NFT:Favorite movies of your favorite actor(s)

[Nzoner]

Just finished with some hot yard work and now after a shower I'm sitting here with a cold margarita and ready to relax.Ok,I'm bored,but humor me.

Last night I watched Al Pacino in Serpico for the first time in many years and had forgotten how great of a movie it was.Anyhow,it got me to thinking about my favorite actors and some of my favorite movies by them and of course I wanted to see what the Planet responses would be to the question.

[bobbything]

John Cusack in Better Off Dead, Grosse Point Blank, and Say Anything.

[Goapics1]

Just finished with some hot yard work and now after a shower I'm sitting here with a cold margarita and ready to relax.Ok,I'm bored,but humor me.

Last night I watched Al Pacino in Serpico for the first time in many years and had forgotten how great of a movie it was.Anyhow,it got me to thinking about my favorite actors and some of my favorite movies by them and of course I wanted to see what the Planet responses would be to the question.
I figured you to be a Tom Cruise fan, Nzoner.

[Spicy McHaggis]

I'm with you on Pacino, he's got to be #1 or at the very least in the top 3 of my list.

I've found that even in movies that aren't the best I can still enjoy a quality acting job by some of the actors I like.

[eff the donkeys]

Paul Newman in Hud

[HemiEd]

Robert Duvall, hands down for me. He was very good in the Godfather series but he had many better roles. My favorite line of his: "Rubbin' is Racin." from Days of Thunder.

[Nzoner]

I figured you to be a Tom Cruise fan, Nzoner.

And you reached this conclusion how?

[Goapics1]

And you reached this conclusion how?
I'm just making sure you are not loaded yet.

[luv]

Tom Hanks in NEARLY everything he's done.

[shakesthecat]

Robert Duvall, hands down for me. He was very good in the Godfather series but he had many better roles. My favorite line of his: "Rubbin' is Racin."


Yep, I'll watch just about anything he does.
"The Great Santini" would be my favorite though.

[Nzoner]

Robert Duvall, hands down for me. He was very good in the Godfather series but he had many better roles. My favorite line of his: "Rubbin' is Racin."

Are you saying you preferred him in Days Of Thunder over The Godfather?

Good call though,Duvall is great as well.A couple of my favs with him besides The Godfather is The Killer Elite with James Cann and The Great Santini.

[HemiEd]

Yep, I'll watch just about anything he does.
"The Great Santini" would be my favorite though.
That is a fantastic movie as well, he did so many.

Are you saying you preferred him in Days Of Thunder over The Godfather?

Good call though,Duvall is great as well.A couple of my favs with him besides The Godfather is The Killer Elite with James Cann and The Great Santini.

I love about everything he has done, especially when he is in a lead role. I am predisposed to like the gearhead movies though, thus the love for Days of thunder. I really liked Bullit as well, even though he was not a lead in that one. The 68 Charger in that movie is awesome!

[Nzoner]

I really liked Bullit as well, even though he was not a lead in that one. The 68 Charger in that movie is awesome!

That also brings to mind another great though,Steve McQueen.

[Dartgod]

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

[HemiEd]

That also brings to mind another great though,Steve McQueen.

Oh yeah, and everybodys favorite these days, Tom Cruise. Duvall has had an incredible career. Another one of my favorites that does not get many roles is Sam Elliot.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Gene Hackman in Hoosiers
Keifer Sutherland in The Lost Boys and Young Guns
Emilio Estevez in Young Guns
Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman
Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
Bill Pullman in Independance Day
Jeff Goldblum in Independance Day
Sam Neil in Jurassic Park
Ashley Judd in Double Jeopardy

MORGAN FREEMAN IN EVERYTHING!

[carlos3652]

Brad Pitt (MO local)- I could watch any movie and be entertained... naming a few of my favorites:

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Troy (2004)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Spy Game (2001)
The Mexican (2001)
Snatch. (2000)
Fight Club (1999)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Devil's Own (1997)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)

[luv]

Brad Pitt (MO local)- I could watch any movie and be entertained... naming a few of my favorites:

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Troy (2004)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Spy Game (2001)
The Mexican (2001)
Snatch. (2000)
Fight Club (1999)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Devil's Own (1997)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
No Legends of the Fall?

[AustinChief]

Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke

Warden: YOU'RE GOIN' TO GET USED TO WEARIN' THEM CHAINS, LUKE, BUT YOU NEVER STOP LISTENIN' TO THEM CLINKIN'. THEY'RE GOING TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYIN'... FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. Luke: WISH YOU'D STOP BEING SO GOOD TO ME. Warden: DON'T YOU EVER TALK THAT WAY TO ME. NEVER! NEVER! WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE. SOME MEN YOU JUST CAN'T REACH. SO YOU GET WHAT WE HAD HERE LAST WEEK, WHICH IS THE WAY HE WANTS IT. WELL, HE GETS IT. I DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE THAN YOU MEN.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Pacino is my #1... Godfather 1/2, Scent of a Woman, The Insider, Serpico, Scarface... hell, I even REALLY enjoyed him in Dick Tracy.

Robert Duvall... "Rubbin' is Racin." from Days of Thunder.
And I believe the line is, "And rubbin', son, is racin'."

[luv]

Pacino is my #1... Godfather 1/2, Scent of a Woman, The Insider, Serpico, Scarface... hell, I even REALLY enjoyed him in Dick Tracy.


And I believe the line is, "And rubbin', son, is racin'."
Careful y'all. The quote king is here.

[carlos3652]

No Legends of the Fall?

1994 movie that I never saw (never shown in Argentina)... I've seen the ones I posted (either US or Argentina).. Might have to rent it if its that good though... I made it to the US in 97'

[Nzoner]

Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

One of my favorite scenes ever as well when RP is doing the play by play of the World Series."Somebody get me a fockin' weiner!"

That was the quote wasn't it Fire? ;)

[HemiEd]

Pacino is my #1... Godfather 1/2, Scent of a Woman, The Insider, Serpico, Scarface... hell, I even REALLY enjoyed him in Dick Tracy.


And I believe the line is, "And rubbin', son, is racin'."


I stand corrected, I think you are right. I gotta watch it again now, it seems like that is repeated a few times. I probably have not watched it in 10 ro 12 years. It came out around 1990 I think.

[KChiefs1]

Gene Hackman in Hoosiers
Keifer Sutherland in The Lost Boys and Young Guns
Emilio Estevez in Young Guns
Al Pacino in Scent Of A Woman
Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption
Bill Pullman in Independance Day
Jeff Goldblum in Independance Day
Sam Neil in Jurassic Park
Ashley Judd in Double Jeopardy
MORGAN FREEMAN IN EVERYTHING!

Good List....here's some more off the top of my head:

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan or Forrest Gump or Castaway
Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty or The Usual Suspects
John Belushi in Animal House or The Blues Brothers
Jack Lemmon in The Apartment
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now or The Great Santini
Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant
Bruce Dern in Black Sunday
Brad Pitt in Fight Club
Gene Hackman in The Conversation
Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke
Bruce Willis in Die Hard
Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove
Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night
Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man or Kramer vs Kramer or Rain Man
Russell Crowe in LA Confidential or Gladiator
Lee Marvin in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or Cat Ballou
Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales or Dirty Harry or GB&U
John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull or Taxi Driver

[Dartgod]

One of my favorite scenes ever as well when RP is doing the play by play of the World Series."Somebody get me a fockin' weiner!"

That was the quote wasn't it Fire? ;)
Pretty close.

"Someone get me a f***ing wiener before I die."

[Nzoner]

No Legends of the Fall?

With yet another great in Anthony Hopkins.

[Nzoner]

Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales or Dirty Harry or GB&U

Just picking one from your list but wanted to give Eastwood's movie The Beguiled some props,a true must see for any Eastwood fan.

[MOhillbilly]

joe pesci casino&goodfellas

'you hear something frankie?'

[DJJasonp]

How 'bout:

Deniro and Liotta in "Goodfellas"
Harrison Ford in any "Star Wars" movie
Costner in "Bull Durham"
Vince Vaughn in "Swingers"
Will Ferrel as "Frank the Tank"

And old school actor...

