Here is my list of the best actors living today.

Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting)
Giovanni Ribisi (Suburbia, Saving Private Ryan)
Brad Pitt (Kalifornia, Snatch)
Russel Crowe (Galdiator, LA Confidential)
Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, Return to Paradise)
Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, LA Confidential)
Gary Oldman (True Romance Dracula)
Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction,Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
Steve Buscemi (Pulp Fiction, Fargo)
Willem Dafoe (Afliction,Last Temptation of Christ)
Edward Norton (American History X, Fight Club)
John Turturro (Rounders, Summer of Sam)
Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking)
Matt Damon (Talent Mr Ripley)

Juliette Lewis (Kalifornia)
Frances McDormand (Fargo)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Talented Mr Ripley)