowledge is limited. I just watch the movies.

[The Legend]

Robert DeNiro
Jack Nicholson
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Leonardo DiCaprio
Laurence Olivier
Clint Eastwood
Denzel Washington
Anthony Hopkins
Morgan Freeman
Meryl Streep
Katherine Hepburn
Kate Winslet
Judy Garland
Jodie Foster
Julia Roberts
Susan Sarandon
Glenn Close
Marilyn Monroe
Grace Kelly

[BSM]

Robert de Niro
Al Pacino
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tom Hanks
Daniel Day-Lewis
Clint Eastwood
Morgan Freeman
Will Smith
Robin Williams
Julia Roberts
Denzel Washington
Kevin Costner
Matthew McConaughey
Kevin Spacey
Woody Harrleson
Gary Oldman
Glenn Close
Nicholas Cage
Vin Diesel
Tommy Lee Jones

[Matteo]

Robert De Niro
Liv Ullmann
Max von Sydow
Toshiro Mifune
Meryl Streep

Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Renée Jeanne Falconetti
Al Pacino
Ingrid Bergman

Daniel-Day Lewis
Gene Hackman
Joe Shishido
Setsuko Hara
Chishu Ryu

Tom Cruise
John Goodman
Michael Shannon
Sam Rockwell
Dustin Hoffman

[SortaCreative]

Messiah your list is the worst. Be ashamed.

Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Jennifer Lawrence
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington

[Hanley!]

I still think we should have gone with movies, but this will be fun too. Maybe we can go with movies next time.

Top 10 Actors:

Gary Oldman (Favourite Performance: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Kevin Spacey (Favourite Performance: Usual Suspects)
Tim Roth (Favourite Performance: Reservoir Dogs)
Jack Nicholson (Favourite Performance: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Favourite Performance: The Departed)
David Hyde Pierce (Favourite Performance: Frasier)
Robin Williams (Favourite Performance: Good Will Hunting)
Dustin Hoffman (Favourite Performance: Tootsie)
John Hurt (Favourite Performance: V For Vendetta)
Peter Dinklage (Favourite Performance: Game of Thrones)

Top 10 Actresses:

Anne Hathaway (Favourite Performance: Rachel Getting Married)
Natalie Portman (Favourite Performance: Léon: The Professional)
Louise Fletcher (Favourite Performance: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
Jennifer Lawrence (Favourite Performance: Hunger Games)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Favourite Performance: Secretary)
Alison Janey (Favourite Performance: The West Wing)
Marion Cotillard (Favourite Performance: Inception)
Sigourney Weaver (Favourite Performance: Alien)
Jessica Lange (Favourite Performance: American Horror Story)
Robin Wright (Favourite Performance: House of Cards)


I genuinely think all these actors are brilliant and deserve to be on the list, but the favourite performances are personal to me, so I wouldn't necessarily expect too many people to agree with them. I might be alone in thinking Katniss was Jennifer Lawrence's best role, for example.

[Kirbi]

Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
Kevin Spacey
Gary Oldman
Tim Roth
Leonardo DiCaprio
Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
James Stewart
Sidney Poitier
Edward Norton

Meryl Streep
Kate Winslett
Allison Janney
Jessica Lange
Frances McDormand
Faye Dunaway
Michelle Pfeiffer
Toni Collette
Maggie Smith
Louise Fletcher

Christ, that was hard.

(Edit: I had one too many )

[PorkChop]

Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Christian Bale
Hugh Jackman
Edward Norton
Robin Williams
Michael Caine
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
Marlon Brando
Sigourney Weaver
Anne Hathaway
Meryl Streep
Natalie Portman
Jodie Foster
Kate Winslet
Marilyn Monroe
Grace Kelly
Gwyneth Paltrow
Audrey Hepburn

[Everlong]

Gonna wait a few more days on these. Keep the nominations coming

[ShaneOfan]

Robert De Niro
Denzel Washington
Edward Norton
Martin Sheen
Richard Dreyfus
Gene Hackman
Sam Rockwell
Sigourney Weaver
Tom Cruise
Susan Sarandon
Jimmy Stewart
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Aaron Eckert
Sharon Stone
Jody Foster
Daniel Day Lewis
Cillian Murphy
Meryl Streep
Tom Hanks

[Kyle]

Robert De Niro
Tom Hanks
Meryl Streep
Leonardo DiCaprio
Denzel Washington
Ian McKellen
Dustin Hoffman
Cate Blanchett
Katharine Hepburn
Jack Nicholson
Robin Williams
Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Clint Eastwood
James Dean
Paul Newman
Michael Caine
Sean Connery
Daniel Day Lewis
Grace Kelly

[Westcoastvibes]

David Arquette
Ryan renolds
Seth McFarland
Shaq
Hulk hogan
Joe rogan
Ron perlman
Jamie Kenedy
Casper van dien
Adam Sandler
Randy Orton
Pamela Anderson
Brittany Murphy
Brittany Spears
Trey Parker
Matt stone
Kurt russle
Candice Cameron
Howie Mandel
Pauly shore