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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Mar 29, 2021 2:19:58 GMT
Some obvious ones like Brando in the 50s, Pacino in the 70s, Streep in the 80s, and De Niro from 73-83.
Other notable ones:
George C. Scott from 1959-1971
Ben Kingsley from 1982-1994
Javier Bardem from 2000-2012
These are just a few that immediately came to mind, so what are some others?
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Post by urbanpatrician on Mar 29, 2021 2:25:14 GMT
Elizabeth Hartman from 1965-1966. I guess if we stretch that, we can go 1965-1971. But 1965-1966 she was a fireball.
She had depression/bipolar issues that might have affected her career, but if not for that I think she would've been one of my 10 favorite actresses of all time. She has the talent, just not the length of resume.
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 29, 2021 2:28:19 GMT
Depardieu between '74 - '94 or 95 ....I know that's a long time but in that stretch there are more great perfs than years, it's a gobsmacking titanic streak of sorts.
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 29, 2021 3:31:47 GMT
Eric Roberts '78-86..... From his debut to the fizzle. Three Golden Globe noms and one Oscar nod in that time. I like him a lot as an actor actually and it's really bc of that streak - he's only been good a couple times outside of that (The Ambulance, Nature of the Beast, Inherent Vice, etc).
In that short period he gave 10 screen perfs, which is incidentally the same number of shots you get from a Roman candle. And a firecracker he was... a positively buzzing new actor that was a little street and wild, not at all cookie cutter. Much hyped in his debut King of the Gypsies as the next big thing. He wasn't but his talent said he coulda. For one, his career was mismanaged, immediately turning down a three picture deal with Paramount who had just globalized Travolta. There's a scenario he takes those roles Paramount gave to Gere (American Gigolo, Officer/Gentleman).
Roberts instead does off-Broadway and a little PBS period piece Paul's Case where he's great. Then....Raggedy Man a great romantic lead perf opposite Sissy Spacek where he's "normal" and tender.... then Star 80 his best, a building, imploding, complex perf. And then Greenwich Village, a fidgeting wailing weakling that shreds the comparatively lower-key actor we've seen. Projects wobble, but his work remains strong - Coca Cola Kid, Runaway Train, another romantic part in the quirkier but meh Nobody's Fool where he's good, and a slacking sleuth in a sports jersey in Slow Burn.
I know there are better streaks from better actors...but I like the implied potential in this muck, how there really was this raw and energetic actor who slipped from us and a bigger better career instead of the *squints* 600+ IMDb credits he has that seems like a joke but isn't.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Mar 29, 2021 4:03:11 GMT
Mathew McCaunaghey Lincoln Lawyer to True Detective/Wolf of Wall Street. His DBC perf didn't inspire me much so I didn't count that. Also, can I count Gregory Peck's whole career as a streak? Just love him  |
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 29, 2021 4:13:39 GMT
On film & TV, Nicole Kidman has had an outstanding run of performances from 2016 to 2020, that to me has confirmed her as easily the greatest actress today working primarily in the English language. She's been nominated for or won some sort of major acting award on film or TV every year since 2016 (Oscar, Globes, SAG etc).The range is ridiculous and she doesn't miss.
Lion
How To Talk To Girls At Parties
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
Top Of The Lake: China Girl
The Beguiled
The Upside
Big Little Lies
Destroyer
Boy Erased
Aquaman
Bombshell
The Undoing
The Prom
Her 1999 to 2004 streak is probably more iconic (Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge, The Others, The Hours, Birth, Dogville etc), but I feel this more recent streak is just as good, if not better.
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Post by countjohn on Mar 29, 2021 4:35:47 GMT
I'm thinking 4-5 year streaks here and not whole decades
Pacino 72-75
Ed Norton 96-99
Ralph Fiennes 93-96
Gary Oldman 91-94
George Clooney 07-11
Brando 51-54
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Post by TerryMontana on Mar 29, 2021 5:19:38 GMT
Dustin Hoffman 1967-1988...
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Post by wallsofjericho on Mar 29, 2021 6:20:22 GMT
Robert Shaw from 71-75.
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Post by fiosnasiob on Mar 29, 2021 7:40:58 GMT
Frances McDormand current one (starting with Olive Kitteridge (2014)) is incredible and she has 3 movies coming that could keep it going. In its greatness, it reminds me of Bancroft (62-67) going from The Miracle Worker, The Pumpkin Eater...till The Graduate.
Others I really like off the top of my head :
Morgan Freeman from 87-95
Anthony Quinn 60-67
Edward G. Robinson 40's (cut it where you want, great work after great work from EGR).
