it's obviously a damn hard call, for me probably like most of you they're my 3 favourite actors.

i'd say if all i were judging on was the godfather films i'd say pacino, i think his performance is probably the finest in movie history. The transformation of the character is somewhat extreme but he makes it seem almost natural, when you rewatch godfather 1 you can see the later michael in the younger michael if you know what i mean.

All 3 were genius's but id just say brando over all, because he was first, he lead the way, before brando actors in hollywood tended to be so uncharismatic and really lacked depth. Marlon changed all that and led the way for guys like Pacino and De Niro so he gets my nod, even if you cannot really say that his performances were any better than the other guys, he was the groundbreaker.

Kinda like comparing Elvis to those that followed him