Top 20 Greatest Actors of All Time

[@AVAPopCulture]

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[@salmanmunawar1]

I am a new fan of Bill Murray after watching Groundhog Day. It’s amazing to find actors and movies that might be old but new at the same time.

[@AVAPopCulture]

Bill Murray is more talented than many people give him credit for!

[@jasontapp8312]

Definitely agree with a lot on this list...Tom Hanks, Sylvester Stallone, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp etc. There are also some that wouldn't be close to my top 20 but that is what makes us all unique. Three actors that weren't mentioned, that are in my top 5 are Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson. Such great actors. Gregory Peck is another great one. One that I would like to mention, but unfortunately I only have one performance to go by, is Anthony Perkins. His performance as Norman Bates was INCREDIBLE!

[@mychunkyjordi7585]

I like alot of your picks. I've got to say Donald Pleasance, Kurt Russell, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Christopher Lee but that's me 😁😊💜🐾👍👋

[@AVAPopCulture]

Good choices! Christopher Lee is an icon for sure!

[@handsomestik]

My top 5. 5. Sean Connery 4. James Gandolfini 3. Daniel Day Lewis 2. Denzel Washington 1. Charlton Heston

[@AVAPopCulture]

solid for sure! The Ten Commandments will always be an incredible spectacle and one of my favorites

[@sallyannchappell5671]

@@handsomestik oh, some great extra names on your list like Gandolfini and Heston.

[@lambchop777]

I feel like Gary Oldman needs to be on the list, his range and how well he can become a character is seriously underappreciated.

[@AVAPopCulture]

I mention him as a great actor but he isnt a leading man for the most part

[@stickywicked447]

Oldman is amazing! Dude has range for days. One of the GOATs for sure!

[@Norlistapes7]

HE doesn't know any of Gary Oldman's films.lol

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@Norlistapes7 you just keep posting...smh

[@Norlistapes7]

@AVAPopCulture No doubt Sheamus

[@benbelzer8303]

I can't wait to listen to this. I'm heading out for my walk, so I'll listen. BTW, I'm sure you've seen Jason and the Argonauts. I used to watch it a lot as a kid and teenager, I hadn't seen it in years so I watched it yesterday and it's just as good as I remember. They really put the extra work into the ship they built and the stop-motion characters. The skeletons coming out of the ground and fighting the men took 4 months to do! I love the giant Talos statue. It's on Tubi. It's a perfect movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon. 😊

[@AVAPopCulture]

thanks my friend, hope you enjoy the video and your walk! yes, Ive seen that one a good many times because my dad played it a lot lol!! the amount of work that is now replaced with computers, is crazy!!

[@benbelzer8303]

@AVAPopCulture I love the golden fleece concept, and the multi-headed beast, the flying harpies and the blind man, the Gods watching down from above. They really put a lot of work into it.

[@nita409]

Good list! Great actors.

[@AVAPopCulture]

thank you! it was fun to do!!

[@davek3373]

Great list Chase. Pretty tough to beat Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Rick Deckard, Dr. Richard Kimbal, John Book and The President

[@beccac5259]

I agree with everyone on your list! I have to add 1 though. I was totally in awe of Michael Sheen in the movie "The Music Within"! That is based on a true story about a guy losing his hearing in Vietnam (played by Ron Livingston). It has comedy with drama. This is SUCH a GREAT movie!!!

[@AVAPopCulture]

Thank you! and there are so many actors out there that I love...I started out planning to do a top 10, then a top 15, then a top 20 LOL I could have gone on for 50!!!

[@beccac5259]

@@AVAPopCulture Maybe you should do a month long series on movies that have been seen by everyone & is voted on LOL. After the New Year of course. That might be fun. Especially on live chat.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@beccac5259 interesting idea!!

[@sallyannchappell5671]

I think this list is really a list of favourites for one reason or another. I would like to see your list of great actors, the best at their craft. Mine would include Daniel Day Lewis and Robin Williams like yours but I’d add Burt Lancaster, Richard Burton, Leonardo, Marlon Brando, Henry Fonda and Burl Ives. The last few are carbon dating me.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@sallyannchappell5671 while these are my favorites (as I mentioned I wasn't just factoring in acting ability) however, if I were, there would probably still be about a dozen of these names on that list as well... I feel like I don't look at actors the same way after so many years of casting and directing actors... I've never been one just to go along with the crowd or popular opinion on who is great or what is good....I feel like it would be easy just to make a list of what the widely agreed upon "greats" are but that wouldn't reflect my own thoughts on what I like or look for in actors... I may get around to doing a list based on acting alone!

[@sallyannchappell5671]

@ as you can see from my list, I didn’t just go with the big names. Burl Ives, yes he won an Academy Award for best supporting actor, but he didn’t win one for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and he DW should have. Burt Lancaster is there for The Rainmaker where he acted opposite Katherine Hepburn and he wrung every inch out of the character of Billy Starbuck. Fonda is there for 12 Angry Men, yes a popular one but hard to discount and his role opposite his daughter in On Golden Pond was heartbreaking. They aren’t all huge awarded actors, they are consummate actors, a credit to their craft. I will qualify it with, In my opinion!

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@sallyannchappell5671 oh for sure! I wasnt trying to imply that everyone you mentioned were big names but in general, that is what I am getting a lot in my comments (had to delete a few kind of nasty comments from some folks lol) ...a lot of people want this list to just be a playing if the popular hits like: Pacino DeNiro Brando Hopkins Grant Peck Bogart DiCaprio Eastwood Stewart (which I did have) etc etc and they get pretty nasty if the people they commonly expect to be on the list, arent LOL...if it were just on acting ability of certain performances, there would be some changes for sure!

[@MovieOdyssey87]

Nic Cage in Mandy is a great honorable mention! Check it out if you haven’t!

[@alfonsoagren414]

Hard to argue with this list! I might have one or two I had changed order or gotten another actor but… Good job! Let me add a couple of Swedes that I am proud of. You may know them. 1. Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, Flash Gordon, Judge Dredd) 2. Stellan Skarsgård (Red October, Dune 1 and 2, Will Hunting) Also the father of Alexander, Bill and Gustaf Skarsgård. 3. Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, The Expendables, Dark Angel) Just to spice it up with some Scandinavian greatness!😊 Cheers!

[@AVAPopCulture]

Stellan and Von Sydow are GREAT! and Lundgren was He-Man and Drago - no need to say more lol

[@stickywicked447]

Shout out to the Norweigan Kristofer Hivju who was great in GOT's and one of my favorites The Last King.

[@stickywicked447]

That's a great list of actors and films, so many favorites! I really liked Denzel in Book of Eli, Will Smith in I am Legend. I loved Russel Crowe in Master & Commander, Nick Cage in City of Angels and my all-time favorite, Mel Gibson in Braveheart. After they killed his wife and he rides up on that horse, the thunder cracks in the distance...absolute legend.

[@AVAPopCulture]

Thanks man! Yeah, Mel in Braveheart is so damn good!! I am sure I will catch plenty of heat for this list but hey, I like who I like lol

[@stickywicked447]

@@AVAPopCulture That's what we love about you Chase. You always give it to us straight. On the other hand, if Cate Blanchett doesn't make the top 20 actress' list, chat will RIOT! 😂

[@stickywicked447]

@@AVAPopCulture dude, have you seen "the Missing"? Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett, Holy shit, this movie is EPIC! Can't believe I've never heard of it before, ever. Total blind buy, blu-ray transfer is lacking but the story is great so far.This one truly needs a 4K transfer. (you know how it is when your'e in the middle of a good one, lol)

[@Noah-pq8rv]

Would love to see a video of your favorite directors and favorite movie franchises

[@AVAPopCulture]

great ideas!!! I'll write them down in my "To-Do" list!

[@benbelzer8303]

Me too!!! I'm picky about directors, so I would love this too!

[@devonbrooks246]

I agree with you about Sylvester Stallone. Critics look at him as a has been, 80's action star. But the man is a very talented actor who knows how to write stories and direct. Copland is my favorite movie from him and he was playing a very different role. Also starred one of my favorite actors, Ray Liotta. My Top 20 list would be: Robert DiNero, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, James Stewart, Billy Bob Thornton, Johnny Depp, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Gene Hackman, James Caan, Mel Gibson, Al Pacino, Jack Nicolson, Joaquin Phoenix, James Woods, Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, and Russell Crowe.

[@benbelzer8303]

I love Billy Bob and James Caan!

[@AVAPopCulture]

people tend to forget that Stallone is a multi-time Oscar nominee for acting!

[@LittleMissGrosser]

I love Bill Murray and my favourite films are the Ghostbusters films. I love Bruce Willis. My favourite films are Die Hard, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Planet Terror and Pulp Fiction. I really like Nicolas Cage in Con Air and Face/Off. Eddie Murphy is great in the Beverley Hills Cop and Vampire in Brooklyn. Axel Foley is one of my favourite film characters. I've loved the Lethal Weapon films since I was about 9 or 10. They're so funny. I love Riggs and Murtaugh. I'm needing to get Rambo and Rambo: Last Blood in my collection. I have D-Tox, Cobra and Tango & Cash.

[@AVAPopCulture]

good movies! I think people often forget that Stallone was nominated for multiple Oscars for acting in Rocky and Creed as well as others for writing! Or that Mel Gibson is a multi-time Oscar nominee as a director who acting in those films...I think people think of them only as action guys!!

[@SgtPogieBait]

I know you made a disclaimer stating that this was YOUR list. When you got to #9, we were very similar in favorites. BUT, probably because of a generational thing, we don't match on a majority. I, me, my list would have included John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck. Unfortunately, they've passed away. Scarey!

[@AVAPopCulture]

Great actors and I am a fan of a lot of their movies but I am not going to return to their whole film catalog as others on my list

[@teddywest7451]

Jim Carry his body of work is crazy comedy yes but man talented

[@AVAPopCulture]

Im a fan of Jim Carey for sure

[@nickravera4069]

My favorite actor is Marlon Brando, A Steetcar Named Desire, Reflections In A Golden Eye. I’m also surprised I like Ryan Gosling, The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine I look forward to see your favorite actresses.

[@benbelzer8303]

I look forward to his favorite actress list too!

[@stickywicked447]

Place beyond the Pines, I am loading that one up right now. I've had it for a couple of months and just decided on it.

[@Allan-Thubten-Sherab]

Heretic is fantastic. You can definitely look forward to that. Brandon Fraser made me realize that he is a better actor than I thought when I saw The Whale. In the 90s I just saw him as a comedy action guy, but he definitely has more in him then just that. By the way, I was watching Forrest Gump when this video was posted 😉😊

[@AVAPopCulture]

ha! I love Forrest Gump!! I am super looking forward to Heretic!

[@DareDevil0504]

I'm not sure who my top 20 would be but I do know most recent actors aren't as iconic as the ones from 90s and before

[@benbelzer8303]

I think part of that is social media and politics. There's little privacy and a lot of the mystique is missing. That's why I love actors you rarely see do interviews. The film industry is quite different too, but so is the music industry.

[@DareDevil0504]

@benbelzer8303 i think part of it on top of those points is movies now a days are mostly remakes or long over due sequels so movies aren't the same either

[@benbelzer8303]

@DareDevil0504 True. And the industry operates very differently regarding people actually going to the theatre and what Hollywood even is anymore. I like a good dark comedy stage production, like The House of Yes, or a suspense like What Lies Beneath, or oddball like Donnie Darko. But with horror, I don't mind the 6 or 7 sequels. Horror is its own unique thing and I love that. The one thing I don't like is "reboots" where they completely destroy the original.

[@DareDevil0504]

@benbelzer8303 yea reboots of any genre ruins it, I don't usually mind some sequels but some sequels where they try to go woke like the all female Ghostbusters and the last Indiana Jones movi, is the kind of sequels I think ruin a series

[@benbelzer8303]

@DareDevil0504 I am always confused when they choose to drastically change something rather than create something new. I'm simply stunned by it. Cash Grab.

