De Niro, Pacino Top 50+ Stars List
Two giants of contemporary cinema, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, have topped a British magazine's poll of the greatest living movie stars over the age of 50.
The two stars of the "Godfather" saga took the top two places in a poll, released Thursday, of 10,000 readers of British film magazine Empire.
Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando — who died in July before voting was complete — took third, fourth and fifth spots.
Anthony Hopkins, in sixth place, was the highest placed British actor, and "Alien" heroine Sigourney Weaver, in 10th place, the top-rated woman.
Ten Britons appear in the Top 30, including Sean Connery, the original screen James Bond, in 13th place, Ian McKellan of "The Lord of the Rings" at 15 and Alan Rickman, of "Love Actually" and the Harry Potter series, at 19.
Each of the top six choices in the poll has received the Best Actor Academy Award.
The Top 30:
- Robert De Niro
- Al Pacino
- Jack Nicholson
- Paul Newman
- Marlon Brando
- Anthony Hopkins
- Morgan Freeman
- Dustin Hoffman
- Clint Eastwood
- Sigourney Weaver
- Gene Hackman
- Harrison Ford
- Sean Connery
- Meryl Streep
- Ian McKellen
- Christopher Lee
- Sidney Poitier
- Robert Redford
- Alan Rickman
- Judi Dench
- Samuel L Jackson
- Peter O'Toole
- Bill Murray
- Albert Finney
- Woody Allen
- Helen Mirren
- Christopher Walken
- Ben Kingsley
- Lauren Bacall
- John Hurt