The Best Living American Actors
It takes a lot to make a movie great. There has to be excellent writing, production, direction, editing, and of course, acting. While the crew draws out the parameters for a movie, the actors are the ones who color in the film to bring it to life, and without great acting, a great film can crumble.
These Hollywood actors are the ones who deliver time and again, regardless of how good the script or the production of the film is. These are the greatest American actors who are alive today. Who are the best actors from the USA? Sure, you have your Oscar winners like Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones. But what about those reliable, underrated guys like Vincent D'Onofrio? Some other top American actors include Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Harrison Ford.
We can all agree there are a lot of great American actors. However, which of these male movie stars is the best? That's up to you to decide. Vote up all of the popular male actors that you believe to be the best! Then check back to see which of the famous male stars have topped the list.
Won for Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia (1994) and Forrest Gump (1995)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Big (1989), Philadelphia (1994), Forrest Gump (1995), Cast Away (2001)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (2020)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Chaplin (1993) and Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Tropic Thunder (2009)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Sherlock Holmes (2010)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Pulp Fiction (1995)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Pulp Fiction (1995) and A Time to Kill (1997), and Best Actor Golden Globe for Jackie Brown (1998)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Witness (1986)
Nominated for Best Actor Golden Globe for Witness (1986), The Mosquito Coast (1987), The Fugitive (1994), and Sabrina (1996)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (2002)Won for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Million Dollar Baby (2005)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (2012)Won for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Fugitive (1994)
Won for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for The Fugitive (1994)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2004), Finding Neverland (2005), and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2008)Won for Best Actor Oscar for Scent of a Woman (1993)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Serpico (1974) and Scent of a Woman (1993)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (2001)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Unforgiven (1993) and Million Dollar Baby (2005)
Winner of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1995)
Winner of the Henrietta Award for World Film Favorite (1971) and the Cecil B. DeMille Award (1988)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2015)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2015)Won for Best Actor Oscar for The Revenant (2016)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for The Aviator (2005), The Wolf of Wall Street (2014), and The Revenant (2016)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Ali (2002) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2007)
Nominated for Best Actor Golden Globe for Ali (2002), The Pursuit of Happyness (2007), and Concussion (2016)Won for Best Actor Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976) and As Good As It Gets (1998), and Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Terms of Endearment (1984)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Chinatown (1975), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1976), Prizzi’s Honor (1986), As Good As It Gets (1998), and About Schmidt (2003) and Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Terms of Endearment (1984)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (1999)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for The Great White Hope (1971)
Won for Most Promising Newcomer (Golden Globe) for The Great White Hope (1971)Won for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2020)
Won for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Twelve Monkeys (1996) and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2020)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Ghost World (2002)
Won for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Glory (1990) and Best Actor Oscar for Training Day (2002)
Won for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Glory (1990) and Best Actor Golden Globe for The Hurricane (2000)
Winner of the Cecil B. DeMille Award (2016)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Forrest Gump (1995)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Forrest Gump (1995)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Places in the Heart (1985) and In the Line of Fire (1994)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for In the Line of Fire (1994)Won for Best Actor Oscar for Joker (2020)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Walk the Line (2006) and Joker (2020)Nominated for Best Actor Oscar for Lost in Translation (2004)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Lost in Translation (2004)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Departed (2007)
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for The Departed (2007) and Best Actor Golden Globe for The Fighter (2011)Won for Best Actor Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club (2014)
Won for Best Actor Golden Globe for Dallas Buyers Club (2014)Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for Silkwood (1984)
