The Best Male Actors Of The Last 50 Years

[The Lounge Lizard]

WTF people, 15 posts and no mention of Brando.

He's a polarising one. Made some great movies (On The Waterfront, Apocalypse Now, etc.) but apparently was a complete arsehole later on in his career. Caused havoc on the set of Apocalypse Now by being constantly late for the shoot or not turning up at all.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Its good to have you back mate , was going to send you a private message a few months back but thought you might have left the site for good and you wouldn't have seen it. Hope things are ok with you now.

I had a potentially life threatening medical issue for nearly six months but I'm over the worst of it.....for now. In and out of hospital for most of the time but the treating doctors are stunned at the rate of recovery.

My life expectancy was anything from the end of the year to 15 years at the absolute maximum.

And no, it wasn't cancer.

 

[horrie hastings]

I had a potentially life threatening medical issue for nearly six months but I'm over the worst of it.....for now. In and out of hospital for most of the time but the treating doctors are stunned at the rate of recovery.

My life expectancy was anything from the end of the year to 15 years at the absolute maximum.

And no, it wasn't cancer.

Yes i was aware there was some sort of major medical problem going on but didn't know what it was and just wanted to check in on you to see how things were. Fingers crossed that the worse is behind for you now and as i said before it is good to have you back on here.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Yeah it was quite debilitating. Being unable to walk more than five metres without sitting down, pissing dark orange, shitting a pale tan colour and eating a miniscule meal every three or four days is not good.

On the medical side of things, I had a fluid buildup in the peritoneal cavity (abdomen) where blood vessels in the liver leak, resulting in the extraction of 10.1 kg and 6.4 kg of fluid in the space of two weeks.

My weight went down from the mid 80 kg to 67 kg, blood pressure dropped to 90/60 and body temperature was 1.5 to 2.5 degrees below normal.

The number of tests was endless. CT scans, MRIs, gastroscopies, ultrasounds, blood tests (full blood evaluation, liver function, international normalised ratio and a whole bunch of others) and so on. A liver biopsy is next.

Thankfully the specialists, doctors and nursing staff were impeccable in their service delivery.

 

[Matua]

He's a polarising one. Made some great movies (On The Waterfront, Apocalypse Now, etc.) but apparently was a complete arsehole later on in his career. Caused havoc on the set of Apocalypse Now by being constantly late for the shoot or not turning up at all.

Nah, he's no more polarising than some of your list (everyone knew what they were getting with him in AN) and he was a brilliant actor.

Ps: Glad you're better now.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Nah, he's no more polarising than some of your list (everyone knew what they were getting with him in AN) and he was a brilliant actor.

Ps: Glad you're better now.

Cheers mate! Much appreciated.

 

[horrie hastings]

He's a polarising one. Made some great movies (On The Waterfront, Apocalypse Now, etc.)

Add A Street Car Named Desire to that list.

 

[horrie hastings]

Sam Neill

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Add A Street Car Named Desire to that list.

Yes!

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Caused havoc on the set of Apocalypse Now by being constantly late for the shoot or not turning up at all.

Marilyn Monroe was the same.

Oh wait..... she was a female.

 

[horrie hastings]

Robert Redford

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Willy from ALF.

 

[mongoose]

Matt Nable

 

[Captain Apollo]

In no particular order -

Marlon Brando;
Al Pacino;
Dustin Hoffman;
Robert Deniro;
Denziel Washington;
Sidney Poitier;
Paul Newman;
Robert Redford;
Daniel Day Lewis;
Michael Caine;
Sean Connery;
Sam Rockwell;
Clint Eastwood;
Russell Crowe;
Cillian Murphy;
Gary Oldman;
Robert Downey Jr.

 

[RedVDave]

Christian Bale (suprised he hasn't rated one mention yet)
Robert De Niro
Jack Nicholson
Clint Eastwood
Marlon Brando
Al Pacino
Denzel Washington
Brad Pitt
Christian Slater
Ted Danson

And

Charlie Day (yes he can only play one role/character but he does it so freaking well)

 

[T-Boon]

Sam Neill

I hate him.

 

[T-Boon]

In addition to those mentioned:
Phillip Seymor Hoffman
Kevin Spacey

 

[horrie hastings]

I hate him.

Lucky you

 

[Captain Apollo]

Lucky you

or is it actually "lucky Sam"?

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Fabio Grosso. Italian football forward who single-handedly extinguished Australia's World Cup hopes in the dying minutes of the match back in 2006.

He joins Hopkins, Nicholson and Connery at the top of my list.