One I haven't seen mentioned yet is William H. Macy. Anything he's in is must see as far as I'm concerned.

I like all those actors you listed Alfano except Daniel Day-Lewis. I don't know why really but I don't like see foreign actors playing americans. Just a preference I guess.

Some other good ones are:

James Caan
Leonardo DiCaprio (not for the girly movies like Titanic etc.)
Titus Welliver
Bruce Dern
Warren Oates
Lee Marvin

Some really good female actors I like (for their acting, not their looks, that is different thing):

Jessica Chastain
Juliette Lewis

I agree.

Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, and Al Pacino. Tom Hardy is definitely moving up my list.

Kevin Spacey../Jessica Lange (check out a flick called FRANCES,1982)..Karl Malden, Ernest Borgnine(1955 oscar win for MARTY)& as someone already noted,most def Gary Oldman@ least 4 The Professional(Natalie Portman's 1rst film)..

Spacey is okay but I have a hard time believing him play straight guys. I have nothing against the gays but this guy is pretty obviously gay and I don't buy him playing straight. He was decent in the Usual Suspects but even seemed gay in that.

Eh, he's believable enough for me. Not all metrosexual/effeminate men are gay, just as not all hypermasculine guys are straight. There's a correlation but it's far from absolute.

Besides, it's not like he's getting roles that would otherwise go to The Rock.

Can't forget John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. AG reminded me of that when she mentioned Eli Wallach.

Hang Em High with Eastwood is an awesome western. One of my favorites.

Al is one of mine:

"Age is nothing but a number for Al Pacino! The Scarface star celebrated his 77th birthday on Tuesday with a beach getaway with his 38-year-old girlfriend, Lucila Sola."

Thanx Blond, 4 speakin'what I was 2 lazy @ the time 2 say...just please anybody watch American Beauty & tell me they were not moved by his performance...

It's just my opinion. I saw American Beauty but I'm not really into dramas.

It is up there for sure on my list. I lean more towards the ones with Lee Van Cleef in them. He was a great bad guy in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and was very good in For A Few Dollars More (I might have it backwards). Any Western with him was bound to be good.

I forgot about Ed Harris. He's a pretty good actor. I met him a few years ago at the Eric Clapton concert while we were waiting outside to get in. My friends were talking to him a little bit, introducing themselves, shooting the breeze. And I was shy. So, I just kept quiet and observed. And then he said to me, "And, you are?" And he took my hand, I thought he was going to kiss it lol but he just gently shook it. He has the most beautiful blue eyes. I felt like he seduced me with his eyes. Meow. He's from Jersey too. +1

That movie Apaloosa he did with Viggo Mortenson was really good.

The only celebrity I've ever met was Katie Holmes. This was back in 2000 way before she married Tom Cruise. She seemed pretty normal.

Sean connery
Clint eastwood

Harris is one of those 2nd tier actors that doesn't get the notice that some others do. Sam Shepard, James Wood, and Peter Strauss also.

Yes, Oli, I completely agree with you about those actors. I'd add Tommy Lee Jones, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, and Charles Grodin.

Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
James Cagney
Louis Calhearn
Robert DeNiro
Brian Dennehy
Charles Durning
Robert Duvall
Ben Johnson
Henry Fonda
Edward G. Robinson

Judith Anderson
Faye Dunaway
Helen Mirren
Merril Streep
Marie Windsor

Really..? was she as attractive as she used 2 b?/..I know ..that didn't sound right..that wasn't nice..but she was really smokin around the turn of the century..age gets the best of us.

Hoodlum, you sure are HOT for the ladies. I had you pegged from the beginning.

Turnbull, excellent list. Who are your favorite actors and actresses in comedies? Do you like Madeline Kahn?

I put together some of my favorite actresses. There are so many.

Audrey Hepburn
Natalie Wood
Vivien Leigh
Ann Bancroft
Tuesday Weld
Joan Blondell
Ellen Burstyn
Kathrine Narducci (Great at playing the Italian female roles)

Eva Green
Helena Bonham Carter
Gretchen Mol
Toni Collette
Amy Adams
Charlize Theron
Kate Beckinsale
Natalie Portman
Marisa Tomei
Emily Blunt

Favorite Actresses in comedies

Madeline Kahn
Eileen Brenhan
Betty White
Beverly D'Angelo
Julia Louis-Dreyfus

To be cont'd

I liked Collette in Muriel's Wedding and Tomei in My Cousin Vinney. I like Amy Adams, Kate Beckinsale, Liv Tyler, and any actress with an English accent.

Yes, she was stunningly beautiful. It was at a frat party at University of Toledo and she was easily the prettiest girl there.

Burstyn and Dreyfus Louis both wonderful. Edie Falco is great.

I know...a nun slapped me 4 looking down the aisle in class to see up a girl classmates dress & that was in 1rst grade,1969 I think..bad kid!

Yeah, that wasn't too nice of you but at least you went for the opposite sex. Nowadays, kids are encouraged by the media to be fa***ts and lesbians. So, at least we didn't have to contend with any of that shit growing up.

I forgot to add James Remar.

Whoa! I didn't expect that from you.

I know,right?..alfg. is usually politically correct 4 the most part....