Who are some of your favorite actors & actresses...

[KristineIN]

I really like Russell Crowe and Kevin Bacon. I also Like Matt Damon. So who are some of your favorite actors/actresses. I have a hard time choosing women actresses, we watch so much stuff action stuff where men are focused on.

Kristine

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

I really like Russell Crowe and Kevin Bacon. actors and actresses that have divorced kind of get a negative mark in my book. I think it's sad. I used to like Reese Witherspoon, I think she's a good actress, but I guess Hollywood and marriage wasn't a good match for her. I hope Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck continue to make it work. I also Like Matt Damon. So who are some of your favorite actors/actresses.

Kristine

You know, many people on this board are divorced.

???

Even in Hollywood, I don't think we always know the whole story.

Is your question about the quality of the person's acting, or how we perceive the actors' character?

[Dayle in Guatemala]

I don't know about their character, but, I sure do like their movies:

Joaquin Pheonix, Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Julia Roberts, Jonathon Rhys Meyers, Heath Ledger:(, Ben Kingsley, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, and, believe it or not, Katie Holmes (don't ask me to explain, I just can't)


Classic actors/actresses:

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Sydney Potier, Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Debra Kerr, Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke

[astrid]

actors and actresses that have divorced kind of get a negative mark in my book. I think it's sad. I used to like Reese Witherspoon, I think she's a good actress, but I guess Hollywood and marriage wasn't a good match for her. Kristine

Do you also think poorly of neighbors, friends, doctors, teachers, etc. who have divorced?

Wow.....I"m not divorced, but I worry that those who are would be offended by that statement.

[Liberty]

My favs:
Alive: Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Edward Norton, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Chris Cooper, Will Ferrell, Bruce Willis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Drew Barrymore, Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro.

Deceased: Sir Laurence Olivier, William Holden, Bette Davis and Cary Grant

[Andie]

I used to like Reese Witherspoon, I think she's a good actress, but I guess Hollywood and marriage wasn't a good match for her.

Well, if the accounts "out there" are to be believed, her husband, who cheated on her, was probably the mis-match.

[JudoMom]

I love Tom Cruise.


(Just for the record, I don't. I find him...uh...weird. But, I did almost leave this statement without the disclaimer, just to see what would happen. I didn't, though, because that would be dishonest, and I've got small group coming over in a few minutes, and I just couldn't leave anyone reading this thinking that I really do like him. :D)

[nukeswife]

Some of my favorites are Tom Hanks, Daniel Radcliffe, Nathan Fillion, Harrison Ford, and Cary Grant.

I don't know that I have a favorite Actress.

[j.griff]

Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Alan Rickman, Chris Cooper, Joaquin Phoenix, Anthony Hopkins, Shia Labeouf, Freddy Highmore (sp?), Bill Nighy, Tony Curran, Val Kilmer, Morgan Freeman, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Laurie, that's all I can think of right now. :)

[sdWTMer]

Michael Weatherly (DiNozzo on NCIS)
Pauley Perrette (also on NCIS)
Tony Shaloub
Meg Ryan
Tom Hanks
Owen Wilson (Meet the Parents & the ones w/ Jackie Chan)
Ben Stiller (Meet the Parents)
Albert Brooks (Defending Your Life)
Adam Sandler (especially in Spanglish)
James Roday (Psych)
Ben Kingsley
Reese Witherspoon
Jean Smart
Christina Applegate
Will Smith
Sean Connery




That exhausted me! I'm sure there are more, but the names escape me right now.

[sdWTMer]

Alan Rickman, Hugh Laurie

How in the world could I forget these two? Yikes. :o

[j.griff]

Ian McKellen, Michelle Pfieffer, Robert Deniro, and Patrick Stewart. :)

[King Alfred Academy]

Christian Bale!!!!
Russel Crowe
Liam Neeson
Sean Connery
Colin Firth

I can't think of any actresses. The only name coming to mind is Angela Landsbury and I have NEVER seen her in anything. What's that all about?:eek:

[Patty Joanna]

Myrna Loy. Carey Grant. Steve McQueen. David Niven.

