Who the better actor. Denzel Washington or samuel l Jackson

lowkey0z

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denzel:
license to kill
he got game
training day
john q
antwone fisher
out of time
american gangster
the great debaters
book of eli
the taking of pelham
man on fire
deja vu
remember the titans
the bone collector

samuel:
coming to america
do the right thing
goodfellas
menace II society
pulp fiction
shaft
the negotiator
snakes on a plane
django
lakeview terrace
jurrasic park
the negotiator
samuel is a part of a lot of big films, but denzel shyts on him cuz of his star role consistency imo :yeshrug:

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I guess you can say Denzel is the better actor while Sam has more range and body of work?

:yeshrug: they both tear up the screen with gloriousness tho :ohlawd:
 

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Sam. I like Denzel but it honestly feels like he is the same damn person all the time with the same facial expressions while sam changes to a diffeeent person.
 

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Denzel is a GREAT actor and he gets chosen for GREAT roles. He is seen as more versatile because of the quality of his films

But Samuel L Jackson has more range :yeshrug:. Range = getting out of yourself and portraying a character.

Denzel would NOT be a believable Uncle Tom slave like Samuel L in DJango. Denzel was never a badass like Samuel L in Pulp Fiction. Denzel could not pull off that character in Black Snake Moan

Denzel gets much better roles in much better movies, but most of his characters seem very closely tied (lots of similarity between his characters in his "action films" ). Denzel's characters seem like an extension of himself. Samuel L seems like he is playing a different person in each film.
 

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denzel dosen't like to get loose with his characters, he is always injecting some weird christian code into his roles. sam goes all out with his characters. with the attitude, the look, the language everything sam got this one. sam is the champ
 
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