BigMDV Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Loads to choose from, but who's had the biggest impact on uk cinema? Michael Caine John Gielgud Malcolm McDowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 you're asking two different questions tho, top 3 british actors might not have had the biggest impact on UK cinema, even biggest impact is kinda ambiguous, are we going on skill? box office appeal? number of good films made?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naecups1902 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 George Cole David Jason Ken Stott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.J Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 No I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Anthony Hopkins Christian Bale Ben Kingsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 No I'm not. He was talking to me. Agreed the question is ambiguous. Of all time? Present day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadKiller Dog Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Depends on Iconic or ability . Iconic for me Connery Caine Chaplin Could add loads more such as Olly Reed, Richard Burton Ability is harder Alec Guinness Richard Harris John Geilgud again could add loads more some from aboves list Albert Finney ,Hopkins ,patrick stewart not putting in TV stars in this list but Ronnie Barker , David Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gary Oldman Tim Roth Danny Dyer Nah Anthony Hopkins or Richard Burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussAsia Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I like Ray Winstone... theres no accounting for taste.. However i cant stand Christian Bale and Ben Kingsley.. Therefore i would go for Kaiser Sauzee (is he British) Anthony Hopkins Ray Winstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussAsia Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gary Oldman Tim Roth Danny Dyer Nah Anthony Hopkins or Richard Burton Tim Roth, I like him in Lie to Me.. In that Scottish film he was terrible.. I think it was Rob Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignoranus Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Christian Bale Tom Hardy Oliver Reed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMDV Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 you're asking two different questions tho, top 3 british actors might not have had the biggest impact on UK cinema, even biggest impact is kinda ambiguous, are we going on skill? box office appeal? number of good films made?? good point, in the same way that Hammer ran the horror movies, Rosemarys baby and the Exorcist changed that forever. Actors that are iconic enough, their screen presence changes how you view a film. Has the helped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossthejambo Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gary Oldman Sir Michael Caine Sir Anthony Hopkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Liam Neeson Sean Connery John Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Christian Bale Gary Oldman Sean Connery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairneyhill Jambo Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 John Hurt Anthony Hopkins and for comedy, David Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Oldman Hopkins McKellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Laurence Olivier.....transformed a formidable live theatre career into a succesful movie career. His presence made what were sometimes poor movies popular. An outstanding actor. Alec Guiness........to some extent just the volume of movies he starred in made him an international star, his ability to become the character he was portraying, made some of his less good movies watchable. Sean Connery........although it is almost sinful to name him with the former two brilliant actors, his James Bond movies completely changed the whole British movie culture. He became iconic and the whole industry changed as a result. British movies generally were in the earlier days, 40's early 50's, were almost laughable. The war movies were excellent, although generally propagandaised, the crime movies always featured detectives in fedoras and dirty trench coats. The final scenes always involved a foot chase through wet rainy alleys. They now make some excellent movies and have excellent actors, many I would say who have learned their craft on TV series etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Ben Kingsley John Hurt Lots of good shouts on this thread; Reed, Hopkins, Caine, and Oldman. Hardy and Bale will also go on to be considered great I reckon. If you go back far enough you have to consider the likes of Olivier and O'Toole. Ian McKellan and Kenneth Brannagh almost made my top 3. Tim Roth who's also been mentioned is very under-rated. Danny Dyer can GTF. As can Sean Connery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis Forgot about him! Amazing actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gregor Fisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibee Hater Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Recently been liking simon pegg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoJack Horseman Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Daniel Day-Lewis I'd squeeze Hopkins out of my list for him, totally forgot. Oldman Day-Lewis McKellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Oldman is top of the tree for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I like Ray Winstone... theres no accounting for taste.. However i cant stand Christian Bale and Ben Kingsley.. Therefore i would go for Kaiser Sauzee (is he British) Anthony Hopkins Ray Winstone Do you mean Kevin Spacey? He's American. But the guy that played 'Kobayashi' was English: Pete Postlethwaite. Died recently, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossthejambo Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Throw in a mention for John Hurt, had forgotten all about Pete Postlethwaite as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 A wee mention for Brenden Gleeson and Gabriel Byrne, not entirely of the british variety tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 No mention of William Roache? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feeno Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Bill Nighy is pretty decent anaw, Gambon, Peter Capaldi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sraman Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Alistair Sim Peter Sellers Donald Pleasence Maybe not as technically gifted as some already mentioned (except Alistair Sim of course) but I would much rather watch a poor film with any of these three actors in it than anything with Michael Caine. Comes down to personal preference I suppose and I just can't stand that man. Having said that, I really liked him in Stella Street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 in no particular order: richard burton richard attenborough john mills alec guinness john gielgud michael caine anthony hopkins laurence olivier anthony quayle and some others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Alan Rickman has to be up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjl Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My favourite three are Richard Burton, Michael Caine and Ray Winstone although Richard Burton wins by a long long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Rickman Richard E Grant The guy that does the voice of scar in the lion king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 It took 7 posts before someone mentioned Gary Oldman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midloth_Iain Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Ben Kingsley Gary Oldman Pete Postlethwaite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gary Oldman Anthony Hopkins Michael Caine Just outside the list would be Rickman & Christian Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Benoit Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Do you mean Kevin Spacey? He's American. But the guy that played 'Kobayashi' was English: Pete Postlethwaite. Died recently, I think. I'd go for him, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth as my favourites, can't think of much they've been in they haven't been really good in (even if the film wasn't) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory House M.D. Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Tom Hardy is quite good as well actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Dougray Scott :'> But seriously: Oldman, Caine, Kingsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian Lambretta Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Billy Connolly in Just another Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboX2 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 1. Kenneth Branagh 2. Michael Sheen 3. David Tennant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Depends on Iconic or ability . Iconic for me Connery Caine Chaplin Could add loads more such as Olly Reed, Richard Burton Ability is harder Alec Guinness Richard Harris John Geilgud again could add loads more some from aboves list Albert Finney ,Hopkins ,patrick stewart not putting in TV stars in this list but Ronnie Barker , David Jason Pretty much spot on although never saw enough of Chaplin to add him - also missing Jeremy Irons & Ralph Fiennes, oh and quite simply Dame Helen Mirren for actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Do you mean Kevin Spacey? He's American. But the guy that played 'Kobayashi' was English: Pete Postlethwaite. Died recently, I think. I think he means the Irish actor Gabriel Byrne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
systemx Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Timothy Spall Pete Postlethwaite l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Would the mods please correct the thread title? It pains me to be contributing to the thread as it may appear to some that I'm condoning the butchering of the mother tongue of the actors we praise. Anyway (and assuming that we're sticking with actors in films, rather than stage actors): Anthony Hopkins gets a big vote from me, as does Gary Oldman. Many others already mentioned but none has yet mentioned Stan Laurel, a pioneer of cinema and, whilst his acting won't seem anything special to folk who've been spoiled by stuff from the subsequent 80-90 years, without him and his like, we wouldn't have had half the stuff we appreciate from others mentioned so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Timothy Spall Pete Postlethwaite I was just about to say Tim Spall - tremendous in stuff like Secrets and Lies. I like Brian Cox as well. Hopkins was the first name I thought of. Also Ben Kingsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 1. Kenneth Branagh 2. Michael Sheen 3. David Tennant Michael Sheen is a tremendous shout. Also Alastair Sim and Terry Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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