Daniel Day-Lewis is done.

[IronWing]

Hanks

Tom Hanks acted in Saving Private Ryan and did an excellent job. In every other movie and TV show he's ever done, he's played Tom Hanks.

 

[angminas]

Hanks

Again, pretty good, but not in The Club. Can you really see him as Bill the Butcher? Hawkeye? Jackie Flannery? Norman Stansfield? There's no shame in not being the best of the best of the best...only a VERY few can stand there.

Hanks is probably at the bottom of the second tier along with Pacino, McKellen, Hoffman, Hackman, Field, etc.

Third tier is the likes of De Niro, Winslet, Washington, DiCaprio, Depp, Portman, and most of the cast of Glengarry Glen Ross.

 

[Homerboy]

In the Name of the Father, Gangs of New York and above all My Left Foot.
He's as good as there's ever been.

 

[kage69]

So a poor man's Gary Oldman

I've heard that about Oldman's accent, but as far as overall acting ability there's a reason Lewis has 3 Oscars and Oldman has none. Not sure how anyone can look at Daniel Day-Lewis' repertoire and consider it somehow limited, saying that as a big Gary Oldman fan too.

Everyone likes Gary.

EEEEEVVVEERRRYYYOONNNEEE!!!

 

[foghorn67]

Oldman is rarely a title character. Oldman also enjoys the challenge of supporting roles. Lewis does not. Lewis is very selective, and always picks movies that showcase a leading performance. He puts himself under immense pressure and wants roles that makes or breaks the movies' the audiences immersion in drama.

I'm sure Oldman can take on titular roles. He just doesn't seem to pick those often.

 

[kage69]

In the Name of the Father, Gangs of New York and above all My Left Foot.
He's as good as there's ever been.

Agreed.

I understand leaving the stage on your own terms, I just wish we'd get one (or two) more films from him. You know, for the sweet souvenir.

Anthony Hopkins is still doing movies Daniel. Just saying.