# "The Best Actor of His Generation"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 6, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683 "2014-02-06T18:39:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683/61 "2014-02-10T02:25:08Z")

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-actor-of-his-generation/680683/62 "2014-02-10T14:55:16Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> He’s very talented and he’s done some great work in the past. Since Pirates of the Caribbean or so, he’s been mailing it in and just playing Weird Guys instead of creating characters who feel like human beings.

I wholeheartedly agree with this as Johnny Depp is concerned, but I think the first part of this statement is really what should dictate this thread.

Who is _consistently_ good in his/her movies without having to rely on everyone constantly saying “hey remember when…” and relying on that

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