50 Best Actors To Have Ever Graced Our Screens

Notable movies - Forrest Gump, Castaway, Saving Private Ryan
 

Interesting fact - Tom Hanks is a distant relative of President Abraham Lincoln.

Notable movies - The Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven, Seven
 

Interesting fact - mister Freeman is a unique persona, and there’s so much interesting stuff about him that we couldn’t decide on just one! So, from being an expert beekeeper just like Henry Fonda to writing a cookbook and breaking Academy Awards and golfing records, it seems like no day is boring in the world of Morgan Freeman. 

Notable movies - To Kill A Mockingbird, Cape Fear, The Omen
 

Interesting fact - Peck probably had the most durable career of any Hollywood star as it spanned from as early as the 1940s and ended in the 2000s. During that time, he starred in at least 57 movies! 

Notable movies - The Silence Of The Lambs, Fracture, The Father

Interesting fact - Anthony Hopkins is a real-life knight! He received his title from Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 for his services to the arts.

Notable movies - The Cider House Rules, The Italian Job, Batman Begins

Interesting fact - Michael Caine isn’t his real name, it’s Maurice Micklewhite, and he never legally changed it out of respect for his family.

Notable movies - The Apostle, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part I and II 

Interesting fact - before being discovered, Robert Duvall worked plenty of odd jobs, one of them being a post clerk. He left the position after half a year, fearing that if he stayed any longer, he’d never quit!

Notable movies - The French Connection, Unforgiven, The Royal Tenenbaums
 

Interesting fact - besides being a world-renowned actor, Gene Hackman is also a novelist, with his first book - Payback At Morning Peak - published in 2011.

Notable movies - In The Heat Of The Night, A Raisin In The Sun, The Defiant Ones

Interesting fact - besides being the first black person to win the title of Best Actor for his role in Lilies Of The Field, being a civil rights activist, and a real-life knight, Sidney Poitier was also a Bahamian ambassador to Japan, holding this title for ten consecutive years!

Notable movies - The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cars

Interesting fact - Paul Newman loved pranks, with his most notable being faking his own death. From lying under a wrecked car to dropping a look-alike dummy off of a 60-foot building, he sure did scare plenty of Hollywood directors.

Notable movies - Remember The Titans, Glory, Training Day
 

Interesting fact - his fate of becoming a world-renowned actor was told to him by a fortune teller. That’s why he deems his fate a pulpit for doing the greater good!

Notable movies - The Graduate, Being John Malkovich, Rain Man

Interesting fact - before “catching the acting bug,” Dustin Lee Hoffman was studying to become a classical pianist. However, we’re not a tiny bit sad about his change in aspirations!

Notable movies - City Lights, The Gold Rush, Modern Times

Interesting fact - Charlie once entered a “Charlie Chaplin look-alike” contest and… lost it!

Notable movies - Once Upon A Time In The West, 12 Angry Men, The Grapes Of Wrath

Interesting fact - Henry Fonda had a quite unusual hobby of beekeeping. In fact, he enjoyed it so much that he incorporated the practice into his movie Ulee’s God. Also, Henry is the father of two other Hollywood megastars - Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda.

Notable movies - Good, Unforgiven, Dirty Harry
 

Interesting fact - in 1951, a then 21-year-old Eastwood survived a plane crash in shark-infested waters. Turns out, his action star roles also followed him into real life!