The 60 best actors of 21st-century cinema, ranked

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To make this list, however, it was clear that parameters needed to be established. Here were ours: first, this list must only take into account films, not TV series or stage performances. Second, it should only take into account films released post-2000. If you’re wondering why this or that actor was omitted from the list, the year 2000 cutoff might well be the reason. (Some of the greatest living actors, such as Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, and Gene Hackman, are casualties of this rule.)

There are many factors that an actor is judged upon – range, consistency, depth, choice of roles – but no exact formula. Some of these inclusions, and omissions, may not be to everyone’s liking, but they were not arrived at flippantly – and there was plenty of disagreement even among the writers of this piece.

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1. Philip Seymour Hoffman

2. Ema Stone

3. Daniel Day Lewis

4. Denzel Washington

5. Nicole Kidman

6. Daniel Kaluuya

7. Song Kang Ho

8. Cate Blanchett

9. Colin Farrell

10. Florence Pugh

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