My best 25 actors of all time

Number 25 in my top 25 rating of the best actors of all times goes to this South Korean actor that starred in instant classics and epic dark masterpieces such as "Oldboy" and "Lady Vengeance".

Number 24 goes to this Italian swim master and actor. He is maybe not one of the best actors world wide from an objective point of view, but his movies along side with Terence Hill are absolute cult movies nowadays and are always good for an entertaining evening or some laughs. His roles of an angry and hungry bully are legendary and funny.

Many people say that he is acting in some of the worst movies of all times nowadays, but I think that he is still doing a great job in modern flicks like "Double identity" or "Mindhunters". And don't forget legendary movies such as "Heat" or "Top Secret!".

He is one of the most popular German actors and was able to play serious and dramatic roles like in "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" but also humourous roles like in the cult flick "Die Feuerzangenbowle" that became classics of the German cinema. Some parts of his life were rather funny though. He had to turn a documentary about the Goebbels family and was forced to witness the rape of his wife by Russian soldiers during World War II. He died in 1994 at the age of 92.

Jack Nance played in the unforgettable cult movie "Eraserhead" as well as in the best series of all times in my opinion, "Twin Peaks". He also starred in other David Lynch flicks such as "Blue velvet", "Dune" and "Lost Highway". He suddenly died in 1996 because of a head injury after getting into a physical brawl at a donut shop with some rowdy patrons.

This is a rather unknown actor from Hongkong who principally starred in the five "Mad Mission" movies where he did an excellent job as the hilarious and unforgettable Albert Au or Kodi-Jack.

This great French actor played in some extraordinary movies like "Leon", "Mission: Impossible", "Ronin", "Les rivières pourpres" or "The Da Vinci Code" so that we might pardon him to have starred in a flick like the bad Hollywood remake of "Godzilla".

This legendary French actor starred in movies such as "Cyrano de Bergerac" (maybe the role of his life), "Vidocq" or "Nouvelle-France" and has given a life to many famous roles or personnalities from novels, theater plays or books over more than three decades in a stunning and constant way.

The young Ukrainian actress already played in several of my favourite movies such as the brilliant film noir "Le serpent", the atmospheric and brutal "Max Payne" or as a Bond girl in "Quantum of Solace" but I think the best is yet to come...

Even though I am not a big fan of his most popular kind of movies, I can't deny that he did an unforgettable job in movies such as "Philadelphia", "Forrest Gump" or "The Green Mile". I personally admired and prefered him in its rather honoured roles in "Band of brothers", "Catch me if you can" and "The Da Vinci Code" as well as "Illuminati".

The amount of masterpieces in which he starred is endless: Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, The fugitive, Air Force One or Six days seven nights. In the last years, we haven't heard or seen much of him but let's hope that he will come back and do some more of his great acting.

This German actor convinced me in the tragic comedy "Knockin on heaven's door", the shocking "Das Experiment" and lately as insightful terrorist in the brilliant "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex".

This Lithuanian immigrant is well known as the silent, hard and cool mad man in his best movies. Let's remember his role as bandit in "The magnificent seven", as captured lieutnant in "The great escape", as the harmonica player in "Once upon a time in the west", as ice cold avenger in "Death wish" or as intelligent major in "Telefon" to just name a few ones. He died in 2003.

He is able to play extremely serious and shocking roles like in "Lord of war" as well as family friendly stuff like "National treasure" or unconvential stuff like "Sailor and Lula" but I think that he hasn't yet played the role of his life and can even do better.

He is not only a quite good director but also a great actor. He proved it in brilliant westerns like the Man without name trilogy and especially "For a fistful of dollars", "The outlaw Josey Wales" or "Unforgiven" but also in the "Dirty Harry" movies or lately in the brilliant "Gran Torino".

Leslie Nielsen always makes me laugh no matter how bad the movie is in which he is starring. As crazy cop in "The naked gun", as fugitive in "Wrongfully accused" or as president in the "Scary Movie" series. The Canadian is always good for a laugh and that's why I think he is the best comedy actor ever. The legend died of a pneumonia in november 2010.

Only for his roles in "Shining" and especially "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" he should make it in any list of the best actors of all times. He is excentric, he is weird, he is simply unique.

He played in a couple of brilliant crime and action flicks but his most memorable roles have been in the three legendary and unforgettable "The godfather" movies.

Dead in 1980 by a heart attack at the age of only 50, McQueen played in such legendary movies like "The magnificent seven", "Bullitt" and especially in the epic masterpiece "Papillon" about the will to freedom.

She is not only one of the most charming and down to earth actors in Hollywood, but she also played in the instant classic "Mulholland Drive", in the American "Ring" movies or as seducing blonde in the epic remake of "King Kong" and the best seems yet to come.

With 88 years and a six decades spanning actor career Sir Christopher Lee is a true living legend. He convinces as "Dracula", as "Sherlock Holmes", as "Doctor Fu Man Chu", as "Francisco Scaramanga" (in "James Bond 007 - The man with the golden gun"), as "Count Dooku" in "Star Wars" and as "Saruman" in "Lord of the rings". My secret tip is the brilliant and underrated movie "Bear Island". His interesting brand new heavy metal album "Charlemagne" shows how open-minded he is. Any questions?

Kyle MacLachlan did not only a brilliant job in one of my favourite science-fiction flicks "Dune" or the weird "Blue velvet" but especially in the legendary cult series "Twin Peaks" as the unforgettable Special Agent Dale Cooper that is probably one of my favourite movie roles or personnalities of all times. A shame that he didn't make it to the big movies because his acting would be worth an Academy Award.

Let's head now to my top 3. Here is Leonardo DiCaprio who seems to be able to convince in any role he plays. As romantic guy in "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" or "Titanic", as tough fighter in "Gangs of New York" or "Catch me if you can", as weird personnality in "Aviator" or "Shutter Island" and recently in the new cult flick "Inception". This guy is incredibly diversified and from an objective point of view maybe simply the best actor alive.

I put Johnny Depp on the second place not because he is better than Leonardo DiCaprio but because he has the special certain something, a kind of aura or genius that surrounds him and convinces me every time I see him in a movie. All other actors look like untalented and lousy actors next to him like in "Pirates of the Carribean" and he is as talented as DiCaprio. He convinces as a tragical hero in "Edward Scissorhands", as weird genius "El Wood", as intelligent and obsessed intellectual in "The ninth gate" or as gothic musical singer in "Sweeney Todd" and the best is probably yet to come.

The most underrated actor of all times (who finally got an Academy Award this year) is my personal number one. His role as "Tuco" in "The good, the bad and the ugly" is probably the best acting I have ever seen. He does also a brilliant job in "The magnificent seven" or the underrated "The godfather III". He also convinces in very short roles in lousy films such as "The ghostwriter" and still stands tall after 95 years of life and over six decades of a diversified and admirable career.