John Goodman is just a man who is able to put up with Roseanne Barr/Pentland/Arnold/Thomas.
Of course I respect your opinion and you're entitled to express it, but that is an outrageous thing to say. Apparently, you've never seen Goodman in Barton Fink, Blood Simple or The Big Lebowski. The man is a wonderful, terrific actor.
As for Don Cheadle, I can only agree with you to a certain extent. He has done some great acting but whenever the guy tries to pull off a british accent (the london one especially), I have to laugh out loud because it's so painfully bad! Not that underrated in my book but that's just my 2 cents worth
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Glad to see that someone else agrees that Sean Penn deserves respect for I Am Sam. You're right. Kevin Spacey did win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I always forget about the Supporting Actor. Touch. As for John Goodman, he showed how great of an actor he is by actually being able to stand next to that loudmouth (beep) Roseanne Barr. I still disagree that he is one of the most underrated actors; you can't prove that in comedies or sci-fi films. If you're looking for underrated actors, check out Don Cheadle, but otherwise, John Goodman is just a man who is able to put up with Roseanne Barr/Pentland/Arnold/Thomas.

Yeah well, I wrote those were just a few off the top of my head didn't I. But sure, I stick to all of them. Of course I forgot a bunch, Philip Seymour Hoffman for example. After all, it was his portrayal of Truman Capote that made me come to this message board in the first place or Sean Penn, who deserves the uttermost respect for his performances in 'I am Sam' and 'Mystic River'.
By the way, I think that Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for both, The Ususal Suspects AND American Beauty and some of the actors I mentioned got at least a nod for one (Osment, DiCaprio). But seriously, it doesn't really amount to anything if you got an Academy Adward/Golden Globe or not. So many great performances and actors are disregarded each and every year, John Goodman being one of them. Come to think of it, he's undoubtably one the most underrated actors in business.
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First of all, I never thought I'd see John Goodman on a list of greatest acting performances. I respect you for saying that. Also, I can't believe you put two child actors on this list, even though they were good. I also want to let you know that only two of the actors actually won oscars for the films you provided. Kevin Spacey - American Beauty, Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump.

I agree wholeheartedly on your choice of Olivier's "Dr. Szell" in Marathon Man. Definitely one of the creepiest, most chilling screen villains of all time. ("Is it safe?")
Hoffman was also top-notch.

In addition:
Patty Duke in "The Miracle Worker"
Bette Davis in "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane"
Deniro in "Raging Bull"
James Cagney in "White Heat"
Sir Lawrence Olivier in "Marathon Man"
Sissy Spacek in "Coal Miners Daughter"
How about Queen Latifah in "Set It Off"

some off the top of my head in no particular order:
Leonardo DiCaprio in
What's eating Gilbert Grape
Johnny Depp in
Edward Scissorhands
William H. Macy in
Fargo
Joaquin Phoenix in
Gladiator and Walk the Line
Christian Slater in
Untamed Heart
Andy Serkis in
The Lord of The Rings - The Two Towers
Edward Norton in
American History X
Kevin Spacey
in American Beauty and The Usual Suspects
Jeff Bridges in
The Big Lebowski
John Goodman in
The Big Lebowski
River Phoenix in
Stand By Me
Haley Joel Osment in
The Sixth Sense
Geoffrey Rush in
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the black Pearl
and last but not least
Tom Hanks in
Forrest Gump
Eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark

In no particular order,
Marlon Brando in The Godfather
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
Edward Norton in American History X
Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Al Pacino in The Godfather Trilogy
Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty
Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets
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Tom Hanks, first place

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i'm glad i've seen malcolm mc dowell,peter sellers and marlon brando otherwise i would have thought no one have seen movies made after the eighties.many lists are kinda pathetic
even equiped with a shovel and you couldn't dig this

1.Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
2.Edward Norton - American History X
3.Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
4.Robert DeNiro - Taxi Driver
5.Marlon Brando - On The Waterfront
6.Kathy Bates - Misery
7.Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
8.Malcolm McDowell - A Clockwork Orange
9.Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove
10.Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

In no particular order:

• Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon & Scent of a Woman
• Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets
• Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull & Once Upon A Time In America
• Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
• Nicholas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
• Marlon Brando - Godfather
• Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
• Tim Robins - Mystic River

Geoffrey Rush-Shine
Hoffman-Capote
Julianne Moore-Magnolia
Alan Alda-Four Seasons
Laura Linney-You Can Count On Me
Tom Hanks-Philadelphia
Edward Norton-Primal Fear
Liam Neeson-Les Miserables

come on
you are forgetting of Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive
she was incredible in that movie

my top 10 performances
Al pacino - the godfather trilogy, scarface, Heat, Carlitos way, Scent of a woman
Daniel Day lewis -In the name of the father, My left foot, the boxer,gangs of new york
Robert DE Niro - Raging Bull, Heat, Goodfellas, Casino, godfather 2
Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the lambs, Fracture, Magic
Jack Nicholson -One flew over the cukoo cukoos nest, As good as it gets, the departed, the crossing guard, batman
Morgan Freeman- Shawshank Redemption
Kevin Spacey- seven, American Beauty, the usual suspects
Samuel L Jackson- Pulp Fiction, the negotiator
Leonardo DiCaprio- gangs of new york, the departed, whats eating gilbert grape
Denzel Washington - The hurricane, Safe house
also want to mention
joe pesci - casino, goodfellas
Danny Glover- the color purple, lethal weapon movies- silverado
james caan- the godfather, misery
kathy bates- misery
ray winston - nil by mouth, sexy beast
tommy lee jones- in the valley of elah, the fugitive
harrison ford- patriot games- indiana jones movies, star wars movies, air force one, the devils own
sean bean - patriot games
brad pitt- seven, the devils own, sleepers
liam neeson- taken, rob roy, schindlers list, k19 the widowmaker

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Thank you People kept only mentioning actors and no actresses! Bjrk was unbelievable in Dancer in the Dark.
We are all part of the same compost heap.

I totally agree.

edward norton is one of the best actors out there, after i saw amierican history x, i found out he was nominated for best actor, and i really think he deserved it
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Bjrk in Dancer in the Dark.
Outstanding.

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