Who do you think is the most versatile actor/actress?

[aeroguy]

No one mentioned the most underrated actor in Hollywood, Michael Keaton (Batman, Multiplicity, etc.)

 

[xuanman]

kevin spacey

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Yield
see some great candidates in here.. i love actors like al pacino and deniro.. but they are not all that versatile... esp. pacino... he needs to play a badass mobster, or it's just not the same

love those 2 tho... great actors.

my vote goes for al pacino. pacino is good as a mobster (ie: scarface, godfather). but he was also good in serpico as a cop who refused to be dirty, (guess you can count heat also) but let us also not forget scent of a woman, and devils advocate, even a football coach in any given sunday.

also, a lot of credit to tom hanks and the stuff he has done, he's definetly deserving also.

 

[Xenon]

Excellent picks so far Norton, Roth, Leguizamo, Penn.

How about Ellen Burstyn? Or what about that great performance by Naomi Watts a couple years ago? That one showed a bit of range, don't ya think?

 

[katka]

brad pitt is not too bad ( in a lot of ways mmm mmm [making slurping sounds])

Kevin Bacon & Tim Robbins are my top two picks

 

[misle]

Tom Hanks & Russel Crowe come to mind
But there are a lot of good actors:
William H. Macy (This guy has played about every role imaginable)
Sean Astin (from Toy Soldiers to Rudy to LOTR)

 

[vi edit]

Dustin Hoffman and Micheal Keaton were the first that came to mind.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Roger
You guys don't know squat when it comes to actors, hands down the most versatile actor is Tom Hanks.

Hands down?


Key Parts for some big name actors

Tom Hanks:
WWII Army Captain
HIV+ Lawyer
Mob Hitman
Fed-Ex Executive
Prison Guard
Toy Cowboy
Astronaut
Retard Southern Prodigy (Gump)
Wall Street Trader

Ed Norton:
FBI Agent
Neo Nazi
Handicapped Janitor
Catholic Priest
Schizophrenic Nihilist
Compulsive Gambler
Psychopathic Altar Boy

Gary Oldman:
Mutilated Billionaire
US Senator
Corrupt DEA Agent
Pontius Pilate
Terrorist
Prison Warden
Corrupt Policeman
Dracula
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sid Vicious

Denzel Washington:
Personal Injury Lawyer
Exasperated Father of sick child
Psycopathic Policeman
High School Footbal Coach
Paralyzed Forensics Expert
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
FBI Agent
Tank Commander / Alcoholic Army Officer
50's Private Dick
Submarine XO
Investigative Reporter
Malcom X
Civil War Era Slave/Soldier
Stephen Biko

Robert DeNiro:
Mob Boss (many times)
Police Detective
Master Criminal 9more than once)
Former CIA / Father of the Bride
Navy Diver
Mercenary
Priest
Frankenstein
Fire Investigator
Bounty Hunter
Missionary
Comedian
Jake LaMotta
Vietnam Vet
Psychotic Can Driver


To say any ONE actor is THE man is a matter of opinion and nothing more.

 

[Rudee]

Al Pacino
John Travolta

 

[Jedi Mike]

jhonny depp

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Yield
see some great candidates in here.. i love actors like al pacino and deniro.. but they are not all that versatile... esp. pacino... he needs to play a badass mobster, or it's just not the same

love those 2 tho... great actors.

Pacino did an alright job in "Scent of a Woman"(played a military blind SOB) and in "Heat" (played a cop).