EWB's Top Actor

[livid]

Actor:

1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman

2. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

3. Gary Oldman

4. Sam Rockwell

5. Leonardo DiCaprio

6. Denzel Washington

7. Christian Bale

8. Daniel Day-Lewis

9. Ryan Gosling

10. Don Cheadle

Actress:

1. Natalie Portman

2. Amy Adams

3. Carey Mulligan

4. Marisa Tomei

5. Charlize Theron

Deceased:

1. Paul Newman

2. Sydney Pollack

3. Leslie Nielson

4. Marlon Brando

5. Patrick Swayze

Man these lists were pretty hard. Wouldn't be surprised if I go back and edit them at some point.

[Josh]

Um, DFF?

5. Julie Delpy

5. Milla Jovovich

Also

Ugh. You guys.

[GoGo Yubari]

Living (Male). My criterion here is it's based on whether if I see them on a cast list I'm like "oooh I want to see this now."

1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman

2. Steve Buscemi

3. Gary Oldman

4. Sam Rockwell

5. Bill Murray

6. Jeff Bridges

7. Jon Hamm

8. Brad Pitt

9. Matt Damon

10. Stephen Tobolowsky

Living (Female):

1. Kate Winslet

2. Natalie Portman

3. Cate Blanchett

4. Helen Mirren

5. Rashida Jones

Dead:

1. Toshiro Mifune

2. Jimmy Stewart

3. Peter Sellers

4. Katharine Hepburn

5. Takashi Shimura

[DFF]

Um, DFF?

5. Julie Delpy

5. Milla Jovovich

Also

Ugh. You guys.

Balls. Must've been when I edited in Noomi Rapace and was moving them all down. Shall correct now.

[Panni]

Best Actors

1. Leonardo Dicaprio

2. Robert Deniro

3. Denzel Washington

4. Matt Damon

5. Joe Pesci

6. Brad Pitt

7. Ryan Gosling

8. Ed Norton

9. Jim Carrey

10. Tom Hanks

Best Actresses

1. Natalie Portman

2. Kate Winslet

3. Marisa Tomei

4. Zooey Deschanel

5. Emma Stone

[Animal]

Actor

1. Brad Pitt

2. Bryan Cranston

3. Michael J. Fox

4. Johnny Depp

5. Denzel Washington

6. Tom Cruise

7. Bill Murray

8. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

9. Christian Bale

10.Michael C. Hall

Actress

1. Michelle Pfeiffer

2. Emma Stone

3. Sigourny Weaver

4. Alison Brie

5. Jennifer Aniston

Deceased

1. Peter Sellers

2. Graham Chapman

3. Heath Ledger

4. Charlie Chaplin

5. Leslie Nielsen

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

This thread will stay open until some time late Saturday or Sunday Japan time.

Japan time is a magical time in the future (except for the Aussies).

[Damian WayLNKe]

Actor

1. Brad Pitt

2. Jeff Bridges

3. Hugh Jackman

4. Jason Schwartzman

4. Christian Bale

5. Edward Norton

6. Matt Damon

7. Leonardo DiCaprio

8. Owen Wilson

9. Christopher Walken

10. Glenn Howerton

Actress

1. Helena Bonham Carter

2. Scarlett Johansson

3. Cate Blanchett

4. Olivia Wilde

5. Zooey Deschanel

Deceased

1. Paul Newman

2. Burgess Meredith

3. Vincent Price

4. Peter Cushing

5. Jimmy Stewart

[million$$man]

Actor:

Morgan Freeman

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Johnny Depp

Ed Norton Jr

Bill Murray

Denzel Washington

Sir Ben Kingsley

Michael Caine

Jack Nicholson

Actress:

Helen Mirren

Marissa Tomei

Kate Winslett

Natalie Portman

Halle Berry

Deceased:

Walter Matthau

Marlon Brando

Heath Ledger

Gregory Peck

Jack Lemmon

[METALMAN]

