Who's The Best Male Movie Actor of the Sound Era?

• 1.Marlon Brando 2.Jimmy Stewart 3.Robert DeNiro 4.Al Pacino 5.Jack Nicholson

• 1.  Mickey Rourke 2.  Jeff Bridges 3.  Clint Eastwood 4.  Johnny Depp 5.  Paul Newman

• 1) Jimmy Stewart 2) James Cagney 3) Clark Gable 4) Humphrey Bogart 5) Mel Gibson

• I guess when you're an Idol judge and you have no memory of Bo Bice/Carrie Underwood/Kelly Clarkson/Tamyra Gray/Insert Name of Your Favorite Former Idol here, a delicious hot dog begins to resemble a pork tenderloin. ...

• Gene Hackman Sean Connery Tommy Lee Jones Johnny Depp Samuel L Jackson

• Richard Burton must be mentioned. And there's my sentimental choice, Peter Lorre.

• DEAD: Charles Laughton James Stewart Claude Rains James Cagney Fredrick March ALIVE: Gene Hackman Daniel Day Lewis Robert Deniro Sean Penn Anthony Hopkins

• 1. Spencer Tracy 2. Cary Grant 3. Jimmy Stewart 4. Claude Rains 5. Joel McCrea 6. Alec Guinness

• Thom Bierdz - The Young and the Restless

• Brando Mitchum Daniel Day-Lewis Jack Lemmon Paul Newman Gary Oldman Javier Bardem Marcello Mastroianni Robert DeNiro Sidney Poitier Johnny Depp Paul Muni

• Brando Mitchum Daniel Day-Lewis Jack Lemmon Paul Newman Gary Oldman Javier Bardem Marcello Mastroianni Robert DeNiro Sidney Poitier Johnny Depp Paul Muni

• Also-not-mentioned yet: Robert Duvall (oops!)

• Also-not-mentioned yet: Robert Duvall (oops!)

• Not mentioned yet: James Cagney Robert Donat John Mills Not mentioned enough: Gene Hackman Mentioned too often: Daniel Day-Lewis

• Not mentioned yet: James Cagney Robert Donat John Mills Not mentioned enough: Gene Hackman Mentioned too often: Daniel Day-Lewis

• 1. Cesar Romero 2. Norman Fell 3. Don Knotts 4. Dom Deluise 5. Divine

• 1. Cesar Romero 2. Norman Fell 3. Don Knotts 4. Dom Deluise 5. Divine

• Agree with Peter Sellers, but also Dustin Hoffman. They can disappear into any role.

• Agree with Peter Sellers, but also Dustin Hoffman. They can disappear into any role.

• I'll narrow my list to guys under the age of about 55: 1.) Benicio Del Toro 2.) Sean Penn 3.) Denzel Washington 4.) Daniel Day Lewis 5.) Don Cheadle 6.) Johnny Depp 7.) Mickey Rourke 8.) Russell Crowe 9.) Christian Bale 10.) Philip Seymour Hoffman

• I'll narrow my list to guys under the age of about 55: 1.) Benicio Del Toro 2.) Sean Penn 3.) Denzel Washington 4.) Daniel Day Lewis 5.) Don Cheadle 6.) Johnny Depp 7.) Mickey Rourke 8.) Russell Crowe 9.) Christian Bale 10.) Philip Seymour Hoffman

• Daniel Day Lewis That is all.

• Daniel Day Lewis That is all.

• Who can act in black and white except Ryan O'neal in Paper Moon? Or as it's known west of the Euphrates - Papayrus Al Qamar! - Surely the greatest screen actor of all time is young Jason Schwartzman! He has managed to embody at such a tender age the entire pantheon of screen legends both living and dead in the one body. What an inspired character choice to portray Louis XVI as a hairy yid. There's a special Schwartzman magic to all his roles - Shopgirl, Darjeeling Express, Funny People, where his big brown labrador eyes, long greasy hair, and wooden plank delivery suggest he's captured the zeitgeist of the pharacutically subdued American male. Too cool to even try and act. Jason oozes the I went to expensive private school with the Coppola siblings. We spoke french on Fridays, and spent the weekends at the Coppola vineyards in Napa where we'd watch Sanjat Ray movies drinking Zinfidal planning the cinematic revolution of our generation. Jason Schwatzman ladies and gentleman. Jason Schwartzman!

• Who can act in black and white except Ryan O'neal in Paper Moon? Or as it's known west of the Euphrates - Papayrus Al Qamar! - Surely the greatest screen actor of all time is young Jason Schwartzman! He has managed to embody at such a tender age the entire pantheon of screen legends both living and dead in the one body. What an inspired character choice to portray Louis XVI as a hairy yid. There's a special Schwartzman magic to all his roles - Shopgirl, Darjeeling Express, Funny People, where his big brown labrador eyes, long greasy hair, and wooden plank delivery suggest he's captured the zeitgeist of the pharacutically subdued American male. Too cool to even try and act. Jason oozes the I went to expensive private school with the Coppola siblings. We spoke french on Fridays, and spent the weekends at the Coppola vineyards in Napa where we'd watch Sanjat Ray movies drinking Zinfidal planning the cinematic revolution of our generation. Jason Schwatzman ladies and gentleman. Jason Schwartzman!

• In alphbetical order: Marlon Brando Michael Caine Karl Malden Paul Newman James Stewart

• In alphbetical order: Marlon Brando Michael Caine Karl Malden Paul Newman James Stewart

• Not in order: Cary Grant Robert DeNiro Phillip Seymour Hoffman Max Von Sydow Barney Fife

• Not in order: Cary Grant Robert DeNiro Phillip Seymour Hoffman Max Von Sydow Barney Fife

• Odd that there really is no male Meryl...

