The 10 Greatest Actors
by TheUltimateMovieFreak | created - 02 Feb 2011 | updated - 25 Dec 2011 | Public
1. Vincent Cassel
Actor | Black Swan
Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and a journalist mother, Sabine Litique. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La haine (1995), the young actor, ...
The French actor Vincent Cassel chains the audience with his stunning presence in nearly every film he is in, e.g. "Mesrine", "La Haine", "Brotherhood of the Wolf" or "Eastern Promises".
TOP Movies:
1. Mesrine I & II
2. La Haine
3. Eastern Promises
4. Brotherhood of the Wolf
5. Irreversible
2. Christian Bale
Actor | The Dark Knight
Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK on January 30, 1974, to English parents Jennifer "Jenny" (James) and David Bale. His mother was a circus performer and his father, who was born in South Africa, was a commercial pilot. The family lived in different countries ...
He is one of the best working actors nowadays. The method actor especially convinces in the movies he films with his friend and great actor Christopher Nolan.
TOP Movies:
1. The Prestige
2. The Machinist
3. Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
4. Swing Kids
5. Equilibrium
3. Samuel L. Jackson
Actor | Pulp Fiction
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...
His genious performance as Jules Winnfield in Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" was legendary. But there are more films he did great jobs in. Today Jackson is one of Hollywood's greatest character actors.
TOP Movies:
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Black Snake Moan
3. A Time to Kill
4. Unbreakable
5. The Negotiator
4. Brendan Gleeson
Actor | Calvary
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Pat and Frank Gleeson. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high ...
The first time I recognized him as faithful fellow of William Wallace in "Braveheart", following a couple of great films he was in. Especially in "In Bruges" he did a great performance!
TOP Movies:
1. In Bruges
2. Into the Storm
3. Braveheart
4. 28 Days Later
5. Harry Potter Films
5. Christoph Waltz
Actor | Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...
A reputable German TV and film actor, Christoph Waltz's performance in "Inglourious Basterds" was just outstanding.
TOP Movies:
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Carnage
3. The Roy Black Story
4. Das jüngste Gericht
5. The Green Hornet
6. Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor | Inception
Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...
He's no more the child face he was in "Titanic" or "Romeo + Juliet". Today he is one of the greatest actors of his age.
TOP Movies:
1. The Departed
2. Shutter Island
3. Inception
4. Blood Diamond
5. Gilbert Grape
7. Cillian Murphy
Actor | 28 Days Later...
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law ...
As talented as his good friend and colleague Brendan Gleeson (they star together in several films), Murphy ranks Britain's greatest actors.
TOP Movies:
1. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2. Inception
3. 28 Days Later
4. Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
5. Sunshine
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