Who is the greatest American actor?

[Billo_Really]

Who is the greatest American actor?

1. John Wayne
2. Gary Cooper
3. Glenn Ford
4. Charleston Heston
5. Jimmy Stewart
6. Spencer Tracy
7. Henry Fonda
8. Dude from Casablanca
9. Robert De Nero
10. Dustin Hoffman

Who do you think when you see them on screen, makes you proud to be an American?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Johnny Depp. I have not seen an actor who has portrayed as many different characters as he has.

No actor makes me particularly proud to be an American.

 

[Mac-7]

Who is the greatest American actor?

1. John Wayne
2. Gary Cooper
3. Glenn Ford
4. Charleston Heston
5. Jimmy Stewart
6. Spencer Tracy
7. Henry Fonda
8. Dude from Casablanca
9. Robert De Nero
10. Dustin Hoffman

Who do you think when you see them on screen, makes you proud to be an American?

John Wayne was not an actor

He just played himself on screen

 

[Billo_Really]

John Wayne was not an actor

He just played himself on screen

John Wayne is the actor that most defines American with me.

 

[Billo_Really]

Johnny Depp. I have not seen an actor who has portrayed as many different characters as he has.

No actor makes me particularly proud to be an American.

What about Dean Martin? Or Brad Pitt?

 

[DudleySmith]

Dustin Hoffman by far. DEpp was very good too, but not nearly as good as Hoffman at genuine acting.

Most on the list are screen personalities, not really actors. Fonda could play both 'good guys' and believable 'bad guys'.

Outside of Hoffman, Harry DEan Stanton was a better actor than most on that list, as is Meryl Streep and Ashley Judd.

Jackie Gleason was also better as well. Any number of actors were better.

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[Billo_Really]

Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando were also great American actors!

 

[shockedcanadian]

None on that list for me. Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Seymour Hoffman (RIP) among others. Honourable mentions to Downey Jr and Matt Damon.

 

[bodecea]

Who is the greatest American actor?

1. John Wayne
2. Gary Cooper
3. Glenn Ford
4. Charleston Heston
5. Jimmy Stewart
6. Spencer Tracy
7. Henry Fonda
8. Dude from Casablanca
9. Robert De Nero
10. Dustin Hoffman

Who do you think when you see them on screen, makes you proud to be an American?

Is? Many of those are dead.

 

[Billo_Really]

Is? Many of those are dead.

Doesn't matter! Their movies live on!

 

[Dadoalex]

Mel Blanc

 

[Billo_Really]

None on that list for me. Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Seymour Hoffman (RIP) among others. Honourable mentions to Downey Jr and Matt Damon.

You mention Matt, but no Ben? For shame, for shame.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There is no way you could get that down to one person.
Let's take the performance of James McAvoy in "Split".
Wow. What a performance. Amazing portrayal.
But I would not consider him the greatest, just one of the greatest jobs of portraying a character.

 

[Calypso Jones]

Actor...greatest American actor.....and you mention proud to be American... well then do you mean the greatest actor who pretends to be all those things fooling all of us when in reality IS NOT (which is many of them) or the greatest American actor who is not only a great actor but a great role model for Americans and has the traits that make americans and america Great?? because i will have different candidates.

 

[playtime]

al pacino

tom hanks

johnny depp

 

[rightwinger]

Johnny Depp. I have not seen an actor who has portrayed as many different characters as he has.

No actor makes me particularly proud to be an American.

Depp is a great actor who mostly takes cartoon roles

 

[Damaged Eagle]

^^^ ^^^

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Bronson Pinchot

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

 

[Failzero]

Tie (Lee Marvin ) ( Clint Eastwood )

 

[rightwinger]

Who is the greatest American actor?​

My all time favorites

Jimmy Stewart
Paul Newman
Gregory Peck