Actors & Actresses Rankdowns 2.0 (Winner Posted)

[Elliott]

Oops, sorry @Steven_ . I’ll work on it now!

[Steven_]

Just need Chris's ranking.  

[Steven_]

15. OBERON - PAWS (1997)

Film Synopsis: Teen neighbors (Nathan Cavaleri, Emilie Francois) help an intelligent dog thwart a villainess (Sandy Gore) seeking his late master's fortune. Heath Ledger plays a very small role; his name is one of the last ones listed in the credits.

 

13.375

QK: 9

VICTORIA: 11

DIANA: 13

ELLIOTT: 14

ALEX: 15

CHRIS: 15

DEREK: 15

SOLA: 15

 

 

14. SNOWY BOWLES - SWEAT (1997)

Series Synopsis: Set in an Australian school for athletically-gifted teens, Heath Ledger starred as Snowy Bowles - a young, gay cyclist. Heath Ledger was part of the main cast.

 

13.125

ALEX: 5

CHRIS: 14

DEREK: 14

DIANA: 14

QK: 14

SOLA: 14

ELLIOTT: 15

VICTORIA: 15

 

 

13. DAN CARTER - CANDY (2006)

Film Synopsis: A fatherly chemistry professor (Geoffrey Rush) indulges two young lovers (Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish) in their ever-increasing heroin habits. Eventually the pair, an artist named Candy and an aspiring poet named Dan, become caught in a harrowing downward spiral of drug dependency and failed efforts to get clean.

 

11.75

SOLA: 9

CHRIS: 10

ALEX: 11

ELLIOTT: 11

VICTORIA: 12

DEREK: 13

QK: 13

DIANA: 15

 

 

12. HARRY FAVERSHAM - THE FOUR FEATHERS (2002)

Film Synopsis: The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

 

10.375

SOLA: 7

VICTORIA: 8

DIANA: 10

QK: 10

DEREK: 11

ALEX: 12

CHRIS: 12

ELLIOTT: 13

 

 

11. JIMMY - TWO HANDS (1999)

Film Synopsis: Nineteen-year-old strip club promoter Jimmy (Heath Ledger) is just scraping by in the red-light district of Sydney. When local crime lord Pando (Bryan Brown) offers him a shot at working for his syndicate, Jimmy jumps at the chance to deliver a costly package. But, when Jimmy gets jacked by a couple of kids, he's indebted to the dangerous gangster for $10,000. Running out of time, he schemes to rob a bank to save himself and a beautiful girl he desires (Rose Byrne) from a gruesome demise.

 

10.25

DEREK: 4

ALEX: 7

VICTORIA: 9

DIANA: 12

ELLIOTT: 12

QK: 12

CHRIS: 13

SOLA: 13

[1234567890]

No complaints.

[QueenKalie]

2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said:

No complaints.

Same

[Steven_]

10. ROBBIE CLARK / BOB DYLAN - I'M NOT THERE (2007)

Film Synopsis: Several actors portray legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at different stages in his personal life and career. In 1959 a guitar-strumming youth (Marcus Carl Franklin) rides the rails, calling himself "Guthrie." Then a man named Jack (Christian Bale) emerges in New York's Greenwich Village, followed by "Robbie (Heath Ledger)," Jude (Cate Blanchett) and other personalities.

 

9.5

DEREK: 7

SOLA: 8

ALEX: 9

CHRIS: 9

DIANA: 9

ELLIOTT: 10

QK: 11

VICTORIA: 13

 

 

9. JACOB GRIMM - THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005)

Film Synopsis: The Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm (Matt Damon) and Jacob (Heath Ledger), are dysfunctional schemers who go from town to town putting on shows that convince inhabitants they are getting rid of demons. After one such scam, a mysterious man called Cavaldi (Peter Stormare) brings them to a French general, who persuades them to battle the evil that has kidnapped 10 girls from a small village. During the investigation, the cynical Wilhelm and sensitive Jacob see things that point to real magic at work.

 

8.5

CHRIS: 4
SOLA: 4

DIANA: 6

QK: 6

ELLIOTT: 9

DEREK: 12

ALEX: 13

VICTORIA: 14

 

 

8. TONY SHEPARD - THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (2009)

Film Synopsis: Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), the leader of a traveling show, has a dark secret. Thousands of years ago he traded the soul of his daughter, Valentina, to the devil. Now the devil has come to collect his prize. To save her, Parnassus must make a final wager: Whoever collects five souls first will win Valentina. Tony (Heath Ledger), a man saved from hanging by Parnassus' troupe, agrees to help collect them, with his eye on marrying Valentina.

 

7.75

VICTORIA: 5

ELLIOTT: 6

DIANA: 7

QK: 7

ALEX: 8

CHRIS: 8

DEREK: 9

SOLA: 12

 

 

7. SKIP ENGBLOM - LORDS OF DOGTOWN (2005)

Film Synopsis: A drought in 1970s Southern California has an unexpected side effect: as people empty their swimming pools, a group of teen surfers from the Dogtown area of Venice Beach move in with skateboards, and a new sport is born. Based on a true story, this film follows "Z-Boys" skate team members Stacy Peralta (John Robinson), Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk) and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch), plus manager Skip Engblom (Heath Ledger), as their fearless "pool surfing" leads to fame, fortune -- and misfortune.

