Today's Question

Well, by weekend's end, I had met my goal of having Filipino and Ethiopian food.  So, go me.  Good job.  In addition to a lovely weekend of food, music, family, etcetera, I managed to squeeze in some cinema.  I watched "Persepolis," an animated film based on a graphic novel about the Iranian Revolution from the perspective of young Marjane and how her attitudes change as she ages.  I also had the pleasure of viewing "Harry Brown," starring Michael Caine.  Caine gets all vigilante on some English hood-rat, jerk-bum-assholes and starts murdering faces after he's taken about all he can stand.  This morning during my workout, I happened to begin another Michael Caine film, called "Play Dirty."  I haven't finished it yet, but suffice it to say, Caine has been kicking asses for a very long time and in this particular film, those asses he is kicking belong to Nazis, Axis Italians, and their North African allies.  It is a desert film and in both of these Caine films, his characters are seen playing Chess.  I wonder with what frequency Michael Caine characters enjoy a game of Chess? Curious.  Nevertheless, since I'm into the films lately and was thinking about some of my favorite English actors (we'll save the actresses for another day), which of the following is your favorite contemporary English Actor, and why?  Gary Oldman, Daniel Day Lewis, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Raphe Fiennes, Brenden Gleeson, or Christian Bale, or perhaps you've another.