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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Kol - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Irish Aris - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Neowise - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 08-11-2021
Rachel McAdams v Michael Keaton
Lee Marvin v Alan Rickman - because if you ignore Harry Potter he's actually been in some good movies.
David Duchovny v Ciaran Hinds
Sam Neill v Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ShaneU - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - nothing - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
David Duchovny
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Trigger - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 08-11-2021
Rachel McAdams
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Sam Neill
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 08-11-2021
Jodie Comer ( the accent queen )
Colin Farrell
Guy Pearce
Gregory Peck
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 08-11-2021
Andrew Scott
Humphrey Bogart
Diane Keaton
Jude Law
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Mam of 4 - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton
Alan Rickman
Ciaran Hinds
Michael Gambon
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Wichita Lineman - 08-11-2021
Michael Keaton almost did a clean sweep but Rachel McAdams picked up 1 consolation vote while Alan Rickman did have a 14-0 whitewash in his favour. Ciaran Hinds and Sam Neill had tighter wins.
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Results:
Rachel McAdams 1 v 13 Michael Keaton
Lee Marvin 0 v 14 Alan Rickman
David Duchovny 6 v 8 Ciaran Hinds
Sam Neill 8 v 6 Michael Gambon
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Round 1 - Matches 165 - 168
Christopher Lee - Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000489/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
![[Image: Dracula.jpg?format=jpg&quality=80&width=...=aspectfit]](https://cdn.onebauer.media/one/empire-legacy/uploaded/Dracula.jpg?format=jpg&quality=80&width=440&ratio=1-1&resize=aspectfit)
![[Image: lordoftherings.jpg]](https://images.indianexpress.com/2015/09/lordoftherings.jpg)
Elijah Wood - His family owned a deli which they sold so they could move to California.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000704/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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Kaye Scodelario - In 2012, she appeared in the music video for the song "Candy" by Robbie Williams. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546012/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: Kaya-Scodelario.jpg]](https://cdn-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/2015/08/Kaya-Scodelario.jpg)
![[Image: scarlett-johansson-black-widow-156165098...size=480:*]](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/scarlett-johansson-black-widow-1561650986.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.647xh;0,0&resize=480:*)
Scarlett Johansson - As of 2020, she appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Lost in Translation (2003), Her (2013), Jojo Rabbit (2019) and Marriage Story (2019). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Charles Laughton - Discovered actress Maureen O'Hara at age 18 and immediately signed her under contract as his protégée.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001452/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: jamaica_inn_4.jpg]](https://emanuellevy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jamaica_inn_4.jpg)
![[Image: 10585-15473-0.jpg]](http://aveleyman.com/Gallery/2017/L/10585-15473-0.jpg)
Peter Lorre - Alfred Hitchcock was reputed to have said that one of Lorre's nicknames was "The Walking Overcoat". This moniker was given to Lorre because he used to rehearse in a floor-length overcoat, no matter what the season of the year was.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000048/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Eva Marie Saint - Director Alfred Hitchcock surprised many by choosing Saint over dozens of other candidates for the femme fatale role in what was to become a suspense classic North by Northwest (1959) with Cary Grant and James Mason.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001693/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: eva11.png]](https://www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com/static-assets/blobs/images/articles/2017/03/eva11.png)
![[Image: 1442535763187071187.jpg]](https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/-1828127333745015066/1442535763187071187.jpg)
Dean Martin - Had a fear of elevators and a love of comic books, which he read his entire life. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001509/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 41 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 42 arrives.
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Christopher Lee v Elijah Wood
Kaye Scodelario v Scarlett Johansson
Charles Laughton v Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint v Dean Martin
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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Kol - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre - Seeing as he is from Slovakia I should vote him, Great actor appearing in many great movies with Bogard and Sydney Greenstreet.
Eva Marie Saint
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 08-11-2021
Elijah Wood
Kaye Scodelario
Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Sawduck - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 08-11-2021
Elijah Wood
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee ( he still scares me )
Scarlett Johansson
Charles Laughton
Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - jp liz v1 - 08-11-2021
I do like that there is a nice wide range of old and young acting talent
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - davetherave - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 08-11-2021
That's a shame about Lee Marvin. He didn't deserve to be whitewashed. He's been in some great movies.
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee v Elijah Wood
Kaye Scodelario v Scarlett Johansson
Charles Laughton v Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint v Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - ShaneU - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Trigger - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson - Kaye is amazing in Skins, but Scarlett is another level
Peter Lorre
Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Trigger - 08-11-2021
(08-11-2021, 09:26 PM)quickbeam Wrote: That's a shame about Lee Marvin. He didn't deserve to be whitewashed. He's been in some great movies.Pity he came up against the best Christmas movie baddie ever
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 08-11-2021
Christopher Lee
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Neowise - 08-11-2021
Elijah Wood
Scarlett Johansson
Peter Lorre
Dean Martin
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Wichita Lineman - 09-11-2021
Big wins for Christopher Lee, Scarlett Johansson & Peter Lorre with Dean Martin completing the quartet with a 1 vote win.
