We asked people to choose the best 100 actors of all time.  We then awarded one point to every top ten vote and added them to our database.  What we got is the top 100 actors list that you see below.  Every vote makes the list better so please take a few seconds and go to our TOP TEN ACTORS SUBMISSION PAGE and vote for your favorite actors of all time.  Thank You.

       Also please remember that the list may change significantly over the coming months as votes are tallied.

     For more best 100 lists visit our home page at The Best 100 Lists. To discuss this list or any of the other list please visit the Best 100 Lists Forum.


  • Robert De Niro
  • Al Pacino
  • Tom Hanks
  • Johnny Depp
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Marlon Brando
  • Meryl Streep
  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Denzel Washington
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Dustin Hoffman
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Brad Pitt
  • Will Smith
  • Russell Crowe
  • Daniel Day Lewis
  • Sean Penn
  • James Stewart
  • Paul Newman
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Heath Ledger
  • Edward Norton
  • Tom Cruise
  • Kate Winslet
  • Kevin Spacey
  • Mel Gibson
  • Harrison Ford
  • Matt Damon
  • Jim Carrey
  • Cary Grant
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • Bette Davis
  • Katharine Hepburn
  • Bruce Willis
  • Christian Bale
  • Julia Roberts
  • Robert Downey Jr.
  • Sean Connery
  • Samuel L Jackson
  • Laurence Olivier
  • Robin Williams
  • George Clooney
  • Nicolas Cage
  • John Wayne
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Robert Duvall
  • Sandra Bullock
  • Gregory Peck
  • Spencer Tracy
  • Gene Hackman
  • Clark Gable
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Henry Fonda
  • John Travolta
  • Gary Cooper
  • Jodie Foster
  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Ingrid Bergman
  • Gary Oldman
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Robert Redford
  • Phillip Seymour Hoffman
  • Judi Dench
  • James Dean
  • Adam Sandler
  • Charlton Heston
  • Liam Neeson
  • Christopher Walken
  • Ian McKellen
  • Michael Caine
  • Hugh Jackman
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Charlize Theron
  • Steve McQueen
  • Vivien Leigh
  • Julie Andrews
  • James Cagney
  • Viggo Mortensen
  • Orlando Bloom
  • Peter O'Toole
  • Reese Witherspoon
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Shia LaBeouf
  • Burt Lancaster
  • Toshiro Mifune
  • Michael Douglas
  • Kevin Costner
  • Alec Guinness
  • Joe Pesci
  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • Emma Thompson
  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Orson Welles
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Keira Knightley
  • Diane Keaton
  • Halle Berry
  • Grace Kelly