# Who Are the All-Time A+ List Actors?

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**Created:** [October 9, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-all-time-a-list-actors/325354 "2005-10-09T00:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-all-time-a-list-actors/325354/61 "2005-10-29T19:30:23Z")

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Robert Duvall  
Daniel Day-Lewis

Handsome enough to be leading men yet versatile enough to be considered character actors. They both give consistently fine performances.

My husband would nominate Tommy Lee Jones.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-all-time-a-list-actors/325354/62 "2005-10-29T19:53:29Z")

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> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#):
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> Cite? I’m surprised to hear it described as a hit–I would have thought it was more of a disappointment, or even a bomb. On the list of top-grossing films of the year its release, where did it rank?

OK, here in England, home of Nottingham and Robin Hood, it may have had anomalous success, but how often do people around you talk about using blunt spoons because they hurt more? A movie doesn’t have to be a financial success for the actor to be stellar.

I’ll further cite Die Hard.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-all-time-a-list-actors/325354/63 "2005-10-29T21:00:46Z")

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> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#):
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> Cite? I’m surprised to hear it [Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves] described as a hit–I would have thought it was more of a disappointment, or even a bomb. On the list of top-grossing films of the year its release, where did it rank?

According to the _Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits_, it was the 2nd top-grossing film of 1991.

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