OzzyFan
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- Sep 17, 2012
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Battle between the 2 'everyman utility actors', Denzel Washington vs Tom Hanks. Contribute as little or as much as you'd like. Here's some debatable categories I was interested in hearing people's opinions on:
-More consistently great?
-More range?
-Better top performance/peak?
-Better 'prime'/better top 10 performances?
-Better top 5 films(alone, performances not accountable unless needed for tiebreaking purposes)?
-Why not even possibly....more charismatic?
I am a bit surprised/not surprised that Denzel and Hanks have been working in "Hollywood'' for roughly the same amount of years, yet Hanks has a notably bigger filmography in this category as an actor (94 to 60 per IMDB). But that's likely due to Hanks more mainstream popularity and the more availability of roles for him (not being political or anti or pro anything here, but there are/were a lot more films for a "whiter" cast looking for a ''whiter lead/supporting actor'' than there were for Denzel physically appearanced one, imo at least).
-More consistently great?
-More range?
-Better top performance/peak?
-Better 'prime'/better top 10 performances?
-Better top 5 films(alone, performances not accountable unless needed for tiebreaking purposes)?
-Why not even possibly....more charismatic?
I am a bit surprised/not surprised that Denzel and Hanks have been working in "Hollywood'' for roughly the same amount of years, yet Hanks has a notably bigger filmography in this category as an actor (94 to 60 per IMDB). But that's likely due to Hanks more mainstream popularity and the more availability of roles for him (not being political or anti or pro anything here, but there are/were a lot more films for a "whiter" cast looking for a ''whiter lead/supporting actor'' than there were for Denzel physically appearanced one, imo at least).