Next up has at least 1 tie I'd really have to think a bit about.
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Results:
Christopher Lee 9 v 3 Elijah Wood
Kaye Scodelario 1 v 11 Scarlett Johansson
Charles Laughton 2 v 9 Peter Lorre
Eva Marie Saint 5 v 6 Dean Martin
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Round 1 - Matches 169 - 172
Burt Reynolds - Once paid $12,200 for a custom hairpiece.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000608/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
![[Image: burt-reynolds-obit.jpg?w=770&h=433&crop=1]](https://fox59.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2018/09/burt-reynolds-obit.jpg?w=770&h=433&crop=1)
![[Image: 1246508.jpg]](https://dazedimg-dazedgroup.netdna-ssl.com/640/azure/dazed-prod/1240/6/1246508.jpg)
Jessica Lange - Won the Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Tony Award for "Long Day's Journey into Night" on June 12, 2016.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Christian Bale - If he plays an American character, he will use an American accent in all the interviews related to the film. He says he does this so the audience is not confused.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: Christian-Bale-1.jpg]](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/2021/01/Christian-Bale-1.jpg)
![[Image: millers_crossing_gabriel_byrne+copy.jpg?format=1000w]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59021a94c534a5e9a182017c/1525281846590-S24B2BL8CJ2K96CFSFYK/millers_crossing_gabriel_byrne+copy.jpg?format=1000w)
Gabriel Byrne - He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said, "I spent five years in the seminary and I suppose it was assumed that you had a vocation. I have realized subsequently that I didn't have one at all. I don't believe in God. But I did believe at the time in this notion that you were being called." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000321/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Janet Leigh - Janet Leigh wrote four books: "There Really Was a Hollywood" (1984--an autobiography); "Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller" (1995, co-authored with Christopher Nickens); "House of Destiny" (1996--a novel); and "The Dream Factory" (2002--a novel). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001463/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
![[Image: 87-JanetLeigh-12299548290.jpg]](https://i.digiguide.tv/p/0812/87-JanetLeigh-12299548290.jpg)
![[Image: Tom-Wilkinson-as-Carmine-Falcone-in-Batman-Begins.jpg]](https://wegotthiscovered.com/wp-content/uploads/Tom-Wilkinson-as-Carmine-Falcone-in-Batman-Begins.jpg)
Tom Wilkinson - Quote -"I'm temperamentally suited to the business of acting. I'm quite fatalistic. If it's not happening, it's not happening, and there's very little you can do." https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929489/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Brad Pitt - Tore his Achilles tendon during the production of Troy (2004), in which he plays, coincidentally, Achilles. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
![[Image: 20191210-parsons.jpg]](https://media.gq-magazine.co.uk/photos/5def86a1271d0f00080caa43/2:3/w_852,h_1278,c_limit/20191210-parsons.jpg)
![[Image: Astaire_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg]](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Astaire_Fred_-_Never_Get_Rich.jpg)
Fred Astaire - Owned Blue Valley Ranch, a Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in the San Fernando Valley. He maintained a racing stable of four or five horses which competed at racetracks in California. His most famous racehorse was Triplicate, winner of the 1946 Hollywood Gold Cup. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000001/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Voting on post 42 remains open for at least 3 hours / until post 43 arrives.
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Burt Reynolds v Jessica Lange
Christian Bale v Gabriel Byrne
Janet Leigh v Tom Wilkinson
Brad Pitt v Fred Astaire
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RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Zaph - 09-11-2021
Burt Reynolds
Christian Bale
Janet Leigh
Brad Pitt
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Neowise - 09-11-2021
Burt Reynolds
Christian Bale
Janet Leigh
Brad Pitt
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - quickbeam - 09-11-2021
Burt Reynolds v Jessica Lange
Christian Bale v Gabriel Byrne
Janet Leigh v Tom Wilkinson
Brad Pitt v Fred Astaire
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Trigger - 09-11-2021
Burt Reynolds
Gabriel Byrne
Tom Wilkinson
Brad Pitt
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - cee_jay - 09-11-2021
Jessica Lange
Gabriel Byrne
Janet Leigh
Fred Astaire
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - RSOAPS - 09-11-2021
Jessica Lange
Gabriel Byrne
Janet Leigh
Brad Pitt
RE: FOG Academy - Greatest Actor Ever. - Necro - 09-11-2021
Burt Reynolds
Christian Bale
Brad Pitt