My Top 20 Actors
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1.
Steve Buscemi
Actor, Fargo
Steve Buscemi was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He became interested in acting during his last year of high school. After graduating, he moved to Manhattan to study acting with John Strasberg. He began writing and performing original theatre pieces with fellow actor/writer Mark Boone Junior. This led to his being cast in his first lead role in Parting Glances...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Ghost World by Terry Zwigoff ” - eirinigiann
2.
James Duval
Actor, Donnie Darko
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1972. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1974 where his sister Terry Duval (his only sibling) was born. He attended Gladstone High School in Covina, California from 1986 to 1989 as well attending Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, and Fair Valley in Covina. Although he was trained as a classical pianist as a child he eventually moved to the guitar...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Nowhere by Greg Araki ” - eirinigiann
3.
Sean Penn
Actor, Mystic River
Powerhouse film performer capable of intensely moving work who has gone from strength to strength during a colourful film career, and who has drawn much media attention for his stormy private life and political viewpoints, California-born Sean Penn is the second son of actress Eileen Ryan & director Leo Penn...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Milk by Gus Van Sant ” - eirinigiann
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“ Best Movie I saw him in; Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei by Hans Weingartner ” - eirinigiann
5.
Peter Ustinov
Actor, Spartacus
Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, a director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions. He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov on April 16, 1921, in Swiss Cottage, London...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Death on the Nile by John Guillermin ” - eirinigiann
6.
Brad Pitt
Actor, Se7en
Brad Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri. His mother's name is Jane Etta Hillhouse. His father, William (Bill) Pitt, worked in management at a trucking firm in Springfield. He has a younger brother, Douglas (Doug) Pitt and a younger sister Julie Neal Pitt...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Inglorious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino ” - eirinigiann
7.
Johnny Depp
Actor, Edward Scissorhands
Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood, who has recuperated his image greatly since his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the acclaimed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, with a supporting cast of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Geoffrey Rush. Though highly successful now...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Ed Wood by Tim Burton ” - eirinigiann
8.
Joseph Gilgun
Actor, This Is England
“ Best Movie I saw him in; This is England by Shane Meadows ” - eirinigiann
9.
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Crieff, Scotland. At age 16, he left Crieff and Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents encouraged him to leave school and pursue his acting goals rather than be unhappy. McGregor studied drama for a year at Kirkcaldly in Fife...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Trainspotting by Danny Boyle ” - eirinigiann
10.
Anthony Perkins
Actor, Psycho
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock ” - eirinigiann
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“ Best Movie I saw him in; We need to talk about Kevin by Lynne Ramsay ” - eirinigiann
12.
Vincent Gallo
Actor, Buffalo '66
Vincent Gallo. American-born, Buffalo, New York, 1961. Left home, moved to New York City in 1978, and began playing in the experimental musical group, Gray, with artist Jean Michel Basquiat. After leaving Gray, he formed the band, Bohack, and recorded the highly regarded avant-garde industrial noise album, "It Took Several Wives"...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Buffalo 66 by himself ” - eirinigiann
13.
Matthew Lillard
Actor, Scooby-Doo
Matthew Lillard lived with his family in Tustin, California, from first grade to high school graduation. The summer after high school, he was hired as an extra for Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College. Matthew was the MC of the Nickelodeon program SK8 TV in 1989. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasedena...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; SLC Punk! by James Merendino ” - eirinigiann
14.
Vincent Cassel
Actor, Black Swan
Blue-eyed Vincent Cassel was born in Paris to a leading French actor father, Jean-Pierre Cassel and a journalist mother. Often labeled as a tough guy because of his roles, eclectic choices and talent have made of him a star of European cinema. First in La Haine, the young actor, actually coming from upper classes...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz ” - eirinigiann
15.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Actor, Inception
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt was born on February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California to parents Jane Gordon and Dennis Levitt. Joseph was raised in a Jewish family with his late older brother, Dan Gordon-Levitt, who passed away in October 2010. His maternal grandfather, Michael Gordon, had been a well-known movie director...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Mysterious Skin by Greg Araki ” - eirinigiann
16.
Tim Roth
Actor, Pulp Fiction
British actor whose greatest success came after 1990 when he moved to the States to play American heavies. He has been a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino.
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino ” - eirinigiann
17.
Louis Garrel
Actor, The Dreamers
“ Best Movie I saw him in; The Dreamers by Bernardo Betrolucci ” - eirinigiann
18.
John Lurie
Actor, Stranger Than Paradise
John Lurie is a musician, actor, and painter. In 1978, he formed The Lounge Lizards jazz ensemble with his brother Evan, and the band made music for 20 years. Lurie has also composed scores for films, and his soundtrack for Get Shorty was nominated for a Grammy award. He had starring roles in the 1980s Jim Jarmusch films Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Stranger than Paradise by Jim Jarmush ” - eirinigiann
19.
Roberto Benigni
Actor, Life Is Beautiful
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch ” - eirinigiann
20.
Woody Harrelson
Actor, No Country for Old Men
Academy Award-nominee Woody Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas. He grew up in Lebanon, Ohio, and, after receiving degrees in theater arts and English from Hannover College, had a brief stint in New York theater. He was soon cast as Woody on TV series Cheers, which wound up...
“ Best Movie I saw him in; Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone ” - eirinigiann
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