300 Greatest Actors on Earth, Period

Now, I made this list a few months ago before the untimely deaths of Brad Renfro and Heath Ledger. It was supposed to be only for living working actors, however I'm instead expanding the list a little to include the recently deceased as well.

1 dustin hoffman

2 ben kingsley

3 robert deniro

4 jack nicholson

5 morgan freeman

6 robert redford

7 paul newman

8 al pacino

9 jack lemmon

10 daniel day-lewis

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11 leonardo dicaprio

12 anthony hopkins

13 gene hackman

14 denzel washington

15 sean penn

16 johnny depp

17 russell crowe

18 jeff bridges

19 alec baldwin

20 clint eastwood

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21 tom hanks

22 nicholas cage

23 gary oldman

24 val kilmer

25 robert duvall

26 john cleese

27 bill murray

28 albert brooks

29 michael caine

30 william h macy

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31 sean connery

32 harvey keitel

33 donald sutherland

34 f murray abraham

35 tim robbins

36 robin williams

37 kevin spacey

38 philip seymour hoffman

39 marlon brando

40 ryan gosling

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41 nathan lane

42 david strathairn

43 will ferrell

44 edward norton

45 brad pitt

46 warren beatty

47 bruce willis

48 richard dreyfuss

49 tim curry

50 michael j fox

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51 william hurt

52 laurence fishburne

53 john malkovich

54 rowan atkinson

55 christopher walken

56 ian holm

57 michael douglas

58 ed harris

59 billy bob thornton

60 james earl jones

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61 steve martin

62 jon voight

63 tom cruise

64 jim carrey

65 adrien brody

66 phil hartman

67 jeff goldblum

68 bob newhart

69 ian mckellen

70 benicio del toro

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71 joe pesci

72 clive owen

73 eddie murphy

74 john travolta

75 john candy

76 harrison ford

77 tommy lee jones

78 christopher lloyd

79 martin sheen

80 robert downey jr

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81 alan rickman

82 ralph fiennes

83 jeremy irons

84 michael keaton

85 matthew broderick

86 eric bogosian

87 alan arkin

88 kenneth branagh

89 don cheadle

90 paul giamatti

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91 gene wilder

92 nick nolte

93 mark wahlberg

94 ben stiller

95 christopher guest

96 matt damon

97 guy pierce

98 ray liotta

99 james woods

100 dennis hopper

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101 john goodman

102 john turturro

103 richard gere

104 jason alexander

105 woody allen

106 forrest whitaker

107 joaquin phoenix

108 christian bale

109 brian cox

110 jason robards

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111 john c reilly

112 mel gibson

113 martin landau

114 ray winstone

115 max von sydow

116 kevin bacon

117 danny devito

118 peter fonda

119 matt dillon

120 geoffrey rush

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121 robert loggia

122 kevin kline

123 liam neeson

124 mickey rourke

125 hugo weaving

126 heath ledger

127 john mahoney

128 kevin costner

129 john hurt

130 jude law

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131 chris cooper

132 pierce brosnan

133 will smith

134 james caan

135 hank azaria

136 alfred molina

137 james gandolfini

138 vincent d'onofrio

139 alan alda

140 christian slater

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141 steve buscemi

142 woody harrelson

143 keifer sutherland

144 john cusack

145 vince vaughn

146 tom skerritt

147 jake gyllenhaal

148 sam elliott

149 river phoenix

150 hugh laurie

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151 john belushi

152 danny glover

153 james spader

154 harry shearer

155 bob hoskins

156 ned beatty

157 peter boyle

158 andy kaufman

159 ewen mcgregor

160 sam shepard

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161 michael mckean

162 jonathan pryce

163 keanu reeves

164 jeff daniels

165 cary elwes

166 tony shalhoub

167 harry dean stanton

168 tom berenger

169 anthony michael hall

170 rick moranis

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171 randy quaid

172 steve carell

173 willem dafoe

174 john c mcginley

175 stanley tucci

176 samuel l jackson

177 carroll o' connor

178 tim roth

179 owen wilson

180 pruitt taylor vince

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181 pete postlethwaite

182 sam rockwell

183 aaron eckhart

184 eugene levy

185 patrick swayze

186 martin short

187 dan aykroyd

188 jeremy piven

189 terence stamp

190 danny aielo

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191 jean reno

192 liev schreiber

193 tom hulce

194 john ritter

195 dennis quaid

196 billy crystal

197 charles durning

198 giancarlo esposito

199 robert carlyle

200 david thewlis

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201 rip torn

202 wallace shawn

203 martin mull

204 paul reubens

205 roy scheider

206 fred willard

207 kurt russell

208 charlie sheen

209 stephen rea

210 burgess meredith

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211 chazz palminteri

212 john rhys-davies

213 john cazale

214 charles grodin

215 mykelti williamson

216 walter matthau

217 jim broadbent

218 philip baker hall

219 john lithgow

220 harvey feierstein

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221 hector elizondo

222 david paymer

223 dan hedaya

224 robert forster

225 bob balaban

226 john leguizamo

227 denis leary

228 john larroquette

229 david cross

230 brian doyle-murray

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231 dudley moore

232 wesley snipes

233 ethan hawke

234 emilio estevez

235 jamie foxx

236 jared harris

237 sylvester stallone

238 michael madsen

239 darren mcgavin

240 ben affleck

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241 terence howard

242 greg kinnear

243 chris penn

244 michael wincott

245 rainn wilson

246 keith david

247 peter coyote

248 stephen tobolowski

249 kevin dillon

250 justin kirk

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251 jason schwartzman

252 jack klugman

253 larry miller

254 kevin nealon

255 j.t. walsh

256 michael imperioli

257 clancy brown

258 gerard depardieu

259 joe pantoliano

260 diedrich bader

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261 donal logue

262 michael rapaport

263 michael lerner

264 gary sinise

265 j k simmons

266 william atherton

267 frank whaley

268 mark ruffalo

269 campbell scott

270 cillian murphy

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271 crispin glover

272 ron livingston

273 bill pullman

274 gabriel byrne

275 jay mohr

276 james cromwell

277 paul sorvino

278 paul rudd

279 patrick warburton

280 jack warden

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281 eric stoltz

282 nick stahl

283 james legros

284 jon lovitz

285 steve zahn

286 giovanni ribisi

287 vincent schiavelli

288 luis guzman

289 jared leto

290 jason lee

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291 john savage

292 jon favreau

293 dabney coleman

294 kurtwood smith

295 gary busey

296 max perlich

297 brad renfro

298 martin donovan

299 anthony edwards

300 oliver platt

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