Best Film Actors & Actresses of All Time: Part 2

This is Part 2 of a list of Best Actors and Actresses in Film.  (To see Part 1, click HERE.)  I collected over 22 lists of best film actors and combined them into one list. Part 1 has the actors and actresses on the most lists; Part 2 has the actors and actresses on three of the lists. (I didn’t include actors and actresses listed on fewer than three of the original source lists.)

Each entry includes the actors’ name, country of birth and childhood, dates of birth and death, a photo of the actor performing in a movie; and a selected filmography.  The filmography includes critically acclaimed films as well as popular successes.  This list contains all the actors whose names were contained on three of the original source lists. Part 1 includes everyone on four or more lists.

On 3 lists
Sydney Greenstreet (UK, 1879-1954)
The Maltese Falcon (1941); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Across the Pacific (1942); Casablanca (1942); Background to Danger (1943); Between Two Worlds (1944); Passage to Marseille (1944); The Mask of Dimitrios (1944); Conflict (1945); Christmas in Connecticut (1945); Three Strangers (1946); The Hucksters (1947); Flamingo Road (1949).
Sydney Greentreet in Casablanca (1942).
Sydney Greentreet in Casablanca (1942).

Renée Falconetti (France, 1892-1946)
La Comtesse de Somerive (1917); The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
Rene Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
Rene Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).

Charles Laughton (UK, 1899-1962)
Island of Lost Souls (1932); The Old Dark House (1932); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Les Misérables (1935); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); This Land is Mine (1943); The Big Clock (1948); Hobson’s Choice (1954); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Spartacus (1960).
Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).

Vittorio De Sica (Italy, 1902-1974)
The Earrings of Madame de… (1953); Bread, Love and Dreams (1953); Too Bad She’s Bad (1954); A Farewell to Arms (1957); Il Generale della Rovere (1959); Andy Warhol’s Dracula (1974).
Vittorio de Sica in Roberto Rossellini's Il Generale della Rovere (1958).
Vittorio de Sica in Roberto Rossellini’s Il Generale della Rovere (1959).

Ralph Richardson (UK, 1902- 1983)
Things to Come (1936); The Four Feathers (1939); The Fallen Idol (1948); The Heiress (1949); Richard III (1955); Exodus (1960); Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Battle of Britain (1969); Tales from the Crypt (1972); Dragonslayer (1981).
Ralph Richardson (right) and Bobby Henrey in The Fallen Idol (1948).
Ralph Richardson (right) and Bobby Henrey in The Fallen Idol (1948).

Joseph Cotten (US, 1905-1994)
Citizen Kane (1941); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Gaslight (1944); Duel in the Sun (1946); Portrait of Jennie (1948); The Third Man (1949); Niagara (1953); Touch of Evil (1958); Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971); Soylent Green (1973).
Joseph Cotten in Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949).
Joseph Cotten in Carol Reed’s The Third Man (1949).

Jacques Tati (France, 1907-1982)
Jour de fête (1949); Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holiday) (1953); Mon Oncle (1958); Play Time (1967); Trafic (1971).
Jacques Tati as Mr. Hulot in Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1952).
Jacques Tati as Mr. Hulot in Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953).

Errol Flynn (Australia/US, 1909-1959)
Captain Blood (1935); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); The Prince and the Pauper (1937); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); The Dawn Patrol (1938); Dodge City (1939); The Sea Hawk (1940); Santa Fe Trail (1940); They Died with their Boots On (1941); Gentleman Jim (1942); Objective, Burma! (1945); Adventures of Don Juan (1948).
Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

Jessica Tandy (UK/US, 1909-1994)
The Seventh Cross (1944); September Affair (1950); The Desert Fox (1951); The Birds (1963); The World According to Garp (1982); Still of the Night (1982); Best Friends (1982); The Bostonians (1984); Cocoon (1985); *batteries not included (1987); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Nobody’s Fool (1994).
Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

Luise Rainer (Germany/Austria/US, 1910- )
Escapade (1935); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Good Earth (1937); The Emperor’s Candlesticks (1937); Big City (1937); The Great Waltz (1938); Dramatic School (1938); The Toy Wife (1938); Hostages (1943); The Gambler (1997).
Luise Rainer and William Powell in The Great Ziegfeld (1936, for which Rainer won an Oscar.
Luise Rainer and William Powell in The Great Ziegfeld (1936, for which Rainer won an Oscar.

