I'll toss out a few ideas:
* Rosey Grier in THE THING WITH TWO HEADS
* Rosey Grier in THE GLOVE
* Brian Bosworth in STONE COLD (actually, I didn't think he was too bad in this movie, but a lot of other people thought he was terrible)
* Shaquille O'Neal in KAZAM
* Joe Namath in C.C. AND COMPANY
There are a ton of others, so fire away!
OJ SIMPSON in any movie except Capricorn One (I like Capricorn One)
OJ was pretty good in the Naked Gun movies though.
The Barbarian twins, their real name escapes me, in The Barbarians. D'you think that guy's laugh naturally sounds like a moose in heat, or did the director tell him to do that?
Brother R
Hulk Hogan in Santa with Muscles.
Mike Henry in any of hisTarzan films. He is however to date the only Tarzan with a hairy chest.
HULK HOGAN. Though wrestling is hard to call a sport. It's more of an atheletic show. It does take a lot of ability, but it's definitely not competitive.
Scottie
Forgot an obvious one. Merlin Olson in Mitchell. Although his performance is probably too small to judge, the simple act of appearing in that atrocity is bad enough.
Brother R
Bo Jackson in "The Chamber"
Joe Namath in "The Last Rebel"
Howie Long in "Broken Arrow"
Chuck Connors in "The Proud And The Damned" and "Ride To Glory/The Deserter"
Bob Uecker as anything other than himself in a film.
Not a movie but, Australian rules football player "Jacko" in that cheesy TV show from the 80s with that combination big rig/helicopter. What ever happened to that guy anyway?
Not just bad acting , but typecasting as well:
OJ Simpson in "The Klansman" - predicting his future as a cold blooded killer
Lawrence "LT" Taylor in "Any Given Sunday" - what a stretch to play a drug addicted over the hill football player
No votes for Bruce Jenner in Can't Stop the Music?!
And Evel Knievel in Viva Knievel.
OJ in the OJ trail?
Does that count?
Uhhh, grunt, squeenze, moan, hyper-ventalate, grimmace, swear . . . (uhh was that the Naked Gun movies or trying to put on the gun?)
hehehe
Rob
Oh god, no! The horror, the horror. . .
Wasn't one of the US Olympic gymnastic guys in a movie. Shows just how memorable that movie/performance was.
"to put on the gun"
uhh GLOVE its spelled GLOVE!
:-)
Oops
Rob
Wasnt Bob Hope a boxer?
And then again I cannot think of any really bad movie that Bob Hope was in...
Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim in Scrooged... :D
Howie Long in "Broken Arrow"
He was pretty good in that, by far not the worst athlete turned actor
Does Jesse Ventura in "Abraxas" count?
Wasn't one of the US Olympic gymnastic guys in a movie.
"Gymkata" I was suprised it hadn't beem mentioned
...Michael Jordan in Space Jam.
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Bulls**t! I can't hear you, sound off like you got a pair.
Again, Micheal Jordon in "Space Jam", green screan acting with a bunch of cartoons, is not the worst
I'd say Joe Namath in CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO. My wife and her friends often "counter-program" against the New Year's Day Bowl-athon that my male buddies and I watch by holding their own NAMATHON of sorts, showing CC AND COMPANY, THE LAST REBEL, CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO and some episodes of THE WAVERLY WONDERS that one of them bought off somebody who taped them decades ago and sold them over the internet!
Yeah, I think you mean Mitch Gaylord in American Anthem. Yikes!
Don't forget Evil Kenevil....."Are you the head honco of this hacienda?"...lol
Rita Somebody "Champion Woman Wrestler of All Meheeco" in Racket Girls
Wwll, if bodybuilding is considered a sport then Arnuld in Hercules in New York has got to be a contender
...Pro wrestler Tor Johnson!
least Tor was fun to watch though, not like howie long michal jordan or shaq in anything they do.
Former 49ers (maybe current too) defensive lineman in Reindeer games, What a god awful movie.
Also, anyone who the main characters have to say, look its world famous so and so, for example, that mountain climber in Vertical Limit.