He has WAY too many awful movies to even enter the conversation. But he definitely has range.
Who is the greatest black actor of all time?
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He has WAY too many awful movies to even enter the conversation. But he definitely has range.
Jamie Foxx?
qnsfinest
Superstar
The crazy thing is if you ask me who my favorite actor of all time is I'd say a white actor like pacino or deniro. And if you ask me who my favorite actor currently is I'd say probably Leo.
But pound for pound top to bottom. Black actors shyt all over white actors, give me idris, jeffrey wright, chiwetal, chadwick over shytty actors like ryan reynolds, chris pratt and even ryan goslings overrated a$$.
But I digress. Clearly the answer for me is denzel. His malcolm X performance alone is a top 5 acting by any actor in any movie.
But pound for pound top to bottom. Black actors shyt all over white actors, give me idris, jeffrey wright, chiwetal, chadwick over shytty actors like ryan reynolds, chris pratt and even ryan goslings overrated a$$.
But I digress. Clearly the answer for me is denzel. His malcolm X performance alone is a top 5 acting by any actor in any movie.
Nah breh
Leo is actually top 5 DOA.However, once you get past dudes like him and DDL, the next few spots for a while on the best actors list should be black.
qnsfinest
Superstar
I said leo is my current favorite actor, i wouldn't put him in my top 5 DOA though.Nah breh
However, once you get past dudes like him and DDL, the next few spots for a while on the best actors list should be black.
He's done better acting work two seasons on HBO than five movies from most nikkas
Robert De Niro
Dustin Hoffman
Robin Williams
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Daniel Day-Lewis
Denzel Washington
Leo is not better than any of these men at acting
Kong?
MrWestGrand
The Negotiator
Idris ain't coming into shyt how do you come into your own at damn near 45 with 20 years in the business? Lol.. Go watch no good deeds and the reaping.Y'all just can't quit stringer bell but it was an anomaly look at Tristan wilds. That HBO magic was something serious
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Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
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Wow I never knew you just had to watch a trailer to know if an actor had a great performance
supertrekker
Superstar
movie stars primary job is to put asses in the seats (tom cruise, denzel, julia roberts) - very few of them are actually character actors
as great as denzel is, is he not "denzel" in all his movies? same for will smith and tom cruise?
character actors actually help move stories along and elevate the level of acting for the stars.
gary oldman is a great example of this
Samuel Jackson is Samuel Jackson in all his movies more than Denzel is Denzel in his.
Sidney has to be #1. From Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, Cry, thy Beloved Country, Mr. Tibbs, Uptown Saturday Night, Buck & the Preacher, Sneakers...he didn't do action though
nobody is better than Daniel Day lewis...they need to come up with another category of acting for him
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
I think mcconaughey is the modern day DDL. People talk about Leo, but Leo been playing Leo for a few years toonobody is better than Daniel Day lewis...they need to come up with another category of acting for him
Mac is different in a lot of roles. Disappearing his face and accent depending on which one. He goes from Wall Street to state of jones to that aids movie to interstellar to true crime flawlessly.
As for black actors. We aren't talking who's the best star. Who is the best person I could hire to become a character and make me believe it's him.
I'd have to say Jeffrey wright. His ACTING like someone else, is superior.
While Denzel is my fav, it's mainly because, besides Malcolm x, I know I'm about to get a Denzel movie. nikkas don't even have to know the plot or title. Simply, "oh that new Denzel movie coming out"