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Greatest Screen Performances
per Film Actors - D-F


Criteria: These screen performances are ranked according to their acclaim, influence as well as popularity.

Actors are displayed in alphabetical order by last name.

 Edited By: Tim
Last Updated: 2026-05-17

Willem Dafoe

(1955 - )
  1. Platoon (1986)
  2. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
  3. The Lighthouse (2019)
  4. At Eternity's Gate (2018)
  5. The Florida Project (2017)
  6. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  7. Spider-Man (2002)
  8. Antichrist (2009)
  9. Wild at Heart (1990)
  10. Poor Things (2024)

Matt Damon

(1970 - )
  1. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  2. The Martian (2015)
  3. Good Will Hunting (1997)
  4. Invictus (2009)
  5. Behind the Candelabra (2013)
  6. The Informant! (2009)
  7. The Bourne Identity (2002)
  8. The Departed (2006)
  9. True Grit (2010)
  10. The Rainmaker (1997)

Daniel Day-Lewis

(1957 - )
  1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  2. My Left Foot (1989)
  3. Lincoln (2012)
  4. In the Name of the Father (1993)
  5. Gangs of New York (2002)
  6. Phantom Thread (2017)
  7. A Room with a View (1986)
  8. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
  9. The Age of Innocence (1993)
  10. My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Robert De Niro

(1943 - )
  1. Raging Bull (1980)
  2. Taxi Driver (1976)
  3. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  4. King of Comedy (1982)
  5. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  6. The Godfather Part ll (1974)
  7. Mean Streets (1973)
  8. Goodfellas (1990)
  9. Cape Fear (1991)
  10. Awakenings (1990)

James Dean

(1931 - 1955)
  1. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
  2. East of Eden (1955)
  3. Giant (1956)
  4. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: The Unlighted Road (1955)
  5. Danger: Death Is My Neighbor (1953)
  6. Kraft Television Theatre: A Long Time Till Dawn (1953)
  7. Robert Montgomery Presents: Harvest (1953)
  8. Omnibus: Glory in the Flower (1953)
  9. General Electric Theater: I'm a Fool (1954)
  10. General Electric Theater: The Dark, Dark Hours (1954)

Alain Delon

(1935 - 2024)
  1. Le Samouraï (1967)
  2. Purple Noon (1960)
  3. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
  4. Le Cercle Rouge(1970)
  5. La Piscine (1968)
  6. L'eclisse (1962)
  7. The Leopard (1963)
  8. Monsieur Klein (1976)
  9. Notre histoire (1984)
  10. The Black Tulip (1964)

Gérard Depardieu

(1948 - )
  1. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
  2. Jean de Florette (1986)
  3. The Last Metro (1980)
  4. Police (1985)
  5. Danton (1983)
  6. Under the Satan's Sun (1987)
  7. Going Places (1974)
  8. The Last Woman (1976)
  9. Mammuth (2010)
  10. This Sweet Sickness (1977)

Johnny Depp

(1963 - )
  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  2. Ed Wood (1994)
  3. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  4. Finding Neverland (2004)
  5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
  6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
  7. Black Mass (2015)
  8. Donnie Brasco (1997)
  9. Blow (2001)
  10. Benny & Joon (1993)

Leonardo DiCaprio

(1974 - )
  1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
  2. The Aviator (2004)
  3. The Revenant (2015)
  4. The Departed (2006)
  5. One Battle After Another (2025)
  6. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
  7. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
  8. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
  9. Django Unchained (2012)
  10. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Peter Dinklage

(1969 - )
  1. Game of Thrones (2011 - 2019)
  2. The Station Agent (2003)
  3. Cyrano (2021)
  4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
  5. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
  6. My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
  7. Find Me Guilty (2006)
  8. Death at a Funeral (2007; 2010)
  9. Rememory (2017)
  10. I Think We're Alone Now (2018)

Kirk Douglas

(1916 - 2020)
  1. Paths of Glory (1957)
  2. Spartacus (1960)
  3. Lust for Life (1956)
  4. Ace in the Hole (1951)
  5. Champion (1949)
  6. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  7. Detective Story (1951)
  8. Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
  9. Town Without Pity (1961)
  10. The Vikings (1958)

Michael Douglas

(1944 - )
  1. Wall Street (1987)
  2. Behind the Candelabra (2013)
  3. Wonder Boys (2000)
  4. Solitary Man (2009)
  5. The Kominsky Method (2018 - 2021)
  6. The Streets of San Francisco (1972 - 1976)
  7. Fatal Attraction (1987)
  8. Running (1979)
  9. The War of the Roses (1989)
  10. The American President (1995)

Robert Downey Jr.

