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| Check out the Results pages to find out who you voted as the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. Click on any star's name to be taken to in-depth information about their work. |
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| 5- Harrison Ford |
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If you hear a spot of midnight banging at Harrison Ford's ranch, the chances are that it is actually carpentry. The most famous carpenter since Joseph, Harrison Ford was born in Chicago in 1942. He signed with Columbia and then Universal, playing bit parts in TV series such as Ironside, before taking a disheartened break to go back to woodwork. On his return to Hollywood he starred in American Graffiti before Han Solo propelled him into space. Capitalising on Tom Selleck's contractual unavailability, he consolidated his A-list status with Raiders Of The Lost Ark, and then won an Oscar nomination for Witness.
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| 4- Kevin Spacey |
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Kevin Spacey was born in 1959 in New Jersey. A naughty child – he set his sister's tree house on fire and was sent to military academy only to be thrown out of that – he joined the drama course at Julliard on the advice of former classmate Val Kilmer. Quitting after two years to perform in the New York Shakespeare Festival, he was on Broadway within a year and by 1986 had made his movie debut playing a thief in Heartburn. After the indignity of See No Evil, Hear no Evil he had to wait six years for his Oscar-winning turn as Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects, following this soon after with a second gong for his take on middle class America gone wrong in American Beauty (1999).
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| 3- Tom Hanks |
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Tom Hanks was born in Concord, California, July 1956. His parents split when he was five, and Hanks experienced a nomadic youth as his father looked for work. After dropping out of university his movie debut came in the 1980 slasher pic He Knows You're Alone. After two years in cross-dressing sitcom Bosom Buddies, he was remembered by Ron Howard from his bit part in Happy Days and invited to read for Splash. After his Oscar-nominated turn in Big, it was not until 1993 with Sleepless In Seattle and Philadelphiathat he could be counted as a major player. An Oscar regular ever since, he did give the rest a chance by turning down the lead in American Beauty.
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| 2- Robert De Niro |
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Born in New York in 1943 to painters (as in artists, not decorators), De Niro caught the acting bug at 10 while playing the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz. Nicknamed Bobby Milk because of his complexion, he was so quiet as a young man, people thought he was autistic. He studied The Method with Lee Strasberg (who also taught Pacino) and worked off-Broadway before appearing in Brian De Palma's early films. Long-term collaborator and friend of Martin Scorsese, De Niro famously piled on 50lbs (over 3 stone) to play Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta, for which he won an Oscar.
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| 1- Al Pacino |
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Alfredo Pacino was born on 25 April 1940 in New York and brought up by his grandparents near the Bronx Zoo. Not allowed out of the house until he was seven, he was inspired at 14 by a performance of Chekhov's The Seagull. He took acting classes after leaving school and at 26 went to the Actors Studio to study with Lee Strasberg. Within three years he'd made his movie debut and on the strength of his second feature, Coppola offered him the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. An Oscar nomination and movie stardom followed despite turning down Apocalypse Now, Kramer Vs. Kramer and the role of Han Solo.
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