Worst actor who is successful?

[apes3978]

Sheeesh. Names I should see here-but don't:
Jack Black
Will Ferrell

I was gonna add these two to the list, but you beat me to it...

I'd also add: Any cast member from "Friends".

[Seeker]

Will Ferrel.

[vulcan2074]

David Arquette

[The Bat]

I'll also defend Mickey Rourke...He's a great Actor, and I've enjoyed a lot of His Movies:

Barfly
Rumble Fish
A Prayer for the Dying
The Pope of Grennich Village

I do agree He really messed Himself up with Plastic Surgery though. But it worked out pretty good for the "Marv" Role however.

[BlackKnight]

paul walker could not act his way outta a speeding ticket either.

Yeah,.. I dunno,.. you ever see that Movie "Running Scared" ? Not to be confused with the Billy Crystal One. It's Pretty powerful,.. & Walker really delivers imo. Probably the only Movie he's been in thats worth a Damn too.

[Hulk]

I'll repeat my number one rule of movie watching that hasn't failed me in a long time.

Never, EVER, pay to see Keanu Reeves. Nuff said.

[kept back]

I feel that most actors who are successful become so by playing the same character over and over. Case in point, Jack Nicholson. You watch Jack's early work(and even the occasional part to this day) and you'll see some brilliance. Unfortunately around the time of The Shining, Jack was typecast as "Jack Nicholson." After repeating themselves ad nauseum they become bloated chariactures of their own character which often times comes across as scene chewing Shatner-isms. Tom Cruise is another actor to suffer from this. Occasionally you see brilliance(Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry McGuire), but mostly he's playing Tom Cruise. Then you have guys who are charismatic but not necessarily good actors. This is where I file Will Smith. Then there are the truly talentless schmucks.

(as per the title thread, I tried to stick with actors. A bad actress is a far more complex thing. I love looking at Jessica Alba. I just hate watching her.)

1. Any member of the Martin Sheen family other than Martin Sheen. I am completely befuddled how Charlie Sheen manages to get roles in anything.

2. Keanu Reeves. He has a real screen absence.

3. Ben Affleck. Seems like a good guy. Someone you might wanna hang out with in hopes that some of the women he nails might fall your way. But he's so bad of an actor that even potentially good films turn to **** in his presence. Gone, baby, gone shows that maybe he's better suited behind the camera.

3. Hugh Grant. How many times can he play Hugh Grant? Which would be fine if Hugh Grant weren't the most effette weenie on the planet.

4. Vin Diesel. Pitch Black was cool. Vin Diesel is not

5. John Travolta. I wanna like Travolta. He was Pulp Fiction for God's sake. But I can't think of one other film that he was so much as watchable in.

6. Nicholas Cage. Once upon a time, Nicholas Cage starred in a film called Raising Arizona. It was the only good performance of his entire carreer.

7. Orlando Bloom. Yeah he was in 3 of the best movies ever made(and I ain't talking about Pirates of the Carribean films), but the dude is really bad. I almost doze off as soon as he begins to speak. There is a reason Peter Jackson only gave him about 5 lines in approximately 30 hours of film.

8. Ashton Kutcher. I cannot for the life of me figure this out. How is this guy known for anything? ***? Totally talentless.

9. Hayden Christiansen/Jake Loyd. Thanks, George. Thanks alot.

10. James McAvoy. The shortness of Tom Cruise without the high-wattage Top Gun-era charisma.

11. Al Pacino. At one time, Al Pacino was easily at the top when it came to talented actors. Then somwhere around the time of Scent of a Woman Al became convinced he was an elderly African american gentleman from the south. Ain't never been the same since.

12. Charlton Heston. I'm not kidding. Has a reputation as a great actor by seemingly adding an overblown pomposity to everything he delivered. In reality, this guy chewed the scenery in ways that even Shatner would be jealous.

Dishonorable mentions;



Any rapper. Ice Cube? Eminem?

Any singer. Whether it's Striesand or Mariah Carey the result is the same. Crap.

Any athlete. See Rodman, Dennis; O'Neal, Shaquille

Any Martial Artist. Except Bruce Lee. He was just bad ***.

Any wrestler. But The Rock gets a pass...just for being The Rock.

Any Baldwin. Alec gets a free pass for 30 Rock and that's it.

[Gorn Captain]

Paris Hilton.
House of Wax.

I won!

[Gorn Captain]

I think what a lot of the actors mentioned above have in common, is that they mainly play one character, and that gets old after a while.
There's no diversity.

Btw, for his work in the last 10 years, I'd like to include Robert DeNiro.
Sorry, Bob, you're just NOT funny....
Go back to serious drama. Go hunt some deer....

[The Bat]

There are alot of Actors that play themselves...that are considered great Actors(whom I like as well):

Jimmy Stewart
Cary Grant
Humphrey Bogart
Jimmy Cagney
Sean Connery
Jack Nicholson

[jwyblejr]

I hate to do it but I'm putting Eddie Murphy on this list. Hasn't really done anything half way decent in a long time.

[The Bat]

I hate to do it but I'm putting Eddie Murphy on this list. Hasn't really done anything half way decent in a long time.

Yeah...but I LOVE Him as Donkey in "Shrek" though.

[toys2cool]

man I like too many people that have been listed so I won't get into that

But I hate George Lopez, he's funny in stand up but not acting

[johnmiic]

Those were too obvious.



But if you want the king of obvious...here it is...

Steven Seagal...worse than all those combined, lol.

I forgot good old Steven Segal. I guess my choices were too obvious.

[Hector]