When they do it on TV, they seem to forget about a few one....
2007-03-19 22:12:42 · 15 answers · asked by Pelayo 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Most actors are pleased to have just one role acclaimed worldwide. But with Anthony Hopkins, over the last 40 years, there've been so many memorable moments, so many extraordinary performances. Remember him as the schizophrenic ventriloquist, losing his mind in Magic? As kindly Dr Frederick Treves, befriending the hideously deformed John Hurt in The Elephant Man? As a fusty old CS Lewis, weeping before the wardrobe in Shadowlands, knowing there's no magic to bring Debra Winger back? Then there were the Oscar-nominated roles, as US presidents in both Amistad and Nixon, and as a destructively repressed butler in The Remains Of The Day. And there were the heavyweight stage appearances as Macbeth and Lear, and the tortured Dr Dysart in Equus. And more, so many more.
There can be no doubt that Hopkins is one of the finest screen actors ever, with an incredible emotional range. Sod's Law dictates, then, that he should be best-known as the quiet, watchful, ultra-controlled Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter from Thomas Harris's notorious trilogy, eating people's liver with a fine Chianti. Incredibly, it was soon after he played this calculating and manipulative beast that he was knighted by the Queen. Strange world, indeed.
2007-03-19 22:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by flymetothemoon279 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Ralph Richardson
Sir John Geilguid
Sir Alex Guiness
Sir Lawrence Olivier
Sir Richard Attenborough
Richard Burton
Peter O'Toole
Paul Schofield
Trevor Howard
Peter Finch
You would be hard pressed to to find better than this list of greats.
2007-03-19 22:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir Alec Guiness
Jeremy Irons
Anthony Hopkins
Roddy MacDowall
2007-03-20 06:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sir laurence Olivier
2007-03-19 23:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Helen Mirren is the best actor to come out of England. Her work covers an enormous range of parts and she has mastered all of them. Her current accolades are long overdue.
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2007-03-19 22:22:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I rate all the answers so for as great but there does not seem to be too many women actors and we have at least as many, to name but one Elizabeth Taylor
2007-03-19 22:32:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Sir John MILLS would be hard to beat.A veteran of stage and screen he could play any part with conviction. Rex Harrison would be a second best if only for his magnificent English speaking voice (MY FAIR LADY)
2007-03-19 23:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Ronnie Barker was a brilliant actor, even though he wasn't recognised, he once said in an interview, he wished he had done more films.
He was very funny
2007-03-19 22:16:47 · answer #8 · answered by looby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, think you've opened a can of worms here, David Niven springs to mind but Tony B.liars recent performances make him almost believable
2007-03-19 22:22:48 · answer #9 · answered by billtheangler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a big fan of Dame Judi Dench.
2007-03-20 04:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