A big second vote for Kenneth Branagh in Henry V.
Alan Arkin - Yossarian in Catch-22
Paul Newman - The Hustler
Gene Hackman - Popeye Doyle in The French Connection
Actor is a gender-neutral word.
Actress is specifically feminine, but Dame Judi Densch, for example, is an actor. You can also call her an actress if you want.
-or is a masculine ending IIRC, but it is collectively male and female.
Oh, well, had towel2 included any “female actors” in his OP, I would have caught on. In any case, then, please ignore my list, as I was only including “male actors.”
Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
Dustin Hoffman - Rainman
Jack Nicholson - Chinatown
Jack Nicholson - The Last Detail
Bogart - African Queen
Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
Paul Newman - Nobody’s Fool
Henry Fonda - Grapes of Wrath
Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Steve Buscemi - Fargo