My Favorite Actors
By Stacey Goldman
In memory of Alan Rickman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Williams
Actor Defining Movies
1. a) Robert Redford 1) The Sting
2) The Natural
3) A River Runs Through It
4) Out of Africa
5) Indecent Proposal
1. b) Paul Newman 1) The Hustler
2) The Sting
3) Absence of Malice
2. Harrison Ford 1) American Pie
2) Star Wars
3) The Empire Strikes Back
4) The Return of the Jedi
5) Raiders of the Lost Ark
6) The Frisco Kid
7) Witness
8) The Fugitive
9) Patriot Games
10) Clear and Present Danger
3. Lawrence Fishbourne 1) Boyz in the Hood
2) The Matrix
4. Robin Williams 1) Moscow On the Hudson
2) Good Morning Vietnam
3) Dead Poet Society
4) Peter Pan
5) Awakenings
6) The Fisher King
7) Patch Adams
8) Good Will Hunting
5. Marlon Brando 1) The Waterfront
2) The Godfather
3) Apocalypse Now
6. Ben Kingsley 1) Ghandi
2) Schindler’s List
3) Bugsy
7. Samuel L. Jackson 1) Do The Right Thing
2) Pulp Fiction
3) Die Hard 2
4) The Negotiator
5) Amos and Andy
6) Jango Unchained
8. Gene Hackman 1) Bonnie and Clyde
2) Mississippi Burning
3) Hoosiers
4) Enemy of the State
9. Kevin Costner 1) Bull Durham
2) Field of Dreams
3) No Way Out
10. Morgan Freeman 1) Shawshank Redemption
2) Driving Miss Daisy
3) Outbreak
11. Humphrey Bogart 1) Maltese Falcon
2) Casablanca
12. James Earl Jones 1) Star Wars
2) The Empire Strikes Back
3) Return of the Jedi
4) Coming to America
5) Field of Dreams
6) Clear and Present Danger
13. Jack Nicholson 1) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
2) The Shining
3) Witches of Eastwick
4) Prizzi’s Honor
5) Batman
6) A Few Good Men
7) As Good As It Gets
14. Sam Elliott 1) Mask
2) Roadhouse
15. Jimmy Stewart 1) Rear Window
2) Vertigo
16. Henry Fonda 1) On Golden Pond
17. Denzel Washington 1) Malcolm X
2) The Pelican Brief
3) Philadelphia
18. Harvey Keitel 1) Taxi Driver
2) Pulp Fiction
3) The Bad Lieutenant
19. Robert DeNiro 1) Taxi Driver
2) Raging Bull
3) Midnight Run
4) Awakenings
5) Casino
20. Steve McQueen 1) Papillion
2) The Great Escape
21. Will Smith 1) Enemy of the State
2) Independence Day
3) Ali
4) Pursuit of Happiness
22. Dustin Hoffman 1) Papillion
2) The Graduate
3) Tootsie
4) Rain Man
23. Johnny Depp 1) Edward Scissorhands
2) What’s Wrong With Gilbert Grape
3) Pirates of the Carribean
24. Matt Damon 1) Good Will Hunting
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) Fight Club
4) The Rainmaker
25. Tom Hanks 1) Forest Gump
2) Saving Private Ryan
3) Philadelphia
4) DaVinci Code
26. Tim Robbins 1) Bull Durham
2) The Player
3) Shawshank Redemption
27. Eddie Murphy 1) 48 Hours
2) Beverly Hills Cop
3) Beverly Hills Cop 2
4) Trading Places
5) Coming to America
6) Distinguished Gentleman
28.a) Sean Connery 1) The Man With the Golden Gun
2) Dr. No/Goldfinger
3) The Hunt for Red October
28. b) Daniel Craig 1) Casino Royale
2) Quantum of Solace
28. c) Roger Moore 1) Octopussy
2) Moonraker
3) For Your Eyes Only
28. d) Pierce Brosnan 1) James Bond – Golden Eye
29. Tom Cruise 1) The Outsiders
2) Risky Business
3) A Few Good Men
4) Jerry McGuire
5) Mission Impossible
6) Mission Impossible 2
30. Eric Roberts 1) Star ’80
2) The Coca-Cola Kid
31. Tommy Chong 1) Up In Smoke
2) Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie
3) Still Smokin’
32. Cheech Marin 1) Up In Smoke
2) Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie
3) Still Smokin’
33. Cuba Gooding Jr. 1) Boyz in the Hood
2) Jerry McGuire
34.a) William Hurt 1) The Big Chill
2) Broadcast News
34.b) Alan Rickman 1) Die Hard
2) Truly, Madly, Deeply
3) Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves
35. John Hurt 1) The Elephant Man
2) Midnight Express
36. Tommy Lee Jones 1) The Fugitive
2) The Client
37. Michael Keaton 1) Nightshift
2) Mr. Mom
3) Beetlegeuse
4) Batman
38. Billy Crystal 1) When Harry Met Sally
2) City Slickers
3) The Princess Bride
39. Kevin Spacey 1) The Negotiator
2) American Beauty
40. Michael Douglas 1) Romancing the Stone
2) Fatal Attraction
3) Wall Street
4) The President
41. Matt Dillon 1) The Outsiders
2) Drugstore Cowboy
42. Jamie Foxx 1) Ray
2) Jango Unchained
43. Daniel Day Lewis 1) In the Name of the Father
2) My Left Foot
44. Antonio Banderos 1) Philadelphia
2) Zorro
45. Dan Ackroyd 1) The Blues Brothers
2) Trading Places
3) Ghostbusters
46. John Belushi 1) Animal House
2) The Blues Brothers
47. Bill Murray 1) Meatballs
2) Stripes
3) Ghostbusters
48. Adam Sandler 1) The Waterboy
2) The Wedding Singer
49. Philip Seymour Hoffman 1) Patch Adams
50. Ralph Maccio 1) The Outsiders
2) The Karate Kid
3) My Cousin Vinny
51. Danny DeVito 1) One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
2) Batman 2
3) War of the Roses
4) The Rainmaker
52. Bruce Willis 1) Die Hard
2) Die Hard 2
3) Die Hard 3
4) Pulp Fiction
53. Val Kilmer 1) Top Secret
2) The Doors
3) Batman 2
4) Batman 3
54. Jim Carey 1) Ace Ventura
2) The Truman Show
3) Liar, Liar
4) Batman 3
5) Dumb and Dumber
55. Tim Curry 1) The Rocky Horror Picture Show
2) Clue
56. Forest Whitaker 1) Good Morning Vietnam
2) Johnny Handsome
57. Mickey Rourke 1) Diner
2) Johnny Handsome
3) 9 ½ Weeks
58. Robert Duval 1) The Godfather
2) Apocalypse Now
59. Al Pacino 1) The Godfather
2) Scarface
3) Scent of a Woman
60. James Woods 1) Once Upon a Time in America
2) El Salvador
61. Liam Neeson 1) Schindler’s List
2) Star Wars – Episode One
62. a) Carl Weathers 1) Rocky
2) Rocky 2
62. b) Sylvester Stallone 1) Rocky
2) Rocky 2
63. Louis Gossett Jr. 1) An Officer and a Gentleman
64. John Travolta 1) Saturday Night Fever
2) Pulp Fiction
3) Face-Off
65.a) Danny Glover 1) Lethal Weapon
2) Lethal Weapon 2
3) Predator 2
65. b) Mel Gibson 1) Mad Max – Beyond Thunderdome
2) Lethal Weapon
3) Lethal Weapon 2
66. Kiefer Sutherland 1) The Lost Boys
2) Stand by Me
3) Flatliners
67. Clint Eastwood 1) Dirty Harry
2) The Unforgiven
3) Heartbreak Ridge
68. Tom Berenger 1) Platoon
2) Major League
69. William Dafoe 1) Platoon
2) The Last Temptation of Christ
3) Clear and Present Danger
70. Patrick Swayze 1) The Outsiders
2) Dirty Dancing
3) Roadhouse
4) Ghost
71. Martin Sheen 1) Apocalypse Now
2) The President
72. a) Charlie Sheen 1) Platoon
2) Wall Street
3) Major League
72. b) Emilio Estevez 1) The Outsiders
2) Maximum Overdrive
3) The Breakfast Club
4) The Mighty Ducks
73. Michael J. Fox 1) Back to the Future
2) The Secret of My Success
74. Warren Beatty 1) Bonnie and Clyde
2) Heaven Can Wait
3) Bugsy
75. Burt Reynolds 1) The Longest Yard
2) Cannonball Run
76. Jeff Goldblum 1) The Fly
2) Jurassic Park
3) Independence Day
77. John Olmos 1) Stand and Deliver
78. Burt Lancaster 1) Atlantic City
2) Tough Guys
3) Field of Dreams
79. Nicholas Cage 1) Moonstruck
2) Face-Off
3) Amos and Andy
80. Sean Penn 1) Fast Times at Ridgemount High
2) The Falcon and the Snowman
81. Peter Falk 1) The Princess Bride
82. a) Charlton Heston 1) The Ten Commandments
82. b) Yul Brenner 1) The Ten Commandments
83. Leonardo DiCaprio 1) The Titanic
2) Blood Diamonds
3) Jango Unchained
84. Kirk Douglas 1) Ben Hur
2) Tough Guys
85. Dennis Hopper 1) Rebel Without a Cause
2) Hoosiers
3) Blue Velvet
86. Joe Pesci 1) Lethal Weapon
2) Lethal Weapon 2
3) My Cousin Vinny
4) Casino
87. Gene Wilder 1) The Frisco Kid
2) Lady in Red
88. George Clooney 1) Oceans Eleven
2) Michael Clayton
89. James Spader 1) Pretty in Pink
2) Stargate
90. Sam Waterton 1) The Killing Fields
91. Matthew Broderick 1) War Games
2) Ferris Beulers Day Off
3) Project X
92. Dabney Coleman 1) Nine to Five
2) War Games
3) Cloak and Dagger
4) Amos and Andy
93. Arnold Schwartzenegger 1) Predator
2) Total Recall
3) Running Man
4) The Terminator
94. Harry Dean Stanton 1) Blue Velvet
2) Pretty in Pink
95. Gary Oldman 1) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
96. Chevy Chase 1) Caddyshack
2) Vacation
97. John Candy 1) The Great Outdoors
2) Uncle Buck
98. James Caan 1) The Godfather
99. Keannu Reeves 1) Johnny Mnemonic
2) Bram Stoker’s Dracula
3) The Matrix
4) The Replacements
100. Martin Lawrence 1) Bad Boys
2) Life
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Tom Cruise all South Park episodes
William DeFoe Streets of Fire
Adam Sandler 50 First Dates, Little Nikky (personal favorite) Hotel Transylvania
Robert Redford & Paul Newman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Paul Newman Slap Shot
Jim Carey The Majestic
Sean Penn I Am Sam
Jimmy Stewart It's A Wonderful Life
Kevin Spacey Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Pay It Forward
Robert DeNiro Brazil, The King of Comedy
Danny Devito Throw Mamma from The Train
Robin Williams & Dustin Hoffman Hook (Peter Pan)
Gene Hackman The Quick and the Dead
(also Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe) for The quick and the Dead
Russell Crowe Gladiator
Tim Curry Legend
Mickey Rourke The Wrestler and Angel Heart
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