List Rules Working male actors who have starred in major films or TV series in the last ~5 years
The best actors working today include Hollywood legends, Academy Award winners and many of the top up and coming actors in the world right now. These talented and beautiful men grace the big and small screen with brilliant performances in our favorite movies and TV shows and do it really, really well. There's no question that many of these top current actors, if they aren't already, will long be remembered among the best actors of all time.
For many of these best male actors, being part of Hollywood's elite is nothing new as they've been starring in our favorite titles for many years. The likes of George Clooney, Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Christopher Walken, among other popular actors, have been around for decades and lost little of that spark that made them favorites.
Moving into a slightly younger crowd, many of these best current actors are quickly becoming legendary as they continue to see success. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Johnny Depp are not just all hot, but among the best Hollywood has to offer today. But there's another generation of young actors looking for their turn in the spotlight too with up and comers like Aaron Paul, Michael Fassbender, Chris Hemsworth and Henry Cavill all on track to be the next big thing.
How do you compare the newcomers and the veterans to the greatest actors of all time? However you rank them, do so below on this list of the best actors working today!
Going In Style (2017) Now You See Me 2 (2016) London Has Fallen (2016) Lucy (2014) Transcendence (2014) The Lego Movie (2014) Last Vegas (2013) Now You See Me (2013) Oblivion (2013) Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
The Comedian (2016) Dirty Grandpa (2016) Joy (2015) Heist (2015) The Intern (2015) Grudge Match (2013) American Hustle (2013) Last Vegas (2013) The Family (2013)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) Black Mass (2015) Mortdecai (2015) Into the Woods (2014) Tusk (2014) Transcendence (2014) The Lone Ranger (2013)
Darkest Hour (2017) The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) The Space Between Us (2017) Criminal (2016) Man Down (2016) Child 44 (2015) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) RoboCop (2014) Paranoia (2013)
Ocean's Eight (2018) Suburbicon (2017) Downsizing (2017) The Great Wall (2016) Jason Bourne (2016) The Martian (2015) Interstellar (2014) The Monuments Men (2014) Elysium (2013) Behind the Candelabra (2013)
The Greatest Showman (2017) Logan (2017) Eddie the Eagle (2016) Pan (2015) Chappie (2015) X:Men :Days of Future Past (2014) Prisoners (2013) The Wolverine (2013)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) Kong: Skull Island (2017) xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) The Legend of Tarzan (2016) The Hateful Eight (2015) Chi-Raq (2015) Big Game (2015) Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Kite (2014) Oldboy (2013)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) The Age of Adaline (2015) The Expendables 3 (2014) Ender's Game (2013) Paranoia (2013) 42 (2013)
Going in Style (2017) Now You See Me 2 (2016) Youth (2014) The Last Witch Hunter (2015) Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) Interstellar (2014) Last Love (2013) Now You See Me (2013)
