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Greatest acting performances (all time)

A ranking of acting performances; drama, comedy, and action acting performances.

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Al Pacino in The Godfather
1

Al Pacino in The Godfather

(1972)
Al Pacino in The Godfather is an acting performance of Al Pacino in The Godfather. Pacino played a role of Michael Corleone.
9.6
9.6
from 9 votes
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Rooney Mara in Carol
2

Rooney Mara in Carol

(2015)
Rooney Mara in Carol is an acting performance of Rooney Mara in the movie Carol. Mara plays the role of Therese Belivet, a young aspiring photographer.
9.5
9.5
from 2 votes
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Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad
3

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad

Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad is an acting performance of Bryan Cranston in the TV series Breaking Bad. Cranston played a role of Walter White...
9.4
9.4
from 17 votes
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Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight Rises
4

Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight Rises

(2012)
Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight Rises is an acting performance of Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight Rises. Freeman played a role of Lucius Fox.
9
9
from 5 votes
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Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
5

Bradley Cooper in American Sniper

(2014)
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper is an Oscar-nominated acting performance of Bradley Cooper in the movie American Sniper. Cooper played a role of Chris Kyle...
9
9
from 1 vote
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Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
5

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant

(2015)
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant is an acting performance of Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie The Revenant. DiCaprio plays the role of frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass...
9
9
from 1 vote
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Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
5

Steve Carell in Foxcatcher

(2014)
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher in an Oscar-nominated acting performance of Steve Carell in the 2014 movie Foxcatcher. Carell played a role of John Eleuthère du Pont...
9
9
from 1 vote
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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Genisys
8

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Genisys

(2015)
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Genisys is an acting performance of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Genisys.
8.7
8.7
from 3 votes
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Christopher Lee in The Hobbit trilogy
9

Christopher Lee in The Hobbit trilogy

(2012)
Christopher Lee in The Hobbit trilogy is an acting performance of Christopher Lee in The Hobbit (film trilogy). Lee played a role of Saruman.
8.5
8.5
from 4 votes
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Matt Damon in The Martian
9

Matt Damon in The Martian

(2015)
Matt Damon in The Martian is an acting performance of Matt Damon in the movie The Martian. Damon played a role of a fictional American astronaut, Mark Watney...
8.5
8.5
from 4 votes
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Tom Hanks in The Green Mile
11

Tom Hanks in The Green Mile

Tom Hanks in The Green Mile is an acting performance of Tom Hanks in The Green Mile. Hanks played a role of Paul Edgecomb, a prison guard and a death row corrections officer...
8.5
8.5
from 2 votes
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Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
12

Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic

(1997)
Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic is an acting performance of Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie Titanic. DiCaprio plays the role of Jack Dawson, a penniless artist who falls in love with first-class passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater, played b...
8.3
8.3
from 3 votes
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Harry Potter (by Daniel Radcliffe)
13

Harry Potter (by Daniel Radcliffe)

(2001)
Harry Potter (by Daniel Radcliffe) is a fictional character portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter movie series. It is a portrayal of Harry Potter — the title character of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series...
8
8
from 4 votes
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Kate Winslet in Titanic
14

Kate Winslet in Titanic

(1997)
Kate Winslet in Titanic is an acting performance of Kate Winslet in the movie Titanic. Winslet plays the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater, a first-class passenger who falls in love with Jack Dawson, a penniless artist, played by Leonar...
8
8
from 1 vote
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Michael C. Hall in Dexter
15

Michael C. Hall in Dexter

(2006)
Michael C. Hall in Dexter in an acting performance of Michael C. Hall in the TV series Dexter (2006). It is a portrayal of Dexter 'Dex' Morgan – a fictional character and the antihero of the series of novels by Jeff Lindsay...
7
7
from 7 votes
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Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
16

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game

(2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game is an Oscar-nominated acting perfomance of Benedict Cumberbatch in the movie The Imitation Game. Cumberbatch played a role of Alan Turing...
7
7
from 1 vote
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Christian Bale in The Big Short
16

Christian Bale in The Big Short

(2015)
Christian Bale in The Big Short is an acting performance of Christian Bale in the movie The Big Short. Bale plays the role of an eccentric hedge fund manager, Michael Burry.
7
7
from 1 vote
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Superman (by Christopher Reeve)
18

