Ranking The 30 Best Actors of All-Time

4. Laurence Olivier

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It was Olivier’s interpretative originality that made him a great actor. He soon became known as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century. In 1944, he returned to film as star and director of Shakespeare’s Henry V. This outstanding blend of old-fashioned theatricality and “pure” cinema earned him an Academy Award. He went on to star in three additionally Shakespearean film adaptations, two of which he also directed/ Hamlet won him an Oscar for both Best Picture and Actor.