This is why Gary Oldman is the greatest actor of this generation.

[Tos]

Jack Nicholson

 

[ArchGoat]

He can't handle the cute

 

[Exi]

He can't handle the cute

@cute

 

[Bloody Pulp]

He's the actor sherdog deserves. Just not the one it needs right now.

 

[danny23]

He's great and I put him alongside Edward Norton.

Daniel Day Lewis and Tom Hanks are a level above though,much more challenging roles and better delivery.

TWBB is the best acting performance ever imo.
Don't think Oldman has ever carried a movie like that.

Other great ones

Just a level above imo.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

Guy WAS phenomenal and, in the 90s (basically the time from when all of your clips are from) of course I agree, but today? Please. He has been a shell for years, much like Ridley Scott as a director.

His performances in movies like Planet of the Apes and Batman were laughable. No depth. Little random unnecessary screaming.

Young Goldman (Sid and Nancy, the Professional, Dracula) was a bonafide acting genius.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

He's great and I put him alongside Edward Norton.

Daniel Day Lewis and Tom Hanks are a level above though,much more challenging roles and better delivery.

TWBB is the best acting performance ever imo.
Don't think Oldman has ever carried a movie like that.

Other great ones

Just a level above imo.

Daniel Day is basically the best actor to ever live. Also, in the ever continuing hypothetical game of celebrity MMA fights my friends and I concoct, I have him as the undisputed, undefeated champion for several years now, because his rage overcomes any man in the end.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Kids these days know nothing about range. DDL has problems playing a likeable character. Can you imagine him playing a role where he needs to truly be vulnerable?

He's great at over the top and slightly crazy but he has trouble playing normal or weak.

I guess you haven't watched Age of Innocence, In the Name of the Father or Lincoln.

 

[Madmick]

Just to be clear maybe we should specify "Baby Boomer" generation.

 

[minute bull]

 

[ookii]

Who is the actress equivalent of Oldman? Tilda Swinton?

 

[MassDistortion]

EeeeevvvvvveeeeerrrryyyyyOooonnnneeee!!

 

[IIIIIIII]

I'm going with Sean penn. top-three greatest actors of all-time.

 

[minute bull]

Who is the actress equivalent of Oldman? Tilda Swinton?

That's about right. Chameleonic for about three decades. Largely unrecognizable. Can't really carry a film alone. I'd say Swinton's more versatile; I've rarely seen Oldman do a comedy and he looks like he'd be out of place in one.

 

[BoxingFan123]

PSH is the god.

 

[BoxingFan123]

He's great and I put him alongside Edward Norton.

Daniel Day Lewis and Tom Hanks are a level above though,much more challenging roles and better delivery.

TWBB is the best acting performance ever imo.
Don't think Oldman has ever carried a movie like that.

DDL didn't even have the best performance in There Will Be Blood.

 

[danny23]

DDL didn't even have the best performance in There Will Be Blood.

Hope that's a joke

 

[BoxingFan123]

Hope that's a joke

 

[danny23]

Paul Dano was brilliant in the movie,btw.
He doesn't get nearly as much credit as he deserves for it.
But if you were implying he did better than DDL then I simply disagree.

It would be incomplete without him though.
TWBB is one of the few great movies from the last 10 years.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Anthony Anderson is better than all