Can you name the actor/actress in their career defining film roles? by JRaft

Can you name the actor/actress in their career defining film roles?

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Source: The Greatest Films
This quiz examines what film defined the career of 60 great actors/actresses. Given the actor/ actress and the year the film was released, name the film, not necessarily the most famous, but breakthr
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Year	Movie	Actor
1990		Julia Roberts
1978		Jamie Lee Curtis
2005		Steve Carrell
1999		Jude Law
1984		Moly Ringwald
1996		Will Smith
1979		Steve Martin
2001		Reese Witherspoon
1991		Anthony Hopkins
1989		John Cusak
1995		Mel Gibson
1999		Keanu Reeves
1965		Julie Andrews
1977		John Travolta
1939		Shirley Temple
1978		Alan Alda
1977		Woody Allen
1968		Alan Arkin
1984		Kevin Bacon
1982		Drew Barrymore
1990		Kathy Bates
1967		Warren Beatty
2001		Halle Berry
2004		Cate Blanchett
1942		Humphrey Bogart
1972		Marlon Brando
1971		Jeff Bridges
1994		Sandra Bullock
1995		Nicholas Cage
1994		Jim Carrey

Year	Movie	Actor
1998		George Clooney
2008		Brad Pitt
2001		Jennifer Connelly
1962		Sean Connery
1990		Kevin Costner
2000		Russell Crowe
1986		Tom Cruise
2002		Matt Damon
1992		Daniel Day-Lewis
1955		James Dean
1976		Robert De Niro
1994		Johnny Depp
1998		Cameron Diaz
1997		Leonardo DiCaprio
1992		Robert Downey Jr.
1971		Clint Eastwood
1981		Harrison Ford
1985		Michael J. Fox
1989		Morgan Freeman
1939		Clark Gable
1987		Danny Glover
1990		Whoopi Goldberg
1971		Gene Hackman
1994		Tom Hanks
1983		Ed Harris
1959		Charlton Heston
1967		Dustin Hoffman
1994		Samuel L. Jackson
1993		Tommy Lee Jones
2001		Nicole Kidman

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Defining Film Roles Quiz

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Created Mar 10, 2010 in Movies
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	rbonaime:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 06:22 GMT		15 points
	You have Tom Cruise on here twice. Also, this is all just a matter of opinion and hard to judge. For example, I can't think of anyone who would say that Cate Blanchett's breakthrough/defining role was "The Aviator" or that Brad Pitt's is "Benjamin Button" over "Fight Club". A very flawed quiz.

	djkparry:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 06:23 GMT		11 points
	why does tom cruise have 2 defining roles? and brad pitts should be fight club. or seven.

	mikeaugust:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 06:46 GMT		11 points
	Fight Club definitely for Pitt.

	pspstatus:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:05 GMT		6 points
	I think it's a great quiz. The only ones I would change would be Fight Club for Pitt and Edward Scissorhands for Depp.

	Hooby:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:15 GMT		4 points
	fight club was absolutely pitts defining movie

	folio1701:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 13:31 GMT		4 points
	Abigail Breslin is about 13. She already has a defining film role?

	alpha:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 13:45 GMT		11 points
	Bourne Identity for Damon? Over Good Will Hunting?

	SirMarcus:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 13:53 GMT		5 points
	i think the problem is that for some of these you have put the actors most famous film and for others you'e put their first big film, and that's just too inconsistent. i do like the idea though, so i suppose you could maybe sort it out, and if you happen to have a source i think you should make us aware of it so that people can question the source and not you.

	awood57:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 14:00 GMT		3 points
	need a few more minutes

	godpaul26:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 14:15 GMT		1 point
	Absolutely no doubt that Good Will Hunting was Matt Damons, and yeah Brad Pitt was a nobody before Benjamin Button. lol. Crazy. Certainly Seven before that, but I'd even say Interview with a Vampire is what really threw him into mainstream stardom. Whatever the criteria, I don't think people think of Button first when they hear Brad Pitt.

	godpaul26:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 14:17 GMT		1 point
	Oh and Ace Ventura for Jim Carrey too. Without a doubt

	MissBones:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 14:21 GMT		1 point
	Needs more time.

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	rgehara:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 14:31 GMT		2 points
	mad max for gibson, raising arizona for cage - what is the criteria? when they were nominated or when they became famous or a house hold name?

	ZSGhost:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 15:08 GMT		1 point
	How about On The Waterfront for Brando instead of The Godfather? Or accept both. He's tricky like that.

