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on 22 Nov 2010 05:37

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9.1

1. Maria Falconetti

as Jeanne d'Arc in The Passion of Joan of Arc

Mihail's rating:

8.3

2. Klaus Kinski

as Don Lope de Aguirre in Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Mihail's rating:

8.4

3. Ingrid Bergman

as Charlotte Andergast in Autumn Sonata

Mihail's rating:

7.7

4. Stephen Archibald

as Jamie in Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Childhood, My Ain Folk, My Way Home

Mihail's rating:

8.1

5. Victor Sjöström

as Dr. Isak Borg in Wild Strawberries

Mihail's rating:

7.5

6. Janet Gaynor

as The Wife in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

8.6

7. Jack Nicholson

as Robert Eroica Dupea in Five Easy Pieces

Mihail's rating:

8.4

8. Liv Ullmann

as Marianne in Scenes from a Marriage

Mihail's rating:

7.4

9. George O'Brien

as The Man in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

7.3

10. James Gandolfini

as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos

Mihail's rating:

8.4

11. Matti Pellonpää

as Rodolfo in The Bohemian Life

Mihail's rating:

8.6

12. Daniel Day-Lewis

as Christy Brown in My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Mihail's rating:

8.7

13. Marcello Mastroianni

as Marcello Rubini in La dolce vita

Mihail's rating:

7.6

14. Gloria Swanson

as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard

7.8

15. Jean-Louis Barrault

as Baptiste Debureau in Children of Paradise

Mihail's rating:

8.1

16. Erland Josephson

as Johan in Scenes from a Marriage

Mihail's rating:

6.7

17. Nicolas Cage

as Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas

Mihail's rating:

7.1

18. Olivier Gourmet

as Olivier in The Son

8.1

19. Bruno Ganz

as Damiel in Wings of Desire

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20. Harriet Andersson

as Agnes in Cries and Whispers

Mihail's rating:

7.9

21. Conrad Veidt

as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs

22. Peter O'Toole

as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia

Mihail's rating:

8.7

23. Marlon Brando

as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront

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24. Judy Garland

as Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett in A Star is Born

Mihail's rating:

7.4

25. Rutger Hauer

as Eric Vonk in Turkish Delight

7.4

26. Bruno S.

as Kaspar Hauser in The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Mihail's rating:

8.5

27. Henry Fonda

as Juror #8 in 12 Angry Men

Mihail's rating:

7.7

28. Yun-Fat Chow

as Chow Chen-fat in A Diary of a Big Man

Mihail's rating:

8.3

29. Takashi Shimura

as Kanji Watanabe in Ikiru

Mihail's rating:

7.5

30. Joaquin Phoenix

as Freddie Quell in The Master

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Update (2012): Since creating this list I've seen quite a few films including some exceptional performances, so I will expand this a little bit.

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Comments

Judith

Posted: 2 years, 3 months ago at Jan 27 14:16

Maybe it's just me, but I think Heath Ledger as The Joker definitely deserves to be mentioned here.

Shaun

Posted: 2 years, 3 months ago at Jan 27 14:24

I would put Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980).

Veed

Posted: 2 years, 3 months ago at Jan 27 15:21

What a great list... very refined taste. I would like to mention Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.