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I'm just kind of curious to see what members of the forum will submit. So, regardless of gender, who would you put as all-time worst actors? You can apply whatever spin you like (so-bad-he/she-is-good, just plain horrible, they annoy the p**s out of you, etc), but I'd like to see your top 10, and, preferrably, why they are there.

I'll submit mine when I've given it some thought, but I wanted to post the thread while it was fresh on my mind.

Shia LaBouf
Adam Sandler
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightly
Megan Fox
Julia Robrts
Bill Pulman
Jessica Biel
Ryan Reynolds
Jessica Alba

first a couple of controversial choices

Al Pacino - would go as far as to say he's a poor actor. Hammy in Donnie Brasco and even hammier in Scarface

Ed Norton - this won't go down well, but i am totally unconvinced by any role I've seen him in. I don't believe his face.


now 3 superstar losers, that I point blank refuse to watch any film they're in

Leonardo Di Caprio - charisma vacuum
Jonny Depp - overrated sell-out
Ben Affleck - bland


some alledged 'comedy' heroes...

Jack Black
Seth Rogan -  both these guys, irritating to the point of making me feel physically ill, and totally unfunny.


hmm...better chuck a chick in here for the sake of equality...

Sarah Michelle Gellar - rubbish



for just plain bad acting though, I would probably choose Sly Stallone - although I actually like him

was going to put him but I can't deny that I liked him in Happy Gilmore

agree about Jessica Alba though. bland, acting and looks as well IMO. don't get the whole 'gorgeous babe' thing with her. not ugly but...

Tor Johnson
Rob Schneider
Paris Hilton
Jack Black
Ashton Kutcher
Steven Segal
Pauly Shore
Hulk Hogan
Tom Arnold
Tom Green

Adam Sandler isn't a bad actor at all. Sure most of his comedies particularly from the 90s are guilty pleasures, but he has since proven that he has serious acting chops. Films like Punch Drunk Love, Click, Reign Over Me and to a lesser extent Spanglish. Jim Carey is another over the top comedian with loads of talent to burn. 

Another similar case can be mounted for Van Danm. In the 80s and 90s its fair to say he wasn't much of an actor, but his performance in JCVD a few years ago changed the perception of many. 

I'd agree with guys like Shia LaBouf, Hulk Hogan, Rob Schneider and Steven Segal though.

I'm glad nobody has mentioned Arnie or Sly because whist they are not the best actors in the world, there far from terrible although the quality does vary from film to film. 

Oh, this seems like such a crap category - All of the original names listed here have done good work - The real problem with identifying "Bad Actors" is to separate them from "Bad Directors" - See, an actor is basically a slave, or should be a slave, to a director's vision.  Actors should do as they are told.  If they are being told poo, they will reflect poo - This is the real actor's lot.  A genuine Bad Actor would be someone who, after hearing repeated explanations from the director, still went ahead with their own "vision" of what was going on, for good or ill -

peter - yeah, I act . . .

Huh? If a actor is receiving poor instructions from a director or perhaps have a fragile working relationship then that very actor who decides to guide themselves for good rather then for bad wouldn't reflect the directors intentions because they've taking it beyond themselves to creating there own vision which isn't a reflection of bad acting because of the man in charge.   

Victoria Tennant
Ashton Kutcher
Ryan Phillippe
Diana Scarwid
Keanu Reeves
Lou Ferrigno
Brad Pitt
Paris Hilton
Owen Wilson
Vince Vaughn

1.Adam Sandler
2.Pauly Shore
3.Ashton Kuchar
4.Jim Belushi
5.Paris Hilton
6.Rob Shneider
7.Leonardo Decaprio
8.Val Kilmer
9. Jean Claude Van Damme
10.Tom Green

I noticed that bob included Tor Johnson.
Granted-he IS a terrible actor-but he's so fun to watch! Most of his lines are composed of "ARRRGHHH!" anyway...not much you can do with that... :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3ZJjOYth3I

Sly isn't that bad an actor, although I think the original Rocky was the last time he played anything I might take seriously as acting. I wouldn't count Arnie because he never really claimed to be much of an actor. Action heroes kind of belong in a different class.

I find it very hard to come up with a list of ten. When we do the Top 100 lists, it's easy to toss out one name at a time, as they spring to mind. Coming up with ten, and only ten, who I really do consider the worst - that's hard.

except I did. - in attention-grabbing 'bold type' no less  :teddyr:

Some input on some of the names given already.

This is a highly subjective thread. I knew that going in. I was genuinely interested in what members would say. DCA, for example, listed a number of people whom he finds annoying, but some of whom I think are fine actors.

I'm pleased to see Paris Hilton listed a number of times, as she truly is free of talent of any kind and has no business holding any fame.

As for Adam Sandler, I've always had mixed feelings about him. I would not call him a strong actor, but does have the potential to be compelling at times. This doesn't erase the rather large load of crap he has turned out as well. He is more miss than hit for me, but he has hit very hard on occasion.

I don't agree that Leonardo DiCaprio is a poor actor. I think that's more of a "I don't like he, he annoys me" kind of thing. "Overrated" is a matter of opinion, surely. I would never call him a bad actor, however.

Pauly Shore is atrociously bad. Watching anything he has done is, for me, a mixture of "so-bad-it's-good" and just uncomfortably embarassing. Note: my wife was a extra in Bio-Dome, and any time I see it on cable I try to find the big party scene in which she is highly visible in her bikini in a couple of quick shots.