Steve McQueen in "The Great Escape"

[Nubian Nut]

Travolta & Jackson-"Pulp Fiction"
Mel Gibson-"Payback"
Liotta-"Goodfellas"

[Miles]

Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven
Bruce Willis - Die Hard and Pulp Fiction
Eastwood - The Unforgiven
Bogart - The Maltese Falcon
Toshiro Mifune - Yojimbo
Jack Nicholson - Chinatown, The Shining
Steve McQueen - Papillon
Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner
Christopher Walken - King of New York, At Close Range

I left off DeNiro and Pacino since they have too many to list.

[chagrin]

steve mcqueen - Pappillon
clint eastwood - high plains drifter
val kilmer - tombstone
michael douglas - the game
kevin spacey - seven

many more

[Nzoner]

Christopher Walken -At Close Range

Nice,glad to be of service.

[Miles]

That is a fantastic movie as well, he did so many.



I love about everything he has done, especially when he is in a lead role. I am predisposed to like the gearhead movies though, thus the love for Days of thunder. I really liked Bullit as well, even though he was not a lead in that one. The 68 Charger in that movie is awesome!

Speaking of gearhead movies Steve McQueen's Le Mans is a pretty damn good racing flick. Its a bit thin on plot but has some great racing scenes.

[Miles]

Nice,glad to be of service.

Now I need to check out The Beguiled.

[JimNasium]

Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.

[Nzoner]

Some excellent choices so far,as for my list I'm not going to list Pacino DeNiro or Nicholson because as someone already stated just too many great ones.

Vince Vaughn-Clay Pigeons
Ed Harris-Just Cause,State Of Grace
Charles Bronson-Hard Times,The Mechanic
James Caan-The Godfather,Thief,The Killer Elite
James Cagney-Public Enemy,White Heat,Angels With Dirty Faces
Robert Shaw-Jaws

[penchief]

January Man starring Kevin Kline.

[DeepSouth]

Gene Hackman

as Little Billy Daggett in The Unforgiven
as President Allen Richmond in Absolute Power
as Rankin Fitch in Runaway Jury
as John Herod in The Quick and the Dead
as Agent Anderson in Mississippi Burning
as Lex Luthor in Superman
as Rev. Frank Scott in The Poseidon Adventure

[milkman]

Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.

Mr. Smith goes to Washington.
The Philadelphia Story.
Harvey.

And of course:

It's a Wonderful Life

[DJay23]

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan
Denzel Washington in Man on Fire
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation and The Life Aquatic
Zach Braff in Garden State

[DJay23]

Forgot Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

[DJay23]

More keep popping in:

Robert Shaw in Jaws and Battle of the Bulge.

[Deberg_1990]

Are you saying you preferred him in Days Of Thunder over The Godfather?

Good call though,Duvall is great as well.A couple of my favs with him besides The Godfather is The Killer Elite with James Cann and The Great Santini.

My personall fave of his is Augustas McCrae in the original Lonesume Dove Miniseries....just a brilliant performance.

[DeepPurple]

Gene Hackman "Hoosiers", "The French Connection" & "No Way Out"
Robert Deniro in "Taxi Driver" & "Godfather II"
Jack Nicholson in "Chinatown" & "One Flew over the Cuckcoo's Nest"
Robert Blake in "In Cold Blood"
Lee J. Cobb in "12 Angry Men" & "The Exorcist"
Humphrey Bogard in "The Caine Mutiny"
Warren Beatty in "Heaven can Wait", "Bonnie and Clyde" & "Splendor in the Grass"
James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" & "Giant"
Natalie Wood in "Rebel Without a Cause" & "Splendor in the Grass"
Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate" & "Midnight Cowboy"
Richard Dreyfuss in "Jaws" & "American Graffitti"
Peter Finch "Network"
Faye Dunaway "Network", "Chinatown" & "Bonnie & Clyde"
Anthony Perkins "Psycho" & "On the Beach"
Clint Eastwood "Dirty Harry"
Tom Hanks "Forest Gump" & "Saving Private Ryan" & "Big"
Donald Sutherland "Mash"
Jon Voight "Midnight Cowboy", "Deliverance" & "5 People you Meet in Heaven"
Morgan Freeman "Million Dollar Baby", "Shawshank Redemption" & "Seven"
Nicholas Cage "Raising Arizona", "Red Rock", "Peggy Sue got Married" & "National Treasure"
John Belushi in "Animal House"
Peter Sellers in "Being There" & Dr. Strangelove"
Jody Foster in "Silence of the Lambs" & "Taxi Driver"
Robert Duvall in "Apocalypse Now"

