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Greatest Screen Performances
per Film Actors - J-L


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

Samuel L. Jackson

(1948 - )
  1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  2. Jackie Brown (1997)
  3. Jungle Fever (1991)
  4. The Hateful Eight (2015)
  5. A Time to Kill (1996)
  6. Django Unchained (2012)
  7. Do the Right Thing (1989)
  8. Eve's Bayou (1997)
  9. The Incredibles (2004)
  10. Unbreakable (2000)

Emil Jannings

(1884 - 1950)
  1. The Last Laugh (1924)
  2. The Blue Angel (1930)
  3. The Last Command (1928)
  4. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
  5. Faust (1926)
  6. Anna Boleyn (1920)
  7. Tartuffe (1926)
  8. Variety (1925)
  9. The Patriot (1928)
  10. Waxworks (1924)

James Earl Jones

(1931 - 2024)
  1. The Great White Hope (1970)
  2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  3. Star Wars (1977)
  4. The Lion King (1994)
  5. The Return of Jedi (1983)
  6. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
  7. Claudine (1974)
  8. Field of Dreams (1989)
  9. Gabriel's Fire (1990 - 1991)
  10. Heat Wave (1991)

Tommy Lee Jones

(1946 - )
  1. The Executioner's Song (1982)
  2. Lincoln (2012)
  3. The Fugitive (1993)
  4. Lonesome Dove (1989)
  5. JFK (1991)
  6. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
  7. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
  8. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  9. Cobb (1994)
  10. Hope Springs (2012)

Michael B. Jordan

(1987 - )
  1. Sinners (2025)
  2. Black Panther (2018)
  3. Fruitvale Station (2013)
  4. Creed (2015)
  5. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
  6. All My Children (2003 - 2006)
  7. The Wire (2002)
  8. Creed III (2023)
  9. Just Mercy (2019)
  10. Chronicle (2012)

Raj Kapoor

(1924 - 1988)
  1. Awaara (1951)
  2. Shree 420 (1955)
  3. Mera Naam Joker (1970)
  4. Jagte Raho (1956)
  5. Teesri Kasam (1966)
  6. Anari (1959)
  7. Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)
  8. Chhalia (1960)
  9. Barsaat (1949)
  10. Sangam (1964)

Ben Kingsley

(1943 - )
  1. Gandhi (1982)
  2. Sexy Beast (2000)
  3. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
  4. Schindler's List (1993)
  5. Bugsy (1991)
  6. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
  7. Mrs. Harris (2006)
  8. Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
  9. You Kill Me (2007)
  10. Elegy (2008)

Klaus Kinski

(1926 - 1991)
  1. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
  2. Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  3. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
  4. Cobra Verde (1987)
  5. The Great Silence (1968)
  6. Woyzeck (1979)
  7. Crawlspace (1986)
  8. Vampire in Venice (1988)
  9. Venom (1981)
  10. Paganini (1989)

Buster Keaton

(1895 - 1966)
  1. The General (1926)
  2. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
  3. Our Hospitality (1923)
  4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
  5. The Cameraman (1928)
  6. The Navigator (1924)
  7. Seven Chances (1925)
  8. The Butcher Boy (1917)
  9. One Week (1920)
  10. The Bell Boy (1918)

Harvey Keitel

(1939 - )
  1. Mean Streets (1973)
  2. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
  3. Bugsy (1991)
  4. Smoke (1995)
  5. Dangerous Game (1993)
  6. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  7. Blue Collar (1978)
  8. Pulp Fiction (1994)
  9. Taxi Driver (1976)
  10. The Piano (1993)

Gene Kelly

(1912 - 1996)
  1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  2. An American in Paris (1951)
  3. On the Town (1949)
  4. Anchors Aweigh (1946)
  5. For Me and My Gal (1942)
  6. Inherit the Wind (1960)
  7. Black Hand (1950)
  8. Summer Stock (1950)
  9. Brigadoon (1954)
  10. The Pirate (1948)

Burt Lancaster

(1913 - 1994)
  1. The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  2. Elmer Gantry (1960)
  3. Atlantic City, USA (1981)
  4. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
  5. The Leopard (1963)
  6. From Here to Eternity (1953)
  7. The Killers (1946)
  8. Trapeze (1956)
  9. The Swimmer (1968)
  10. The Rainmaker (1956)

Charles Laughton

(1899 - 1962)
  1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
  2. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
  3. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  4. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
  5. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
  6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  7. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
  8. Rembrandt (1936)
  9. Vessel of Wrath (1938)
  10. Advise & Consent (1962)