• Odd that there really is no male Meryl...

• Marlon Brando Burt Lancaster Daniel Day Lewis Jack Nicholson Henry Fonda

• Marlon Brando Burt Lancaster Daniel Day Lewis Jack Nicholson Henry Fonda

• 1) Harvey Korman 2) tie between Marlon Brando & Peter Sellars 3) tie between Laurence Olivier, Walter Matthau, and George C. Scott 4)Humphrey Bogart 5) Jan Decleir (Belgian)

• 1) Harvey Korman 2) tie between Marlon Brando & Peter Sellars 3) tie between Laurence Olivier, Walter Matthau, and George C. Scott 4)Humphrey Bogart 5) Jan Decleir (Belgian)

• Marlon Brando Alberto Sordi Robert De Niro Alec Guinness Paul Newman

• Al Pacino Robert DeNiro Dustin Hoffman Jack Nicholson Mickey Rourke

• 1) Robert DeNiro 2) Dustin Hoffman 3) Robert Redford 4) Jack Nicholson 5) Johnny Depp

• What is wrong with you people? Did any of you so called movie buffs ever hear of GENE HACKMAN? He could do anything Spencer Tracy did. Another actor who made it look too easy was James Garner.

• Richard Ulacia Ken Ogata Denzel Washington Philippe Nahon Gottfried John and there you have it.

• Alan Rickman Dirk Bogarde Cary Grant James Mason Walter Matthau

• 1. James Mason (see "Odd Man Out") 2. Max von Sydow (see "Pelle...") 3. Robert Ryan (see "Caught") 4. Cary Grant (see "Notorious") 5. Burt Lancaster (see "The Leopard")

• Musto, your list has no range. They all pretty much play themselves in every movie.

• Spencer Tracy is in the top five listed in the blog post.

• agree with some of these, however no particular order, but where are Spencer Tracy Alan Rickman Toshiro Mifune

• Tommy Lee Jones - consistently good in whatever role he plays.

• Frederick Martin "Fred" MacMurray, masterful and at the top of his game in 'The Shaggy Dog', the 1959 Walt Disney movie. Andy Griffith, masterful and at the top of his game in 'Onionhead', the 1958 movie set on a US Coast Guard ship during World War II. Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico and later dubbed 'A man for all ethnic seasons', masterful, most poignant and at the top of his game in 'The Shoes of the Fisherman', the 1968 film based on the play by the Australian author Morris West. Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr., masterful and at the top of his game in... hard choice, 'Smokey and the Bandit II' or 'Cannonball Run II'. Elmore Rual Torn, Jr., known as Rip Torn, masterful and at the top of his game on January 29, 2010, when he was arrested after breaking into a closed Litchfield Bancorp branch office in Salisbury, Connecticut, and charged with carrying a firearm without a permit and while intoxicated, first-degree burglary, second-degree criminal trespassing and third-degree criminal mischief.

• My TOP five 1. William Holden (Sunset Blvd) 2 George Peppard ( Breakfast at Tiffany's) 3. Gary Oldman. (Anything) 4. Kenneth Branaugh (Hamlet especially or Wallander) 5. Montgomery Clift ( Not so great but great looking!)

• I prefer to separate those who are "Stars" (those who pretty much play themselves in each role but we love them for it: Tracy, Grant, Brando, Stewart, Lemmon) from those who I feel are good actors, those who can immerse themselves in the role so that we forget they are not their character. Geoffrey Rush Kenneth Branaugh Daniel Day Lewis Alec Guiness Javier Bardem (Honorable mention to Heath Ledger, who was certainly on his way).

• In no particular order: Paul Newman Jack Nicholson Robert Deniro Daniel Day-Lewis Christopher Walken

• Who's Birol Unel???

• 5. Heath Ledger 4. Morgan Freeman 3. Gary Cooper and two of the most-underrated actors today: 2. Birol Unel 1. Gary Oldman

• Mine are kinda boring but I love the talent in this group Robert DeNiro Dustin Hoffman Ernest Borgnine Jack Lemmon Gregory Peck

• Leonardo is horrible. I don't know what kind of voodoo he put on Scorcese to keep putting him in his movies.

• Robert Mitchum, motherfucker

• Leonardo couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. See "Shutter Island" if you need proof.

• Marlon Brando Gary Oldman Leonardo DiCaprio Al Pacino Daniel Day Lewis

• So what's BRANDO', chopped liver, lard, bacon, steak, hamburger & meat pie??? He was a 'hot-dog' in his younger days!

• Johnny Depp gives the impression that he can do it all, but he's actually very limited. Same bag of tricks over and over. I'm dreading "Alice." I'll go with Jeff Bridges and Colin Firth.

• How wonderful that the aptly named Divine gets mentioned thrice in a row, without my being aware of her having been already posted. This is one case where playing oneself matters, if the self's as amazing as what she presented.

• I'll confess I was tempted to cheat by sneaking in Garbo, but anyways: Divine, John Holmes, Richard Pryor (in his filmed concerts), Jamie Gillis, John Garfield. All dead, alas (poor Jamie just a few days ago), all memorable in their performances, for whatever reason.

• Bill Murray. Cary Grant. David Niven. Divine. Geoffrey Rush.

• What about Divine?

• No Brad Pitt?

• Thank you for putting Jack Lemmon! My top 5: Jack Lemmon, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn

• 1) Olivier 2) Branaugh 3) Leslie Howard 4) Daniel Day Lewis 5) Jeremy Irons I'm partial to Brits.

• 1. Paul Newman 2. Johnny Depp 3. Humphrey Bogart 4. Daniel Day Lewis 5. Morgan Freeman

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