[Deberg_1990]

John Cusack in Say Anything
Bill Murray in Meatball, Stripes, Ghostbuters, Tootsie
Clint Eastwood in any Dirty Harry flick
Robert Duvall in Lonesume Dove, The Apostle
Roy Schiender, Dreyfuss and Shaw in Jaws
Chris Reeves as Superman
Pacino and DeNero in Heat
DeNero and Grodin in Midnight Run
Walter Mattheu in Bad News Bears
Jack Black in School of Rock
Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
Bruce Willis in Die Hard and Moonlighting
Steve McQueen in Towering Inferno
Paul Newman in the Verdict
Sean Penn in Fast Times
Robert Redford in Electric Horseman
Tom Cruise in Top Gun
John Wayne in Rio Bravo

I could go on forever....

[HemiEd]

Good call though,Duvall is great as well.A couple of my favs with him besides The Godfather is The Killer Elite with James Cann and The Great Santini.

I watched an incredible movie tonight, "Phenomonon." Duvall played a great role in it as the Doc. I have no idea when it was made, had not even heard of it before.

[Rausch]

Brad Pitt was insane good in Fight Club.

People also either forget or don't know about Jack Nicholson's amazing performance in Five Easy Pieces.

The performance of Val Kilmer in Tombstone is nothing short of amazing. He was flawless.

Peter Fonda was very good in Ulee's Gold.

Timothy Hutton and Malcolm McDowell are also personal favorites...

[Rausch]

John Cusack in Say Anything
Bill Murray in Meatball, Stripes, Ghostbuters, Tootsie
Clint Eastwood in any Dirty Harry flick
Robert Duvall in Lonesume Dove, The Apostle
Roy Schiender, Dreyfuss and Shaw in Jaws
Chris Reeves as Superman
Pacino and DeNero in Heat
DeNero and Grodin in Midnight Run
Walter Mattheu in Bad News Bears
Jack Black in School of Rock
Johnny Depp in Ed Wood
Bruce Willis in Die Hard and Moonlighting
Steve McQueen in Towering Inferno
Paul Newman in the Verdict
Sean Penn in Fast Times
Robert Redford in Electric Horseman
Tom Cruise in Top Gun
John Wayne in Rio Bravo

I could go on forever....

HTF could I forget Newman in Cool Hand Luke?...
:banghead:

Might be my favorite movie of all time.

[Miles]

Peter Fonda was very good in Ulee's Gold.

Nice call on this one. Really good lesser known movie as well.

[DenverChief]

Denzel Washington in just about anything he does but most specifically "Courage Under Fire" , "The Hurricane" and "The Seige".

[DenverChief]

Bill Murray in Meatball, Stripes, Ghostbuters, Tootsie
Robert Duvall in Lonesume Dove, The Apostle

What about

Bill Murray "What about bob?" and "Groundhog day"

Robert Duvall in "Colors"

[Rausch]

Robert Duvall in "Colors"

Good call.

There were also a ton of good performances in Falling Down.

[Miles]

Few more:

Gary Oldman: The Professional, State of Grace, Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Cheadle: Hotel Rwanda, Traffic, Boogie Nights
Jeremy Irons: Dead Ringers
Gregory Peck: To Kill a Mockingbird
Kevin Spacey: The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Seven
Daniel Day-Lewis: Gangs of New York, Last of the Mohicans
Tim Roth: Legent of 1900, Reservoir Dogs
Michael Cain: Get Carter, The Ipcress File
Bob Hoskins: Mona Lisa, Long Good Friday
John Malkovich: Shadow of the Vampire, Ripley's Game, Dangerous Liaisons

[luv]

Few more:

