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On all-time best actor lists you have the usual suspects. They include Marlon Brando, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Tom Hanks. You may get honorable mentions like Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, and John Wayne. So where does Denzel Washington fit on the list?
Is Denzel a top 20 all-time actor?
Would guys like Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Sidney Poitier, Joe Pesci, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Don Cheadle, and Leonardo DiCaprio knock him off the list? Certainly not. The 2-time Oscar winner is an actor's actor par excellence.
His memorable roles in Philadelphia, Crimson Tide, Malcom X, The Manchurian Candidate, and Flight portrayed an actor highly skilled in dramatic prose. He has been no stranger to acclaimed thrillers, starring in Training Day, The Siege, Man on Fire, Pelican Brief, and American Gangster. Who can forget Denzel in sports classics Remember the Titans and He Got Game? And which channel surfer can resist watching John Q on those rainy Saturday afternoons?
What is your view? Is Denzel Washington a top 20 all-time film actor?
Is Denzel a top 20 all-time actor?
Would guys like Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Sidney Poitier, Joe Pesci, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Don Cheadle, and Leonardo DiCaprio knock him off the list? Certainly not. The 2-time Oscar winner is an actor's actor par excellence.
His memorable roles in Philadelphia, Crimson Tide, Malcom X, The Manchurian Candidate, and Flight portrayed an actor highly skilled in dramatic prose. He has been no stranger to acclaimed thrillers, starring in Training Day, The Siege, Man on Fire, Pelican Brief, and American Gangster. Who can forget Denzel in sports classics Remember the Titans and He Got Game? And which channel surfer can resist watching John Q on those rainy Saturday afternoons?
What is your view? Is Denzel Washington a top 20 all-time film actor?