who is the worst "successful" actor of all time?

Gwynneth Paltrow.

FFF wrote:

Might have been said already, but the answer is George Clooney.

Guy looks/acts the exact same in every single movie.

The only role he was suited for, really, was as that doctor in ER

Lucas Tanner wrote:

Sandler was actually funny on Ssturday Night Live. That was his niche. Now ad sn actor in full length films, I agree thay he is dreadful.

I don't think you can judge Sandler's acting ability on the fact that a lot of people don't like the styles of movies he does. He's not a great actor but definitely not the worst. I think comedic actors almost have to be taken out of the discussion.

The names being thrown around like Pitt and Cruise are ridiculous. You may not like them as much as other A-listers but they are definitely not bad actors and have put out numerous very good performances.

A couple that really stand out is Affleck and Cage. The late Paul Walker though has to be my top pick. Go back and watch the Fast and Furious movies. They are the gold standard of terrible acting. A couple others who are thankfully not getting leading roles anymore would Hayden Christenson and Shia LaBeouf.

Dwayne Johnson is a better actor then Paul Walker yes I said it and if you read my previous post I’m not a fan of Dwayne as an actor. The fast movies were trash until he joined, matter fact the only fast movie I really like is fast five. At least Dwayne has a presence to him and some charisma unlike pretty boy walker. I’m sorry Rest In Peace but I gotta tell the truth the guy just wasn’t that great of an actor. Nothing personal but it’s just The honest truth.

I gotta throw in a few more names. Some of These guys might not be the most successful actors but 99 percent of the time if they are in a movie you know it’s going to be garbage.

50 cent.

Vinnie Jones. 50 cent and Vinnie Jones were actually in the same movie together once, Wow how ironic.. 2 horrible actors in the same movie. don’t believe me look it up. I haven’t seen it and don’t want to see it ever.

Cung Le. Yeah I know he’s a ufc fighter but I’ve seen this guy act in a few movies and he’s the dullest block of wood I’ve ever seen. Jean Claude van damme acted circles around this guy in dragon eyes and that’s saying something because jean claude van damme isn’t a great actor by any means. He’s been in a few more films and all have been garbage.

Snoop dogg. Yeah I know I’m naming rappers but most rappers can’t really act, Snoop was the weakest part of baby boy, tyrese carried that movie.

He was horrendous in bones.. a trashy horror movie by the way. Even worse then Khalil Caine was in the film okay I’ll take that back hehe.

even in that film called the wash Dre Dre and Eminem outacted him.

Rob Schneider. Controversial but I find him rather annoying in everything he’s in.

Adam Sandler.

Tobey Maguire.

Kirsten Dunst.

Owen Wilson. With the exception of the Shanghai films because he wasn’t the only star of the films.

It depends on if you are scaling based on their level of success.

One could argue Hayden Christensen is worse than Keanu Reeves, but he's also much less successful.

If you are scaling based on success, I think it's hands down Keanu Reeves. He's an unforgivably bad actor and yet has experienced huge commercial success for over three decades, and he's still going!

Lucas Tanner wrote:

Sandler was actually funny on Ssturday Night Live. That was his niche. Now ad sn actor in full length films, I agree thay he is dreadful.

Opera man was funny?

Daniel Day Lewis. Unwatchable. In Gangs of New York he was like a cartoon character villain - overacted to an extreme.

So far, I’ve learned that all of the A-list actors are pretty bad in this thread.

johnsj wrote:

So far, I’ve learned that all of the A-list actors are pretty bad in this thread.

I think you're on to something. Might be easier to name the great actors...

Humphrey Bogart

Some People Must wrote:

What's in Connery's head is that he's in 80s and probably knew he wasn't up to the physical demands of those roles.

Connery and Caine in The Man Who Would Be King.....f'n great.

Stallone was great in Cop Land.

Keanu Reeves is the Eliud Kipchoge of this contest......

Captain Kirk wrote:

standaman wrote:

All of you should also name your "best" successful actors of all time while you're mentioning the worst, because in a lot of these posts, I'm like, "Ok, who DO you like?"

This is my list of "best" successful actors:

Bryan Cranston

Paul Giamatti

Anthony Hopkins

You omitted one.

Is it over? wrote:

Daniel Day Lewis. Unwatchable. In Gangs of New York he was like a cartoon character villain - overacted to an extreme.

Who's your idea of a good actor then?

I am an FBI agent! wrote:

Keanu Reeves /EOT

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IMO...

Sylvester Stallone

Chuck Norris

Nick Cage

Owen Wilson

Quentin Tarantino

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Beyonce' Knowles

Halle Berry

Jackie Chan

Brendan Fraser

Eddie Griffin

Steven Seagal (is worst than Chuck Norris)

Ben Affleck

Dolemite

Is it over? wrote:

johnsj wrote:

So far, I’ve learned that all of the A-list actors are pretty bad in this thread.

I think you're on to something. Might be easier to name the great actors...

Humphrey Bogart

I like Bogart and almost all of his movies. He's a good actor but not great, basically played himself in every picture. Certainly entertaining.

dude what wrote:

Is it over? wrote:

Daniel Day Lewis. Unwatchable. In Gangs of New York he was like a cartoon character villain - overacted to an extreme.

Who's your idea of a good actor then?

I mentioned Humphrey Bogart in another post. Dovakhin responded that he alsways played himself - which is probably true and maybe why I like him.

Other good ones: Leslie Howard, Steve McQueen, Leonardo DiCaprio (just to bring us to the current century)

Can't stand some who just overact and you can't get past their presence: Daniel Day Lewis (repeat), Tom Hanks, Peter O'toole, Johnny Depp