What I love about Olivier's acting is his range. Tom Cruise, for example, plays himself in every film but watching Laurence Olivier is like seeing a different actor in every part he plays.
Isn't it wonderful that we live in a time when such performances were captured and preserved so that future generations can be blessed to watch this great actor?
Olivier was probably the greatest classical theatrical actor with Scofield, Richardson and Gielgud. I do think Laughton and Guinness proved better as film actors but this group is a world class team, amen!
I have to admit that this British actor was really talented! While I only saw Sir Olivier in "The Jazz Singer", I feel he did a great job in playing the cantor father of Jess Robin (Jesse Rabinovitch)!