[Film] Your best ever acting performance in a film

[Weststander]

Jack Nicholson in China Town (1974) was another great performance.

Richard Burton - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia.

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

 

[lawros left foot]

I’m not trying to hijack the thread, but, does the panel think that actors playing real characters have an easier job than actors playing fictional characters?
There seems to me, to be better performances from actors playing real people, the two I mentioned earlier, Helen Mirren as the Queen,etc, than fictional characters.

 

[banjo]

Tom Hanks. Philadelphia

 

[Boys 9d]

Robert Mitchum in "The Night Of The Hunter". The epitome of menace. The only time I've taken him seriously as an actor.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Another one for OFOTCN. The final scene with Jack Nicolson and Will Sampson is truly emotional. The musical score and Christopher Lloyd also add to a fantastic finale.
https://youtu.be/esyMmxQ5hkY

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Agreed. I'd also include his role in One Hour Photo and, if it counts, Aladdin.
I would also add to my list above Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips - the last 10 minutes are astonishing

The last few minutes were amazing.Totallly agree. Hanks really is a great actor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMDdT24_98

 

[Hillian1]

Actually, Hanks in Bridge of Spies was brilliant.

 

[withdeanwombat]

John Voigt......Mr Sir.......Holes.

 

[goldstone]

I've never been in a film and I can't act.

Same here.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKie_34cpJI

 

[hitony]

Double post

Who starred in that?

 

[Razzoo]

Robert Mitchum in "The Night Of The Hunter". The epitome of menace. The only time I've taken him seriously as an actor.

Great film. He is excellent.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Who starred in that?

It was one of Steve Seagals lesser known films.
Even Rotten Tomatos wouldn't touch it

 

[Renegade]

Home made porn movie.I was amazing.

Second to that I loved Pacino in Godfather.

 

[n1 gull]

Hanks really is the best actor ever. Big, Philadelphia, Apollo 13, Captain Phillips probably more I can't remember

 

[the right footed denilson]

Agreed. I'd also include his role in One Hour Photo and, if it counts, Aladdin.
I would also add to my list above Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips - the last 10 minutes are astonishing

Agreed, Insomnia too, the early Nolan film. He had an incredible vulnerability in those films (which so sadly makes sense now).

 

[mr sheen]

I was in ID. I wasn't very good, but I've never been in anything else, so would have to be that.

 

[LVGull]

The best ever acting performance in a film ?

For me I am struggling to think better than Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour. I thought it extraordinary

Seen about 5000 films and it is a top 5 ever, no doubt at all

What is your greatest ever ?

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Hulk Hogan - Suburban Commando. Epic

 

[marlowe]

Not necessarily the best but performances that I've enjoyed and stuck in my memory include:
Burt Lancaster : Atlantic City
Burt Lancaster : The Swimmer
Harry Dean Stanton : Paris Texas
Al Pacino : Dog Day Afternoon
Jean Reno : Leon
Meryl Streep : Sophie's Choice
Kevin Kline : Sophie's Choice
Klaus Kinski : Fitzcarraldo
Robert Mitchum : The Night of the Hunter
Ruth Gordon : Harold and Maude
Jerry Lewis : The King of Comedy
Robert DeNiro : The King of Comedy
Peter Finch : Network
Malcolm McDowell : If
Brigitte Bardot : La Verite
Henry Fonda : Twelve Angry Men
Bette Davies: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane

Lots of others but that's enough to be going on with.

 

[big nuts]

Steve Guttenberg - Police Academy 4 ‘Citizens on Patrol’