Gary Oldman: The Professional, State of Grace, Romeo Is Bleeding
Don Cheadle: Hotel Rwanda, Traffic, Boogie Nights
Jeremy Irons: Dead Ringers
Gregory Peck: To Kill a Mockingbird
Kevin Spacey: The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Seven
Daniel Day-Lewis: Gangs of New York, Last of the Mohicans
Tim Roth: Legent of 1900, Reservoir Dogs
Michael Cain: Get Carter, The Ipcress File
Bob Hoskins: Mona Lisa, Long Good Friday
John Malkovich: Shadow of the Vampire, Ripley's Game, Dangerous Liaisons
I rented Hotel Rwanda this week. Haven't watched it yet though. I'm learning that you have good taste in the less mainstream movie genre.

[DenverChief]

I rented Hotel Rwanda this week. Haven't watched it yet though. I'm learning that you have good taste in the less mainstream movie genre.

I love indie films

[Rausch]

Few more:

Gary Oldman: The Professional,

Great flick.

Only one I own with a frog in it (to my knowledge.)

[luv]

Great flick.

Only one I own with a frog in it (to my knowledge.)
Got something against frogs?

[Miles]

Great flick.

Only one I own with a frog in it (to my knowledge.)

Jean Reno is another one of my favorites. Im not sure if the is technically French even though his a big name actor there. I think he is from somewhere in North Africa.

[Miles]

I rented Hotel Rwanda this week. Haven't watched it yet though. I'm learning that you have good taste in the less mainstream movie genre.

Hotel Rwanda is damn good. Might have been the best movie of last year.

[Miles]

Thought of a few more.

Robin Williams: Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Insomnia
Harvey Keitel: Taking Sides, Mean Streets, Reservoir Dogs
Stellan Skarsgård: Taking Sides, Insomnia
Klaus Kinski: Nosferatu, Aguirre: The Wrath of God

[arrowhead20]

Brad Pitt- Troy and Fight club
Russell Crowe- Gladiator and Beautiful Mind
Mel Gibson- Braveheart and Payback
Jack Nicholson- One flew over the Cuckoos nest and As Good as It Gets
John Malkovic- Of mice and men and Rounders
Harvey Kietel- Reservoir Dogs
Steve Buscemi-Reservoir dogs and Fargo
Mike Madsen- Kill Bill 2 and Reservoir Dogs
Kevin Coster- Dances with Wolves and Tin Cup
Steve Martin- Man with 2 Brains and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Edward Norton- Fight Club and American History X

[Otter]

Paul Newman.

Favorite movies are a tie between:

Cool Hand Luke
Slapshot
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

[Jenson71]

Here's just a few "not so obvious"...

James Woods - The Virgin Suicides, Once Upon a Time in America
Jim Carrey - The Truman Show, The Majestic
John Cazale - The Godfather Part II, The Deer Hunter
Jack Lemmon - Some Like it Hot, The Apartment
Spencer Tracy - Fury, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

[whtgldwldr]

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Lee, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, and Jason Mewes in Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back.

[Baby Lee]

I am predisposed to like the gearhead movies though, thus the love for Days of thunder.
For me, Duvall in Days of Thunder is the equivalent of DeNiro in Rocky and Bullwinkle, or Nicholson in Mars Attacks.
The depth of my derision for that movie knows no end. It's a fricken formula movie, Top Gun for RedNecks.
Fer Chrissakes, Duval has a long soliloquy about how he's gonna hand craft a car for Mr. Thetan-free. "Ahm-ah gonna take some sheet metal, and ah'll shave it here, and slope it there, bend it and lower it, and love it and call it George."
Then somehow they take to the track with a car looking a d@mn site like a Chevy Lumina. Huh???
And don't get me started on the stellar in-race dialog.

Thetan-free: I'ma gonna pass him.
Duval: Don't do it.
T-F: I will
Duval: dang it, dont.
T-F: OK, ah'm passin' him.
Duval: Well Ah'll be dawged.

[Baby Lee]

If you want a Duval performance for the ages, it starts and ends with 'The Apostle.'

Can't watch the ending sermon without tearing up. Then tearing up again when he has the chain gang singing spirituals over the credits.