Which male actor had the greatest range in history?

I will agree somewhat on this, the few movies I have seen with him have been good. I wanted to see more and was sad to see lose his life so young.

I will always think William Holden was a great actor, dramatic actor. Cannot comment on range however as he seem to be always in a drama role.


I m not a big fan of many of our American actors as much as I am of the British ones. So many of my favorite shows for example on HBO and Showtime have stars from the UK, very very good actors.

Idris Elba, Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Damien Lewis, Colin Firth, Peter O Toole--the Best!, I could go on,

I was able to see Douglas Fairbanks Jr in the West End many many years ago---"The Pleasure of His Company"--WOW he was great.

Marlon Brando, not one mention yet, you guys suck

Yes and Jerry Lewis is in there too. Comedy is the hardest acting there is and a good comedian is an excellent dramatic actor as well. Many great dramatic actors suck at comedy.

Ronald Reagan. He had a beautiful range in California!!!

Lon Chaney Jr.
Did the Wolfman, Frankenstien and everything inbetween.

The guy who eats shit for 40 hours a week and convinces his wife and kids that he doesn't mind. One day it'll be worth it.

John Lithgow......dressed to kill. Footloose..Third rock from sun......lots of range

Edward G. Robinson

well come on....

Ron jeremy for sure

Peter O'Toole was and is one of the greatest..absolutely mesmerizing. He was also a profoundly enrertaining story teller.

I hate to say it . You'll think im nuts.

But Keanu Reeves

bill and ted , sweet november , the matrix , speed , 47 ronin


I mean .... what hasnt he done .... a western ??

He's one that came to my mind too, and also Val Kilmer.

Obama.

Anyone with an Amana has a great range!

Richard Burton
Charlton Heston

There ya go.

And also a bad guy in that Dexter

Gary Oldman or Dustin Hoffman.

Honorable mention:

Jim Broadbent
Mark Strong
Michael Shannon

Johnny Depp

Slingblade was the most retarded attempt at being a retard.

Best retard goes to Leo DiCaprio What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

The Italian Actor Rubio Clitoris

Definitely a contender. The guy's a chameleon.

Sure, Reeves TRIES to play different types of parts...but he mostly fails to be convincing because he's always the same.

I agree mate, I like both suggestions, but I'd have to say Tom Hanks, from love movies to playing a kid to the 'challenged' all american (Forrest Gump) to an astronaut to a bloke who acted the whole movie on his own with a volleyball to a religious cowboy...not bad. Denzel would be in my next group aswell with Leo & Macy

Peter North set the bar.

This is a good one. Ever see Oldman in True Romance? KNOCK OUT!!

Him, Tim Roth (compare Reservoir Dogs & Four Rooms) and Tom Hardy (compare Bronson and Legend).

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Why thank you....

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Christian Bale is no slouch either.

Winner.

Went from playing a dreadlock drug dealer to Zorg to Commissioner Gordon. Flawlessly.