 

7.625

ELLIOTT: 2

QK: 5

ALEX: 6

CHRIS: 7

DEREK: 10

SOLA: 10

VICTORIA: 10

DIANA: 11

 

 

6. GABRIEL MARTIN - THE PATRIOT (2000)

Film Synopsis: A widowed farmer (Mel Gibson), with a brave but brutal military past, decides not to join up when the British arrive in 1776. However, when his son (Heath Ledger) enlists and is later captured by the enemy, the former soldier must abandon his new-found pacifist principles in order to rescue his oldest child, and forms a regiment of Carolina patriots, whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort.

 

7.625

QK: 3

CHRIS: 5

DIANA: 5

VICTORIA: 7

DEREK: 8

ELLIOTT: 8

SOLA: 11

ALEX: 14

[1234567890]

I'm good so far.

[QueenKalie]

No major complaints here.

[*Chris]

Just now, QueenKalie said:

No major complaints here.

 

4 minutes ago, 1234567890 said:

I'm good so far.

 

[FrogLenzen]

No big surprises. I kinda miss Alex's comments but for some I can imagine them anyway haha

[Solaris]

No huge issues on my end!

[FrogLenzen]

On 2/22/2021 at 1:38 PM, Steven_ said:

TOP 5

 

FILM ROLES

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

A Knight's Tale (2001)

Monster's Ball (2001)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Is this the Top 5? I guess it was pretty inevitable lol

[1234567890]

A great Top 5.

[Steven_]

5. SONNY GROTOWSKI - MONSTER'S BALL (2001)

Film Synopsis: Hank Grotowski is a prison guard whose son, who works on the prison's death row, commits suicide. Grotowski spirals into depression until one night he helps Leticia Musgrove's injured son. When he dies, the couple are united by grief, but as their relationship develops, he learns he and his son were party to the execution of her husband.

 

7.125

DEREK: 3

ELLIOTT: 5

SOLA: 6

VICTORIA: 6

DIANA: 8

QK: 8

ALEX: 10

CHRIS: 11

 

 

4. ENNIS DEL MAR - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005)

Film Synopsis: In 1963, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are hired by rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) as sheep herders in Wyoming. One night on Brokeback Mountain, Jack makes a drunken pass at Ennis that is eventually reciprocated. Though Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack marries a fellow rodeo rider (Anne Hathaway), the two men keep up their tortured and sporadic affair over the course of 20 years. Heath Ledger was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards for this role.

 

4.125

CHRIS: 1
DIANA: 1

VICTORIA: 1

DEREK: 2

SOLA: 2

ALEX: 4

ELLIOTT: 7

QK: 15

 

 

3. WILLIAM THATCHER - A KNIGHT'S TALE (2001)

Film Synopsis: Peasant-born William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) begins a quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden (Shanynn Sossamon) and rock his medieval world. With the help of friends (Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Alan Tudyk), he faces the ultimate test of medieval gallantry -- tournament jousting -- and tries to discover if he has the mettle to become a legend.

 

3.875

ALEX: 2

ELLIOTT: 3

SOLA: 3

DIANA: 4

QK: 4

VICTORIA: 4

DEREK: 5

CHRIS: 6

 

 

2. PATRICK VERONA - 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999)

Film Synopsis: Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is beautiful, smart and quite abrasive to most of her fellow teens, meaning that she doesn't attract many boys. Unfortunately for her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), house rules say that she can't date until Kat has a boyfriend, so strings are pulled to set the dour damsel up for a romance. Soon Kat crosses paths with handsome new arrival Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). Will Kat let her guard down enough to fall for the effortlessly charming Patrick?

 

3.25

QK: 1

CHRIS: 2
DIANA: 2

ALEX: 3

VICTORIA: 3

ELLIOTT: 4

SOLA: 5

DEREK: 6

 

 

1. THE JOKER - THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)

Film Synopsis: With the help of allies Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and DA Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) has been able to keep a tight lid on crime in Gotham City. But when a vile young criminal calling himself the Joker (Heath Ledger) suddenly throws the town into chaos, the caped Crusader begins to tread a fine line between heroism and vigilantism. Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker garnered widespread critical acclaim. He won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards for this role.

 

1.75

ALEX: 1

DEREK: 1

ELLIOTT: 1

SOLA: 1 - Obvs.

QK: 2

VICTORIA: 2

CHRIS: 3

DIANA: 3

[1234567890]

I knew someone was going to be homophobic.

[Elliott]

Heath’s performance in TDK is the single greatest of all time. Don’t @ me.

[*Chris]

 

me @ someone having the nerves to rank Brokeback Mountain at 15... 15?!?! Out of all of these movies?!? 

 

[QueenKalie]

1 minute ago, Elliott said:

Heath’s performance in TDK is the single greatest of all time. Don’t @ me.

He was fantastic in that no doubt.

[Solaris]

I am shocked.... that Chris ranked a superhero movie in his Top 3.  lols.

[Solaris]

Also I love that a Knight's Tale boke the Top 3, I expected it to fall about 7th.  Stanning the rankers right now!

[QueenKalie]

Just now, Solaris said:

I am shocked.... that Chris ranked a superhero movie in his Top 3.  lols.

Same I wasn't expecting it to win.

[Steven_]

It was neck and neck between The Dark Knight and Brokeback Mountain, but then the #15 rank for Brokeback Mountain cleared the way for The Dark Knight to win by a landslide.

[Solaris]

I need a Heath movie marathon after seeing this Top 5.  

[1234567890]

[1234567890]

10 minutes ago, *Chris said:

 

me @ someone having the nerves to rank Brokeback Mountain at 15... 15?!?! Out of all of these movies?!? 

It at least deserved to rank #2 behind The Dark Knight.