Who's your favourite actor?

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Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon in "Sense And Sensibility" and as Snape of course!

Kate Winslet - also in "S & S"

Kate Beckinsale in "Emma"

Bruce Willis - Sixth Sense

Jodi Foster and Hannibal Lecter (so good I can't name him!) - Silence of the Lambs

Branagh in just about anything, but especially his "Hamlet". I know it's had mixed reviews, but I can't wait to see his latest film, "As You Like It".

Was really blown away by Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List"

Actresses - I think Kate Winslet is brilliant in all her roles, though some of her films don't always work IYKWIM?

on stage - Anthony Sher/Juliet Stevenson/ Harriet Walters/Ian Mckellen/Pete Postlethwaite

on film - Kevin Costner/Annette Benning/Paul Bettany/Kate Winslet/Dustin Hoffman

Sure there are thousands more but they are the ones that sprang to mind

I love Ray Liotta as Henry Hill in Goodfellas.

Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen in Out of Africa.

Matt Damon as Bourne.

Chris Cooper in anything.

On the stage Ken Branagh, Ben Kingsley and Glenn Close have blown me away.

Alan Rickman - how could I forget him - we saw him as Valmont in Les Liasons Dangereux

OMG that man is sexy!!!!!!!!!

Anton Walbrook, esp in Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. 'Clive, my English is not so much, but my friendship for you is [spiritual pause] very much' [BLUBS]
and especially his speech when being interrogated as an 'enemy alien'. He has thousand-mile eyes.

Ioan Gruffydd is, IMO, a brilliant actor. He has such a mobile face and is utterly believable as well as breath-takingly handsome . I could watch him in anything although I hated The Fantastic Four. I wish he had not sold out to Hollywood.

Derek Jacobi is one of my great idols. I have seen him in loads of plays and love anything he has been in on tv/films.

I am going to stop at two - one classical and one goegeous young man - otherwise I could be here all day and the hoovering beckons.

i was quite surprised at nicole kidman in Flirting..amazing

wrt theatre, I saw Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay in Becket years ago and was knocked out by their performances. I also saw Robert Lindsay play Hamlet for the Royal Court (when I was a schoolgirl) - I think that's when my RL admiration started

Ray McAnnally's incredible stare at the camera at the end of The Mission is worthy of a mention too

lillibet, I have interviewed Alan Rickman

Another vote for Ray Liotta in goodfellas, he was seriously intimidating.

Also Matt Damon in Bourne

Michael C Hall in anything

Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under

Oh Ray McAnally in A Very British Coup was amazing.

robert de niro taxi driver
john cusack in anything
colin firth in most things
really like the overacting kate winslet in most things too
ray liotta in goodfellas is great, love that film

ooh ooh ooh Ray Liotta

Jennifer Anniston she always seems really natural when she acts and I like most of her films.

Male actors, Jack Nicholson is always good value though I've not seen one of his films for ages. He is great in Something's Gotta Give and obviously The Shining.

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People whose work I consistently enjoy include

Michael Sheen
Daniel Craig
Jeremy Northam
Tom Wilkinson
Mark Ruffalo
Anton Lesser
Alan Rickman
Adrian Lester
Derek Jacobi

Juliet Stevenson
Lindsay Duncan
Laura Linney
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Helen Mirren
Clare Higgins
Claire Skinner
Emma Thompson
Kelly Macdonald
Anna Chancellor

Al Pacino - every film he's done. Brilliant...brilliant.

On TV also like David Morrissey and John Sim. Oh and Philip Glenister.

Sean Penn
Susan sarandon

Al Pacino - i could go on about him, his films, his acting for hours.

Female is harder, errrm, no one blows me away to be honest. In the theatre I thought Elena Rodger was amazing as Eva Peron, oh it has just comme to me, ELAINE PAGE.... truly amazing.