Anthony Quinn (Mexico/US, 1915-2001)
Road to Morocco (1942); Viva Zapata! (1952); La Strada (1954); Lust for Life (1956); Barabbas (1961); The Guns of Navarone (1961); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Zorba the Greek (1964); A Walk in the Clouds (1995).
Anthony Quinn and Giulieta Masina in Federico Fellini's La Strada (1954).
Anthony Quinn and Giulieta Masina in Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954).

Peter Finch (UK/Australia, 1916-1977)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Elephant Walk (1954); The Detective (1954); The Nun’s Story (1959); Kidnapped (1960); First Men in the Moon (1964); The Pumpkin Eater (1964); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Network (1976); Raid on Entebbe (1977).
Peter Finch in John Schlesinger's Sunday Bloody Sunday (1973).
Peter Finch in John Schlesinger’s Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).

Jennifer Jones (US, 1919-2009)
The Song of Bernadette (1943); Since You Went Away (1944); Duel in the Sun (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Madame Bovary (1949); Gone to Earth (1950); Ruby Gentry (1952); Carrie (1952); Beat the Devil (1953); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956).
Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946).
Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946).

Montgomery Clift (US, 1920-1966)
The Search (1948); Red River (1948); The Heiress (1949); A Place in the Sun (1951); From Here to Eternity (1953); I Confess (1953); The Young Lions (1958); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Wild River (1960); The Misfits (1961); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in George Stevens' A Place in the Sun (1950).
Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in George Stevens’ A Place in the Sun (1950).

Simone Signoret (France, 1921-1985)
La Ronde (1950); Casque d’or (1952); Les Diaboliques (1955); The Crucible (1957); Room at the Top (1959); Ship of Fools (1965); The Deadly Affair (1966); Games (1967); Army of Shadows (1969); Le Chat (1971); Madame Rosa (1977); L’étoile du nord (1982).
Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top (1959).
Simone Signoret and Laurence Harvey in Room at the Top (1959).

Hideko Takamine (Japan, 1924-2010)
The Munekata Sisters (1950); Lightning (1952); Twenty-Four Eyes (1954); Floating Clouds (1955); Flowing (1956); Untamed (1957); The Rickshaw Man (1958); When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960); Yearning (1964).
Hideko Takamine (left) and Tatsuya Nakadai in Mikio Naruse's When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1958).
Hideko Takamine (left) and Tatsuya Nakadai in Mikio Naruse’s When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960).

Jean-Louis Trintignant (France, 1930- )
And God Created Woman (1956); A Man and a Woman (1966); Les Biches (1968); The Man Who Lies (1968); The Great Silence (1968); Z (1969), My Night at Maud’s (1969); The Conformist (1970); Confidentially Yours (1983); The Woman of My Life (1986); Three Colors: Red (1994); The City of Lost Children (1995); Fiesta (1995); Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998); Amour (2012).
Jean-Louis Trintignant in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970).
Jean-Louis Trintignant in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist (1970).

Gena Rowlands (US, 1930- )
Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Faces (1968); Minnie and Moskowitz (1971); A Woman Under the Influence (1974); Opening Night (1977); Gloria (1980); Tempest (1982); Love Streams (1984); Another Woman (1988); Once Around (1991); Night on Earth (1991); Unhook the Stars (1996); Playing by Heart (1998); The Notebook (2004); The Skeleton Key (2005); Broken English (2007).
Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes' film A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes’ film A Woman Under the Influence (1974).

