 | Who is the best actor in a War Movie?| OFF-Topic / Misc. Discuss Who is the best actor in a War Movie? in the Current forums; Originally Posted by cheddar cheese
I dont know his name, but I like the Sniper guy from Saving Private Ryan. ... |
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12-06-2005, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cheddar cheese I dont know his name, but I like the Sniper guy from Saving Private Ryan. He kicks ass... | Barry Pepper.
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12-06-2005, 03:56 PM
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| I liked Frank Sinatra.......
he was a P38 pilot in "Von Ryans Express" and he was a medic in "None But the Brave"
Robert Mitchum in "Heaven Knowns Mr Allison" was also supurb.
Lew Ayres as Paul Bäumer in "All Quiet On The Western Front" did a great job too!
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12-06-2005, 03:58 PM
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R. Lee Erney-Full Metal Jacket
Eric Bana- 'Hoot' Black Hawk Down
Tom Seizmore-Col Mcknight' Black Hawk Down
Robert De Niro- Deer Hunter
Terence Knox-Tour Of Duty(The Movie)
Sean Penn- Thin Red Line(not the greatest movie but Sean Penn was good)
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12-06-2005, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by reddragon I think there are a lot of actors I like, too, and it's hard to pick one. Some I like a lot are Damian Lewis (Maj. Richard Winters) and Neil McDonough (1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton) from Band of Brothers, although many others have done a super job, too. I thought Michael Caine (Col. Kurt Steiner) was good in The Eagle Has Landed and Zulu (Lt. John Chard). How about Jurgen Prochnow (Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) in Das Boot? | I like all the ones you just posted there especially Jurgen Prochnow (amazing performance as an U-Boot Captain) and Michael Caine. I also really do like Willem Dafoe as Elias in Platoon, and Sir Alec Guinness as Nicholson in The Bridge over The River Kwai.
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12-06-2005, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet ......Sir Alec Guinness as Nicholson in The Bridge over The River Kwai. | A monumental role he played. Probably the best he performed in his career.
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12-06-2005, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Gnomey (but then there isn't a shortage of bad ones either). | Matt Damon, Ben Assflick.........
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12-06-2005, 05:08 PM
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| I don't know who is my favorite, although I like Frank John Hughes for Wild Bill Guarnere. He's pretty funny. I like John Phillip Law in "Von Richthofen and Brown" although it was historically inaccurate. | |
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12-06-2005, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Gnomey (but then there isn't a shortage of bad ones either). | Matt Damon, Ben Assflick......... | My thoughts exactly...
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Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory or Heroes of Telemark
the guy who played Gibson in the Dambusters
Slim Pickens in Dr Strangelove
and just for trivia which actor in The Longest Day was really there
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| Skiiiiidish ! ( Bitch slap ) deluxe ! Lee Marvin in "The Big Red One" !
Other notables:
Donald Sutherland in "Eye of the Needle" and "The Eagle has Landed"
James Caan in " One Bridge Too Far "
Lot of younguns here me thinks !
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