[KristineIN]

Sorry about the divorce remark, it came out sounding wrong. I think the media draws sooo much attention movie stars and their lives that it sometimes gives me a bad impression of them. We are in a sinful world. I've got divorce in my family, I know people that are divorced, have friends and neighbors that are. I personally do think it's wrong, but know that it happens.

Kristine

[Wendi]

Off the top of my head:

Sean Bean, Tom Hanks, Alan Rickman, Ewan MacGregor, Ian McKellen, Christopher Guest, Christopher Lee, Kenneth Branagh, ...

Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, ...

Guess you can tell what some of my favorite movies are, huh?

Wendi

[j.griff]

Guess you can tell what some of my favorite movies are, huh?


LOL, that's what I was thinking when I posted my list, :)

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

and make you forget they are Russell Crowe or Meryl Streep....

My other favorites Johnny Depp, Val Kilmer, Chris Cooper, Joaquin Phoenix, Anthony Hopkins, and Christian Slater.

I was watching some "extra bonus features" on an House DVD about the "House Band" and was kinda shocked about how much Hugh Laurie looked like an old, homeless, Brit (his clothing choices were awlful and his bald spot was showing) - not the sexy Dr. House. The illusion was broken...:confused:

I don't really want to know about the actors personal lives. They are never as interesting as the characters they play and if they are -- it's not in a good way.

k

[Mrs. Readsalot]

My ds and I watched Master Commander with Russell Crowe this afternoon. Although I would not list him as a favorite actor we really enjoyed him in the movie.

My list
Alan Rickman
Colin Firth
Emma Thompson
Orlando Bloom
Tom Hanks
Meg Ryan
Robin Williams
Susan Sarandon

That is all I can think of at the moment.

[nmoira]

Toshiro Mifune

[genie]

Nathan Fillion (http://www.armyofmom.com/nathan%20fillion%20sexy%20resized.jpg)
Katherine Moennig (http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s86/ggmta/Katherine_Moennig.jpg)
James Marsters (http://www.buddytv.com/articles/angel/image/james-marsters.jpg)
John Cusack (http://www.loqueyotediga.net/archives/ObsJohnCusack_ArremetegobiernoUSA.jpg)
Johnny Depp (http://images.quizilla.com/R/RO/ROL/rolltider17/1139032441_eppIchabod.jpg)
Mandy Patinkin (http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/wi_patinkin_070712_ssh.jpg)
Drew Barrymore (http://media.welovebeauty.com/blog/co/20070208-drew-barrymore.jpg)
Jack Nicholson (http://www.dbonogallery.com/Don%20Bono/bono%20web/images/-Portraits/Actors/big/Jack_Nicholson_2.jpg)
Nicholas Cage (http://amandab.users2.50megs.com/Images/Nick/cage.jpg)
Christina Ricci (http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/movies/people/r/ricci_christina/in_focus_update/christina_ricci07.jpg)

[Jenny in Atl]

I love Toshiro Mifune too! Oh boy, here we go... the ones I can think of right now. Yes, I watch a lot of movies.

Chiwetel Ejiofor
Sergi López
Ray Winstone
Ben Kingsley
Guy Pearce
Danny Huston
Daniel Day-Lewis
Don Cheadle
Benno Fürmann
Jean Reno
Gary Oldman
Johnny Depp
Tom Wilkinson
Cillian Murphy
Colin Firth
Ed Norton
John Malkovich
John Turturro
Kenneth Branagh
Laurence Fishburne
Clive Owen
Colin Farrell
Stephen Rea
Gabriel Byrne
Kevin Spacey
Liam Neeson
Aaron Eckhart
Gael García Bernal



Audrey Tautou
Franka Potente
Claire Danes
Isabelle Huppert
Emma Thompson
Gong Li
Scarlett Johansson
Judi Dench
Helen Mirren
Cate Blanchett
Frances McDormand
Kate Winslet
Julianne Moore
Toni Collette
Judi Davis
Sophie Okonedo

[Jenny in Atl]

I forgot Geoffrey Rush!! How could I do that! :eek:

[OceanBreeze]

OK, I'll play. I like most of the ones mentioned. My favs:

Viggo Mortensen
Johnny Depp
Heath Ledger:(
Colin Firth
Al Pacino

Cate Blanchett
Meryl Streep
Glen Close

[Rich with Kids]

We saw Juno yesterday and I really like Ellen Page. I like Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Garner, Johnny Depp and Will Smith.