Roy Scheider (US, 1932-2008)
Klute (1971); The French Connection (1971); The Seven-Ups (1973); Jaws (1975); Marathon Man (1976); All That Jazz (1979); Still of the Night (1982); Blue Thunder (1983); 2010 (1984); The Myth of Fingerprints (1997); The Punisher (2004).
Roy Scheider in Bob Fosse's autobiographical film All That Jazz (1979).
Roy Scheider in Bob Fosse’s autobiographical film All That Jazz (1979).

Harriet Andersson (Sweden, 1932- )
Summer with Monika (1952); Sawdust and Tinsel (1953); A Lesson in Love (1954); Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); Through A Glass Darkly (1961); To Love (1964); Cries and Whispers (1972); Fanny and Alexander (1982); Dogville (2003).
Harriet Andersson in Ingmar Bergman's Summer with Monika (1952).
Harriet Andersson in Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika (1952).

Madhubala (India, 1933-1969)
Neel Kamal (Blue Lotus) (1947); Mahal (1949); Tarana (1951); Sangdil (1952); Mr. & Mrs. ‘55 (1955); Gateway of India (1957); Ek-Saal (1957); Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958); Phagun (1958); Kala Pani (1958); Barasat Ki Raat  (1960); Mughal e Azam (1960); Half Ticket (1962).
Madhubala in Mughal-e-azam (1960).
Madhubala in Mughal e azam (1960).

Woody Allen (US, 1935- )
What’s New Pussycat? (1965); Casino Royale (1967); Take the Money and Run (1969); Bananas (1971); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Sleeper (1973); Love and Death (1975); The Front (1976); Annie Hall (1977); Manhattan (1979); Stardust Memories (1980); Zelig (1983); Broadway Danny Rose (1984); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Husbands and Wives (1992); Deconstructing Harry (1997); Antz (1998); To Rome with Love (2012).
Woody Allen wrote, directed and starred in Stardust Memories (1980).
Woody Allen wrote, directed and starred in Stardust Memories (1980).

Alain Delon (France/Switzerland, 1935- )
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); The Joy of Living (1961); L’eclisse (1962); The Leopard (1963); Is Paris Burning? (1965); Le Samouraï (1967); Spirits of the Dead (1968); La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) (1969), Le Cercle rouge (1970); Red Sun (1971); Un Flic (A Cop) (1972); Scorpio (1973); Monsieur Klein (1976); Swann in Love (1983). Alain Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï (1967).
Alain Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967).

Dennis Hopper (US, 1936-2010)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Giant (1956); Cool Hand Luke (1967); True Grit (1969); Easy Rider (1969); The Last Movie (1971); The American Friend (1977); Apocalypse Now (1979); Out of the Blue (1980); Rumble Fish (1983); Hoosiers (1986); Blue Velvet (1986); River’s Edge (1987); True Romance (1993); Speed (1994); Waterworld (1995).
Dennis Hopper in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979).
Dennis Hopper in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).

Jon Voight (US, 1938- )
Midnight Cowboy (1969); Catch-22 (1970); Deliverance (1972); Coming Home (1975); Runaway Train (1985); Heat (1995); Mission: Impossible (1996); The Rainmaker (1997); Rosewood (1997); Enemy of the State (1998); Varsity Blues (1999); Ali (2001); Pearl Harbor (2001); National Treasure (2004); Transformers (2007).
Jon Voight in Hal Ashby's Coming Home (1978).
Jon Voight in Hal Ashby’s Coming Home (1978).

James Caan (US, 1940- )
El Dorado (1966); Brian’s Song (1971); The Godfather (1972); Cinderella Liberty (1973); Freebie and the Bean (1974); The Gambler (1974); Rollerball (1975); Silent Movie (1976); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Thief (1981); Alien Nation (1988); Misery (1990); Bottle Rocket (1996); Honeymoon in Vegas (2000); Elf (2003); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009).
James Caan as Sonny in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972).
James Caan as Sonny in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972).

