Top 10: Contemporary Male Actors

A very subjective, personal Top 10 should be at this point in order. I've been meaning to start this blog with something like this, but had no idea, who should I put first, who last and if anyway such list had any sense. Now I think it doesn't have to have any sense. It's just pure pleasure. If anyone wanted to ask, why these particular actors, not any other, I must admit that for me, the most important feature is attitide. Toward acting, life, cinema. That's the most telling feature. Not the looks, films, life partners, status. Those vary. But what stays is the attitude. So here we go.

10. James McAvoy

Favorite roles:

"Last King of Scotland," "Starter for 10," "Atonement," "Becoming Jane," "X-Men: First Class."

9. Joseph Gordon - Levitt

Favorite roles:
"Ten Things I Hate About You," "(500) Days of Summer," "Inception," "50/50," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Looper."

8. Christian Bale

Favorite roles:
"Empire of the Sun," "American Psycho," "Reign of Fire," "The Machinist," "Batman Trilogy," "Public Enemies," "The Fighter," "Flowers of War."

7. Ryan Gosling

Favorite roles:
"The Believer," "The Notebook," "Half Nelson," "Fracture," "Lars and the Real Girl," "Blue Valentine," "Crazy, Stupid, Love," "Drive," "The Ides of March."

6.  Javier Bardem

Favorite roles:

"Jamon, Jamon," "Perdita Durango," "Before Night Falls," "Mondays in the Sun," "Mar Adentro," "No Country for Old Men," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," "Biutiful," "Skyfall."

5. Tom Hardy

Favorite roles:

"Band of Brothers," "Black Hawk Down," "Layer Cake," "Bronson," "Inception," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Lawless."

4. Ralph Fiennes

Favorite roles:

"Wuthering Heights," "Schindler's List," "Quiz Show," "The English Patient," "Sunshine," "The Constant Gardener," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "In Bruges," "The Reader," "Skyfall."

3.Michael Fassbender

Favorite roles:

"Band of Brothers," "300," "Hunger," "Fish Tank," "Inglourious Basterds," "Jane Eyre," "X-Men: First Class," "Shame."

2. Mads Mikkelsen

Favorite roles:

"Pusher," "Adam's Apples," "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself," "After the Wedding," "Exit," "Casino Royale," "Flammen&Citronen," "Valhalla Rising," "A Royal Affair."

  

1. Daniel Craig

Favorite roles:

"The Trench," "Sword of Honour," "Copenhagen," "Road to Perdition," "Layer Cake," "Munich," "Archangel," "Casino Royale," "Defiance," "The Girl with a Dragon Tatoo," "Skyfall."