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ProfessorLayton

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Nicholas cage is a damn good actor who lends his talents to some truly awful films. watch him in leaving las vegas, face/off, con air and adaptation and you'll see that (hell, he gave one of the best performances of the 90's in leaving Las Vegas).
he does make some god awful movies, though.

Yeah...
 

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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Daniel Radcliffe yet, because he truly sucks humoungus amounts of goat-c*** acting-wise. While his counterparts in the Harry Potter movies, the guys playing Hermoine and Ron are rather good, Radcliffe just ruins it all.

The one who keeps saving those movies are Alan Rickman, by far one of the best actors out there.
 

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I don't really care if an actor is good or bad. If they just do what they're supposed to do and say what they're supposed to say it doesn't matter to me how they do it.
 

Cakes

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Michael Cera, the guy from Juno, Superbad, Year One, a few others. I hesitate to even call him an "actor", because he doesn't act - he just plays himself in every film.
 

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TheMadDoctorsCat said:
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Asymptote Angel said:
Megan Fox is kinda pathetic. Shia LaBoeuf, the cast of Twilight, and the couple from Paranormal Activity aren't far behind.
Actually, the cast from Twilight aren't that bad. They are in Twilight but in New Moon, as I state in my review, [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.156750#3865996] the cast are pretty decent. Mainly down to the fact that Edward isn't present for a lot of it and Taylor Lautner (who plays the werewolf) is a good actor. However, I do agree that Robert Pattinson is a bad actor. He's been half decent in some things but in the Twilight films he speaks in a monotone and just doesn't even bother to act. He's pretty crap there.

Ahem.

Anyway, other bad actors in my opinion are definitely Paris Hilton and Shia LaBoeuf (ninja'd sadly by the first two posters), and I'm not too keen on Hayden Christenson either to be honest...
Pretty much every actor you could name has been good in at least ONE movie. (Ever seen Hayden in "Shattered Glass"?) Oh wait - except for Paris.

Once again I will be "Twilight"'s staunchest defender on these forums. Once again may I point out that this is the most underrated and misunderstood movie of recent times?
No it isn't. It is total shit and deserves all the bile thrown at it.
 

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Tobey Maguire, there just isn't anything there... And if there is I'm not seeming it...
 

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Asymptote Angel said:
Megan Fox is kinda pathetic. Shia LaBoeuf, the cast of Twilight, and the couple from Paranormal Activity aren't far behind.
Now you sound like one of those guys who just hates things because they're popular. Megan Fox and Shia LaBoeuf are pretty terrible though...
 

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Keanu Reeves there is not a single shred of emotion in that guy.

Also every single disney actor. The new ones like Miley cyrus and Zac Effron.
 

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cleverlymadeup said:
you do realize that, Eragon is probly his worst movie by far. he's a brilliant actor who's been in some amazing movies and he's got a sense of humour about it, i mean he was the star of Being John Malkovic which was too awesome to explain
That was actually my point. I'm not going to judge an actor solely by the fact that he had a slow few months and wound up in a turd like Eragon. But there is no functional difference between his performance in said turd and any other movie he's been in, imho. Yet 'Star Wars with dragons' is the one he gets ridiculed for the most.

And good on him for having a sense of humor about himself. But William Shatner has that too, and it doesn't make him a fantastic actor. :) The only variable is how much scenery he's given to chew up.
 

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Sonicron said:
... Really? Nobody's mentioned David Duchovny yet?
What? Mulder? No way.
Since this is written language I can't really tell if you're being sarcastic... but just in case you aren't:
The man is a robot. A fucking robot. Look at him act. LOOK AT HIM ACT! Oh God.
 
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Will Ferrell infuriates me, due to his huge fanbase who think hes the greatest comedian of all time, despite the fact his movie carreer can be summed up with movies about some random sports and crotch gags.
 

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Sonicron said:
Spitfire175 said:
Sonicron said:
... Really? Nobody's mentioned David Duchovny yet?
What? Mulder? No way.
Since this is written language I can't really tell if you're being sarcastic... but just in case you aren't:
The man is a robot. A fucking robot. Look at him act. LOOK AT HIM ACT! Oh God.
I was.
 

Sonicron

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Spitfire175 said:
Sonicron said:
Spitfire175 said:
Sonicron said:
... Really? Nobody's mentioned David Duchovny yet?
What? Mulder? No way.
Since this is written language I can't really tell if you're being sarcastic... but just in case you aren't:
The man is a robot. A fucking robot. Look at him act. LOOK AT HIM ACT! Oh God.
I was.
Good. I feel relieved now. ^^
 

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Macksheath said:
That quote was epic. It was trying to help all those afraid of potatos.
Oh, it was epic and hilarious, sure. It just didn't fit the moment at all.
 

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Ice Cube, Brendan Fraser, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Edit: Oh, and John Malcovich. I hate that guy.
 

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Aura Guardian said:
Ciarang said:
Paris Hilton.

She's just so bad...
Asymptote Angel said:
Megan Fox is kinda pathetic. Shia LaBoeuf, the cast of Twilight, and the couple from Paranormal Activity aren't far behind.
These two nailed it.
I thought it was "worst actor," not "worst whore." I'll tell you what, if your whore makes you do it in the dark and then answers the phone mid-fellatio...

Seriously, Jake Gyllenhall or however you spell it. He's just terrible. Hayden Christensen. And let's go ahead and blanket all the actors from the "reality" shows. They're worse at faking it than Paris.
 

Therumancer

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Well, it's hard to pick the absolute worst since you'd have to go into soap operas, and "one movie wonders" from direct to video fare. Truthfully the worst actor of all time is doubtlessly someone we've never heard of.

To be honest given the roles she plays Paris Hilton is not terrible compared to others I've seen doing similar things. The same could be said of Meagan Fox. Honestly I'm one of the few people who will probably say Meagan Fox did okay in "Jennifer's Body" but largely due to her body language and such when she was doing some of the predatory monster scenes. Honestly I think she did better there than she did trying to play the normal "sex kitten" type role as ironic as it sounds. Besides there are huge lists of "models and centerfolds turned actresses" like for example you'll notice that you've never heard much about the acting career of Shae Marks. :)

Honestly though these paragraphs are more or less me saying there are so many I can't name an all time worst since the names don't stick in my mind.

Now if you were to re-do the thread as "what big name actor/actress do you think is absolutly awful or overrated" while he's not current I'd probably nominate Pauly Shore who actually got numerous movies. Though in their defense most of them DID make me laugh at some point, and he did get to co-star with Tia Carrera.

But still, those who complain about Adam Sandler movies have probably never been subjected to Pauly Shore.