[OhM]

I've liked Philip Seymour Hoffman in everything I've caught him in (haven't even seen Capote yet!)

William H. Macy
and Felicity Huffman, too
(Was anyone else a Sports Night fan? I adored that show!)

Julia Stiles

Tony Shalhoub

Sean Bean

Nathan Lane always makes me laugh

Allison Janey pops up in unexpected places, doesn't she?

love/hate Steve Martin - can never decide

Gene Wilder

Audrey Hepburn

all over the map, I guess - sometimes someone just seems so fascinating, so I follow them for a few more flicks. The talk about Alan Rickman has whet my appetite. (I'm just now reading HP, so we'll probably embark on those films soon.)

[OhM]

. . . I like Ryan Reynolds . . .

I just heard the other day he's signed on to play Repairman Jack. I only remembered him from that sitcom about a million years ago! (Two guys...pizza place, whatever.) Anyone else follow the FPW books? (One of my guilty pleasures.)

[GLOWAcademy]

I like the oldies movies Black and white

Vincent Price (My Fav)
Lon Chaney Jr
Lon Chaney
Bela lugosie
Boris Karloff
John Carrodine
:)

[Jenny in Atl]

Viggo Mortensen... ow another one I forgot. He was awesome in both A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. Ok, I will stop. Sorry, I love the movies.

[Mama Lynx]

Hugh Laurie, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Alan Rickman, Sean Bean, Colin Firth, Patrick Stewart, Nathan Fillion, Harrison Ford, John Malkovitch, Geoffrey Rush, Kenneth Branagh.

As for actresses, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Nicole Kidman, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Kate Winslett.

[Rebecca in TN]

Let's hear it for the oldies!!! (actresses, actors and homeschooling moms ;))
Favorite actors: Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper
Favorite actresses: Katherine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Greer Garson, Ingrid Bergman

[Daisy]

Are we talking good "actor" or just drop-dead gorgeous?? My favorite actors/actresses (as in acting ability) are all dead...

Gary Cooper
Michael Landon
Katherine Hepburn
Danny Kaye
Bing Crosby
Burt Lancaster
Gene Kelly
Judy Garland
Dorothy McGuire

Current Actors/Actresses tend more towards eye candy and less towards ability with these glaring exceptions (IMHO)...

Viggo Mortensen
Emma Thompson
Densel Washington

I'm sure there are others but I don't watch much tv so I'm rather clueless. Now if we are going on eye/ear candy alone, I like just about any guy with a accent. There is just something about it that gives me warm tingles. :p

[OnTheBrink]

Kevin Bacon, for sure!
John Travolta
Tom Hanks
Harrison Ford
Johnny Depp
Sean Penn
Hugh Laurie
Jimmy Stewart
Jack Lemmon
James Garner

As for the women:

Nicole Kidman
Julia Roberts
Gwyneth Paltrow
Kate Winslet
Audrey Hepburn
Katherine Hepburn
Lucille Ball

[Rachel]

I do find that as I get older, my opinions of what makes a good actor are more defined. I find that their character off the screen influences how I feel about them on screen much more than it used to.

Actors who I like off screen as well as on......
Audrey Hepburn
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Julia Roberts
Jennifer Aniston
Ben Stiller
Jim Carey
Johnny Depp

[Mama Lynx]

LOL

You should try season 3 of Black Adder. It will not only break your illusion, it will make it turn back flips.

I've loved him since then, but I had no idea he was sexy until House. He does look scrungy in the video, but I can forgive anyone who makes me laugh like that.

[Patricia in WA]

No you won't stop...I bet you already have at least 5 more you forgot!;)

I know Jenny IRL and she LOVES movies! Everything she has ever recommended has been fabulous...Wait there was one movie.....can't remember...I did not like....I know....