I do think Val Kilmer is overrated. I wouldn't put him in the same category as some of these others, but he's been riding on Doc Holiday for far too long.

Keanu Reeves will definately top my list when I post it. Nobody can convince me that he deserves his fame. He really has no talent and, aside from Point Break and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, which are somewhat guilty pleasures for me, I can't watch anything he is in.

 

A guy like John Wayne may not be technically the best actor ever, but he's good in most of the roles he plays and he's plenty entertaining. The same can be said for Jackie Chan.  I don't think he'll be doing King Lear any time soon but he makes funny action-comedies that I really enjoy and he does well in those types of movie roles. You can say the same for Arnie or Stallone. To me, the worst actors are the ones that just bore me.

Keanu Reeves ( Well Duh, dood!)

Paris Hilton ( Even her sex tape was boring)

Megan Fox (I'm pretty sure she's just a CGI creation. She has the souless eyes of a Polar Express character.)

Caspar Van Dien ( Pretty boy extrordinaire)

Joan Crawford ( Her later campier stuff is fun but only because she's hamming it up so much. Overall she's pretty terrible. I could never watch her in a straight role)

Sarah Michelle Gellar ( Neither attractive nor talented she consistently made movies for years. Thanks a million, fanboys)

Tim Allen ( Wilson's fence had more charisma)

Courteney Cox  ( She made a ton of money out of appearing in a lousy sitcom and a bruce Springstein video. That doesn't make her a good actress.)

Channing Tatum ( Luckily he won't be around much longer.)

Gwyneth Paltrow (She's a smug, over-rated country-singer wannabee.)

Yeah he is. I also noticed we listed a lot of the same people, great minds think alike.

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Sonny Tufts!

Keanu Reeves
Denise Richards
Casper Van Dien
Jessica Alba
Matthew McConaghey (or however you spell it)
Megan Fox
Chuck Norris
Jennifer Aniston
Sylvester Stallone
Kate Bosworth

Really? I thought he was expectational in Rocky Balboa, in fact not only is it the second best film in the Rocky franchise but also Sly's equal best acting performance along with the original Rocky. IMO. 

I disagree. Arnie despite being a OTT action cult hero who got into the movie business because of his size is still classified as an actor. I thought he was very believable in such roles as Dutch and the Terminator.             

sgreed. she never has any funny lines in 'Friends', while all the other characters do...

(obviously someone who doesn't like Friends might argue NONE of them have funny lines but that's a different point  :teddyr:)

She was terrible in 'The World is not Enough'.

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Robocop and Hammock Rider -

Robocop:  Your objection to my analysis is an excellent one for stage - many times, a stage show may be saved by going against an idiot director's "vision".  This is possible because it is immediately live.  This does not work as well in a film situation.  Film is driven by editing, shot choices, special effects, etc.  If you choose to play something that is clankingly out of sync with the rest of the film, you are taking a gamble.  You may be lauded as "the best thing in the picture", but more likely you will draw attention to yourself as being the hedgehog in a sea of marshmallows . . . I've been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett lately. . .forgive me . ..

Joan Crawford:  Please look at the film "Rain", directed by John Huston, starring a very young Joan Crawford.  This is one of the most beautiful performances ever recorded on celluloid.  "Mildred Pierce" is another one worth looking at a second time.  Joan did a lot of crap, because she was a working actress, and took jobs as jobs.  The same could be said of poor Christopher Lee - for every "Lord of The Rings" or "Horror of Dracula" that he did, there are 5 or more Mexican horrors that do not bear mention.  Cruel business this acting . . .

petrovsky

Brad Pitt is the single most over rated actor in the history of mankind. As for the people who think Sarah Michelle Gellar can't act they are out of their F'N minds! Buffy was one of may favorite shows, and even though I thought "The Grudge" was over hyped, her performance was still excellent.

I suppose it does equaled better to stage, but my point still stands even with the treatment of post-production into play, but with that does downgrade the effectiveness.

nice analogy at the end. 

I agree about Joan Crawford-she could be wonderful or a ham. As for Christopher Lee...he has been in some stinkers-but he never did any Mexican films to my knowldge-he DID do some stinkers (COUNT DRACULA,BLOOD DEMON) for Jess Franco in Spain.

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Well ya know something, Mean Gene... since I got to the WWF, Brother... I made many movies, man...
But ya know what rips my heart out, man?, Brother!? When I make a movie and people say I'm a bad actor, man.

Com'on, BROTHER! You mean tell me you didn't even like No Holds Barred? Com'on, man... *snarling*

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1. Seth Rogan
2. Keanu Reeves
3. Christopher Lambert
4. Shia Labeouf
5. Hayden Christensen
6. Tara Reid
7. Sandra Bullock
8. Burt Reynolds
9. Ben Affleck
10. Sean Young

Though he was nominated for the Oscar for his performance in Boogie Nights (one of my fave movies) I'll have to agree, he is not the greatest actor. But he always comes off rather likable in most of his movies. When he is not playing the smart ass.

I think I'll replace Burt Reynolds in my list........with THIS GUY!

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Mamie Van Doren!

people should see Madonna's "Swept Away" before they post in this thread.

I don't get it. What does a potato have to do with this? :wink: