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John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Anthony Hopkins, one of the finest classical actors of his generation, is a master of depicting the contradictions and dualities of the human condition. Many of his roles demand a carefully refined and civilized exterior (at which he …
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See Li, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter He has been called one of the greatest movie stars of his generation, which he is, but more that, Leonardo DiCaprio is an artist who has chosen to be more than just a pretty face. From his early work, including his spectacular portrayal of the …
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Falkenauge, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter In the three and one-half decades since he’s been a screen actor, Denzel Washington has pretty much done it all. He’s known as one of the film industry’s most charismatic leading men, which is exceedingly evident in works like the titular role in Malcolm X or as the …
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John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Like Meryl Streep, his name is synonymous with excellence in the craft of acting. He has appeared in films like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Godfather II that have become (due in no small part to his involvement in them) cultural …
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MGM publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Elizabeth Taylor may not have been born a movie star, but she came as close to it as anyone could. Audiences watched her grow from a precocious child into one of the most skilled and well-rounded movie actresses in the business. First appearing at …
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Firooz Zahedi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Probably best-known for her “La-di-da, la-di-da” refrain in her portrayal of the ditzy titular character in Annie Hall, that particular Diane Keaton role is nothing like her intense performances as the desperately promiscuous schoolteacher in Looking for Mr. Goodbar or the angry and frustrated wife and mother in Shoot the Moon. …
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (work for hire), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Spencer Tracy was known as an actor’s actor, a man so skilled in the craft that everyone–critics, directors, other thespians, and even producers, stood in awe of him. His singular talent was in the fact that his craft was very nearly transparent; you …
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United Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Tony Curtis had it all: good looks, a charming smile, and a disarming glibness he used to portray wheeler-dealers like Corporal Jake Leibowitz in Captain Newman, M.D., con men like Lt. JG Nicholas Holden in Operation Petticoat, or opportunistic manipulators like Sidney Falco in The Sweet Smell …
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