As of the selected ranking year, Faye Dunaway and Viggo Mortensen form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The biggest-hit category sharpens the box office contrast, especially because Viggo Mortensen's leading film creates the stronger single-release benchmark.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Viggo Mortensen the larger theatrical footprint. The comparison therefore points leans toward Viggo Mortensen, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.