After last week’s rant regarding great actors losing their talent as they’ve grown older, here’s a list of my top ten all-time favourite actors, with a list of their must see performances:
Jack Nicholson
see: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, Chinatown, Easy Rider, Carnal Knowledge, The Passenger, The Pledge, About Schmidt
Philip Seymour Hoffman
see: Capote, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Synecdoche New York, The Savages, Doubt, Happiness, Almost Famous, 25th Hour, The Big Labowski
Michelle Williams
see: Blue Valentine, Brokeback Mountain, I’m Not There, Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Shutter Island, The Station Agent
Dustin Hoffman
see: The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Pappillon, I Heart Huckabees, Lenny, Kramer vs. Kramer, Wag the Dog, Rain Man, Tootsie, Straight Time, Marathon Man, All the President’s Men, Straw Dogs
Klaus Kinski
see: Aguirre Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu, Woyzeck, Cobra Verde
Ryan Gosling
see: Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, Lars and the Real Girls, Drive
Kate Winslet
see: Little Children, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Extras, Heavenly Creatures, Revolutionary Road, Mildred Pierce
Abbie Cornish
see: Candy, Somersault, Bright Star
Marlon Brando
see: Apocalypse Now, Last Tango in Paris, The Godfather, A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront
Julianne Moore
see: Safe, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, A Single Man, Short Cuts, The Big Labowski, The Kids Are Alright, The Hours, Far From Heaven
