For me, has to be Eric Bana in Chopper. Outstanding!

Also Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glenross. Brilliant.

john travolta…………pulp fiction

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast.

Sir John Mills in almost every film he ever made.

Joaquin Pheonix, Gladiator. Made Russell Crowe's performance what it was!

Orson Welles, The Third Man.

john hurt…………naked civil servant…brilliant

and johnny depp…………in most of his films.

I never liked Brad Pitt til I saw him in Fight Club, 12 Monkeys and Snatch. Good stuff.

Ed Norton is awesome in Fight Club as well.

Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction.

Jack Nicholson in "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest".

Sir Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast, nobody has ever said "I'm sweating like a c**t" and sounded cool saying it.

Richard E Grant in Withnail & I would have to be one of my favourites.

Rod Steiger, In The Heat Of The Night.
Henry Fonda, Once Upon A Time In The West.

Agree Eric Bana was incredible in Chopper.

Three fish.good shout

Brad pitt in 12 monkeys – Barking, also Joe Black

Seems to be a theme growing but Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys and Fight Club is superb.

+1 for Richard E Grant in Withnail and I; also Robert Donat in The 39 Steps.

Gary Oldman in Leon. Just the right amount of "unhinged".

Robert DeNiro in "A bronx tale"

Basically al DeNiro stuff but this part really shines.

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (with a special mention for My Left Foot)

Robert de Niro, Raging Bull

Bob Peck – Edge of Darkness

Ed Norton – American History X

De Niro – Taxi Driver, Raging Bull a close second.

Ed Norton – American History X

+1

Class hidden gem as well.

The real Director is also forgotten.

Sandra Bullock in "The Lake House" in the scene when she's in the archtiect's office in front of the painting listening to the architect explain about his brother's death.

That 30-second close up on her face. Masterclass in "less is more".

Oh, yeah she's a female actor. Does that count? 🙄

Daniel Day Lewis in 'There will be blood'… to portray such a depth of character is what defines him as one of the greatest method actors to have ever lived.

George C Scott in Patton

Good call.

pah, you lot know nothing!

what is best in life……..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PQ6335puOc

Kenneth Branagh playing Hamlet at the RSC around 15 years ago.

Tom Courtney playing King Lear at the Royal Exchange, Manchester around 10 years ago.

Both quite spellbinding, particularly Courtney as he had the pressure of playing in the round.

Tim Robbins in The Player
Kevin Spacey and Pete Postelthwaite in The Usual Suspects

Also completely left field Sylvester Stallone in Rocky I thought he played the part brilliantly.

Forest Whitaker in The Last King Of Scotland

Many as above but I'll add Sean Penn in Sweet and Lowdown

Christopher Walken in lots of films – I just think he's a fantastic actor.

Heath Ledger – The Joker – The Dark Knight

Christopher Walken in lots of films – I just think he's a fantastic actor.

Agree. The guy can turn a ham-film into class.

i.e. The Prophecy

Tom Hardy -Bronson
Con O'Neill – Telstar
Tim Robbins – Shawshank Redemption
Will Smith – 7 Pounds
Agree with Withnail.

I get the impression that all the blokes on here must get their eyes sort of glazing over and their attention spans wiped when a female actor is on screen…

I get the impression that you're trying too hard to make a point…

PS Not happy about Hora agreeing with me. I think I'll have to change my response…

David Cameron – Man of the people