(1965 - )
  1. Chaplin (1992)
  2. Tropic Thunder (2008)
  3. Oppenheimer (2023)
  4. Less Than Zero (1987)
  5. Iron Man (2008)
  6. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
  7. Zodiac (2007)
  8. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
  9. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
  10. Ally McBeal (2000-2002)

Adam Driver

(1983 - )
  1. Marriage Story (2019)
  2. Paterson (2016)
  3. Girls (2012-2017)
  4. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
  5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
  6. Annette (2021)
  7. Hungry Hearts (2014)
  8. Silence (2016)
  9. The Report (2019)
  10. White Noise (2022)

Robert Duvall

(1931 - 2026)
  1. The Apostle (1997)
  2. Tender Mercies (1983)
  3. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  4. The Great Santini (1979)
  5. The Godfather (1972)
  6. Lonesome Dove (1989)
  7. Get Low (2010)
  8. Network (1976)
  9. The Judge (2014)
  10. A Civil Action (1998)

Clint Eastwood

(1930 - )
  1. The Unforgiven (1992)
  2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  3. Dirty Harry (1971)
  4. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  5. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
  6. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
  7. Gran Torino (2008)
  8. In the Line of Fire (1993)
  9. Play Misty for Me (1971)
  10. High Plains Drifter (1973)

Giancarlo Esposito

(1958 - )
  1. Breaking Bad (2009 - 2011)
  2. Better Call Saul (2017 - 2022)
  3. The Mandalorian (2019 - 2023)
  4. Do the Right Thing (1989)
  5. Godfather of Harlem (2019 - )
  6. Fresh (1995)
  7. The Boys (2019 - 2026)
  8. Revolution (2012 - 2014)
  9. Homicide: Life On the Street (1998 - 1999)
  10. Far Cry 6 (2021)

Douglas Fairbanks

(1883 - 1939)
  1. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
  2. The Mark of Zorro (1920)
  3. The Black Pirate (1926)
  4. Robin Hood (1922)
  5. The Three Musketeers (1921)
  6. When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
  7. Wild and Woolly (1917)
  8. The Gaucho (1927)
  9. The Iron Mask (1929)
  10. Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)

Colin Farrell

(1963 - )
  1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
  2. In Bruges (2008)
  3. The Lobster (2015)
  4. The Penguin (2024)
  5. After Yang (2021)
  6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
  7. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
  8. Tigerland (2000)
  9. Miss Julie (2014)
  10. Phone Booth (2002)

Michael Fassbender

(1977 - )
  1. Shame (2011)
  2. Steve Jobs (2015)
  3. Hunger (2008)
  4. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
  5. A Dangerous Method (2011)
  6. X-Men: The First Class (2011)
  7. Macbeth (2015)
  8. Fish Tank (2009)
  9. Frank (2014)
  10. Alien: Covenant (2017)

Ralph Fiennes

(1962 - )
  1. Schindler's List (1993)
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  3. The English Patient (1996)
  4. Conclave (2024)
  5. Quiz Show (1994)
  6. The Constant Gardener (2005)
  7. Sunshine (1999)
  8. The End of the Affair (1999)
  9. The Menu (2022)
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Albert Finney

(1936 - 2019)
  1. Under the Volcano (1984)
  2. Tom Jones (1963)
  3. The Gathering Storm (2002)
  4. The Dresser (1983)
  5. Scrooge (1970)
  6. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  7. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
  8. Erin Brockovich (2000)
  9. Shoot the Moon (1982)
  10. Miller's Crossing (1990)

Colin Firth

(1960 - )
  1. A Single Man (2009)
  2. The King's Speech (2010)
  3. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
  4. Tumbledown (1988)
  5. Conspiracy (2001)
  6. The Staircase (2022)
  7. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
  8. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
  9. And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
  10. A Month in the Country (1987)

Errol Flynn

(1909 - 1959)
  1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  2. Captain Blood (1935)
  3. They Died with Their Boots On (1942)
  4. Gentleman Jim (1942)
  5. That Forsyte Woman (1949)
  6. The Dawn Patrol (1938)
  7. Objective, Burma! (1945)
  8. The Sea Hawk (1940)
  9. The Sun Also Rises (1957)
  10. The Sisters (1938)

Henry Fonda

(1905 - 1982)
  1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  3. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  4. On Golden Pond (1981)
  5. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
  6. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
  7. My Darling Clementine (1946)
  8. Mister Roberts (1955)
  9. Fort Apache (1948)
  10. Jesse James (1939)

Harrison Ford

(1942 - )
  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  2. Witness (1985)
  3. Blade Runner (1982)
  4. The Fugitive (1993)
  5. Air Force One (1997)
  6. Star Wars (1977)
  7. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
  8. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  9. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  10. Shrinking (2023 - )

Morgan Freeman

(1937 - )
  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  3. Street Smart (1987)
  4. Se7en (1995)
  5. Invictus (2009)
  6. Glory (1989)
  7. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  8. Lean on Me (1988)
  9. Nurse Betty (2000)
  10. Deep Impact (1998)
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