Poll: Worst Major Mainstream Actor:-

[jklinders]

Too much choice for me to really work off of. Nick Cage, Kristen Stewart, and a lot of others belong here, but here is an actor that a bunch of folks love but I hate.

I'll get a bit of hate for this but Russel-Fucking-Crowe. He doesn't act, he reads his lines with all the wooden life of puppet with cut strings. He has an ego the size of Australia and plays himself in every role he is in. Plus because he is so fucking full of himself, he throws a hissy fit when the writers do even the slightest thing with his characters that he does not like.

Horrible actor on stage. Terrible person off stage.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Taylor 'blow up man doll' Lautner. Now that Twilight's over we may have finally seen the last of him, hopefully it's made him nice and rich so he doesn't have to appear in any more films.

Aaaaaaaaanyway... Shia LaBouf, I guess. Or however you spell his dumb name. God he's bad.

He's not an actor, it's a decal they put on the man model in Transformers movies. There isn't actually a person behind the rag doll.

 

[mechashiva77]

*shurg* I really don't actively hate anyone. There's no one that I dread seeing on screen. I've seen bad movies don't get me wrong, but I honestly don't remember the actors or the movies enough to make a judgement call.

 

[PieMagazineReviews]

Shia LaBouef isn't the worst actor, but he does annoy me beyond belief. Also, cannot believe you've put Clive Owen on the list; he's excellent - and so is Mark Hamil's Joker.

I can't stand Matt LeBlanc (Joey from Friends)

 

[Tumedus]

"Mainstream" is kind of a nebulous term to apply.

Out of the actors listed on this thread so far, Taylor Lautner is, by far, the worst actor, but I don't know if I would consider him mainstream as outside of the Twilights he may as well not even exist. But still, terrible actor.

Out of the poll list, I would say Bloom is the worst actor, but not really mainstream anymore, Costner is the most overrated but not terrible, and Hamill doesn't belong there at all. That sorta gives Reeves the win by default, but I can think of a lot worse than him.

And to add a couple to the list: Ben Stiller (yeah I know some people like his schtick, but he is an awful actor), and Chris Pine (appropriate name for a guy who takes the term 'wooden performance' to a whole nother level)

I would also like to add a special nod to Rob Shneider. He is in virtually every Sandler movie and manages to make Sandler, who has gotten a lot of votes here, look talented by comparison.

 

[Ieyke]

Matt Damon, I would put up there as well.

Why? I think he's perfectly fine, though I haven't seen that many of his films. He's really good in The Departed IMO.

I voted for Orlando Bloom because I couldn't bother to think of someone else. If they hadn't cast him in Kingdom of Heaven, that film could have been a masterpiece for the ages.

I'll have to go with Tom Cruise, to be honest.

Guy only ever plays one part, and it's always 'Tom Cruise'.

So you would say his roles in Collateral

and Tropic Thunder are identical?

I beg to differ. The guy's a good actor, he's just often judged on the basis of his playboy image.

And to all of you who say Nicholas Cage... well yeah, he's pretty rubbish in most of his movies, but when he gets a good part, he's a really good actor. Just look at Lord of War, he's great in it.

To quote myself:

I was at work today and this subject came up and I was quite surprised at some of my friends disagreement with my answer. Personally I think Tom Cruise is the best actor, personal life aside. Every time I see a movie with him, he is always spot on. My favorite movie by him is Top Gun, and I cannot wait for Oblivion to come out.

So I ask you friends, Who do you think is the best actor?

Are you f-ing kidding me?!??!?

Tom Cruise is #1 on my list of WORST actors.

He couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.

Every single movie he's in is just
Tom Cruise in Feudal Japan
Tom Cruise does Hollywood spy stuff
Tom Cruise dressed as a cop in the future
Tom Cruise runs from aliens
Tom Cruise flies planes

The ONLY movie where he's being something other than Tom Cruise is Tropic Thunder.

 

[Reginald the Butler]

I find your lack of Nicholas Cage disturbing...

 

[jmiller1980]

Jason Momoa of Stargate and Game of Thrones. Don't know how mainsteam he is but the guy has all the range of a chopstick.

Looks like a barbarian. Takes roles as a barbarian. As with so many other actors, good within a specific range of role but not capable of expanding either due to talent or support from outside. Momoa is fairly new to the scene, perhaps in time he can get past the "me smash" thing.

OT: Haven't seen a thing I enjoyed with Ben Affleck in it. Maybe that's the fault of the roles he's chosen, but I'm catching a general vibe from him that he just sucks. Except when working with Kevin Smith. Then he sucks because he's supposed to.

 

[mattttherman3]

Guys, Micheal Sara, there is no other possible answer, there is no worse actor. He has no acting skills, he plays himself in every single thing he does, even his interviews are the same. He has the emotional range of a fucking rock. Tyler Perry is second.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Eddie Murphy,Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler are a few that springs to mind.

Not even "decent" movies from those 3 in the past few years,which is a bit tragic really since they are supposed to be "comedy actors".

 

[RedDeadFred]

Adam Sandler is truly terrible. The only movie of his that I liked was Funny People and that was because Seth Rogen was great and it was pretty good as a drama.

