The 25 Best Actors Ever

Even though I consider Bill Murray the best comedic actor ever, and I believe that comedic acting is difficult and unfairly unrecognized by the Academy, he lacks a bit in the dramatic department, so he barely missed the cut. It also pains me to cut Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart. But hey, I wanted to limit it to twenty-five.
Worth nothing: there are actors such as De Niro and Brando who "lost it" during their advanced ages (otherwise one of them might be at #1), and there are actors such as Patrick Stewart, who seems to improve with age.


25: Sterling Hayden


24: Kirk Douglas


23: Harrison Ford


22: Michael Keaton


21: Kevin Spacey


20: Cate Blanchett


19: Jackie Gleason


18: Samuel L. Jackson


17: Peter Sellers


16: Orson Welles


15: Catherine Keener


14: Steve McQueen


13: Gene Hackman


12: Tom Cruise


11: Robert Downey, Jr.


10: Tom Hardy


9: Charlize Theron


8: Peter Lorre


7: Robert De Niro


6: Patrick Stewart


5: Marlon Brando


4: Leonardo DiCaprio


3: Dustin Hoffman


2: Daniel Day Lewis


1: Philip Seymour Hoffman