Bruno Ganz (Switzerland, 1941- )
The American Friend (1977); The Boys from Brazil (1978); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Wings of Desire (1987); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Eternity and a Day (1998); Bread and Tulips (2000); Luther (2003); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); Downfall (2004); Youth Without Youth (2007); The Reader (2008); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); Unknown (2011).
Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004).
Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler in Downfall (2004).

Barbra Streisand (US, 1942- )
Funny Girl (1968); Hello Dolly! (1969); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970); The Owl and the Pussycat (1970); What’s Up Doc? (1972); The Way We Were (1973); Funny Lady (1975); A Star Is Born (1976); The Main Event (1979); Yentl (1983); Nuts (1987); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); Meet the Fockers (2004).
Barbra Streisand in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972).
Barbra Streisand in Peter Bogdanovich’s What’s Up, Doc? (1972).

Malcolm McDowell (UK, 1943- )
if… (1968); A Clockwork Orange (1971); O Lucky Man! (1973); Time After Time (1979); Cat People (1982); Cross Creek (1983); Blue Thunder (1983); Get Crazy (1983); The Player (1992); Star Trek Generations (1994); Halloween (2007); Bolt (2008); Easy A (2010); The Artist (2011).
Malcolm MacDowell in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971).
Malcolm MacDowell in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971).

Hanna Schygulla (Germany, 1943- )
Love Is Colder than Death (1969); Gods of the Plague (1970); Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970); The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972); Effi Briest (1974); The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979); The Third Generation (1979); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982); Dead Again (1991); Werckmeister Harmonies (2000); The Edge of Heaven (2007).
Hannah Schygulla in Rainer Maria Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979).
Hannah Schygulla in Rainer Maria Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979).

Steve Martin (US, 1945- )
The Jerk (1979); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982); The Man with Two Brains (1983); All of Me (1984); Roxanne (1987); Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988); Parenthood (1989); L.A. Story (1991); Father of the Bride (1991); Housesitter (1992); The Spanish Prisoner (1997); Bowfinger (1999); Shopgirl (2005).
Steve Martin (left) and Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger (2000).
Steve Martin (left) and Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger (1999).

Sylvester Stallone (US, 1946- )
The Lords of Flatbush (1974); Death Race 2000 (1975); Rocky and sequels (1976-2006); F.I.S.T. (1978); First Blood and sequels (1982-2008); Cobra (1986); Cliffhanger (1993); Demolition Man (1993); Cop Land (1997); The Expendables and sequels (2010-2014).
Sylvester Stallone in First Blood (1980).
Sylvester Stallone as Rambo in First Blood (1982).

Liza Minnelli (US, 1946- )
The Sterile Cuckoo (1969); Tell Me that You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970); Cabaret (1972); Lucky Lady (1975); Silent Movie (1976); New York, New York (1977); Arthur (1981); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988); Stepping Out (1991).
Liza Minnelli in Martin Scorcese's New York, New York (1977).
Liza Minnelli in Martin Scorcese’s New York, New York (1977).

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Austria/US, 1947- )
Stay Hungry (1976); Conan the Barbarian (1982); The Terminator (1984); Predator (1987); Twins (1988); Total Recall (1990); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Last Action Hero (1993); True Lies (1994); Batman and Robin (1997); Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003); The Expendables 2 (2012).
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (2003).
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (2001).

Glenn Close (US, 1947- )
The World According to Garp (1982); The Big Chill (1983); The Natural (1984); Jagged Edge (1985); Fatal Attraction (1987); Dangerous Liaisons (1988); Reversal of Fortune (1990); 101 Dalmatians (1996); Mars Attacks! (1996); Air Force One (1997); Tarzan (1999); Cookie’s Fortune (1999); The Chumscrubber (2005); Albert Nobbs (2011).
Glenn Close and John Malkovich in Stephen Frears' Dangerous Liaisons (1988).
Glenn Close and John Malkovich in Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons (1988).

