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Originally Posted by clayj41

Updated List:

Acting
1. Ryan Gosling (5 – Avg. 3.4)
2. Kyle Chandler (5 – Avg. 4.8)
3. Jeremy Renner (5 – Avg. 5.0)
4. Brad Pitt (5 – Avg. 5.8)
5. Jessica Chastain (5 – Avg. 7.4)
6. Leonardo DiCaprio (4 – Avg. 2.75)
7. Shea Whigham (4 – Avg. 4.25)
8. Domhnall Gleeson (4 – Avg. 4.25)
9. Oscar Isaac (4 – Avg. 4.75)
10. Amy Adams (4 – Avg. 5.0)
11. Chris Pratt (4 – 5.25)
12. Jonah Hill (4 – Avg. 6.0)
13. Samuel L. Jackson (4 – Avg. 6.25)

Note: No new actors/actresses made their way onto the list this year. However, with the inclusion of Blade Runner 2049 and Wind River in our Top 10, Ryan Gosling jumped from 5th to 1st place, and Jeremy Renner jumped from 9th to 3rd place. Renner will try to improve his standing by appearing in Avengers: Infinity War this spring, but leapfrogging Gosling and Chandler will likely prove to be an effort in futility since they both appear in Damien Chazelle's (our #2 director) First Man this fall.

Updated List:

Acting
1. Ryan Gosling (6 – Avg. 3.3) – Blue Valentine (#5), Drive (#1), The Big Short (#6), La La Land (#1), Blade Runner 2049 (#4), First Man (#3)
2. Kyle Chandler (6 – Avg. 4.5) – Argo (#3), Zero Dark Thirty (#6), The Spectacular Now (#9), The Wolf of Wall Street (#3), Manchester by the Sea (#3), First Man (#3)
3. Shea Whigham (5 – Avg. 4.0) – Take Shelter (#5), Silver Linings Playbook (#1), American Hustle (#8), The Wolf of Wall Street (#3), First Man (#3)
4. Bradley Cooper (5 – Avg. 4.2) – Silver Linings Playbook (#1), American Hustle (#8), Guardians of the Galaxy (#4), A Star Is Born (#2), Avengers: Infinity War (#6)
5. Jeremy Renner (5 – Avg. 5.0) – The Hurt Locker (#6), The Town (#6), The Avengers (#5), Arrival (#2), Wind River (#6)
6. Oscar Isaac (5 – Avg. 5.4) – Drive (#1), Inside Llewyn Davis (#10), Ex Machina (#3), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (#5), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (#8)
7. Chris Pratt (5 – 5.4) – Zero Dark Thirty (#6), Her (#2), Guardians of the Galaxy (#4), The Lego Movie (#9), Avengers: Infinity War (#6)
8. Brad Pitt (5 – Avg. 5.8) – Inglourious Basterds (#3), The Tree of Life (#9), Moneyball (#10), 12 Years a Slave (#1), The Big Short (#6)
9. Samuel L. Jackson (5 – Avg. 6.2) – The Avengers (#5), Django Unchained (#2), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (#10), The Hateful Eight (#8), Avengers: Infinity War (#6)
10. Stan Lee (5 – Avg. 6.6) – The Avengers (#5), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (#10), Guardians of the Galaxy (#4), Avengers: Infinity War (#6), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (#8)
11. Jessica Chastain (5 – Avg. 7.4) – Take Shelter (#5), The Tree of Life (#9), Zero Dark Thirty (#6), Interstellar (#7), The Martian (#10)

Note: We saw some pretty major shakeups this year, with two new additions to the list (Bradley Cooper and Stan Lee) and six previously ranked actors adding another top 10 to their résumé. This all comes at the expense of knocking Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson, Amy Adams, and Jonah Hill off the list completely. Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman) and Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Infinity War) are now in the same company as them. Leo will seek to rebound with Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in America, while Avengers: Endgame and the new entry in the Star Wars franchise could have implications on the standing of no less than 8 actors.