I guess I also liked Mr. Deeds but that's probably because it was the first of his movies I saw and once you see one, you've seen them all.

 

[JemothSkarii]

*huddles up in a corner*

I like Keanu Reeves as an actor though...

But anyways: Worst actor for me goes to Nicholas Cage, he's been in some absolutely retarded movies, but Ghost Rider 2 took the cake for me and my brother...who went to see it with me so we could both laugh at it.

Ahh, he's so bad...

 

[Casual Shinji]

Leonardo di Caprio

I'm sure he can act circles around me, but the guy has about an acting range of two feet. This wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't given parts to play these larger than life characters, like Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoover. Seriously, whose fucking idea was it to let him play those characters.

I can't help but find his rise to the top of the acting world baffling.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I'm going to have to go with Michael Cera, with Jonah Hill not far behind.

When you get right down to it and think about it, he really does play the exact same type of character in nearly every movie he starts in. He's just so awkward and mumbles in his dialouge delivery. I don't know whether that is him trying to act, or if that is just his straight real life personality. I really feel sorry for him if it is the latter.

Jonah Hill is at least sometimes humorous, as I was ok with his character in Accepted. Most of his other roles though, are just...awful.

Superbad is one of my most disliked movies ever, mostly because of these reasons. Not a big fan of those types of "comedies."

 

[EeveeElectro]

Mark Hamill is a fantastic voice actor.

Keanu Reeves is obviously a time traveler so he's awesome.

I can't think of many actors I dislike. Actresses I have a list as long as me (soooo many of them are just cast to be something to look good ;_
The main guys from Twilight are pretty crap but Pattinson is awesome because he at least knows he's shit.
I haven't seen Will Ferrel in a serious movie which I think makes him a pretty crap actor.
Oh, and I don't like Michael Cera. Scott Pilgrim would be perfect if they cast someone else :/)
Gah! I don't watch enough movies.

(By the way, NICHOLAS CAGE IS PERFECTION. *waves a banner saying I ♥ Nicholas Cage*)

 

[Andy Shandy]

(By the way, NICHOLAS CAGE IS PERFECTION. *waves a banner saying I ♥ Nicholas Cage*)

All hail the Cage! He will destroy us with his perfection otherwise.

Oh and his laser eyes, he'll destroy us with them too.

Anyway my answer is Jack Black. I like him as a musician but as an actor he seems to make everything he is in worse.

 

[Lord Garnaat]

I'm a little surprised that Mark Hamill is on there. He did a good job in Star Wars, not to mention his fantastic voice work.

Anyways, I have to say that I really loath Will Ferrell. Elf is one of the worst movies I've ever had to sit through over a dozen times. I never understood why people liked that trash-heap so much.

I also really, really don't like Seth MacFarlane. Mainly because of his personality, the man makes nothing but awful, stupid cartoons that get inexplicably popular among immature children and he suddenly thinks he's God's gift to Earth. He's just such a smug prick about everything, never letting a second go by without rubbing his asinine opinions in someone's face. Despise the man.

 

[EeveeElectro]

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Hoooooooly fuck, that made my year.
I'm gonna print it out and put it over my bed.(gifs still work on paper, right?)

 

[Loonyyy]

Your list is bad, and you should feel bad. Ok, joking aside.

Mine's probably Sam Worthington. It's not his fault, and he seems like a stand-up guy, but he can't act, especially, he can't change his accent or vocal mannerisms. He's always a slightly friendly, very Australian sounding guy, and his roles keep being him playing Americans. And he can't pull it off. If we could get out of this "Everyone is American rut, unless they have a "Character" (Cue vaguely insulting stereotype) that we've got going, it'd be nice. Maybe we could cheat the casting, and call a spade a spade, and an Australian an Australian?

His part in the film "Rogue" was actually really good, simply because you weren't sitting there going "Has anyone else noticed he's Australian?"

And of course, the low point was when I paid him $100 to yell "The fucking numbers" in my head for 7 hours, whilst supposedly being from Anchorage.

 

[BarbaricGoose]

Tom Cruise defense snip

Thank you, sir. I think Cruise is great, but he's become a punching bag and the butt of a lot of jokes. Kinda like the Olive Garden. Their food isn't bad, but you know, they're the Olive Garden. Somewhere down the line they became everyone's favorite restaurant to hate. Anyway.. Collateral is one of the best action movies ever, and no one could've played Vincent like Cruise.

My pick? Gosh.. there are so many stars to hate. Rob Schneider & Adam Sandler seem to be the obvious targets, but they don't bother starring in any roles that require actual acting. I wouldn't even call them actors. I'm gonna say Chris Pine. I don't think he'd be cast in anything if he wasn't good looking. And I don't even think he's particularly good looking. But he's young, and I guess most people think he's good looking, so that's enough for him to get cast in roles like Cpt. Kirk. (And suck at them.)

Also: I wish to declare my love for Paul Giamatti. Figured here's as good a place as any to say that. The OP mentioned Clive Owen, which made me think Shoot 'Em Up, and Giamatti was great in that. Go see Shoot 'Em Up. If you liked Collateral, you'll probably enjoy it.

Giamatti demands it!