Gérard Depardieu (France, 1948- )
1900 (1976); Danton (1983); The Return of Martin Guerre (1983); Jean de Florette (1986); Camille Claudel (1988); Cyrano de Bergerac (1990); Green Card (1990); Hamlet (1996); The Man in the Iron Mask (1998); La Vie en Rose (2007); Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008).
Gérard Depardieu in Jean de Florette (1986).
Gérard Depardieu as Jean de Florette (1986).

Kathy Bates (US, 1948- )
Misery (1990); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Titanic (1997); The Waterboy (1998); Primary Colors (1998); About Schmidt (2002); Midnight in Paris (2011).
Kathy Bates in Alexander Payne's About Schmidt (2002).
Kathy Bates in Alexander Payne’s About Schmidt (2002).

Sissy Spacek (US, 1949- )
Badlands (1973); Carrie (1976); 3 Woman (1977); Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980); Missing (1982); Crimes of the Heart (1986); The Long Walk Home (1990); JFK (1991); Affliction (1997); The Straight Story (1999); Blast from the Past (1999); In the Bedroom (2001); The Help (2011).
Sissy Spacek (as Loretta Lynn) and Tommy Lee Jones in Coal Miner's Daughter (1982).
Sissy Spacek (as Loretta Lynn) and Tommy Lee Jones in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980).

Jessica Lange (US, 1949- )
King Kong (1976); All That Jazz (1979); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); Tootsie (1982); Frances (1982); Country (1984); Sweet Dreams (1985); Music Box (1989); Cape Fear (1991); Blue Sky (1994); Rob Roy (1995); A Thousand Acres (1997); Titus (1999); Big Fish (2003); Broken Flowers (2005); Grey Gardens (2009).
Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer in Frances (1982).
Jessica Lange as Frances Farmer in Frances (1982).

Naseeruddin Shah (India, 1950- )
Sparsh (1979); Aakrosh (1981); Chakra (1982); Masoom (1984); Paar (1984); Karma (1986); The Perfect Murder (1988); Hey Ram (2000); Monsoon Wedding (2001); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); Iqbal (2006); A Wednesday (2008); Maximum (2012).
Naseeruddin Shah in Maximum (2012).
Naseeruddin Shah in Maximum (2012).

Willem Dafoe (US, 1955- )
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Platoon (1986); Mississippi Burning (1988); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); Born on the Fourth of July (1989); Light Sleeper (1992); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Affliction (1997); Existenz (1999); The Boondock Saints (1999); Shadow of the Vampire (2000); American Psycho (2000); Spider-Man (2002); Auto Focus (2002); Once Upon A Time in Mexico (2003); Finding Nemo (2003); The Aviator (2004); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); Inside Man (2006); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Antichrist (2009).
Willem Dafoe in Auto Focus (2002).
Willem Dafoe in Paul Schrader’s Auto Focus (2002).

Isabelle Adjani (France, 1955- )
The Story of Adele H. (1975); The Tenant (1976); The Driver (1978); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Quartet (1981); Possession (1981); L’été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer) (1983); Subway (1985); Ishtar (1987); Camille Claudel (1988); La reine Margot (Queen Margot) (1994); Bon Voyage (2003); La journée de la jupe (Skirt Day) (2010).
Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel (1988).
Isabelle Adjani in Camille Claudel (1988).

Leslie Cheung (Hong Kong, 1956-2003)
Nomad (1982); A Better Tomorrow (1986); Rouge (1987); A Better Tomorrow II (1987); Days of Being Wild (1990); A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990); Once A Thief (1991); All’s Well, Ends Well Too (1993); The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993); The Bride with White Hair (1993); Farewell, My Concubine (1993); Ashes of Time (1994); He’s A Woman, She’s a Man (1994); Viva Erotica (1996); Happy Together (1997); Inner Senses (2002).
Leslie Cheung in Wong Kar-Wai's Happy Together (1997).
Leslie Cheung in Wong Kar-Wai’s Happy Together (1997).

