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Oldman and Hopkins for me, international pedigree!!

Let me know if i've missed any out

Don't let 'Peppe' see this!!!!

lewis

finney

Is Daniel Day-Lewis British?

1. shir sean

2. pete postlethwaite

Why is Vinny Jones not listed ;nemesis; ;marks;

I wanted to give the others a chance to pick up some votes ::)

he was born in london (lived in greenwich i think)

Winstone and Hopkins for me.

Winstone for the pure rawness he can bring to the screen at the same time fitting in nicely recently in a couple of period dramas.

Hopkins for his ability to adjust from pure evil to the absolute gentleman.

Geo

Christian Bale's not there and I'd vote for him + Caine or Oldman. OOOPS I cheated!

does Kenneth Brannagh belong on this list?. I got no idea what a good actor is.. but I voted for Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins
 

 :)up

good shout Geo

Kingsley and Hopkins for me.

DDL would be my third vote.

He now has Irish citizenship. 

So he was born British, but is now Irish.  Ireland had John Aldridge, we can have DDL.

no contest HOPKINS

I don't do films (movies?) so I've only heard of 5 - Caine, Hoskins, Finney, Hurt, & Connery.

But who was the lead actor guy in that TV Epic of the (I think) '70's, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? And his sidekick?

Michael Gambon
Robbie Coltrane
Jeremy Irons
Terence Stamp
Ralph Fiennes

(is it just male actors, or are we looking at the new PC-aware term actors to include female luvvies too?)

Helen Mirren

Yes, the great Sir Alec Guiness. i think it was Bernard Hepton (sp?) was his sidekick.

Guiness's list of credits is immense.

geo

Yes, Giunness, that's him. I thoight his sidekick was Jason somebody?

Coltrane I like - he did a secret Steam Raliway Documerntary, very good. Someone blew the whistle.

He was also in Star Wars. He should win by default.

 ;starwars;

Same here!


lol exactly what i thought when i saw his name!

Christian Bale is the best British actor.  I still think Daniel Craig is a far better actor than many of the names people automatically think of when considering a British actor,  most people I have asked today start with " Jude Law, Clive Owen, Ewan Mcgregor, Sean Connery".  I think he is better than any of these people. Ok, he may not be a Bale or a Daniel Day Lewis, but he aint that bad.

Hugh Grant is our best comedy actor without a doubt. I have tried to see the appeal of Ricky Gervais, but it is lost on me. He is average .

Paul Bettany is also very talented

Unfortunately, he's also dead.

it would have to be Robert De Niro, Nicholas Cage, and Maybe John Travolta, but Hopkins is fantastic too.

Daniel Craig over Sean Connery? Shoot me.

Hugh Grant? He plays the same role in every film!

What - proper dead?

Hopkins and Hoskins for me.

think you got confused with Baskins and robbins Kev - lol

Geo

Ioan Gruffudd & Hopkins

I am a Scot, but I would not vote Sean Connery as the best Bond ever.   Hugh Grant is not my favorite commedy actor, but who else is there that is from the UK?    Ricky Gervaise ( sp?)  ......  no way .   


( By the way, here is my Bond list )

1. Sir Roger Moore
2.Pierce  Brosnan
3.Daniel  Craig
4.Timothy Dalton
5.Sir Sean Connery
6.George Lazenby

i think the word Brittish may have confused you

Comedy actor ? .. small screen David Jason

big screen Norman Wisdom

An honourable mention must be due to Brian Cox, the original & best Hannibal Lector in Manhunter

How can he be the third best Bond after ONE film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is no rule to say he has to make a set number of Bond movies before being in a 'Best of Bond' list.  George Lazenby only made one and Dalton made only two.  Roger Moore is the best of the bunch .

Rhys Ifans
Rowan Atkinson
Anyone from Monty Python who is alive
Nowman Wisdom


Great post Tonji! Manhunter is very underrated.

Dead as in outside the scope of this poll.

ahh  Walsall........Quality Inn..........sweet memories

Dare I ask? You and Norman?

:dontask:

LOL NOT funny when your room mate has a Norman Wisdom film on full blast at silly O'clock in the morning, while you are trying to sleep off the hangover from HELL !!!

Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that. When was that?

Even though Alec Guiness doesn't qualify for the poll, he's definitely one of the best actors of all time.

As I come from Ealing, I'm well aware of the illustrious history of quality british films that came out of the old Ealing Film Studios.

The Lavender Hill Mob, The Lady Killers and Kind Hearts and Coronets are all quality films with alec guiness starring in.

In KH & C he played 8, yes EIGHT, distinct characters!

True Legend, and of course he pwned as Obi Wan Kenobi. Ewan Mcgregor was never going to be able to walk happily in his footseps.

The Ealing Comedies.........brilliant

Ealing? Acton me! So you were posh, then? Brentford, or (spits) QPR?

