Favourite/Greatest acting performances

Decent list.
Glad someone mentioned Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke as that is one of the special one from before our times that crossed my mind yesterday.
Dicraprio like Winslet and De Niro is special in so many of them.
Most amazing ones to me and maybe also the most disturbing at same time are De Niro in Taxi Driver and Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk With Me. They played both roles so on the edge and just compelling the whole movie.

I'm going to add another Lynch one

Noami watts, mulholland drive
Laura Dern, inland empire
 

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George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Pretty much everyone cast in the Wire.

Eva Greene - Casino Royale

Ricky Gervais - the Office.

Bruno Ganz - Downfall

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Ian McShane - Al Swearengen; Ethen Bennet - E B Farnham.
 
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Only seen the first one and was so long ago I struggle to remember. I only seen it once.
Inland Empire I will watch some day when my mind is ready for it. Too scared to watch at the moment. ha ha


Inland empire is like season 3, so be prepared... if that's possible. I still don't fully understand that movie.
 
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George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Pretty much everyone cast in the Wire.

Eva Greene - Casino Royale

Ricky Gervais - the Office.

Bruno Ganz - Downfall

Michael Keaton - Birdman

Ian McShane - Al Swearengen; Ethen Bennet - E B Farnham.

Pretty much everyone in the office is perfect.
But I always think Ralph Ineson (Finchy) steals the show.

Matt King as Super Hans in Peep Show is another notable performer in British comedy. Pretty much delivers the best 2-3 lines in every episode.
 

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Pretty much everyone in the office is perfect.
But I always think Ralph Ineson (Finchy) steals the show.

Matt King as Super Hans in Peep Show is another notable performer in British comedy. Pretty much delivers the best 2-3 lines in every episode.
Yeah it seems wrong singling anyone out from the office tbh.

Haven't seen Peep Show, I'll have to check it out.
 

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Didn't really think to include comedy performances earlier Michael Palin but as Pontius Pilate in life of Brian was amazing imo.
 
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Another one of my favourite performances was Ben Kingsley playing psychotic gangster Don Logan in Sexy Beast, very different from his other roles like Ghandi but he just oozes menace through the whole film.



Ray Winstone who was great in it too said Ben Kingsley rocked up on set in character and was a campaigner to everyone, a real method actor.

Pretty much everyone in the office is perfect.
But I always think Ralph Ineson (Finchy) steals the show.

Matt King as Super Hans in Peep Show is another notable performer in British comedy. Pretty much delivers the best 2-3 lines in every episode.

I never got into Peep Show when it first aired but watched almost the whole series when they replayed it on ABC2 recently, would be up there now with my favourite UK comedy series of this century along with The Office, Extras and The Mighty Boosh.

I don't know why it took me so long to get around to watching it as I was big fan of That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch show but glad I finally did.
 
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Also a bit of a left field one, but Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte lifted Warrior from Rocky knock-off to phenomenal film.
Couldnt agree more. Love that movie. All three are fantastic but Nolte in particular is phenomenal! Cant believe he didnt win an oscar for that.
 
Every one mentioning acting roles in David Lynch films but have left out the two best ones.

Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet
Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story
Patricia Arquette & Robert Blake arent half bad in Lost Highway either.

He was such a great villain in that movie.

And, since we have mentioned TV shows. Might as well add:
Kyle MacLahlan Twin Peaks
Nicole Kidman Big Little Lies
 
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He was such a great villain in that movie.

And, since we have mentioned TV shows. Might as well add:
Kyle MacLahlan Twin Peaks
Nicole Kidman Big Little Lies

What the *. No Naomi Watts ? She was nearly as good as Kyle McLachlan in that.
John Noble in Fringe.
Never knew he was an Aussie until I had watched about 30 episodes and saw on some DVD extras he was from here.
Susie in Curb Your Enthusiasm is ******* gold!!!
 
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I reckon Mickey Rourke ****** his career the hardest, the dude was a legit 10/10 actor and he basically burnt all bridges and ruined his career and himself, it's sad to see.

Sadly it seems he took roles on where he did not need to stretch himself to act much.
Oh my god, The Wrestler is both good and sad at same time in terms of looking how ****ed up he has made himself. Least he is not into Ben Cousins territory.
 
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