1. Now when i started this blog I promised lots of fun top 10's and so far i have done
a grand total of ... 1 =/ So here is my top 10 favourite actors, now it must be said
that the decisions made here were extremely difficult and there are soo many
people that I unfortunately had to leave out of the list, sorry guys!! So here we go:

2. » One of Britain's biggest exports in terms of
American success after a breakout role in
Schindler's List in 1993 and then got the huge
role of taking on one of the main characters in
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace and
ended up been one of the few success's of the
film that has since gone down as one of
Hollywood's biggest disappointment. But where
my love of Neeson really comes from is from
his recent work as an aged action star after
2008's Taken which has lead to a real career
resurgence and a role in the film adaptation of
The A-Team a role which has cemented
Neeson's role in this list, despite some blotch's
including Taken wannabe Unknown but every
film can't be great.

3. » Tom Hardy has recently received one of the
most rare things in Hollywood, a 2nd chance.
After appearing in Band of the Brothers Hardy
ended up in blowing his first chance at
Hollywood success by appearing in Star Trek
Nemesis. That could of been the end of Hardy
but he went back to England and built his
career back up appearing in films like Matthew
Vaughn's Layer Cake. But Hardy truly proved his
talent by taking the lead role in Bronson a truly
great performance as Britain's most violent
prisoner. And soon Hollywood came knocking
again as he appeared in Chris Nolan's Inception
and became the star of the show. Now he
seems to be one of the men of the moment
and will soon be appearing in Nolan's next
film, probably the most anticipated films of
2012, The Dark Knight Rises. Something tells
me we have a star in the making here.

4. » One of the true nice men of Hollywood, Jason
Segal seems to also be one of the most liked
actors working in the industry at the moment.
Impressively he manages to juggle his film
career with his role on TV sitcom How I Met
Your Mother where he made his name and still
continues to impress as the most lovable
character in the cast. Segal then made his true
Hollywood breakthrough when he wrote and
starred in Forgetting Sarah Marshall one of the
best comedies of recent years. Now as if Segal
couldn't get anymore likable he's the man
behind the return to the big screen of The
Muppets. Could he get any better?

5. » According to IMDb I haven't seen Sheen's 3
most famous films, Kingdom of Heaven and his
appearances in the Underworld series. But
despite this Sheen has still managed to make
himself one of my favourite actors, mainly
thanks to his talent of portraying real life
figures. First came his appearance in The
Queen, as prime minister Tony Blair, then he
was Frost in Frost/Nixon before making an
appearance as another of the North Easts
famous figures Brian Clough in The Damned
United, a role that really made a mark on me.
He can act as fictional characters with him been
the only likable aspect of both New Moon and
Tron: Legacy

6. » Now John Simm is probably the least known
name on this list but it's what you get for
sticking to British television. Simm starred in
BBC drama Life on Mars alongside long time co-
star Phillip Glensestar and proved to be one of
Britain's finest drama playing a cop who ends
up been transported back to 1973. Simm left
the show after 2 series and spin-off Ashes to
Ashes was created which suffered from Simms
absence. But what really made him one of my
favourites was his guest role on Doctor Who as
the main characters nemesis The Master, a role
he would return to 2 years later for 2 more
episodes making his name as the revived series
greatest villain. Simm now stars in Sky 1's
drama Mad Dogs and is still proving his
versatility as an actor.

7. » Now i will admit that Kevin Spacey has been a
recent addition to the list of my favourite
actors, but the reasons for this are quite clear
when you look at the list of films that Spacey
has appeared in which share a distinct adult
theme. Of course the first time i will have seen
a Spacey film would have been his voice
appearance as the villain of Pixar's 2nd feature
A Bugs Life. Like many people i fell in love with
his Oscar winning performance in American
Beauty which remains probably the best
performance of his career. Since viewing Beauty
I've only seen two Spacey films, both where he
takes an antagonististic role, in the brilliant
Se7en where although not appearing till the
second half of the film he steals the show and
his comic turn in Horrible Bosses.

8. » Now this isn't going to sound great but
Tennant's place on this list has been pretty
much down to one role. It will also be a surprise
that out of all the British actors on this list to
have appeared in the Harry Potter series as a
minor but significant role as Barty Crouch Jnr in
Harry Potter and the Goblet Fire. The film was
released shortly after it was announced that
Tennant would be taking his signature role as
the title character in long running BBC show
Doctor Who a role that he starred in for 3 series
and then a further year featuring 5 specials in
which time he played his way into the hearts of
the nation as their favourite Doctor. Since
leaving Tennant's been suspiciously quiet but
did but in a wonderful performance as Jimmy
Murphy in TV film United.

9. » My first exposer to Clooney was when he
played Batman in Batman and Robin so as i
young kid I naturally saw him as the coolest
person in the world, now that time has gone
Clooney has admitted that the film is the worst
of his career and recently even critised
Batman's nipples... Obviously as i was growing
up i knew Clooney's name but i he really
grabbed my attention when i got old enough to
start watching his first major role as Doug Ross
in the first 5 series of ER. Since then I've been a
keen admirer of his work, he has had a few
back fires, like The Men Who Stare At Goats but
in recent years Clooneys work has become a
true Hollywood great with a voice performance
as Fantastic Mr Fox and in indie hit Up in the
Air. Now it seems it may be time for Clooney to
receive a much needed Oscar for The
Descendants.

10. » I'm going to be honest I'm not familiar with
most of Gordon-Levitt's work which seems to
have been a succession of cameos and minor
roles. He first broke into my attention one of his
main breakout roles in 10 Things I Hate About
You opposite a young Heath Ledger and from
that moment on it was obvious that he was one
of the nice guys in cinema. Unfortunately he fell
back into obscurity after the end of 3rd Rock
From The Sun. But then came a second
breakout role in 2009's comedy gold 500 Days
of Summer in one of the most brilliant romantic
films of recent years. He was then criminally
under used in G.I Joe. He now seems of truly
made it to the A-list by appearing in Chris
Nolan's Inception and will, like Hardy, be
teaming up with the director again in The Dark
Knight Rises. The future is bright for this one!!

11. » The term legend is one that is branded about
quite allot nowa days but i think it's right to say
that Tom Hanks has become one of the
Hollywood legends over the last two decades.
There's so many films you can look at when
looking at his history but I'll start with for me
his best role and one of the best roles in cinema
history as the titular character in Forrest Gump
a brilliant performance and one of his next
roles has become just as iconic appearing as
Woody in the Toy Story films. He was just as
iconic in Saving Private Ryan. Over the next
years there have been many great
performances but for me one of his best was in
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons
which will hopefully see him reprise the role in
the third adaptation of Dan Brown's books.
Long live King Hanks.