Great Acting Performances

[CK]

After watching the last two nights of "Paper Giants" on ABC, and the superb performance of Asher Keddie as Ita Buttrose (vocally, was incredible. Captured her to the absolute best), it got me thinking of some of the best acting performances over the years.

One of my all time favorites remains Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man". To take on a role like that and nail it to near perfection was a supreme performance and is one I never get sick of watching.

What are some over the years that have captured your imagination?

[maxyoz]

Leonardo DeCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Amazing.

[White Line Fever]

Leonardo dicaprio - what's eating Gilbert grape

Brad Pitt - fight club

Jack Nicholson - the shining

Charlize Theron - monster

[White Line Fever]

Leonardo DeCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Amazing.

Haha beat me to it.

[Pseudo]

After watching the last two nights of "Paper Giants" on ABC, and the superb performance of Asher Keddie as Ita Buttrose (vocally, was incredible. Captured her to the absolute best), it got me thinking of some of the best acting performances over the years.

Saw a bit of that last night, and remarked to 'er indoors how bad the actor doing Kerry Packer was. Thought the accent in particular was overdone.

But yeth, the actreth doing Ita got it thpot on, didn't sthe?

[Baron Greenback]

Denzel Washington - Remember the Titans
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[topsywaldron]

Richard E Grant as Withnail.

[JAS]

Geoffrey Rush as the Marquais De Sade in Quills
Johnny Depp as the Earl of Rochester in The Libertine
Gary Oldman as Beethoven in Immortal Beloved
Kenneth Branagh in Hamlet

Regards
JAS

[whufc]

Denzel Washington- Man On Fire
Clint Eastwood- Gran Turino
Tim Robbins- Shawshank Redemption
Morgan Freeman- The Power of One
River Phoneix- Stand By Me
Leonardo Di Caprio- Blood Diamond
Kevin Spacey- The Usual Suspects
John Travolta/Samuel L Jackson- Pulp Fiction

[JK]

Sean Penn - I am Sam
Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall in "As Good As It Gets" (Greg Kinnear as "Simon the Fag" excellent in that too)
Jack Nicolson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Hilary Swank in "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby"
Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino"

Don't rate him in anywhere near the same class of actor, but Stallone was good in Rocky.

Daniel Day Lewis in "Gangs Of New York"

Di Caprio as mentioned in Gilbert Grape (but nearly anything else also - Blood Diamond, The Departed and the Aviator all great too)

Al Pacino in "Scent Of A Woman"

Jeff Bridges as "The Dude" and "Wild Bill"

Val Kilmer as Gay Perry and Doc Holiday.

Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Michelle Pfeiffer "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (insert drool emoticon)

Julia Roberts "Erin Brokovich"

Anthony Hopkins in "Silence Of The Lambs"

Loved Brad Pitt's efforts in 12 Monkeys, Snatch, Inglorious and Fight Club

Kevin Spacey in Se7en

Adrien Brody in the Pianist

Jarvier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

Woody Harrelson in The People Vs Larry Flynt

OK that'll do for now lol

[Mr66]

Jarvier Bardem in No Country For Old Men

He was scary

De Niro in 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull' & 'Heat'
Depp in 'Ed Wood'

[JAS]

After a bit more thought I'd add some older ones to mine...

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence Of Arabia
James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey...can't be easy acting with an invisible 6ft 3 1/2 ins rabbit

...and George Clooney in Oh Brother Where Art Thou

Regards
JAS

[dedja]

Gavin Wanganeen - Essendon, Port

[GWW]

Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man
Tom Hanks, Forest Gump
Alf Stewart, Home and Away

[godoubleblues]

Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now

[Q.]

Val Kilmer in The Salton Sea.

Matt Dillon in Drugstore Cowboy.

[JK]

Val Kilmer in The Salton Sea.

Good movie .. D'Onofrio was good in it too .. Excellent song at closing credits too lol

[Interceptor]

Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet

[Magpiespower]

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Gena Rowlands - A Woman Under the Influence
Harry Dean Stanton - Paris, Texas
Andy Robinson - Dirty Harry
Brad Dourif - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet
Tom Cruise - Magnolia
William H. Macy - Fargo
Paul Newman & Tom Hanks - Road to Perdition
Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies

[7-Dog]

Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
Denzel Washington - The Hurricane, Remember the Titans, Malcolm X
Mel Gibson - Payback
Tom Cruise - Jerry McGuire
Julia Roberts - Erin Brokovich, Sleeping with the Enemey, Pretty Woman
Nicolas Cage - Snake Eyes
Russell Crowe - Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind
Patrick Swayze - Point Break, Dirty Dancing, Ghost
Keanu Reeves - Point Break, Speed, Matrix
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Al Pacino - The Godfather
Robert De Niro - The Godfather pt 2
Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump