Greatest performances in Biographical films (Henry Fonda, Rex Harrison, Paul Scofield, Sandra Bullock)

[jtur88]

Paul Newman played Earl Long, the brother of Huey Long, in a different movie about that governor's life. I think my reference was that Crawford was a more convincing actor in the role of governor of Louisiana than Newman was.

Hope that clarifies what I was talking about.

[ExPit]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Paul Newman played Earl Long, the brother of Huey Long, in a different movie about that governor's life. I think my reference was that Crawford was a more convincing actor in the role of governor of Louisiana than Newman was.

Hope that clarifies what I was talking about.

Yeah, it does. I'd never heard of that Paul Newman role. Thanks.

[Lucky Lady123]

Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic - Born On The 4th Of July
Kirk Douglas as Spartacus - Spartacus
Patty Duke as Helen Keller - The Miracle Worker
Russell Crowe as John Nash - It's A Beautiful Mind
George C. Scott as Patton - Patton
James Cagney as George M. Cohan - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig- The Pride Of The Yankees
Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta - Raging Bull

[annika08]

Great choices here. I'll add one of my favorites-Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanis in "I Shot Andy Warhol".

[lothartheterrible]

Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious (Sid and Nancy; terrible film, awesome performance)
Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell (Cromwell)
Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn (Coal Miner's Daughter)
Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford (Mommie Dearest)
Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline (Sweet Dreams)
Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood (Silkwood)
Jeff Bridges as Preston Tucker (Tucker: A Man and his Dream)
Ray Liotta as Henry Hill (Goodfellas)
Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler and Sir Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern (Schindler's List)
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday (Tombstone)
Johnny Depp as Ed Wood (Ed Wood)
Alan Rickman as Grigori Rasputin (Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny)
Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman (Man on the Moon)
Jake Gyllenhaal as Robert Graysmith (Zodiac)

[leaana]

it seems all the films mentioned are american.

isabelle adjani in 'story of adele'. tragic but excellent portrayal of unrequited love. i enjoy some french movies.

[Lakewooder]

Stephen Fry as Oscar Wilde (1997)

[WhatSayYou]

In no particular order :>)

-Jimmy Cagney as George M. Cohan (Yankee Doodle Dandy)

-Frank Sinatra as entertainer Joe E. Lewis (The Joker is Wild)

-Bob Hope as NY Mayor Jimmy Walker (Beau James)

(NOT to be confused with Kid DyNoMITE! LOL ^)

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by annika08

Great choices here. I'll add one of my favorites-Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanis in "I Shot Andy Warhol".

Thanks for reminding me of that. Good one.

[Lakewooder]

David Bowie was pretty good as Andy too!