The Ten Best Actors of All Time Relay Race

Unfortunately, I was tagged in this Ten Best Actors of All-Time relay race. I say unfortunately because this list is already so good, and I haven't watched enough movies of one actor to be able to justify my decision. Anyway, I'll give it a go! (by the way, I'm posting so early because I have an Avengers review up tonight, and I've already planned my entire week's posting so this didn't come at the most convenient of times. Here's the skinny on this meme straight from My Filmviews:

So what’s the idea behind the relay? I’ve created a list of what I think are the best actors. At the end of the post I, just like in a real relay race, hand over the baton to another blogger who will write his own post. This blogger will have to remove one actor (that is an obligation) and add his own choice and describe why he/she did this. At the end the blogger chooses another blogger to do the same. The idea is to make this a long race, so that enough bloggers get a chance to remove and add an actor. We will end up with a list (not ranked in order) which represents a common agreement of the best actors.

The previous entries:

• My Filmviews
• The Focused Filmographer
• Front Room Cinema
• I Love That Film
• FlixChatter
• All Eyes on Screen
• Time Well Spent
• The Warning Sign
• moviesandsongs365
• And So It Begins...
• cinematic corner.
• Andy Buckle's Film Emporium
• Duke and the Movies
• Southern Vision
• Defiant Success

And the actors:

Robert De Niro

Daniel Day-Lewis

Charlie Chaplin

Marlon Brando

Gregory Peck

Paul Newman

Max von Sydow

Jack Nicholson

Humphrey Bogart

Jack Lemmon

Okay, since I don't know who to take out without looking like a jackass, I'm just going to have to choose Max von Sydow, particularly because I haven't seen any of his work (like I said, I look like a jackass, sorry). But hey, someone can add him back later.

I don't know if it is against the law to bring an actor back but since Ralph Fiennes is freaking awesome, he's coming back. He was awesome in Quiz Show, Strange Days, The Constant Gardener, the Harry Potter films, The English Patient, The Reader, Cemetery Junction, The Duchess, In Bruges, The Hurt Locker, Spider, Wuthering Heights, hell, even Clash of the Titans. But as most of you well know, his performance in Schindler's List is my favourite of all-time. So yes, he deserves to be on this list.

I shall pass this on to Andrew of Encore's World of Film & TV, who would be just perfect for something like this.