How do you even begin to rank the best actors of the 21st century? The world of cinema is so broad and diverse; attempting to assign any kind of definitive numerical value to an actor’s career is ultimately arbitrary and subjective.
Nonetheless, that’s exactly what The Independent’s culture team have attempted to do. We’re doing this both as a means of paying tribute to some of the actors we most admire, and because it’s the kind of arbitrary, subjective exercise that many movie fans enjoy reading – even (or especially) if they vehemently disagree with the decisions.