Steve Buscemi (US, 1957- )
Mystery Train (1989); Miller’s Crossing (1990); Barton Fink (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Living in Oblivion (1995); Fargo (1996); Trees Lounge (1996); Con Air (1997); The Big Lebowski (1998); Armageddon (1998); Ghost World (2001); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Big Fish (2003); Interview (2007).
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World (2002).
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World (2001).

Viggo Mortensen (US, 1958- )
The Indian Runner (1991); Carlito’s Way (1993); Crimson Tide (1995); The Portrait of a Lady (1996); A Perfect Murder (1998); The Lord of the Rings series (2001-2003); A History of Violence (2005); Eastern Promises (2007); The Road (2009); A Dangerous Method (2011).
Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's A History of Violence (2005).
Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005).

Michelle Pfeiffer (US, 1958- )
Grease 2 (1982); Scarface (1983); Ladyhawke (1985); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); Dangerous Liaisons (1988); Married to the Mob (1988); The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Frankie and Johnny (1991); Batman Returns (1992); The Age of Innocence (1993); Dangerous Minds (1995); The Prince of Egypt (1998); I Am Sam (2001); White Oleander (2002); Hairspray (2007); Stardust (2007).
Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorcese's The Age of Innocence (1990).
Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis in Martin Scorcese’s The Age of Innocence (1993).

Eddie Murphy (US, 1961- )
48 Hrs. (1982); Trading Places (1983); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Coming to America (1988); The Nutty Professor (1996); Dr. Dolittle (1998); Bowfinger (1999); Shrek and sequels (2001-2010); Dreamgirls (2006).
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Hong Kong, 1962- )
Love Unto Waste (1986); People’s Hero (1987); A City of Sadness (1989); My Heart is that Eternal Rose (1989); Bullet in the Head (1990); Days of Being Wild (1991); Hard Boiled (1992); The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993); Chungking Express (1994); Happy Together (1997); The Longest Nite (1998); In the Mood for Love (2000); Hero (2002); Infernal Affairs (2002); 2046 (2004); Lust, Caution (2007); Red Cliff (2008); Red Cliff II (2009); The Grandmaster (2013).
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in Infernal Affairs (2002).
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in Infernal Affairs (2002).

Sridevi (India, 1963- )
Sadma (1983); Nagina (1986); Mr. India (1987); Chandni (1989); ChaalBaaz (1989); Lamhe (1991); Khuda Gawah (1992); Laadla (1994); Judaai (1997); English Vinglish (2012).
Sridevi (left) in Lamhe (1991).
Sridevi (left) in Lamhe (1991).
 
Gong Li (China, 1965- )
Red Sorghum (1987); Ju Dou (1990); Raise the Red Lantern (1991); The Story of Qiu Ju (1992); Farewell My Concubine (1993); To Live (1994); Shanghai Triad (1995); The Emperor and the Assassin (1998); Breaking the Silence (2000); 2046 (2004); Memoirs of a Geisha (2005); Curse of the Golden Flower (2006); Hannibal Rising (2007).
Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991).
Gong Li in Raise the Red Lantern (1991).

Aamir Khan (India, 1965- )
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988); Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991); Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992); Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993); Andaz Apna Apna (1994); Rangeela (1995); Raja Hindustani (1996); Ghulam (1998); Sarfarosh (1999); Lagaan (2001); Dil Chahta Hai (2001); Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005); Rang De Basanti (2006); Taare Zameen Par (2007); Ghajini (2008); 3 Idiots (2009).
Aamir Khan (center), Sharman Joshi and R. Madhavan in 3 Idiots (2012).
Aamir Khan (center), Sharman Joshi and R. Madhavan in 3 Idiots (2012).

