Top 27 Favorite Actors
One of those questions everybody always asks you is "Who's your favorite actor of all time?" Well, I decided to list out all my favorites and provide links to their websites to justify my Top 27 list. It is quite apparent that each generation has their favorites based on the time period in which they grew up. So here goes my list. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to submit your vote and let us know who's your favorite actor and why.
| ACTORS | FAVORITE MOVIES |
| 1) Tom Hanks | Big, Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Bachelor Party, Saving Private Ryan, Castaway, Green Mile, From Earth to Moon, That Thing You Do, Philadelphia, League of their Own, Splash |
| 2) Harrison Ford | Patriot Games, Fugitive, Witness, Air Force One, Devil's Own, Presumed Innocent, Regarding Henry, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Frantic, Mosquito Coast, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Return of the Jedi, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back Star Wars, American Graffiti, |
| 3) Michael Keaton | Nightshift, Mr. Mom, My Life, Jackie Brown, Multiplicity, The Paper, Batman Returns, Pacific Heights, Batman, Beetlejuice, Clean & Sober, Gung Ho, Johnny Dangerously |
| 4) Robert Deniro | Navy Diver, Meet the Parents, Analyze This, Jackie Brown, Wag the Dog, Heat, Casino, A Bronx Tale, Godfather, Cape Fear, Awakenings, Good Fellas, Midnight Run, Untouchables, Angel Heart, Raging Bull, Dear Hunter, Taxi Driver, |
| 5) Al Pacino | Any Given Sunday, Insider, Devil's Advocate, Donnie Brasco, City Hall, Scent of a Woman, Heat, Carlito's Way, Frankie & Johnny, Sea of Love, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface, Serpico, Godfather I, II, & II |
| 6) Jack Nicholson | As Good as it Gets, Wolf, Evening Star, A Few Good Men, Hoffa, Two Jakes, Batman, Broadcast News, Witches of Eastwick, Prizzi's Honor, Terms of Endearment, Postman Always Rings Twice, Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chinatown, Easy Rider, |
| 7) Sean Connery | End Game, Finding Forrester, Entrapment, Playing by Heart, The Rock, Just Cause, Rising Sun, Medicine Man, Highlander, Robin Hood, Hunt for Red October, Russia House, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Presidio, Untouchabless, Never Say Never Again, First Great Train Robbery, Murder on the Orient Express, You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, Goldfinger, From Russia with Love, Dr. No |
| 8) Steve Martin | Parenthood, LA Story, Roxanne, Bowfinger, Out-of-Towners, Father of the Bride, Leap of Faith, Father of the Bride, LA Story, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Little Shop of Horrors, Three Amigos, My Blue Heaven, Lonely Guy, All of Me, Main with Two Brains, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Jerk, |
| 8) Robin Williams | Jakob the Liar, In My Life, Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come, Good Will Hunting, Jack, Birdcage, Alladin, Jumanji, 9 Months, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hook, Dead Again, Fisher King, Awakenings, Dead Poet's Society, Good Morning Vietnam, Moscow on the Hudson, The Survivors, World According to Garp, Mork & Mindy |
| 9) Tom Cruise | Jerry McGuire, Magnolia, Mission Impossible 2, Eyes Wide Shut, Mission Impossible, The Firm, A Few Good Men, Far & Away, Days of Thunder, Born on the 4th of July, Cocktail, Young Guns, Rain Man, Top Gun, Color of Money, Legend, Risky Business, Outsiders, All the Right Moves, Taps |
| 10) Kevin Costner | Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game, Message in a Bottle, The Postman, Tin Cup, Waterworld, Wyatt Earp, Bodyguard, JFK, Dances with Wolves, Revenge, Bull Durham, Untouchables, No Way Out, Fandango, Silverado, Big Chill |