	JRaft:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 16:07 GMT		0 points
	As a lot of people have added films that I feel are just as legitimate, I will add them to the quiz and accept both answers

	baconstud01:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 17:15 GMT		2 points
	The issue I have is that you've confused 'career defining' with 'breakout' which are two different things and could be two different very good quizzes. I don't consider Will Smith's career defining role to be Independence Day (Ali? MIB?). It was his breakout though. Same goes for guys like Morgan Freeman (I think of him as Red in Shawshank before anything else), Depp, and Daniel Day Lewis (he'd already won Best Actor for My Left Foot before LOTM came out, and now you think of him with There Will Be Blood or Gangs of New York). On the other hand, you chose the career movies for Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves and Anthony Hopkins over their breakouts. Just needs more consistency.

	baconstud01:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 17:17 GMT		2 points
	Also, Brando's movie is 'On the Waterfront' not 'The Waterfront'. And he really shouldn't be on here either. With those two plus Streetcar Named Desire and Apocalypse now, he's too prolific to pin down with one or even two films.

	Polandice:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 17:23 GMT		3 points
	Blanchette's should really be Elizabeth over Aviator. Saturday night fever over Grease for Travolta? Out of Sight for Clooney? come on I'd say oh brother where art thou. Maybe add field of dreams for Costner Daniel Day Lewis is without a doubt My Left Foot.

	imclala:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 17:29 GMT		-2 points
	I know you got this from a source, but of all of them, I'd argue that "Mary Poppins" was more of a defining film than "The Sound of Music" for Julie Andrews. I'd also put "Planet of the Apes" above "Ben-Hur" for Heston. On another note, you misspelled Molly Ringwald, John Cusack, and Nicolas Cage.

	ctbrainiacs:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 17:30 GMT		4 points
	For Costner, without Bull Durham, he'd still be flipping burgers and married to his first wife. Field of Dreams and Dances with Wolves might have longer popular legs, but his 'kisses' speech in Bull Durham made him famous.

	ptg723:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 18:08 GMT		13 points
	I typed in Braveheart and it didnt come up.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 18:26 GMT		6 points
	Misspelled a TON of names, and doesn't accept Braveheart or '16 candles' over sixteen candles. The source may be responsible for picking the movies, but the source is awful, to be honest.

	wyell:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 18:50 GMT		0 points
	Brad Pitt's would actually be 12 Monkeys or Interview with the Vampire, not Fight Club and definitely not Ben Button.

	pope_alex_vii:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 19:41 GMT		2 points
	Yeah, Braveheart didn't come up when I typed it, either.

	TEXAJC:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 19:49 GMT		1 point
	Tron for jeff bridges! come on! way ahead of it's time ;)

	godpaul26:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 20:18 GMT		0 points
	yeah braveheart not working now

	debaser_1985:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 20:49 GMT		3 points
	Jeff Bridges is The Dude above all else!

	ballen2824:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 22:53 GMT		2 points
	I actually agree with the Jeff Bridges one, because last picture show was his break-out role. But this quiz is waaaaay too based on opinion. Like I think Seven for Brad Pitt, Bull Durham/Field of Dreams for Costner, Mad Max or Lethal Weapon for Mel Gibson, On the Waterfront for Brando, My Left Foot for Day-Lewis. I suppose career-defining needs to be more defined.

	johnlambeth:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 02:49 GMT		2 points
	would suggest Hoosiers for Gene Hackman

	rbonaime:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 03:07 GMT		1 point
	Yeah JRaft, you said that the problems with this quiz aren't yours, but the website where you found these. Yet, I went on that website, and there are several inconsistencies between what they say and what you say, so it doesn't seem to be a problem of the website..

	mattycakes345:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 03:08 GMT		1 point
	really? Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry and sergio leone trilogy? nicole kidman was famous for over a decade before moulin rouge. harrison ford was in star wars before raiders, bogart became famous years before casablanca and Hopkins was one of the best actors long before Silence of the Lambs.... this is a good idea, but the list is flawed

	shanekelby:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 03:14 GMT		2 points
	Why do you have Lethal Weapon for Danny Glover, but something that came out 8 years later for Mel Gibson?

	JRaft:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 03:49 GMT		-1 points
	Rbonaime..the only inconistencies are the movies I have added from other people, but thanks like I said earlier

	jmac347:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 19:26 GMT		0 points
	braveheart didnt work as an answer

	the_dude_abides:	Mar 13th, 2010 at 02:34 GMT		1 point
	while the last picture show may have been jeff bridges' breakout role, there are few actors who are as synonymous with their character as bridges is with the dude. you need to accept the big lebowski. braveheart didn't work for me either.

	vmarshall51:	Mar 13th, 2010 at 02:49 GMT		1 point
	i feel like some of this is subjective

	LaceyB:	Mar 15th, 2010 at 20:42 GMT		1 point
	I get that this was taken from a source, but it's so subjective that it does not make for a good quiz.

	llewelynofwales:	Mar 16th, 2010 at 23:42 GMT		1 point
	Although A Beautiful Mind was Jennifer Connelly's Oscar win, I think Requiem for a Dream should be under her name as well, it was her first major breakout role. Also, it would be nice to have The Maltese Falcon under Bogart (without a doubt one of his most famous roles) and something radically different for Cate Blanchett. She's such a good actress in her own right, I hate to have her "defining" role in a movie that was largely focused on Dicaprio.

	Dfearnley47:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 18:27 GMT		1 point
	it doesn't accept braveheart