Meryl Streep Tops the List of Best Actors of All Time as Ranked by TopTenREVIEWS; Robert De Niro Ranked as Top Male Actor

OGDEN, Utah (BusinessWire EON) May 9, 2007 --     TopTenREVIEWS(TM) new movie portal (http://movies.toptenreviews.com) ranks and compares actors based on the prominence of an actor's role in a movie, awards from that role and the overall score of that movie given by critics. Actors are ranked by genre, year, decade and of all time, including rankings of the best actors by year they were born, so visitors can see the best actors their same age or year of birth. TopTenREVIEWS has ranked more than 37,000 actors and more than 23,000 actresses, utilizing 700,000 movie reviews of 190,000 movies from 40,000 sources.

TopTen(TM) Actors of All Time*

Meryl Streep is ranked as the highest-rated actor of all time by TopTenREVIEWS, because of her award-winning performances in a large number of prominent roles and well received feature films. She is followed in the rankings by Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford, rounding out the top five. The entire list of highest-rated actors can be seen at http://movies.toptenreviews.com/actors/list_all_time_actor.htm.



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*As of May 9, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.

TopTen Male Actors of All Time*

Of the best male actors of all time, Robert De Niro is at the top of the list, followed by Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford and Michael Caine. The entire list can be viewed at http://movies.toptenreviews.com/actors/list_all_time_male_actor.htm.



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*As of May 9, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.

TopTen Actresses of All Time*

Topping the list of best actresses of all time is Meryl Streep, followed by Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman. The entire list can be viewed at http://movies.toptenreviews.com/actors/list_all_time_female_actor.htm.



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*As of May 9, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.

On its actors' pages, TopTenREVIEWS provides movie fans with biographies and filmographies, plus rankings of their favorite actors in each decade and every genre. Plus, visitors can see the movie rankings of every actor in each decade of their career.

Top Actors by Birth Year*

Using TopTenREVIEWS' unique ranking and review system, Web site visitors can view the best actors who share their birth year. Below is a list of the top actors for some selected birth years.



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*As of May 9, 2007. Rankings may change slightly as new movies are released and new reviews are posted.

Movie and actor rankings are updated continuously, as new movies are released and new reviews become available. Over time, rankings may change when a new movie is released that is highly regarded by critics, or if an actor stars in a new movie, depending on whether or not that movie is received well or rated poorly.

The complete lists of movie and actor rankings and pages can be found at http://movies.toptenreviews.com. TopTenREVIEWS recently announced the best movies of all time. The list can be found at http://movies.toptenreviews.com/list_all_time.htm. The news release about the all-time movie list can be found at http://www.toptenreviews.com/5-2-07.html.

About TopTenREVIEWS

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