| 11) Mel Gibson | Patriot, What Women Want, Payback, Lethal Weapon 1-4, Conspiracy Theory, Ransom, Braveheart, Maverick, Forever Young, Bird on a Wire, Hamlet, Tequila Sunrise, Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdoom, The River, The Bounty, Mad Max 1-2 |
| 12) John Travolta | General's Daughter, Primary Colors, Civil Action, Thin Red Line, Face Off, Michael, Phenomenon, Broken Arrow, Get Shorty, Pulp Fiction, Staying Alive, Blow Out, Urban Cowboy, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, |
| 13) Russell Crowe | Gladiator, LA Confidential, Insider, Mystery Alaska, Virtuosity, The Quick & the Dead, |
| 14) Kevin Spacey | American Beauty, Pay it Forward, Big Kahuna, Negotiator, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, LA Confidential, A Time to Kill, Usual Suspects, Outbreak, |
| 15) Denzel Washington | Remember the Titans, Hurricane, Bone Collector, Siege, He Got Game, Fallen, Preacher's Wife, Courage Under Fire, Crimson Tide, Pelican Brief, Philadelphia, Malcolm X, Ricochet, Glory, License to Kill, Soldier's Story |
| 16) Tommy Lee Jones | Double Jeopardy, Rules of Engagement, US Marshalls, Men in Black, Volcano, Batman Forever, Cobb, Natural Born Killers, Blown Away, Blue Sky, The Client, Heaven & Earth, Fugitive, Under Siege, JFK, The Package, Rainmaker, Coal Miner's Daughter, |
| 17) Matt Dillon | My Bodyguard, Over the Edge, Little Darlings, Tex, Rumble Fish, Outsiders, Flamingo Kid, Target, Rebel, Drugstore Cowboy, Singles, Malcolm X, Mr. Wonderful, To Die For, Albino Alligator, Beautiful Girls, Wild Things, There's Something About Mary, City of Ghosts |
| 18) Bruce Willis | Outlaws, Unbreakable, Whole Nine Yards, Sixth Sense, Story of Us, Siege, Armageddon, Apocalypse, Mercury Rising, Jackal, Fifth Element, Die Hard, 12 Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Color of Night, Striking Distance, Death Becomes Her, Last Boy Scout, Hudson Hawk, Billy Bathgate, Bonfire of the Vanities, Look Who's Talking, Moonlighting |
| 19) Chevy Chase | Vacation, Caddyshack, Fletch, Fletch Lives, Christmas Vacation, Caddyshack II, Funny Farm, Three Amigos, European Vacation, Spies Like Us, LA Story, Foul Play, |
| 20) Bill Murray | Caddyshack, Rushmore, KingPin, Groundhog Day, What About Bob?, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, Stripes, Meatballs, |
| 21) John Cusak | High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, Pushing Tin, Thin Red Line, City Hall, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Con Air, Say Anything, Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Sixteen Candles, Grifters |
| 22) Samuel L. Jackson | Shaft, Pulp Fiction, Rules of Engagement, A Time to Kill, The Negotiator, Die Hard with A Vengeance |
| 23) Gene Hackman | Behind Enemy Lines, Heist, Heartbreakers, The Mexican, Replacements, Enemy of the State, Extreme Measures, Birdcage, Chamber, Get Shorty, Crimson Tide, Quick & The Dead, Wyatt Earp, Geronimo, Firm, Unforgiven, Company Business, Package, Mississippi Burning, No Way Out, Hoosiers, Target, Two of a Kind, Uncommon Valor, Under Fire, Reds, Superman I-II, Night Moves, French Connection, Young Frankenstein, Bonnie & Clyde |
| 24) Val Kilmer | Outlaws, Red Planet, At First Sight, The Saint, Island of Dr. Moreau, Heat, Batman Forever, Tombstone, Real McCoy, True Romance, Doors Thunderheart, Willow, Top Gun, Real Genius, Top Secret! |
| 25) Tim Robbins | Anti-Trust, Human Nature, High Fidelity, Mission to Mars, Austin Powers, Arlington Road, Shawshank Redemption, IQ, Nothing to Lose |
| 26) Kurt Russell | Soldier, Breakdown, Escape from NY, Executive Decision, Stargate, Unlawful Entry, Tombstone, Captain Ron, Backdraft |
| 27) Anthony Michael Hall | Weird Science, Breakfast Club, |
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