Best British Actor of All Time

[Elite]

5 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

Sean Bean’s command of accents surely places him in the top tier by itself.

He's certainly mastered the Yorkshire one.

[Anubis]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

He's certainly mastered the Yorkshire one.

It’s only taken him 61 years. Now THAT is dedication.

[Jose Jones]

5 minutes ago, Anubis said:

It’s only taken him 61 years. Now THAT is dedication.

Sean Bean can’t be 61 can he? 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

13 minutes ago, Anubis said:

It’s only taken him 61 years. Now THAT is dedication.

 

Bastard........Nobody says it better. 

[aws]

Richard Burton and Laurence Olivier. 

[General Dryness]

2 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

Bastard........Nobody says it better. 

 

[Anubis]

2 hours ago, Jose Jones said:

Sean Bean can’t be 61 can he? 

Obviously he has the body of a 21 year old.

[Tony Moanero]

Sean Bean has always been ridiculously fit. Didn’t start playing for Sheffield United until he was 36/37 and was easily the best player on the pitch.

[Anubis]

Yorkshire....

 

 

Gondorkshire....

 

 

 

Poshkshire....

 

 

 

Americankshire....

 

 

[the chimp]

Academy award winning (best actor) Scouser, sexy Rexy.

 

 

 

[easytoslip]

15 hours ago, Soft Joe said:

Roy Kinnear

Yes he was sound, I'd put in Brian Glover beside him, not the classic actor I suppose but good at what he played. 

[easytoslip]

Colin Blakely,especially in The Birthday Party

Kenneth Cranham. 

Was Herbert Lom British? 

[Chairman Meow]

4 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Was Herbert Lom British? 

Hungarian or something like that I think. 

[TheHowieLama]

Sir John Gielgud

[easytoslip]

44 minutes ago, Chairman Meow said:

Hungarian or something like that I think. 

Think you right there. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

It,’s Alec Guinness.

[VladimirIlyich]

Its nobody born after 1970 at least. 

[easytoslip]

William Hartnell, from Southport? 

John Gregson, from Wavertree. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Peter Vaughan.

[Remmie]

The league of gentleman trio: Shearsmith, Gatiss and Pemberton are all very talented.

[Stickman]

Anthony Hopkins just for Nixon alone 

 

Ray Winstone as I’ve yet to see any actor play Ray Winstone better 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Alec Guiness

Charles Laughton

Richard Burton 

Alistair Sim

Stanley Baker

Richard Todd

Peter Sellers

Michael Caine

Peter O’Toole

John Mills

Richard Attenburgh

Jack Hawkins

Honorable mentions either British born or made a career here.

 

Cary Grant

Bob Hope

Lawrence Harvey

Richard Harris

Christopher Plummer

 

 

 

[leslie]

On 10/05/2020 at 17:56, Paul said:

The two best performances I’ve ever seen by British actors are Vicky McClure in This Is England ‘86 and Sarah Lancashire in Happy Valley. 
 

Even though I think the likes of DDL and Gary Oldman are amazing and each has an amazing range of skills and roles that reflect them, I think I just prefer the subtlety of a more naturalistic performance of a character who is “ordinary”. The evocation of authentic human emotions in “everyday” dramatic moments is more impressive to me than playing Churchill, a spy, a psychotic oil man or a disabled artist. 
 

In no way am I diminishing the greatness of the two blokes I’ve mentioned there (they’re both incredible and I love their films - especially GO’s in State Of Grace); rather I’m stating how McClure and Lancashire are in stellar company. 
 

Lancashire’s range in Happy Valley is mind-blowing and you don’t see her as the bar maid from Corrie in another role; rather she simply is that rural police sergeant and surrogate mum/nan who endures everyday grind, awful grief and extreme violence. 
 

And as for Vicky McClure in TIE ‘86! Fuck me, I have never seen anything like the scene she has with Johnny Harris. It is so fucking visceral. I have never felt more tense or engaged in anything on the screen in my life than that. And then Stephen Graham arrives and she takes the scene in another direction completely. Honestly find it hard to comprehend how they went in and out of performance, so real does it seem. It’s absolutely wonderful stuff. 

I agree Lancashire was brill. in Happy Valley, must have been really hard going to make that series, when asked to make another she said let me sleep for a year, then i'll think about it.

[easytoslip]

15 hours ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Peter Vaughan.

Yes, he's one mean looking man. 

[VladimirIlyich]

15 minutes ago, easytoslip said:

Yes, he's one mean looking man. 

Grouty was ace in Porridge.