MALES

1. Clint Eastwood

2. Clive Dunn

3. Jacques Villeret

4. Alan Rickman

5. Morgan Freeman

6. Michael Sheen

7. Javier Bardem

8. Leo DiCaprio

9. Gerard Depardieu

10. Robert Downey Jr.

FEMALES

1. Natalie Portman cause hottie

2. Isabelle Huppert

3. Maggie Smith

4. Audrey Tautou

5. Scarlett Johansson

DECEASED

1. Marilyn Monroe cause hottie

2. John le Mesurier

3. Henry Fonda

4. Peter Sellers

5. Charlie Chaplin

This was pretty hard for me because I don't really have strong opinions for actors in the manner I do for music. There's not really any actors I strongly like or dislike. I'd say Clint Eastwood and Mariyln Monroe are the exceptions, but perhaps that's less to do with their films (which I do like) but more because they're just cool. The only other actors I have a strong affinity for is the entire cast of Dad's Army, but nominating them all would just be silly. >_>

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Closed. I'm counting.

[Josh]

Zooey Deschanel is gonna be in the Top 5 actresses, isn't she? Damn you guys.

[TKz]

Zooey Deschanel is gonna be in the Top 5 actresses, isn't she? Damn you guys.

Which would be silly. I mean, I get it, I'd like to show her an underwhelming five minutes too guys, but she plays the exact same character in every film or TV show. I mean fuck, I added Olivia Wilde on my list mostly because I needed a fifth and I think she's gorgeous, but at least she's got some variation in her roles.

[livid]

But again, it's not necessarily best actor, it's really more favorite so why does it matter?

I get the point you're making and I would actually agree but I hate it when that stuff comes up in topics like these. People use a different criteria than you to vote which is fine.

[GoGo Yubari]

Man, I was hoping at least CSAMH would back me up on Toshiro Mifune.

[TGC]

Zooey Deschanel is gonna be in the Top 5 actresses, isn't she? Damn you guys.

Which would be silly. I mean, I get it, I'd like to show her an underwhelming five minutes too guys, but she plays the exact same character in every film or TV show. I mean fuck, I added Olivia Wilde on my list mostly because I needed a fifth and I think she's gorgeous, but at least she's got some variation in her roles.

Olivia Wilde is actually a fine young actress who does seem to be growing and getting better as she goes on, hence the reason I added her, so that I get. However, as the criteria clearly stated, it was to be your favorite/best/however you wanted to judge it and whatever you wanted to base it on. If that basis was "Top 5 actresses I'd love to put my inexperienced little penis in" then oh well. It's an EWB poll, it's far from some science.

[TKz]

But again, it's not necessarily best actor, it's really more favorite so why does it matter?

I get the point you're making and I would actually agree but I hate it when that stuff comes up in topics like these. People use a different criteria than you to vote which is fine.

I guess I kind of took "Top" to mean "Best". If we're just voting on favorites, fair enough.

This also means I have a way to justify to myself not adding Chloe Mortez to my list. Because fuck, I forgot about her, but at the same time I'm not sure two pretty awesome performances and a hilarious 30 Rock appearance really warrant a spot.

[livid]

But again, it's not necessarily best actor, it's really more favorite so why does it matter?

I get the point you're making and I would actually agree but I hate it when that stuff comes up in topics like these. People use a different criteria than you to vote which is fine.

I guess I kind of took "Top" to mean "Best". If we're just voting on favorites, fair enough.

This also means I have a way to justify to myself not adding Chloe Mortez to my list. Because fuck, I forgot about her, but at the same time I'm not sure two pretty awesome performances and a hilarious 30 Rock appearance really warrant a spot.

CSAMH clearly states in the first post:

Use "top" to mean whatever you want it to mean but it's YOUR list, not a list you think it should be and not what you think others want you to say.

Like I said, I get where you're coming from with that and it's not really how I did my list but if Zooey is somebody's favorite actress, she doesn't need to be the best.

[TKz]

Kind of wish I'd read that. I would have put Michael Fassbender in all the slots. What a hunk of man flesh he is.

[Jimmy]

I took it as favourite, too. I went with GoGo's reasoning of - if they're in the film, will I want to see it on the basis of it having them in.