Anyway, my favs

Actors

Orlando Bloom (my current crush)
Tom Cruise (my old crush)
Russell Crowe (my always crush)
Jet Li (love everything he has ever been in)
Collin Firth
Jackie Chan
Don Cheadle
Brad Pitt
Leonardo DiCaprio
George Cloney
Will Smith

And then this is when Jenny helps me.......

The guy from the BWM commercials that does movies now
The Casio Royal James Bond
The guy that plays Sirius Black
The guy from Trainspotting and Crank (was that the same guy?? If not both of them)
Michael Collin's guy

Actresses

Kate Winslet
Gong Li
Zhang Ziyi
Audrey Toutou
Selma hayek
Michael Yeoh

Help Jenny....
the girl from Bride and Prejuidice

OK that is it from me!

[Tia in Wa]

Oliver Platt 'cause I love a smart a** and he plays such a great one!

Kiera Knightley (sp)
Leo Di Caprio
Sean Penn
Viggo Mortensen
Orlando Bloom
Johnny Depp
Kate Winslet
Nicholas Cage I don't think he has great ability but I love his movies
Patrick Stewart
Jodie Foster
Antonio Banderas
Catherine Zeta Jones




:( I am disillusioned about Vin Diesel -he is Bi and also
Sean Connery he cried like a baby when he got a splinter on set.

[Jenny in Atl]

And then this is when Jenny helps me.......

The guy from the BWM commercials that does movies now (Clive Owen?)
The Casio Royal James Bond (Daniel Craig)
The guy that plays Sirius Black (Gary Oldman)
The guy from Trainspotting and Crank (was that the same guy?? If not both of them) (Ewan McGregor) & (Jason Statham)
Michael Collin's guy (Liam Neeson) or (Aidan Quinn)

Actresses


Help Jenny....
the girl from Bride and Prejuidice (Aishwarya Rai)

OK that is it from me![/QUOTE]

[OhM]

The Casio Royal James Bond


Oh, yeah. Definitely need to amend my list - best Bond ever!

[Mamagistra]

I love Tom Cruise.


(Just for the record, I don't. I find him...uh...weird. But, I did almost leave this statement without the disclaimer, just to see what would happen. I didn't, though, because that would be dishonest, and I've got small group coming over in a few minutes, and I just couldn't leave anyone reading this thinking that I really do like him. :D)

:eek: Whoboy, you scared me for a minute! I'm glad I kept reading before I regretted posting something about Tom in a horrible Mountain Dew-spilling NASCAR pileup. :D

[Mamagistra]

Some that I like: Robert Duvall, Geoffrey Rush, Shahrukh Khan, Michael Caine, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Aishwarya Rai, Jodie Foster.

[Liberty]

and make you forget they are Russell Crowe or Meryl Streep....


k

Me too! Those two are great at that aren't they?

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet?:eek:

One of my favorite movies is Finding Neverland--I cry like a little girl everytime!:(

[OceanBreeze]

Help Jenny....
the girl from Bride and Prejuidice (Aishwarya Rai)


I just saw Aishwarya Rai in The Last Legion. I liked her so much I'm gonna rent Bride and Prejudice.

Jenelle

[Patricia in WA]

:eek: Whoboy, you scared me for a minute! I'm glad I kept reading before I regretted posting something about Tom in a horrible Mountain Dew-spilling NASCAR pileup. :D

Hey now!!! No Tom Cruise bashing!:p He was my first crush back when I was like 7 and I love all the MI movies he had done. What can I say....I am easy! ;)

[Patricia in WA]

I just saw Aishwarya Rai in The Last Legion. I liked her so much I'm gonna rent Bride and Prejudice.


OH! I have not seen that one! Thanks!

[Gwen in TX]

There really isn't anyone where I say, Oh that person is in the movie - I have to see it.

I like movies, I like characters in movies, I like an actor's portrayal in that movie. I just don't choose to see a movie based on the presence of someone I have liked in another setting.

The current crop of actors aren't good enough to be fabulous in every movie. They choose bad scripts, the director messes with the story, they don't bring something original to the film. Most of them are just pretty and coasting on that (and some aren't even that!)

[AudreyTN]

My all time favorite... Johnny Depp.