Favourate actors (for acting ability):
1.Tom Hanks
2.Mel Gibson
3.Sean Connery
4.Ian McKellen
5.Al Pacino
6.Robert DeNiro
7.Samuel L Jackson
8.Tommy Lee Jones
9.Harrison Ford
10.Marlon Brando
11.Kevin Spacey
12.Nicholas Cage
13.Patrick Stewart
14.Ewan McGreggor
15.Antony Hopkins
16.Jack Nicholson
17.Morgan Freeman
18.James Earl Jones (best voiceover actor, rather than a good actor)
19.Jackie Chan (more entertaining than a good actor)
20.Liam Neeson
I think Sean Penn's Performance in Mystic River really made me feel his pain, although it was only the second best acting in that movie beacause of the performance by Tim Robbins. Just thought I would mention that. For me though, the one actor who makes me believe is Tom Hanks. If I understand the topic right I would assume you mean someone who acts a role and you forget that its even them but rather their character.
I'm rambling.
Son las dos de la manana!
really great actors hmmm...
smg (i hope she can put her great skills to work as someone besides Buffy b/c she was AMAZING)
Maura Tierney (she plays Abby on ER absolutely perfectly)
Claire Danes (esp.as Juliet in ROmeo & Juliet and My So called life
Nicole Kidman
Tom HAnks (so many great & memorable perfomances)
Denzel Washington
Ryan Phillippe ( not just b/c he's gorgeous but b/c i love him in all his movies)
Brad is not just hot either, he has skills
...same for tom cruise - Jerry Maguire anyone?
Eliza Dushku (esp. on Buffy, but she's always believable - shes probably least fitting for her role on tru calling tho - her movie roles have been really great too as far as her acting)
ooooooh Kate Winslet is amazing in pretty much all her movies
and Hayden Christensen chooses such different roles and he is always sooooo AMAZING in the ones ive seen
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hmmmm there are so many more but i have to go right now...maybe i'll post more later
Sean Astin. In my opinion, he's one of the best actors there is (nothing against Billy and Dom, of couse!) I mean, he made me cry in Rudy...and that's saying something, considering I've NEVER cried while watching ANY movie, seriously!....He was brilliant in that movie. He made me come close to crying in Lord of the Rings, too. I just love him to death for his acting. The Goonies was one of his better movies, too. Loved it.
Johnny Depp. Definately. He just seriously turns himself into his character and forgets he's Johnny. He just thinks of himself as Jack Sparrow or Edward Scissorhands or Icabod Crane or any other of his roles. I think one of his best movies was Edward Scissorhands.
Tom Hanks is great, too. I mean, take Forrest Gump, for example. He made his character come to life and that made the movie that much better. The same goes for his other movies, too.
No offense to Dom and Billy.....I've only seen one of their movies so I can't say anything about their acting...Although they were very believable as Merry and Pippin......
Hey Pip...you need to see Monsignor Renard. Dom was good in that movie. I was totally into it. Good stuff. As for Billy...haven't seen his other movies either.
Orlando is an okay actor...I have yet to see him play a really good role. Of course I haven't seen Troy yet.
Jake Gyllenhaal is really convincing as the dark insane freako...I loved Donnie Darko.
I love Mel Gibson....Braveheart...What Women Want...just to name a few....great actor.
Julia Roberts...I love every movie she has ever made.
Jackie Chan...not the best actor, but I love all of his movies.
I am definitely a Buffy fan. And a Willow fan too. I loved that show. And I loved Angel too. Good shows...quite upset that they ended.
Hmm...I like Raven Simone too. I think she's funny. that's a cute show.
Geez, there are a few more, but it's late and my brain is turning off.