Actor's best film

[Gimlet]

Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.

I know Bette Davis is considered a gay icon these days but that kind of camp floss does her a great disservice in this film. There's nothing remotely pink and fluffy about it. Her performance is astonishing to the point of being disturbing and turns this dark psychological thriller into a borderline horror film.

 

[NoGutsNoGlory]

Steve Martin - Dead men don't wear plaid.

 

[Loz]

Richard Burton (maybe) and Elizabeth Taylor (unquestionably) in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
In terms of both content and the context of the two co-stars' personal lives and history, a truly extraordinary, mesmerising and moving pair of performances. Unforgettable.

 

[Loz]

Steve Martin - Dead men don't wear plaid.

The Man with Two Brains a close second!

 

[NoGutsNoGlory]

The Man with Two Brains a close second!

Kathleen Turner was excellent in that film as well.

 

[Barry Hell]

Jim Carey - Dumb and Dumber

 

[JAT]

Robert Shaw- JAWS

 

[Barry Hell]

Nemo - finding nemo

 

[Loz]

Nemo - finding nemo

I don't remember him in that one.

 

[Dox]

Nemo - finding nemo

I thought that was his worst film!

 

[GarySN]

Maybe too obvious, but Al Pacino in The Godfather

 

[Dox]

Maybe too obvious, but Al Pacino in The Godfather

I wouldn't say that was the obvious choice - Donnie Brasco is a contender for Pacino IMHO (but you're probably right)

 

[Barry Hell]

Oliver Reed - Gladiator

 

[Outintheopen]

Well that went downhill fast - unexpected

It was exactly what I expected

 

[Outintheopen]

From Lady K: Brad Pitt - Fight Club

I’m torn between his performance in that or 12 Monkeys which i thought he should’ve got an Oscar for.

 

[Dullard]

No-one going for Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain ? - I haven’t seen it so couldn’t suggest it, obvs !

 

[Outintheopen]

Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

 

[Barry Hell]

No-one going for Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain ? - I haven’t seen it couldn’t suggest it, obvs !

Our Antipodean Jixxer rider is no more

 

[wroughtironron]

Hugh Grant as the "Manager" of Florence Foster Jenkins - so fuckin' funny when Meryl Streep tries to sing opera.

 

[wroughtironron]

John Candy in Trains, Planes and Automobiles

 

[Hughdg]

Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies.

 

[Noobie]

Anthony Hopkins

Silence of the lambs

 

[Mr Bimble]

I wouldn't say that was the obvious choice - Donnie Brasco is a contender for Pacino IMHO (but you're probably right)

Probably not his best film, but Pacino in 'Sea of Love' worth a mention.

 

[Mr Bimble]

Anthony Hopkins

Silence of the lambs

Tied with 'Remains of the Day'...

 

[The skitz]

From Lady K: Brad Pitt - Fight Club

Nah snatch

 

[The skitz]

Will Ferrell
Blades of glory

 

[Mr Bimble]

Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning

 

[Mr Bimble]

Denzel Washington - American Gangster

 

[Carr01]

Al Pacino- Dog Day Afternoon

 

[chrisw]

Denzel Washington - Man on Fire