[@ClellBiggs]

I'm surprised to not hear mention of De Niro and Pacino. Everyone seems to place them at the top of their list. I'd make room on mine for John Candy.

[@AVAPopCulture]

Talented no doubt but I think DeNiro has always been overrated...after his early days, I feel like he just plays DeNiro in his movies... Pacino is great but most of his best stuff is "Gangster/Mob" movies and I dont love those as much as a lot of people do!

[@ClellBiggs]

@@AVAPopCulture Someone here is going to rip me apart but I agree. I enjoy their movies but they've never been anywhere near the top for me. Also don't care for the Italian Gangster genre, however I oddly really like the Gangsta genre, though that seems to be a thing of the past now.

[@benbelzer8303]

​@@ClellBiggsI like the old 1930s pre Hays Code gangster movies. I remember hearing the events of Bonnie and Clyde and Al Capone had an impact in ushering in the Hays Code.

[@benbelzer8303]

​@@AVAPopCultureThat's one of my biggest pet peeves when an actor or actress is really famous but in films all I see is the actor, I don't see the character they're portraying. I don't understand how that happens.

[@Scottyguns]

​@@AVAPopCultureHave you heard of Scent of A Woman?? Academy award won here. Nothing mob related there. What about Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, Insomnia, Serpico, Devils Advocate, Carlitos Way. He is a great actor outside of his mob movies. I'll agree with you on Deniro with his best work being earlier, except for The Irishman, great movie. Raging Bull, Godfather 2 & Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear.

[@Noah-pq8rv]

Would love to see a Top 20 Actresses list

[@AVAPopCulture]

Im working on it!!!

[@stickywicked447]

@@AVAPopCulture Kelly Bundy, Sharon Stone, umm, Phoebe Cates...lol 😂

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@stickywicked447 LOL

[@ashleyhirschi2270]

Kevin Bacon is one of my favorites! Hey Chase, are you still planning your top favorite mysteries list?

[@AVAPopCulture]

I am planning to do the mysteries list!!!

[@joshuasmith1680]

Paul Newman is one actor that would be high on my list, especially for his great movies from the 60's.

[@sallyannchappell5671]

@@joshuasmith1680 he starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, my favourite of his, alongside some truly great actors like Burl Ives and especially the late great Taylor. Have you noticed great actors tend to bounce off fellow great actors like Newman and Taylor did in that film?

[@benbelzer8303]

Mine would be...and I might be forgetting a few: #20 Laurence Olivier (his version of Hamlet is one of my favorite movies ever) #19 Joaquin Phoenix (I love him in The Village and Signs) #18 Humphrey Bogart (love Casablanca, he's perfect in it) #17 Jimmy Stewart (for a lot of reasons, I like him) #16 Christian Bale (I could watch anything with him in it) #15 Orson Welles (I like his work, creative guy) #14 Richard Burton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is my favorite movie) #13 Shia LaBeouf (When I did my play everyone said "You're just like Shia LaBeouf", Lol) #12 Ryan Gosling (I like his movies, and Blade Runner 2049 is one of my favorite movies) #11 Sean Penn (I love Mystic River. And in real life he's political but he isn't condescending) #10 Nicolas Cage (I think he's interesting and he's good in film) #9 Ewan McGregor ( I love him in Trainspotting and he's fun in Moulin Rouge) #8 Meat Loaf (he's fun to watch, and I love Fight Club) #7 Kevin Bacon (his movies are fun and he's great in Wild Things) #6 Mel Gibson (my favorite is Signs) #5 Clint Eastwood (everything he's ever done!) #4 Tom Cruise (he's pretty amazing, and Eyes Wide Shut would be my fav of his) #3 Fredric March (old Hollywood actor who played Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) #2 Rowan Atkinson AKA Mr. Bean (his a different dude, love his movie Johnny English) #1 Anthony Perkins (I LOVE all of the PSYCHO movies. He's a good actor!)

[@AVAPopCulture]

whoa!! Meat Loaf coming in high!!!

[@benbelzer8303]

@@AVAPopCulture Meat Loaf was EPIC!!!