Superman (by Christopher Reeve)

(1978)
Superman (by Christopher Reeve) is a fictional character portrayed by Christopher Reeve in the movie Superman (1978). It is a portrayal of Superman.
6
6
from 3 votes
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Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
19

Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs

(2015)
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs is an acting performance of Kate Winslet in the movie Steve Jobs. Winslet plays the role of Joanna Hoffman, marketing executive for Apple and NeXT and Jobs' confidant in the film...
6
6
from 1 vote
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Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
19

Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything

(2015)
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything is an Oscar-winning acting performance of Eddie Redmayne in the movie The Theory of Everything. Redmayne played a role of Stephen Hawking...
6
6
from 1 vote
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John Travolta in Pulp Fiction
21

John Travolta in Pulp Fiction

(1994)
John Travolta in Pulp Fiction is an acting performance of John Travolta in the movie Pulp Fiction. Travolta played the role of mob contract killer Vincent Vega...
5
5
from 2 votes
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Michael Keaton in Birdman
22

Michael Keaton in Birdman

(2014)
Michael Keaton in Birdman is an Oscar-nominated acting performance of Michael Keaton in the 2014 movie Birdman. Keaton played a role of Riggan Thomson / Birdman...
5
5
from 1 vote
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Brie Larson in Room
candidate

Brie Larson in Room

(2015)
Brie Larson in Room is an acting performance of Brie Larson in the movie Room. Larson plays the role of a woman held captive for years in an enclosed space with her 5-year-old son. They finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
candidate

Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl

(2015)
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl is an acting performance of Eddie Redmayne in the movie The Danish Girl. Redmayne played the role of Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
candidate

Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs

(2015)
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs is an acting performance of Michael Fassbender in the movie Steve Jobs. Fassbender played the role of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
candidate

Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl

(2015)
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl is an acting performance of Alicia Vikander in the movie The Danish Girl. Vikander plays the role of Gerda Wegener, a visual artist...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
candidate

Rachel McAdams in Spotlight

(2015)
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight is an acting performance of Rachel McAdams in the movie Spotlight. McAdams plays the role of Sacha Pfeiffer, an american journalist...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
candidate

Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight

(2015)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight is an acting performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh in the movie The Hateful Eight. Jason Leigh plays the role of Daisy Domergue a.k.a. "The Prisoner"...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
candidate

Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies

(2015)
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies is an acting performance of Mark Rylance in the movie Bridge of Spies. Rylance plays the role of Rudolf Abel, a soviet intelligence officer...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Sylvester Stallone in Creed
candidate

Sylvester Stallone in Creed

(2015)
Sylvester Stallone in Creed is an acting performance of Sylvester Stallone in the movie Creed. Stallone plays the role of Rocky Balboa, a retired boxing champion who becomes Adonis "Donnie" Johnson Creed's trainer...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
candidate

Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight

(2015)
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight is an acting performance of Mark Ruffalo in the movie Spotlight. Ruffalo plays the role of Michael Rezendes, a reporter...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Tom Hardy in The Revenant
candidate

Tom Hardy in The Revenant

(2015)
Tom Hardy in The Revenant is an acting performance of Tom Hardy in the movie The Revenant. Hardy plays the role of John Fitzgerald, a selfish member of the party who advocates abandoning Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Cate Blanchett in Carol
candidate

Cate Blanchett in Carol

(2015)
Cate Blanchett in Carol is an acting performance of Cate Blanchett in the movie Carol. Blanchett plays the role of a woman going through a difficult divorce...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
candidate

Jennifer Lawrence in Joy

(2015)
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy is an acting performance of Jennifer Lawrence in the movie Joy. Lawrence plays the role of Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
candidate

Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn

(2015)
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn is an acting performance of Saoirse Ronan in the movie Brooklyn. Ronan plays the role of a young Irish woman immigratibng to Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance. When her past catches up with...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
candidate

Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years

(2015)
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years is an acting performance of Charlotte Rampling in the movie 45 Years. Rampling plays the role of a woman who changes her perspective on her marriage after the discovery of her husband's ex-girlfriend...
0
0
from 0 votes
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Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
candidate

Bryan Cranston in Trumbo

(2015)
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo is an acting performance of Bryan Cranston in the movie Trumbo. Cranston played the role of Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo...
0
0
from 0 votes
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