Part 3: My 25 Favorite Male Actors
Good-morning, kittens & dawgs! Thanks for joining me for Part 3: My 25 Favorite Male Actors; you’re welcome to read Part 1 and Part 2, if you want to see who made my list already. Everyone needs a little Bond…James Bond that is in their lives.
The British spy 007 has changed faces six times over the years, but no one does it better than Sean Connery.
I’ve loved nearly every film featuring Sir Connery. Some of my favorites include Outland, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt For Red October, and The Rock.
While Connery is my all-time favorite Bond, I am partial to Pierce Brosnan. I pegged him for the role when I first met him on the early 80s TV show.
I loved his playful boyish charm in this role. It wasn’t until he took on the James Bond character in GoldenEye I saw how natural he was as a more serious actor. He’s a man of many talents, but one of my favorites is Dante’s Peak; a movie I highly recommend.
Which Bond character do you love and why? Do you have a favorite James Bond movie?
Two of my next favorite actors starred together in several movies over the years. The flicks I enjoyed them most is was…
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau play Grumpy Old Men VERY well! This movie and the sequel had me rolling in the floor. The script is well written, but the way Lemmon and Matthau talent delivery seemed purely genuine and great fun.
What movies do you like staring this Odd Couple?
The last actor on my list today started his film career in 1969. However, I don’t think I knew who he was until the early 80s as The Terminator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was great in The Terminator movies and is immensely talented more so than I first gave him credit. He does action/adventure to comedy equally well. My favorite Schwarzenegger flicks are Commando, The Eraser, Predator, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, The Expendable movies, and Escape Plan. I really want to see the Terminator Genisys and have it on my iTunes Wish List.
What movie introduced you to Schwarzenegger?
Please, come back next week for part four of My 25 Favorite Male Actors.
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5 Comments
Janie Junebug
Cathy, you might not believe the following, but I swear it’s true: I have never seen a James Bond movie. I’m simply not interested, but I do think Pierce Brosnan is just as cute as can be and a good actor. I don’t know why they replaced him as Bond, I’m also not too fond of Ah-nold. I can’t remember the first time I saw him in a movie. I kind of liked Kindergarten Cop. Now, with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau it’s a different story. I loved them both, though I think Lemmon was the better actor. Grumpy Old Men is cute, but I prefer The Odd Couple. I particularly like Lemmon in some of his dramatic roles. The Apartment is brilliant, and The Days of Wine and Roses is one of the saddest movies I’ve ever seen. Later in his career Lemmon was great in Glen Gary Glen Ross. I hope I spelled that correctly. I enjoyed your choices, Cathy.
Love,
Janie
Rorybore
Sean Connery hands down then, now and always!!! In anything too. I don’t think Daniel Craig is bad — but I just still love the way Connery played Bond the best. that charm just oozed right off the screen. and that accent….. hhhhhmmmm.
I always loved the show Remington Steele, so I was really happy to see Piece get the chance to play Bond and show off a different side of his talents.
Oh Arnold. Ha – he’s not a great actor, but he is just so immensely watchable!! He just does good fun entertaining movies most of the time, and it’s hard not to cheer him on. Even when he was the Terminator and supposed to be the bad guy! My favourite is Kindergarden Cop and True Lies. Love those.
Cathy Kennedy
Les, Connery does ooze with charm. I would like to meet him. I kinda think he’d be a real nice fellow in person, don’t you? Arnold does okay as a actor. I think his style suits all of his character. I totally blanked on True Lies. That may be my all-time favorite of his. That’s just fabulous!!
Liz A.
I was first introduced to Walter Matthau in First Monday in October. I had an interesting childhood.
Cathy Kennedy
Liz, I’m not familiar with that feature of Matthau’s. I’ll have to check into it.