Worst Actor

[Connavar]

Men :

Keanu Reeves
Ben Affleck
Hayden Christensen
Ewen McGreggor
Nicholas Cage
Orlando Bloom
Matthew McConaughey
Mike Myers
Steven Segal


Women:

Kiera Knightley
Demi Moore
Madonna
Cameron Diaz


Keanu and Keira,Cameron Diaz are the winners for me.

For me i dont list most martial art,action heroes because they are good at what they do. It takes some acting to do action films too.

[Jimmy Magnusson]

Ewan McGregor on a worst actor list? Rubbish! Utter madness!

[Boneman]

Liam Neeson, he's ruined every film he's been in -wooden would be an insult to teak and pine - they at least can hold an expression! And that actor who shouted his way to an Oscar recently in that film about oil, he's so bad I can't even remember his name. He was truly dreadful in Gangs of New York as well.....
All the Baldwins.....
Women? well, whatsername who was in That John Grisham movie with Tom Cruise - ooh, he's worth an honourable mention, surely? - The Client. And then she was toe-curdlingly awful in sliding doors..... Come to think of it, so was the lead, the one who called her daughter apple, and is married to that rock star, she did that appalling film with Jack Black where she weighed about 300 pounds.

God, where's my medication?

[Duchessprozac]

The guy would be Daniel Day Lewis, and whilst I've not liked him in more recent roles he was amazing in In The Name of the Father.

And the woman is Gwyneth Paltrow, who I will agree with you about her. I have liked her in 2 movies, and one of those was because she ends up with her head in a box.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Duchessprozac

The guy would be Daniel Day Lewis, and whilst I've not liked him in more recent roles he was amazing in In The Name of the Father.

It's pretty easy to find at least one role that even a good actor has soiled his or herself with. But Daniel Day Lewis has had a number of very good roles that he has carried off nicely. My Left Foot, The Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood and even Last of The Mohicans come to mind. The thing that sticks out about him is that he is able to portray almost any kind of character. Sort of a present day Paul Muni.

As I say, all actors have their bad moments. In Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman drank boiler-makers all night before his dental torture scene so he could look right at the appropriate time. Not sure he pulled it off. Lawrence Olivier's comment at the time was "Why not try acting?" People like Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves should heed that advice.

[kythe]

I disagree about Keanu Reeves, even though he seems to be a popular mention here. Not everyone is a very emotional person, so I don't see that as a flaw. I find him believable in the roles he plays.

I'll go with Hayden Christiansen. He tries too hard and his attempts at emotion-driven scenes look fake. For women, Madonna wins hands down. I can't think of any others that are quite as unbelievable as she is.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Duchessprozac

The guy would be Daniel Day Lewis, and whilst I've not liked him in more recent roles he was amazing in In The Name of the Father.

And the woman is Gwyneth Paltrow, who I will agree with you about her. I have liked her in 2 movies, and one of those was because she ends up with her head in a box.

If one or a few bad roles is enough then you might as Well mention Brando,Pacino,De Niro etc as the worst actor too.

All great actors has some bad roles.

Day-Lewis is one of few actors of his caliber left. He is this generation version of Al Pacino. Very intense,great actor. There Will be Blood would have been a lame movie without his acting. Same with Gangs of New York.

[purple_kathryn]

Jim Carrey

Actually I like Keanu Reeves *runs and hides*

[Boneman]

Kathryn I'm with you........Bill and Ted were brilliant...

Daniel Day-Lewis, that's the one! Gangs of New York?? Good acting, you cannot be serious!!! Unless you like cartoon characters, of course. Stupid moustache, he aged about 10 minutes over thirty years, and his idea of menacing made me laugh out loud. There will be blood was just the same, I was on the virge of giggles throughout, at his performance. BUT, in his defence, I loved Last of the Mohicans, and I haven't seen In the Name of the Father, so I'll sit on the fence for now......

[Grimward]

Have to second (third, fourth, etc.) William Hurt. Always leaves me flat. And so does Andie MacDowell, for some reason.....

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Boneman

Kathryn I'm with you........Bill and Ted were brilliant...

Daniel Day-Lewis, that's the one! Gangs of New York?? Good acting, you cannot be serious!!! Unless you like cartoon characters, of course. Stupid moustache, he aged about 10 minutes over thirty years, and his idea of menacing made me laugh out loud. There will be blood was just the same, I was on the virge of giggles throughout, at his performance. BUT, in his defence, I loved Last of the Mohicans, and I haven't seen In the Name of the Father, so I'll sit on the fence for now......

See his other early films like In The Name of the Father.

If you like The Last Mohicans which is his only mainstream,simple hollywood heroic role then i would geuss you wont like his other roles who are more serious,intense ala There Will Be Blood.

[clovis-man]

Originally Posted by Connavar

See his other early films like In The Name of the Father.

If you like The Last Mohicans which is his only mainstream,simple hollywood heroic role then i would geuss you wont like his other roles who are more serious,intense ala There Will Be Blood.

Daniel Day-Lewis both won and deserved the Oscar for his portrayal of Christy Brown in My Left Foot. He really got into that role.

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)

[Wybren]

Keanu is good in a limited amount of roles, like yes in Bill and Ted he was good and in the Day the Earth stood still he was great as an unemotional alien, but he cant do accents ( ie Bram Stokers Dracula & Much Ado about nothing) and his emotive range is limited. I still like looking at him though

[biodroid]

Worst male actors:

Tom Green
Steven Segal
Kevin Spacey (he is definitely no Lex Luthor)
Eddie Murphy
Any Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B artist turned actor

Worst female actors:

Jennifer Lopez
Beyonce
Queen Latifah
The women from Desperate Housewives

[Allegra]

Originally Posted by Connavar

Day-Lewis is one of few actors of his caliber left. Very intense,great actor. There Will be Blood would have been a lame movie without his acting.

Once again I absolutely agree about this amazing actor (sorry I left out the mentioning of Al Pacino in the quote since I never liked him especially his voice).

As for the worst actors, I'm afraid my list is long, long. I don't know from whom to start.