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 29, 2021 10:04:20 GMT
The Brando and Pacino streaks are the "best" because they are clear and consecutive obviously - fun fact: Pacino won a Tony for his next role after DDA - so if he say died accidentally on stage - at that moment he would have ascended directly to Heaven. Amen. Overrated: McConnaissance - I like his work but not an all-time streak as much as these others and nah, that's an internet trending BS thing - he's better at times outside of it and some within it is overrated anyway - I will never get the acclaim for his Killer Joe performance for one ......he's charismatic....big deal.  Underrated: Finney - 82-90 Great streaks interrupted with some duds mixed it: De Niro (73-83) - almost his GOAT reputation whole rep is off that 10 year run Hackman (71-75) Olivier (60-65) - which is great and shocking because he adapted from period roles to modern ones - he was in his 50s (born 1907) - this is the greatest actor reinvention in some ways.....but you have to look at it really really closely  A bunch that you may as well call the whole decade of the 80s - Streep, Irons, Depardieu, Huppert Scott: 59-71 which is not only a great streak it is definitive of a breed of actor by itself - there's great TV and stage work in that run in a way not seen by an American actor prior |
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Post by wallsofjericho on Mar 29, 2021 10:10:52 GMT
Also, Hopkins remarkable run in the 90s from 91-97
The Silence of the Lambs
Howard's End
Shadowlands
The Remains of the Day
Nixon
Amistad
Had a few duds along the way like Legends of the Fall but he has two all timers in that timeframe.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 29, 2021 10:25:42 GMT
Another good one of course is Nicholson 69-75 (more or less) - that's how great the 70s were - especially the early 70s - 4 guys - or more w/ Hoffman are doing GOAT level work simultaneously.....at least 3 of those guys (DePac, Nicholson) are legit contenders for GOAT actor and Hackman/Hoffman are to me just outside of them.
What an embarrassment of riches that era is.......
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Post by wilcinema on Mar 29, 2021 10:32:27 GMT
Bob Hoskins had a really great run in the Eighties.
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Post by franklin on Mar 29, 2021 10:46:22 GMT
It's too mainstream as an answer, but DiCaprio's run since 2002 (apart from a couple of mishaps like Body of Lies or J. Edgar) is really something.
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Post by fiosnasiob on Mar 29, 2021 11:21:09 GMT
Olivia de Havilland 46-49 is spectacular, she arguably gives her four finest lead performances during this short period of time.
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Post by demille on Mar 29, 2021 11:34:02 GMT
Garbo - Mata Hari (1931) to Ninotchka (1939). But Garbo's whole career really.
Lillian Gish - Broken Blossoms (1919) to The Wind (1928)
Nicole Kidman - Eyes Wide Shut (1999) to Birth (2004)
Montgomery Clift - Red River (1948) to From Here to Eternity (1953)
Jeremy Irons- The Mission (1986) to The Lion King (1994)
Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own (1946) to My Cousin Rachel (1952)
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Post by speeders on Mar 29, 2021 11:44:11 GMT
Some recent ones off the top of my head.
Matthew McConaughey: 2012-2014. Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, True Detective, Interstellar.
Rooney Mara: 2010-2015. The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Side Effects, Her, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Carol.
Ryan Gosling: 2011-2018. Drive, The Ides of March, Crazy Stupid Love, The Place Beyond the Pines, Only God Forgives, The Big Short, The Nice Guys, La La land, Blade Runner 2049, First Man.
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Post by thomasjerome on Mar 29, 2021 12:36:52 GMT
Mickey Rourke 1981-1989
Michelle Pfeiffer 1987-1994
Susan Sarandon 1989-1995
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 29, 2021 13:31:24 GMT
Geraldine Page - 1953-1963She gets that same great breakout at the start of her career like Brando & Pacino did - in that run she has Hondo, Summer and Smoke, Toys in The Attic, Sweet Bird of Youth - great stuff on TV. She actually predates Scott by riding all rails of acting simultaneously .........  |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Mar 29, 2021 14:06:36 GMT
A couple of recent obvious ones,
McConaughey: 2011 - 2014
Gyllenhaal: 2012 - 2019
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 29, 2021 15:42:57 GMT
Tom Hanks from 1992 to 2002 is really the first that comes to mind for me. Just one classic after another.
Also Jimmy Stewart had a great run in the 1950's too - The Glenn Miller Story, The Far Country, Rear Window, Strategic Air Command, The Man From Laramie, The Man Who Knew Too Much were all back to back. Humphrey Bogart's last few years of his career were pretty incredibly consistent too.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 29, 2021 15:50:17 GMT
Kirk Douglas had a near 20 year run from 1946 to 1964 that was pretty astonishing. He never got the hype of the pure method guys like Brando,Clift, or even Newman but he was very arguably the greatest post-war film actor of his era.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 29, 2021 15:55:04 GMT
Kirk Douglas had a near 20 year run from 1946 to 1964 that was pretty astonishing. He never got the hype of the pure method guys like Brando,Clift, or even Newman but he was very arguably the greatest post-war film actor of his era. Yup, totally forgot about his run. He had a nice mix of prestigey dramas and crowdpleasing adventure films. |
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 29, 2021 16:05:20 GMT
Kirk Douglas had a near 20 year run from 1946 to 1964 that was pretty astonishing. He never got the hype of the pure method guys like Brando,Clift, or even Newman but he was very arguably the greatest post-war film actor of his era. Yup, totally forgot about his run. He had a nice mix of prestigey dramas and crowdpleasing adventure films. Yeah, it was pretty amazing how many genres he mastered as well during his run. Film Noir ( Out Of The Past, Ace In The Hole, Detective Story) Western ( Gunfight At The Ok Corral, Lonely Are The Brave), Political Thriller (Seven Days In May) , Historical epic (Spartacus, The Vikings), War movie (Paths Of Glory), Hollywood melodrama (The Bad And The Beautiful), Biopic ( Lust For Life), Sports movie (Champion)....even a Disney film (20,000 Leagues Under The Sea). You can't really go wrong with Douglas during his run from an entertainment standpoint. He did almost everything well. |
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