Stan Laurel

(1890 - 1965) and

Oliver Hardy

(1892 - 1957)
  1. Sons of the Desert (1933)
  2. Babes in Toyland (1934)
  3. Way Out West (1937)
  4. Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
  5. Big Business (1929)
  6. The Music Box (1932)
  7. Block-Heads (1938)
  8. Pardon Us (1931)
  9. Tit for Tat (1935)
  10. The Battle of the Century (1927)

Jean-Pierre Léaud

(1946 - )
  1. The 400 Blows (1959)
  2. The Mother and the Whore (1973)
  3. Masculin Féminin (1966)
  4. Stolen Kisses (1968)
  5. Day for Night (1973)
  6. The Death of Louis XIV (2016)
  7. Irma Vep (1996)
  8. Bed and Board (1970)
  9. Love on the Run (1979)
  10. Two English Girls (1971)

Heath Ledger

(1979 - 2008)
  1. The Dark Knight (2008)
  2. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  3. Candy (2006)
  4. Two Hands (1999)
  5. I'm Not There (2007)
  6. A Knight's Tale (2001)
  7. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
  8. Ned Kelly (2003)
  9. Lords of Dogtown (2005)
  10. The Patriot (2000)

Bruce Lee

(1940–1973)
  1. Enter the Dragon (1973)
  2. Fist of Fury (1972)
  3. Way of the Dragon (1972)
  4. The Big Boss (1971)
  5. The Orphan (1960)
  6. The Green Hornet (1966 - 1967)
  7. The Kid (1950)
  8. An Orphan's Tragedy (1955)
  9. Marlowe (1969)
  10. Game of Death (1978)

Christopher Lee

(1922 - 2015)
  1. Dracula (1958)
  2. The Wicker Man (1973)
  3. Jinnah (1998)
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  5. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  7. The Mummy (1959)
  8. The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
  9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
  10. The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Jack Lemmon

(1925 - 2001)
  1. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  2. The Apartment (1960)
  3. Save the Tiger (1973)
  4. Missing (1982)
  5. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
  6. Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  7. The China Syndrome (1979)
  8. Mr. Roberts (1955)
  9. Tribute (1980)
  10. The Fortune Cookie (1966)

Tony Leung Chiu Wai

(1962 - )
  1. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  2. 2046 (2004)
  3. Infernal Affairs (2002)
  4. Chungking Express (1994)
  5. Happy Together (1997)
  6. Lust, Caution (2007)
  7. A City of Sadness (1989)
  8. Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
  9. The Grandmaster (2013)
  10. Hard Boiled (1992)

Jerry Lewis

(1926 - 2017)
  1. The Nutty Professor (1963)
  2. The King of Comedy (1982)
  3. The Bellboy (1960)
  4. The Ladies Man (1961)
  5. The Errand Boy (1961)
  6. Cinderfella (1960)
  7. It's Only Money (1962)
  8. Boeing, Boeing (1965)
  9. Artists and Models (1955)
  10. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

Max Linder

(1883 - 1925)
  1. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
  2. Les débuts de Max au cinéma (1910)
  3. Max prend un bain (1911)
  4. Max victime du quinquina (1911)
  5. Les débuts d'un patineur (1907)
  6. Le duel de Max (1913)
  7. The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
  8. Max et sa belle-mère [with Lucien Nonguet] (1911)
  9. Max reprend sa liberté (1912)
  10. Be My Wife (1921)

Ray Liotta

(1954 - 2022)
  1. Goodfellas (1990)
  2. Narc (2002)
  3. Something Wild (1986)
  4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
  5. Cop Land (1997)
  6. Unlawful Entry (1992)
  7. Field of Dreams (1989)
  8. The Rat Pack (1998)
  9. Black Bird (2022)
  10. Phoenix (1998)

Harold Lloyd

(1893 - 1971)
  1. Safety Last! (1923)
  2. The Freshman (1925)
  3. The Kid Brother (1927)
  4. The Milky Way (1936)
  5. Feet First (1930)
  6. Grandma's Boy (1922)
  7. Never Weaken (1921)
  8. Why Worry? (1923)
  9. Girl Shy (1924)
  10. Speedy (1928)

Peter Lorre

(1904 - 1964)
  1. M (1931)
  2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
  4. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  5. Mad Love (1935)
  6. Crime and Punishment (1935)
  7. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
  8. The Lost One (1951)
  9. The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
  10. The Raven (1963)
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