With Sully (which I didn’t include because it’s too fresh) out and Denzel’s magnificent seven kicking off TIFF (weak reviews) a few weeks back thought I’d try to break down this generation of actors… denzel is 58 years old…hanks 60…Sean Penn is 56 and Daniel Day-Lewis is 59…
They all have multiple oscars (3 for DDL), 5 noms (except denzel who has 6) and all had their debut in the 80’s (not counting a child cameo by DDL in sunday bloody sunday in 1971
i think ultimately, if i had a gun to my head and had to rank them, and god they are close, i’d go:
- DDL
- Hanks
- Penn
- Denzel
10 best films (combined list)
- Tree of life (Penn)
- The Thin Red Line (Penn)
- There will be blood (DDL)
- Malcolm X (denzel)
- Saving Private Ryan (hanks)
- Mystic River (Penn)
- The Last of the Mohicans (DDL)
- The Age of Innocence (DDL)
- Forrest Gump (hanks)
- 21 Grams/The Road To Perdition (penn/hanks)
Top 10 films: Penn (4), DDL (3), Denzel (1), Hanks (3)
Top 25 performances (combined list)
- There Will Be Blood (DDL)- 25
- Malcolm X (Denzel)- 24
- In the Name of the Father (DDL)- 23
- Gangs of New York (DDL)- 22
- Mystic River (Penn)- 21-
- Philadelphia (Hanks)- 20
- Big (Hanks)- 19
- The Thin Red Line (Penn)- 18
- Training Day (Denzel)- 17
- 21 Grams (Penn)- 16
- Cast Away (Hanks) (15
- Saving Private Ryan (Hanks)- 14
- MILK (Penn)- 13
- He Got Game (Denzel)- 12
- Lincoln (DDL)- 11
- Glory (Denzel)- 10
- My Left Foot (DDL)- 9
- Forrest Gump (Hanks)- 8
- Captain Phillips (Hanks)-7
- Carletto’s Way (Penn)-6
- Philadelphia (Denzel)- 5
- The Age of Innocence (DDL)- 4
- Apollo 13 (Hanks)- 3
- The Last of the Mohicans (DDL)- 2
- American Gangster (Denzel)- 1
Total films: DDL (7), Penn (5) Denzel (6), Hanks (7)
By points: DDL (96), Denzel (69), Penn (74), Hanks (86)
hanks
2 oscars
5 noms
16 archvies
Best performance: Philadelphia
Best film: saving private ryan
Top 10 films: 8
Masterpieces:1
Penn
2 oscars
5 noms
21 archives
Best performance: mystic river
Best film: thin red line
Top 10 films: 6
Masterpieces: 3
DDL
3 oscars
5 noms
14 archives
Best performance: there will be blood
Best film: there will be blood
Top 10 films: 7
Masterpieces: 1
Denzel
2 oscars
6 noms
17 archives
Best performance: Malcolm X
Best Film: Malcolm X
Top 10 films: 3
Masterpieces: 1
| 1971- Sunday, Bloody, Sunday |
| 1982- Gandhi |
| 1985- The Beautiful Laundrette |
| 1986- A Room With a View |
| 1988- The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| 1989- My Left Foot |
| 1992- The Last of the Mohicans |
| 1993- In the Name of the Father |
| 1993- The Age of Innocence |
| 1996- The Crucible |
| 1997- The Boxer |
| 2002- The Gangs of New York |
| 2007- There Will Be Blood |
| 2012- Lincoln |
| 1981- Taps |
| 1982- Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| 1985- The Falcon and the Snowman |
| 1986- At Close Range |
| 1988- Colors |
| 1989- Casualties of War |
| 1990- State of Grace |
| 1993- Carletto’s Way |
| 1995- Dead Man Walking |
| 1997- The Game |
| 1997- U-Turn |
| 1998- Hurlyburly |
| 1998- The Thin Red Line |
| 1999- Sweet and Lowdown |
| 2000- Before Night Falls |
| 2001- I Am Sam |
| 2003- 21 Grams |
| 2003- Mystic River |
| 2004- The Assassination of Richard Nixon |
| 2008- Milk |
| 2011- The Tree of Life |
| 1988- Big |
| 1990- Joe Versus the Volcano |
| 1993- Philadelphia |
| 1993- Sleepless in Seattle |
| 1994- Forrest Gump |
| 1995- Apollo 13 |
| 1998- Saving Private Ryan |
| 1999- The Green Mile |
| 2000- Cast Away |
| 2002- Catch Me If You Can |
| 2002- The Road to Perdition |
| 2007- Charlie Wilson’s War |
| 2012- Cloud Atlas |
| 2013- Captain Phillips |
| 2015- Bridge of Spies |
| 2016- Sully |
| 1984- A Soldier’s Story |
| 1987- Cry Freedom |
| 1989- Glory |
| 1992- Malcolm X |
| 1993- Much Ado About Nothing |
| 1993- Philadelphia |
| 1995- Crimson Tide |
| 1995- Devil In a Blue Dress |
| 1996- Courage Under Fire |
| 1998- He Got Game |
| 1999- The Hurricane |
| 2001- Training Day |
| 2004- The Manchurian Candidate |
| 2006- Inside Man |
| 2007- American Gangster |
| 2010- Unstoppable |
| 2012- Flight |
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Penn
Ddl
Denzel
Hanks
The next one would be: Bale, Norton, Leo, Phoenix.
And the one after them would be: Driver, Gosling, Gyllenhaal, Issac.
Where do Pitt and Cruise fit in though??
To think of it: Cruise, Pitt, Leung and Depp is one hell of a pair. This is fun to do..
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@AP and Aldo– thanks. This was my first post. 2016 (no phantom thread on here you’ll notice). It was a fun exercise