Greatest Acting Performances Of All Time

[Uncle Spielberg]

Following on from Nibble's theme what do you think are the greatest ever acting performances on film, male or female.

Bruno Ganz - Adolf Hitler - Downfall
Ralph Fiennes - Amon Goeth - Schindler's List
Christian Bale - Trevor Reznik - The Machinist

 

[Mendoza]

Mariah Carey - Marey Carey - Glitter

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

What about

Jack Nance - Henry Spencer - Eraserhead
John Hurt - John Merrick - The Elephant Man
Anthony Hopkins - Hannibal Lecter - The Silence of the Lambs

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Mariah Carey - Marey Carey - Glitter

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

Madonna - Swept Away

George Clooney - Attack of the killer tomatoes

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Roberto Benigni as Guido Orefice - Life is Beautiful.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Glad to see your all taking this seriously

 

[Buzzer]

Bobcat Goldthwait in Police Academy 2.



End of thread.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Captain John.H.Miller - Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan - no oscar but his greatest ever performance.

 

[Easy 10]

Philip Seymour Hoffmman - Gust Avrakotos - Charlie Wilsons War

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Glad to see your all taking this seriously

What I do take seriously is SPELLING. Terribly important, spelling. 'You're' is the word you wanted.

Glad to help.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Seriously this interests me , can we be sensible please.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Kindergarten Cop. Deeply moving

 

[Easy 10]

Steve Buscemi - Carl Showalter - Fargo

 

[Trufflehound]

Kevin Spacey as Buddy Ackerman in Swimming With Sharks

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Pele in Escape to Victory.

 

[Nibble]

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest is great as were most of his performances in that era.


Al Pacino in Serpico.

Bale in Machinist

Tom Hanks - Private Ryan

And more that I am trying to think of.

 

[the hitman]

tom hanks in cast away.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

ET - As himself - Police Academy 7 (shelved for financial reasons)

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

A mixed bag here.