At about 2:49 this afternoon when this thread was created to ask who people thought the best living British actor is.

The Camel is going to kick your arse when you get out to Vegas.

When it comes to The Bees & the Loftus Road Nancies, he's got no chance. Joke club, joke ground. He knows when he's in bad shape, he'll avoid me.

Well, my dad was a proper northerner from Blackpool so obviously i supported....LIVERPOOL! (Had a passion for goalkeeping in those days and loved bruce grobelaar. Then I failed to grow and had to forget my dream when I realised not many Division one sides would be interested in a 5`7 goalie)

 Brentford fans were surprisingly thin on the ground at my school, well surprising till you went to see them play that is. I saw 3 games at griffin park, all 0-0 draws. The 2nd one was perhaps the pick. I think there was a shot on goal in that game. Quarter Pound of Rubbish fans were mocked mercilessly obviously.

The mates I had from Acton were ribbed relentlessly.  I used to tell people that Acton was the place where Ealing chucked its rubbish but secretly I liked slumming it over on Acton High Street quite a lot. Always a good night out with the bunch of crazies that made up Acton's eclectic populace !

Bit off topic but Tikay started it!

Whilst most may scoff at the idea of Daniel Craig being included let's not forget the BBC2 epic series "Our Friends In The North" from the early 90s(?). He gave an amazing performance in that and I recall thinking at the time he would go onto bigger things, I'm just suprised it took as long as it did. I think Christopher Ecclestone was also in it. Superb series, might have to try find the DVD.

I voted for Gary Oldman for his ability to play a large range of roles and the same for Hopkins.

Christopher Ecclestone is another guy who deserves to be on the poll probably. And Robbie Coltrane. **** it, most of the cracker cast. Even Hugh Laurie's making a late surge as a credible actor, now he's not just limited to playing comedy morons.

Yup, we had some cracking 0-0 draws, even saw a corner once.

I used to go to a Club opposite Ealing Broadway Station, (very interesting station, terminus for Central Line, & intermediate GWR stop, they had a big train crash there once), down some stairs, saw Georgie Fame, the Stones (pre success), Long John Baldry. "Ealing Jazz Club" maybe?

Saturday afternoon we hard cases would gather in W H Smith, on Uxbridge Road, & peek at the mucky mags - Parade, & other hardcore stuff.

I delivered newspapers (5 bob a week) to Sid James house, on the North Circular by Ealing Common, & to Matt Monro up in North Ealing. Matt gave me a £5 Christmas box one year.

Jeez, I've seen some life.

I see potential in tikay for a BAFTA

Which leads on to the obvious question - what might the blondes think "BAFTA" stands for - in this case?

Bets And Folds, Tight Ass?

Peter O'Toole.

end of thread.

Too OBV??

Isn't he Irish?

Bit of a debate about that certainly....some say born in Galway, others say Leeds.

His performance in Lawrence of Arabia was surely the finest ever on the SIlver Screen though ?

difficult to argue against

im so glad you havent included that piggy sean bean in this list. He is by far the wprst british actor ever. Same accent in sharpe as in troy. He is a budget film-makers heaven. All his films are total crap. And hes a blade hahahahaha

   

    Any short list must include Jim Broadbent and Tom Wilkinson, although my top vote would go co Anthony Hopkins.

Just put my vote in for Hopkins and Kingsley.  Very surprised that no ones voted for John Hurt yet though - he would have been my third choice.

Anthony Hopkins and it isn't even close.

                                        YOUR'RE ALL VOTING FOR THE WELSH ACTOR!!!!!!!!!!!

 
                                 CYMRU AM BYTH!!!

I voted for a Jock.

you missed out

sean bean
robson green
jerome flynn
ant and dec


the poll is flawed

Steven Spielberg called Pete postlethwaite 'the best actor in the world'- i to think hes pretty good so he gets my vote. As does the Chianti slurper from hell- Great thread.

i took ian mckellan and michael caine

someone please explain how robert carlyle is in 3rd place

and how is christoper lee not on the shortlist?

Paddy Considine
(Dead Man's Shoes & In America)

PP and Oldman for me

Sir Michael Gambon
Paul Bettany

You've never watched Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or The Transporter? Lucky man.

Toss between Bale and Hopkins.

Both would make a crap film watchable. Hopkins has a huge screen presence, Bale is technically brilliant, utterly believable every time.

Best Bale is

310 to Yuma

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeroJ1BK6GQ

Prestige

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4gHCmTQDVI

Best Hopkins

The Edge

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2PI1wA3nqo

Fracture

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBrxbZRjcCE

ben kingsley and its not even close

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes? :D

Seen how many Scottish members we have ?

+ Have you seen their posts on the movie thread ... Scottish Dave could be the film correspondent for the times imo.

is Megatron British?