Greatest Screen Performances per Film Actors - W‑Z
Criteria:
These screen performances are ranked according to their acclaim, influence as well as popularity.
Actors are displayed in alphabetical order by last name.
Christopher Walken
(1943 - )
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- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- The Dead Zone (1983)
- King of New York (1990)
- Pennies from Heaven (1981)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- True Romance (1993)
- At Close Range (1986)
- Communion (1989)
- Severance (2022 - 2025)
- Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)
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Christoph Waltz
(1956 - )
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- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Django Unchained (2012)
- Big Eyes (2014)
- The Zero Theorem(2013)
- Carnage (2011)
- The Consultant (2023)
- Most Dangerous Game (2020 - 2023)
- Spectre (2015)
- Georgetown (2019)
- Water for Elephants (2011)
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Denzel Washington
(1954 - )
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- Malcolm X (1992)
- Training Day (2001)
- Glory (1989)
- Fences (2016)
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Flight (2012)
- Cry Freedom (1987)
- Hurricane (1999)
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John Wayne
(1907 - 1979)
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- The Searchers (1956)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- The Quiet Man (1952)
- Red River (1949)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- True Grit (1969)
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
- The Shootist (1976)
- The Longest Day (1962)
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Orson Welles
(1915 - 1985)
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- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Third Man (1949)
- A Touch of Evil (1958)
- Chimes at Midnight (1965)
- Othello (1951)
- The Stranger (1946)
- Prince of Foxes (1949)
- The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
- Compulsion (1959)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
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Robin Williams
(1951 - 2014)
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- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- The Fisher King (1991)
- Dead Poets Society(1989)
- Awakenings (1990)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
- One Hour Photo (2002)
- Aladdin (1992)
- Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
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Bruce Willis
(1955 - )
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- Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Moonlighting (1985 - 1989)
- Die Hard (1988)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- In Country (1989)
- Unbreakable (2000)
- Sin City (2005)
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James Woods
(1947 - )
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- Salvador (1986)
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Videodrome (1983)
- The Onion Field (1979)
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
- Promise (1987)
- My Name Is Bill W. (1989)
- The Boost (1988)
- Citizen Cohn (1992)
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Edited By: Tim
Last Updated: 2026-05-17