[@benbelzer8303]

​​@@AVAPopCultureI knew I forgot two actors, Christopher Lloyd (again, all of his work). And Morris Chestnut, (everything he's in).

[@sallyannchappell5671]

@@benbelzer8303 I love your list. Ewan McGregor did a series about his trip around Europe, I think incl, Russia and really unexpected places called Motorcycle Diaries. Loved it. I also loved him in Pillow Book and that has nothing to do with the nude scene and everything to do with his acting and interaction with the costar in that film, Vivian Wu.

[@benbelzer8303]

​@@sallyannchappell5671Thanks for the references! I'll have to check them out.

[@Noah-pq8rv]

No particular order except top 5 Bruce Campbell Mads Mikkelsen Robert Pattinson Kurt Russell Ryan Gosling Christian Bale Tom Hardy Robin Williams Sam Rockwell Jackie Chan Cillian Murphy LaKeith Stanfield Liam Neeson Russell Crowe Willem Dafoe Johnny Depp Brad Pitt Andy Serkis Harrison Ford Christopher Reeve

[@benbelzer8303]

I almost put Christopher Reeve on mine! 👍 Jacky Chan is one that slipped my mind, but he's a great pick.

[@AVAPopCulture]

interesting list!

[@randycunningham7318]

My top 5 are easy....Robert De Niro, Bill Murray, Al Pacino, Anthony Perkins, Chevy Chase.

[@AVAPopCulture]

solid!

[@pinrex47]

The Terminal is another great Tom Hanks movie.

[@Scottyguns]

For a list that has Brendan Fraser in a top 20 without including Pacino or Deniro is a travesty. Pacino is definitely top 5. The guy plays great characters outside of Mob related. Has anyone seen Scent of a Woman? One of the greatest performances of all time winning his Academy Award. Maybe Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Heat, Devils Advocate, Insomnia. I even liked him as a fiery coach in Any Given Sunday. Thought he was funny doing his Dunk-a-cino dance for Jack & Jill. Great versatile actor outside of Mob movies and any list that doesnt include him is pure garbage.

[@AVAPopCulture]

LOL Pacino isnt in my top 20...Im not going to return to his movies as much...and after a certain point, DeNiro just played DeNiro in everything...this is my list, Ive spent 20+ years casting and directing actors besides being a fan... I like what I like! Those men are talented no doubt, but if you want the same takes and people looking for the same thing over and over, you can go to some of those automated channels that put no thought or reason behind their picks and just regurgitate the same things over and over

[@benbelzer8303]

I guess all the actors on my list are garbage then! 😅 Pacino simply doesn't do anything for me. I'm glad you have a favorite though.

[@iamwoteveriwanttobe]

From the title I thought I was getting a greatest list based on acting ability. My top 20 greatest vs favourite would be very different. I mean, I don't know if you would still consider Sylvester Stallone the 2nd greatest actor ever based on acting ability or not. 😬

[@AVAPopCulture]

I did mention this was not base don acting ability alone...however, Stallone has been nominated for Oscars and Golden Globes for his acting....

[@iamwoteveriwanttobe]

​@@AVAPopCulture Yeah the title says greatest and then you mention favourite at the start. My brain just automatically applies different definitions to them. I guess my question is would your list be entirely different if based on acting ability alone? Or how about a top 20 greatest performances of all time? Would be interesting.

[@AVAPopCulture]

@@iamwoteveriwanttobe probably...you are talking about very different things to me at that point...especially after so many years of casting and directing actors (besides being a huge movie fan)....there are tons of people that are amazing "thespians" but they dont have the "it" factor that makes them "stars" and legends with iconic roles and massive iconic film catalogs...I think the ability to be a great actor may actually be more common than the ability to be a good actor who is also a movie star... BUT Stallone would be on my list regardless as would a lot of these...I'd probably swap out about 5-7 of them if I went only by acting ability

[@iamwoteveriwanttobe]

@@AVAPopCulture thanks for the detailed reply. Despite my comment, I don't think Stallone is a bad actor or anything. He's definitely an actor I would consider if I was making a favourite actors I like to watch list.