Emily Watson (UK, 1967- )
Breaking the Waves (1996); The Boxer (1997); Hilary and Jackie (1998); Cradle Will Rock (1999); Angela’s Ashes (1999); The Luzhin Defence (2000); Gosford Park (2001); Punch-Drunk Love (2002); Red Dragon (2002); Corpse Bride (2005); The Proposition (2005); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Oranges and Sunshine (2010); War Horse (2011); The Book Thief (2013).
Emily Watson in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love (2003).
Emily Watson in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love (2002).

 

Madhuri Dixit (India, 1967- )
Tezaab (1988); Ram Lakhan (1989); Dil (1990); Saajan (1991); Beta (1992); Khalnayak (1993); Anjaam (1994); Hum Aapke Hain Koun…! (1994); Dil toh Pagal Hai (1997); Pukar (2000); Devdas (2002); Aaja Nachle (2007).
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Madhuri Dixit in Devdas (2002).

Catherine Zeta-Jones (UK, 1969- )
The Mask of Zorro (1998); Entrapment (1999); High Fidelity (2000); Traffic (2000); American’s Sweethearts (2001); Chicago (2002); Intolerable Cruelty (2003); Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003); Ocean’s Twelve (2004); The Terminal (2004); The Legend of Zorro (2005); No Reservations (2007); Side Effects (2013).
Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney in the Coen Brothers' Intolerable Cruelty.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney in the Coen Brothers’ Intolerable Cruelty (2003).

Uma Thurman (US, 1970- )
Dangerous Liaisons (1988); Henry & June (1990); Mad Dog and Glory (1993); Pulp Fiction (1994); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994); Beautiful Girls (1996); The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996); Batman & Robin (1997); Gattaca (1997); The Avengers (1998); Sweet and Lowdown (1999); The Golden Bowl (2000); Tape (2001); Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004); Prime (2005); The Producers (2005); My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006); The Life Before Her Eyes (2007).
Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill 2 (2004).
Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill 2 (2004).

Mark Wahlberg (US, 1971- )
The Basketball Diaries (1995); Fear (1996); Boogie Nights (1997); Three Kings (1999); The Perfect Storm (2000); The Italian Job (2003); I Heart Huckabees (2004); Four Brothers (2005); The Departed (2006); Shooter (2007); The Fighter (2010); The Other Guys (2010); Ted (2012); Pain & Gain (2013).
Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell's The Fighter (2010).
Mark Wahlberg in David O. Russell’s The Fighter (2010).

Ewan McGregor (UK, 1971- )
Shallow Grave (1994); Trainspotting (1996); The Pillow Book (1996); Brassed Off (1996); A Life Less Ordinary (1997); Velvet Goldmine (1998); Little Voice (1998); Star Wars Episodes I, II, II (1999-2007); Moulin Rouge! (2001); Black Hawk Down (2001); Big Fish (2003); Down with Love (2003); Young Adam (2003); The Ghost Writer (2010); Beginners (2010); Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012); The Impossible (2012); August: Osage County (2013).
Ewan McGregor in Beginners (2010).
Ewan McGregor in Beginners (2010).

Joaquin Phoenix (US, 1974- )
Parenthood (1989); To Die For (1995); Inventing the Abbotts (1997); Return to Paradise (1998); The Yards (2000); Quills (2000); Gladiator (2000); Signs (2002); Hotel Rwanda (2004); The Village (2004); Walk the Line (2005); Two Lovers (2008); The Master (2012); Her (2013).
Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master (2010).
Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master (2012).

3 thoughts on “Best Film Actors & Actresses of All Time: Part 2

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  2. CRankywithoutCarbs

    Nice list!
    Just a correction..Since i am a fan of Devdas I saw that you’ve got Aishwarya Rai’s photo incorrectly shown under Madhuri Dixit’s name. They are both in the movie, but Madhuri is the slightly older lady, and better dancer. Both ladies are beautiful.

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