Name an actor who's cooler than Sidney Poitier

[Orrex]

You'll be wrong, of course, but I'm curious to see who you come up with.

[Zavulon]

1. Samuel L. Jackson.

One example of his coolness: his performance in Pulp Fiction is so good that I bought the DVD even though I otherwise hate the movie.

[Orrex]

8. On the plus side, he's played that same role about 40 times.

Incidentally, Christopher Walken's wristwatch monologue is also worth the price of the disc.

[Zavulon]

15. Okay

You're right about Walken's monologue, too.

[jobycom]

Eddie Izzard's version of Walken's wristwatch monologue is even better. nt

[gmoney]

30. Link?

Sounds good... would love to see it.

[jobycom]

31. Here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMraego-25o

The Pulp Fiction part starts at 1:35 or so.

[kentauros]

2. Ray Charles

as in the Blues Brothers role :D

Also the use of his cover "I Can't Stop Loving You" at the end of the anime version of Metropolis, when everything was falling apart :D

[Orrex]

5. Okay, Ray might be a contender

After all, he does the second best rendition of It's Not Easy Being Green, and how can you beat that?

[kentauros]

10. That's so true!

It was cool standing about six feet away from him when I worked on a gig-setup/teardown for his crew in Beaumont some years back. Didn't talk to him, but you could just tell how much he loved life just looking at him groovin' to the music :)
His bodyguards/helpers were cool, too :)

[enigmatic]

3. Paul Muni

[Orrex]

11. That's an... unexpected choice

Good suggestion though.


Hmm...

[Captain Hilts]

43. As a Spencer Tracy fan, I respect this entry. nt

[Raffi Ella]

4. Johnny Depp

Sean Penn.

[Orrex]

6. Sydney Poitier would beat Sean Penn over the head with Johnny Depp

Both are fine actors, to be sure, but Virgil Tibbs would kick their asses.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

7. Donald Sutherland

Poitier could never have done "Animal House"....................

[Orrex]

9. Know what else he was good in? Citizen X

And who can forget this one?




Still, for raw cool, he's definitely in the running.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. No, he's the top............

You look at his body of work, and it's impossible for Poitier to compete. The breadth of it - just as you've pointed out - is astonishing.

Plus, Sidney never fathered anyone comparable to Kiefer..................

[Orrex]

17. Well, here's the thing

I'm watching Sneakers, which is a fun movie if not one of the all time greats. Poitier has several lines that are just one word, and his delivery is so solid and so on-target that he conveys whole volumes in a way that I just haven't seen other actors match.

Sutherland's top notch, though.


I guess I'll just have to declare you wrong by fiat and then stick my fingers in my ears blah blah blah.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. That's a terrific movie,

and one of the best lines ever is delivered by Redford, when he's giving the blind guy directions while he's steering the van..................

[Orrex]

24. Yes! That scene was just on about 30 seconds ago!

Mary McDonnell is excellent in it, too.

His other great line is when he's trying to persuade her to go with him to the lecture.

"I need you," says Bishop. "To explain it to me."

[Flaxbee]

33. One of my favorite movies, actually. LOVE Sneakers...

And when James Earl Jones' character replies to Whistler's request for "peace on earth and goodwill toward mankind" with "We are the United States Government. We don't do that sort of thing!" I thought to myself that truer words were never spoken.

[Swede]

13. This guy has always been at the top of my cool list.

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[EndersDame]

14. David Bowie

He is also an actor (would love to have seen him in more roles) and you can't really get much cooler than David Bowie

[Orrex]

19. True fact: I can sing (badly) every word of every studio song he released up to 1983

I get a little sketchy after that.

Just watched Jazzin' For Blue Jean on YouTube last week, though. Magnificent from start to finish.


He loses some degree of cool for that Pepsi video he did with Tina Turner.

[kentauros]

Yeah, but he played Nikola Tesla in The Prestige.

I couldn't tell it was him for a while into the movie. He was perfect in the role :D

[Orrex]

27. I think that was his most understated performance to date

If you want to stir up your brain, watch him in The Prestige and then watch Labyrinth immediately afterward.

[kentauros]

29. LOL!

Gawd, I haven't seen Labyrinth since it came out :o

Maybe I should just watch this again: Let's Dance!

[EndersDame]

26. Other contenders : Sean Connery Patrick Stewart

Michael Fuckin Dorn

[Orrex]

28. I can't get past Sean Connery's "sometimes you have to slap a woman" comment

It was a long time ago, but he's never recanted it AFAIK, despite several opportunities in interviews.

[Rhythm]

48. Yeah... thats what killed the Connery love for me as well n/t

[JTG of the PRB]

16. James Earl Jones

[Orrex]

23. James Earl Jones isn't even human. He's like a thunderstorm during an earthquake during an eclipse.

My Good Babushka and I saw him at a poetry reading at U Pitt about nine years ago. He was one of several readers, along with Brooke Shields. After each poem, the audience of about 200 people would clap with appreciation.

But not for James Earl Jones. Between poems we all sort of sat their in awe, with our bones rattling in our bodies.

He read Go Down, Death by James Weldon Johnson. I've never heard anything like it before or since.

[jobycom]

32. A voice to awe the Old Testament version of God. nt

[Forkboy]

18. Robert Mitchum.

[jobycom]

21. Okay, that's the first real contender on the list. nt

[Forkboy]

25. If I had ever been gay it would have been because of him.

:)

[jobycom]

20. Katherine Hepburn, and Ossie Davis.

They are tied, anyway.

[Captain Hilts]

44. GOOD call. Yes, they were both seriously cool. I'd put McQueen - Steve AND Butterfly

with them.

Butterfly McQueen said, "fuck this Hollywood shit," and went to CCNY and got a degree in Poli Sci. Now, THAT's cool.

[Euromutt]

34. Peter O'Toole

Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

35. Gregory Peck

Although Sidney Poitier's definitely up there with him

[saltpoint]

36. Christopher Walken.

[whistler162]

37. Arnold Schwartenager......

in his Batman roll only!

[Pharlo]

38. As far as I'm concerned, Sidney Poitier is one of the best,

but while I enjoyed "Sneakers", it wasn't his best work.

Others I'd also add - almost as good -

Henry Fonda
Morgan Freeman
Jimmy Stewart

[Kingofalldems]

39. PeeWee Herman

No contest.

[no name no slogan]

40. Bruce Willis

[begin_within]

41. James Dean

so cool, he's cold.

[Jetboy]

52. Yup

The king of cool, James Dean.

2nd would be Brando in the biker movie.

[Captain Hilts]

42. Tough duty, but I'd say Steve McQueen is actually cooler. And I know folks that worked

on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Sid is COOL - but he never rode a motorcycle on film.

[AngryAmish]

45. Michael Ironside

[Orrex]

46. DTM

[AngryAmish]

49. What does DTM mean?

I finally figured out what IBTL means.

[Orrex]

50. Dead To Me

:spank:

[Rhythm]

47. Morgan Freeman

That man is a GOD!

[ornotna]

51. That's hard to do

But this guy comes to mind


Paul Newman