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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

My 25 Favorite Current Actors

Some of them aren't great actors but I like them on some level anyway.

I just noticed most all of them are my age or older.

In alphabetical order. As with the ladies, I cannot rank them. It was hard enough paring it down to 25.

Kyle Chandler - Early Edition, Grey's Anatomy (the bomb squad officer), Friday Night Lights
Chris Cooper - Matewan, American Beauty, Bourne Identity
Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, Thirteen Days
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, Cinderella Man
Richard Dreyfuss - Jaws, Close Encounters, Mr. Holland's Opus
Nathan Fillion - Firefly, Serenity, Waitress
Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, Million Dollar Baby
Victor Garber - Godspell, Annie, Alias
Mel Gibson - Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, The Patriot
Gene Hackman - The French Connection, Hoosiers, Unforgiven
Tom Hanks - Bosom Buddies, Turner and Hooch
Ed Harris - The Right Stuff, The Abyss, Apollo 13
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote, The Savages, Charlie Wilson's War
Anthony Hopkins - Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Proof
Tommy Lee Jones - Coal Miner's Daughter, The Fugitive, Men In Black
Val Kilmer - Top Gun, Batman Forever, Tombstone
Hugh Laurie - Jeeves and Wooster, Stuart Little, House
Ian McKellen - Apt Pupil, X-Men, Lord of the Rings
Gary Oldman - Dracula, Immortal Beloved, Air Force One
Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver, Battlestar Galactica
David Hyde Pierce - Frasier, Spamalot
Tom Selleck - Magnum PI, Quigley Down Under, Stone Cold
Patrick Stewart - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Moby Dick, X-Men
David Strathairn - Matewan, Eight Men Out, Good Night and Good Luck
Denzel Washington - Glory, Philadelphia, Training Day