This Top 50 list of Method Actors, shows some of the greatest names in acting, all of which are masters of the craft and many of which are award winners. Here is a list of the World’s most notable Method Actors.

1. Al Pacino

2. James Dean

3. Robert De Niro

4. Marlon Brando

5. Forest Whitaker

6. Daniel Day-Lewis

7. Ed Norton

8. Paul Newman

9. Dustin Hoffman

10. James Baldwin

11. Montgomery Clift

12. Jack Nicholson

13. Phillip Seymour-Hoffman

14. Anthony Hopkins

15. Denzel Washington

16. Harvey Keitel

17. Nicole Kidman

18. Gene Wilder

19. Robert Duvall

20. Sean Penn

21. Cate Blanchett

22. Jack Lemmon

23. Mark Ruffalo

24. Joe Pesci

25. Gene Hackman

26. Alec Baldwin

27. Mickey Rourke

28. Dennis Hopper

29. Russell Crowe

30. Walter Matthau

31. Meryl Streep

32. Marilyn Monroe

33. Angelina Jolie

34. Charlize Theron

35. Holly Hunter

36. Jane Fonda

37. Jennifer Jason-Leigh

38. Naomi Watts

39. Anne Bankcroft

40. Shelley Winters

41. Ellen Burstyn

42. Sally Field

43. Christopher Walken

44. Tim Roth

45. Joaquin Phoenix

46. Sydney Pollack

47. Jon Voight

48. Anthony Perkins

49. Sidney Poitier

50. Steve McQueen

All of these actors show exceptional ability and create genuine performances.