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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.
About James Cagney. Born in New York City in 1899, James Cagney was an American actor best known for playing tough guys, notably as a gangster in the 1931 film, The Public Enemy. He also starred in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938).