Best acting ever?

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What is the absolute best acting performance (male or female) that you have ever seen in a movie/TV show?

 

[Amir]

mmm, Bruce Lee, Jet Lee, Ip-man, arnold swarchenegger, Paul walker and much more

 

[DrLeftover]

I agree with Sir Anthony, no problem.

I disagree about Bruce Lee, however, because, I'm not sure he was Acting!

For, best individual performance in a movie I would nominate Ricardo Montalban as Khan Singh in "the Wrath of Khan" from the Star Trek movie series.

 

[DrLeftover]

Oh, yeah, we forgot one:

But he may not have been 'acting' either.

 

[Jazzy]

Jack Nicholson especially in The Shining and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

 

[DrLeftover]

Well then, what say you we look at the Ladies of the Silver Screen.

I'll go first and set the bar really high.

Vivian Leigh

 

[Amir]

I agree with Sir Anthony, no problem.

I disagree about Bruce Lee, however, because, I'm not sure he was Acting!

For, best individual performance in a movie I would nominate Ricardo Montalban as Khan Singh in "the Wrath of Khan" from the Star Trek movie series.

Proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en2nM-7XIe4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRf49fMVOLE

 

[DrLeftover]

Bruce Lee was also something of a philosopher:

"A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer."
- Bruce Lee (1940 - 1973)

 

[DrLeftover]

How about this lady doing that thing on that boat with that guy...

NO, the OTHER lady on the OTHER boat with the OTHER guy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1MPkx4M2Ik

Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen, 1951