depp is absolutely right there with DDL in terms of acting ability. he has been nominated 3 times (pirates of the caribbean, finding neverland and sweeney todd). he should have won it for two of those movies: pirates, (which he single handedly saved what was otherwise a pretty mediocre movie) and finding neverland, which was an amazing movie. he also did blow, fear and loathing in las vegas, donnie brasco, from hell, edward scissorhands, and what's eating gilbert grape? i would put him up with any actor in the history of cinema, and if the academy didn't hate him for his off the screen comments and antics, he probably would have won several times and been nominated several more.
as for dicaprio, if you don't think he's an amazing actor then you don't know the first fucking thing about movies. he has also been nominated 3 times (what's eating gilbert grape, the aviator, and blood diamond). he was also great in catch me if you can, the departed and basketball diaries.
thirdly, i put brad pitt in that upper echelon of great actors as well. i think he gets a bad wrap because of who he is and how famous he is, but he too has been nominated 3 times (12 monkeys, the curious case of benjamin button, and moneyball). he was also brilliant in fight club, seven, snatch, a river runs through it, and probably one of my favorite brad pitt movies, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford (which got ben affleck's brother, casey, an academy award nomination for best supporting actor).
