The search tool is time consuming and beyond my comprehension so I'm sorry if this has been done before. Oh well I'm interested in seeing some of your favorites. This is not based solely upon acting ability, but also upon likability and personal taste in their movies. It's favorite not best.

1. Christian Bale
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
3. Brad Pitt
4. Daniel Day Lewis
5. Gary Oldman
6. Denzel Washington
7. Bruce Willis
8. Matt Damon
9. Jeff Bridges
10. Michael Caine

Barely missed the cut: Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hardy, Russell Crowe, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Cilian Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Ben Foster, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and many more that I really like.

1. Leonardo DiCaprio
2. Matt Damon
3. Christian Bale
4. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Jeremy Renner
6. Jeff Bridges
7. Cillian Murphy
8. Sam Rockwell
9. Daniel Day-Lewis
10. Michael Fassbender

1. Jeremy Renner
2. Leo
3. Brad Pitt
4. Robert Downey Jr.
5. Ryan Gosling
6. Christian Bale
7. Giovanni Ribisi
8. Matt Damon
9. Sean Penn
10. Ben Affleck

1. Christian Bale
2. Leonardo Di Caprio
3. John Wayne
4. Michael Cera
5. Steve Carell
6. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
7. Jason Bateman
8. Jesse Eisenberg
9. Johnny Depp
10. Paul Rudd

JohnWayne wrote:1. Christian Bale
2. Leonardo Di Caprio
3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
4. Steve Carell
5. Michael Cera
6. Jason Bateman
7. Jesse Eisenberg
8. Johnny Depp
9. Paul Rudd
10. Robert De Niro

What about yourself, John?

CaliKid329 wrote:

JohnWayne wrote:1. Christian Bale
2. Leonardo Di Caprio
3. John Wayne
4. Michael Cera
5. Steve Carell
6. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
7. Jason Bateman
8. Jesse Eisenberg
9. Johnny Depp
10. Paul Rudd

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What about yourself, John?

LOL, yh just edited it...

Favorite, not best. Ok... I'm including real life personality in this as well...

1.) Heath Ledger
2.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3.) Tom Hardy (interchangeable ranking with JGL)
4.) Ryan Gosling
5.) Cillian Murphy
6.) Andrew Garfield
7.) Jeff Bridges
8.) Matt Bomer
9.) Benedict Cumberbatch
10.) Martin Freeman

Crazy Eight wrote:Favorite, not best. Ok... I'm including real life personality in this as well...

1.) Heath Ledger
2.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3.) Tom Hardy (interchangeable ranking with JGL)
4.) Ryan Gosling
5.) Cillian Murphy
6.) Andrew Garfield
7.) Jeff Bridges
8.) Matt Bomer
9.) Benedict Cumberbatch
10.) Martin Freeman

What do you think of JGL as an actor without comparing him to people you clearly think are better?

allstarr55js wrote:

Crazy Eight wrote:Favorite, not best. Ok... I'm including real life personality in this as well...

1.) Heath Ledger
2.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
3.) Tom Hardy (interchangeable ranking with JGL)
4.) Ryan Gosling
5.) Cillian Murphy
6.) Andrew Garfield
7.) Jeff Bridges
8.) Matt Bomer
9.) Benedict Cumberbatch
10.) Martin Freeman

What do you think of JGL as an actor without comparing him to people you clearly think are better?

From a neutral perspective, i think he's a good actor. Gets well in to his character.

I don't really think about this kind of thing a lot, but I'll give it a go.
In no particular order

Matt Damon
Brad Pitt
Ryan Gosling
Gary Oldman
Kevin Spacy
James Franco
Christopher Walken
John Turturro
Paul Giamatti
Ewan McGregor

That's just off the top of my head, if I thought about it some more some of these might change.