10 Top Destination Actors

3. Colin Firth

What do Sidney Poitier, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, and Tom Hanks all have in common beyond being destination actors? Each of them won a best acting Academy Award in the first half of their destination actor period. Colin Firth is coming off of back-to-back nominations with the later nomination for his part in The King€™s Speech ending with him taking home an Oscar. With his award show buzz he€™s in one of the best positions of any actor to get good roles sent his way in the foreseeable future. Firth could also be in the Tom Hanks. Even more so than James McAvoy. In this first part of Firth€™s career he specialized in light romantic comedies. The kind which generally saw him shining in an otherwise dim room. For Hanks Philadelphia was what elevated him away from being locked into the same old comedic roles for the rest of his career. It provided him the credibility to branch out into the more challenging work he was denied early on. Firth approaches Hanks both in terms of charisma - the driver of his popularity - and talent. This seems as good a time as any to clarify the destination actor concept. This isn€™t Highlander. There can be (and usually is) more than one destination actor, and for where his career is right now Colin Firth might be the safest bet of anyone to be a destination actor for this decade...