IMDb Polls

Poll: Best Method Actor

Who Do You Consider To Be The Best Method Actor of All Time??
Method Acting is a term you've probably heard more and more frequently in recent years. There is a certain mysticism to it that conjures up images of actors going to bizarre lengths in pursuit of realistic performances. We're going to vote for actors who gave us a truly believable performance.

Wikipedia defines Method acting as a range of training and rehearsal techniques that seek to encourage sincere and emotionally expressive performances, as formulated by many different theatre practitioners.

Here are some well-known Method Actors who went to such extraordinary lengths to get in a character that their performance has pushed the boundaries of the bizarre. Which actor's performance do you think has touched the bottom of your heart?

Discuss here

Results of 2,642 votes:

  1. 1.

    Daniel Day-Lewis

     
    Best known for There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York, Lincoln, The Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Phantom Thread, The Age of Innocence, The Crucible, and The Boxer.
  2. 2.

    Marlon Brando

     
    Best known for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, Julius Caesar, The Wild One, Last Tango in Paris, Superman, The Score, Sayonara, Viva Zapata!, A Dry White Se…
  3. 3.

    Christian Bale

     
    Best known for American Psycho, The Machinist, American Hustle, The Fighter, Empire of the Sun, Hostiles, Harsh Times, Vice, The Big Short, Ford v Ferrari, The Prestige, Equilibrium, and The Dark Knig…

Related Polls

Actors Winning a Third Oscar The 3 Oscar Club is a very elite group of actors who have won three or more Oscars. Currently, the only six members are amongst the greatest actors in history: Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Walte…
One Actor/Actress in 3 Best Pictures ... Which of these actors or actresses starred in your favorite set of 3 Best Picture winners ? (granted he/she was Oscar-nominated for at least 2 of them) * oscar-nomination OSCAR WIN Discuss here
Best "Best Actor" 1980-1989 Which one of these Best Actor winners from the years 1980-1989 is your favorite? Discuss Here
Actors' 4-sets of legal movies ... All these actors have one thing in common, some of their most memorable and/or critically acclaimed roles are from courtroom or legal or trial movies. Overall, which of these stars has the best 4-set …
IMDb Poll Board's Birthday Buddies The members of the IMDb poll board picked their favorite celebrity born on the same day as themselves (not necessarily the same year). Which of these people is your favorite? Discuss here
Best "Best Actor" 1970-1979 Which one of these Best Actor winners from the years 1970-1979 is your favorite? Discuss Here
Never Been Cast: Working With Woody Allen Woody Allen makes a lot of movies and casts a lot of actors. Which of these omissions would you like to see in one of his next films? As Isabelle Huppert was recently quoted as saying, "There's n…
Most Golden Globe Wins - Motion Picture Performances Who is your favorite actor/actress with at least three Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance in a Motion Picture? Discuss here
Easy Riders and Raging Bulls: the New Hollywood Generation The following actors and actresses got their big break from 1967 to the early 70's and contributed to some of the most memorable and defining movies of the New Hollywood era (1967-1980), with at leas…
25 Delightfully Hammy Performances All of these performances are undeniably over the top, and some are plain bad but they have a certain something about them that makes us regard them with a little bit of love, which of these is the mo…
AFI's Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients (Part 2) Which one of these Actors or Directors, who have received the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award, is your favorite? Discuss Here in the IMDb Community Forums Part 1
We met them fifty years ago 50 years ago, in 1967, these actors made their feature film debuts. From that point on, they all got successful careers and most remain active today. Which of these actors who made their movie debut …
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award: Favorite Recipient (1988-Present) The Cecil B. DeMille Award is an honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". It was first p…
Which Actor's Appearance in a Film Surprised You the Most? Which actor's appearance in a film did you find the most shocking? Who surprised you the most by appearing in "that kind" of movie? For example, choices could be a comedic actor doing a dram…
Oscar Knows My Name Only one person named Oscar has won an Oscar. That would be Oscar Hammerstein II. Many characters have been named Oscar. Only one actor won! Edmond O'Brien as Oscar Muldoon in The Barefoot Contessa (1…
Best Actor/Actress Winner - Born in August Which of these performances by actors (born in August) winning an Academy Award for Best Actor or Best Actress do you like the most? Also, check out the polls: Best Actor/Actress Winner - Born in Janu…
There's Method in the Madness Method acting is a technique of acting in which an actor aspires to have complete emotional identification with a part. It has been called mad and pretentious by some, and yet inspiring and necessary …
Most likable movie actor ... Maybe it's because they mostly starred in comedies, or usually played the 'good guys', maybe it's the way they looked, talked or acted in their films or in reality, that exuded kindness, fun and human…
Greatest Film Performances 1980s Which is your favorite on the list? This list is from digitaldreamdoor.com Discuss Here original list
Actors Considered to Play Beetlejuice What a wildly different movie this could have been. Before nailing the tone of the dark supernatural comedy, a number of disparate performers were considered for the title character, many of whom are …

Recently Viewed