Cool idea for a thread.
Some of my favourite actors, that I've seen, with my favourite performances/favourite movies in bold. Just a few off the top of my head.
TOM CRUISE
1. Top Gun
2. Rain Man
3. The Firm
4. Interview with the Vampire
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Jerry Maguire
7. Mission: Impossible II
8. Vanilla Sky
9. Space Station 3D
10. War of the Worlds
11. Mission: Impossible III
12. Lions for Lambs
13. Tropic Thunder
14. Valkyrie
15. Knight and Day
16. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
17. Rock of Ages
18. Jack Reacher
19. Edge of Tomorrow
ARNIE:
1. The Terminator
2. The Running Man
3. Twins
4. Total Recall
5. Terminator 2
6. Last Action Hero
7. True Lies
8. Batman & Robin
9. Collateral Damage
10. Around the World in 80 Days
11. The Expendables
12. The Expendables 2
13. The Last Stand
14. Sabotage
15. The Expendables 3
HARRISON FORD
1. Star Wars
2. Apocalypse Now
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Blade Runner
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. Witness
9. The Fugitive
10. Air Force One
11. What Lies Beneath
12. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
13. Cowboys & Aliens
14. Ender's Game
15. Anchorman 2
16. The Expendables 3
JACK BLACK
1. The Cable Guy
2. Ice Age
3. School of Rock
4. Shark Tale
5. King Kong
6. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
7. Tropic Thunder
8. Gulliver's Travels
9. Bernie
KEVIN SPACEY
1. The Usual Suspects
2. A Bug's Life
3. American Beauty
4. K-PAX
5. The Life of David Gale
6. Recount
7. Moon
8. The Men Who Stare at Goats
9. Casino Jack
ANDY SERKIS
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
3. The Escapist
4. 24 Hour Party People
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6. King Kong
7. Longford
8. The Prestige
9. Flushed Away
10. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
12. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
13. Avengers: Age of Ultron
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
1. Home Alone 3
2. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
3. The Island
4. The Prestige
5. Iron Man 2
6. The Avengers
7. Under the Skin
8. Her
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. Lucy
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron
EWAN MCGREGOR
1. Being Human
2. Trainspotting
3. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
4. Moulin Rouge!
5. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
6. Robots
7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8. Valiant
9. The Island
10. Stormbreaker
11. Angels & Demons
12. The Men Who Stare at Goats
13. The Ghost
14. Perfect Sense
15. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
BRADLEY COOPER
1. Yes Man
2. The Hangover
3. The A-Team
4. Limitless
5. The Hangover Part II
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. The Hangover Part III
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. American Sniper
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
1. Starter for 10
2. Amazing Grace
3. The Other Boleyn Girl
4. Four Lions
5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
6. Star Trek Into Darkness
7. The Fifth Estate
8. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
9. The Imitation Game
10. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
1. Contact
2. Reign of Fire
3. Sahara
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Bernie
6. Mud
7. Magic Mike
8. Dallas Buyers Club
9. The Wolf of Wolf Street
10. Interstellar
BEN STILLER
1. The Cable Guy
2. Meet the Parents
3. Zoolander
4. Meet the Fockers
5. Madagascar
6. Night at the Museum
7. Tropic Thunder
8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
9. While We're Young
10. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
WOODY HARRELSON
1. White Men Can't Jump
2. Seven Pounds
3. Zombieland
4. 2012
5. Friends with Benefits
6. The Hunger Games
7. Seven Psychopaths
8. Now You See Me
9. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1