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1 The best most famous American actor is Marlon Brando, and he sits atop this list because his death has only immortalized him into a more planet-sized legend. 2  From his classic line Stella! to other unforgettable pieces of acting in erotic films like Last Tango in Paris, Brando is synonymous with American cinema.hese American actors are not merely mortal human beings like the rest of the populationâthey are forever immortalized as semi-divine on the silver screen. 1  Marlon Brando. 2  Clark Gable. 3  Johnny Depp. 4  Robert DeNiro. 5  Sean Penn. 6  Humphrey Bogart. 7  Al Pacino. 8  Leonardo DiCaprio. 9  James Stewart. 10  Michael Douglas.
January 17, 1931. Arkabutla, Mississippi. James Earl Jones, (born January 17, 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, U.S.) American actor who made his name in leading stage roles in Shakespeareâs Othello and in The Great White Hope, a play about the tragic career of the first black heavyweight boxing champion, loosely based on the life of Jack Johnson.