Actor/Actress With an Impressive Body of Work

[Borodog]

I'm sure I'll get berated for this, but I'll add Johnny Depp.

[Blarg]

No, Depp belongs. He has done some surprisingly interesting and diverse work.

[swede123]

I'll throw out one of my favorite three actors working today: Daniel Day Lewis. His streak from the late 80s-early 90s with

My Left Foot
The Last of the Mohicans
The Age of Innocence
In the Name of the Father

I realize the last movie isn't that well known, but it's very good nonetheless.

Swede

[Blarg]

Extremely good. My Left Foot was more of a showcase for the actor, but both were wonderful movies.

[Marwan]

Bill Murray:

Caddyshack
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day
Rushmore
Royal Tennanbaums
Lost in Translation

Plus others I haven't seen

[dcasper70]

Michael Keaton

Here's a particularly good stretch:
1990 - Pacific Heights
1989 - Batman
1989 - The Dream Team
1988 - Clean and Sober
1988 - Beetle Juice
1987 - The Squeeze
1986 - Touch and Go
1986 - Gung Ho
1984 - Johnny Dangerously
1983 - Mr. Mom
1982 - Night Shift

[swede123]

How about some love for Sidney Poitier? Due to his great output there were some questionable movies made, but his best efforts from 1958-1968 are pretty impressive:

The Defiant Ones
Porgy and Bess
A Raisin in the Sun
Lillies in the Field
The Bedford Incident
A Patch of Blue
In the Heat of the Night
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Swede

[KDawg]

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Wow 4 in a row is tough.

Then I thought Jack Nicholson...nope.

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Nicholso did not have 4 great films exactly in a row, but it's close:

carnal knowledge (1971)
The Last Detail (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
the passenger (1975)

Not to mention:

Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Easy Rider (1969)

He later goes through a good streak again:

Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Reds (1981)
The Shining (1980)

And this just represents the cluster years of great films. He has other that come up periodically.

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FYP, cause Jack's role in the passenger kicks ass. Granted, he didn't have that big of a role in Tommy, so it can't be included. Overall though, I don't think many actors can compete with Jack's run from easy rider to the postman always rings twice. The amount of great jobs he put in would be enough for one person's career alone

[samsdmf]

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I am going to go very modern,Leonardo DiCaprio.
Does anything beat this 4 yr streak?

Blood Diamond (2006)
The Departed (2006)
The Aviator (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)

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It was di Caprio that came to mind with me as soon as I read the op. I think many people see him as a pretty boy actor still and is vastly underrated, possibly I am just talking to the wrong people

[samsdmf]

De Niro has had a few runs of 4 good films together however:
Mean Streets
Taxi Driver
Godfather 2
1900
Must be a contender for best 4 film run in the history of cinema