Riddle me this

A topic of heated debate at the bar last night was: "Who is going to be remembered as the best abd most talented actor of the last 10 years. We each created our top 5 actors of the last 10 years (obviously actresses do not count).
My list was the following:

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Christian Bale
• Denzel Washington
• Don Cheadle
• George Clooney
  
• Honorable Mention: Matt Damon and Brad Pitt
• Best actor of the next 10 years: Ryan Gosling and Casey Affleck

An argument ensued over everyone's list, which is a good thing. The beautiful thing about such lists is that everyone's opinion matters. Except if you are an idiot and make no sense. One of the barmates there argued that Edward Norton was a better actor than Leonardo DiCaprio and will be remembered more 20 years from now. WTF? Edward Norton is a very good actor. He is unbelievable in American History X and Primal Fear, but has anyone seen The Score, Death to Smoochey, or The Italian Job? Terrible. Norton is the prime example of someone who has made a few great movies and everyone has dubbed him a god, but doesn't have what it takes for the long haul. DiCaprio has been nominated 4 times, and pulled off drastically different roles in the same year (Gangs of New York and Catch Me if You Can; Blood Diamond and Departed). This is no contest.