It's simple, who's your favourite?

I think, for me, it's just about Pacino, because I prefer some of his films -Scarface/Carlito'sWay/Donnie Brasco etc.

Hard to say!

HEAT is my favorite movie and both are excellent in it! (I want the Special Edition version!!!)

De Niro: Once Upon a Time In America, GoodFellas, Casino...

Pacino: The Godfather, Scarface, Carlito's Way...

I'll say De Niro but Pacino is tied at #1

De Niro

You're making me split hairs here, but I've gotta go with De Niro for 2 simple reasons: Raging Bull & Goodfellas

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GoodFella

I love em both, but I gotta go with Pacino.

man that's like choosing between the two best actors of it's generation, bue i got to go with Al, even tough deniro is feisty.

DeNiro has played a broader range of characters,but he's been taking a lot of(shitty)comedy roles lately,as apposed to Pacino not taking any.I dont know......depends on if I'm watching The Deer Hunter or Dog Day Afternoon.

Real tough one, my 2 fav. actors ever, but with pain in my hart, I gotta go for De niro, for 3 reasons taxi driver, raging bull and goodfellas. Sorry AL

I went with De Niro. He has given some of the best performances of all time, and is also in my favorite movie, Taxi Driver.

Riley

Yeah.. but.. Simone..

The two greatest actors. They are exactly equal on acting, but De Niro has been in more great films, so I give the edge to him.

Oh yeah, you have to throw Pesci in there, too. It's very close for best mob actor:

1. De Niro
2. Pacino
3. Pesci

Then, Frank Vincent is always great. Sirico is pretty good.

Pacino and De Niro are the heavyweights, though.

Very hard decision, but I voted for Pacino.

De Niro, defintetely.

Pacino just edges because of Scarface, Carlitos way, Heat, The Godfather trilogy and Donnie Brasco.
But DeNiro is in my favourtie movie of all time Goodfellas, then of course there's Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Heat and The Godfather part 2.
Damn its a hard question
But Pacino just wins because of DeNiro taking the parts in Showtime and Rocky and Bullwinkle, what the hell were you thinking Rob?

De Niro.

I don't think there's a finer actor than him still living today, and since Brando's performance in On the Waterfront, he has perfected method acting and become the ultimate actor.

I don't think anybody can top his achievement for preparing for Raging Bull, or surpass the presence he holds in Taxi Driver, or equal his intensity in Mean Streets. Those three alone make him better than Pacino, whose best work is Donnie Brasco, with The Godfather Trilogy close behind. I found Tony Montana to be highly overrated, and Scarface itself is a wretched mess. De Niro's had finer films over the space of his career, and reached the heights that Pacino never did.

Mick

That's where i lost u. Donnie Brasco as Pacino's best work?? . I wouldn't even put that in his top 15 performances.

Anyway, what IMO gives DeNiro a slight edge is that almost all of his great performances have come in AT LEAST "good" movies. Pacino's best(Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface) aside from his legendary work in legendary movies like GF I and II aren't really what I would call quality movies. They are good, but no that good. DeNiro on the other hand has quite simply starred in more well made movies.....which obviously also end up helping his performances a little.

Pacino, hands down. Al just has that presence that engulfs everyone and everything around him.

It's so close. They are by far the two greatest active actors.

both legends in there in write but it has to be de niro just.both amazing actors with great ability

Back in the 70s I would have to say they were both great actors. In the 80s and 90s though,DeNiro took better roles, putting him on top.Nowadays,as I said before, its rare to find a good Pacino or DeNiro movie.