Act(ors + resses) Who Will Stop Me From Watching A Movie Just Because They're In It
by gijoeforever | created - 05 Feb 2011 | updated - 05 Feb 2011 | PublicSo sick am I of terrible actors/actresses, that I decided to compile a list of terrible actors and actresses who are so bad that their very presence in a movie has made me not watch it. Almost all of them are bad actors/actresses, and I'm tired of saying that they're bad. That means that unless I explicitly said that they're good, you can assume the ones on this list are bad actors/actresses.
1. Ashton Kutcher
Actor | That '70s Show
Christopher Ashton Kutcher was born on February 7, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Diane (Finnegan), who was employed at Procter & Gamble, and Larry Kutcher, a factory worker. He has a fraternal twin brother, Michael, and a sister, Tausha. He is of Czech (father) and Irish, German, and Czech (mother...
Can't believe he was doing an engineering degree. Doesn't look like he's intelligent at all, and he can't act either. The 70's show was entertaining, but that was in no way because of him. The butterfly effect was good because of the writing. He's a terrible actor all around, creating bad TV shows (like punk'd) that wastes time slots on TV
2. Megan Fox
Actress | Transformers
Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and raised in Rockwood, Tennessee to Gloria Darlene Tonachio (née Cisson), a real estate manager & Franklin Thomas Fox, a parole officer. She began her drama and dance training at age 5 and at age 10, she moved to Port St. Lucie, ...
She's not nearly as hot as people make her out to be. She's exotic looking, but not sexy. It's true that she's trying to be the next Angelina Jolie, except Angelina Jolie actually acted (and winning an Oscar) before doing questionable roles in movies. If she really wants to be like Angelina Jolie, she'd strip herself from her beauty, and totally dive into a role, no matter how ugly it'll make her look.
3. Jack Black
Actor | School of Rock
Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los ...
Once in a while, recent Family Guy will make a joke that's funny because it's true. One of their succeeding joke is about Jack Black. Just because you have the ability to roll your eyes really big, scream wildly, and have too much body hair doesn't mean you can act. Mind you, he has been in some good movies (High Fidelity), but their success was in no way because of Jack Black's poor acting.
Family Guy joke here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4s088LA8o
4. Seth Rogen
Producer | This Is the End
An actor, comedian and writer, Seth Rogen has come a long way from doing stand-up comedy as a teen.
Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy (Belogus), a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who worked for non-profits. His father is American-born and his mother is Canadian. He is of Russian...
Archetype stoner movies character actor. I guess when the majority of your audiences are stoned, your acting ability doesn't matter. Some of the movies are humorous, but more often than not, his scenes in humorous movies are the least funny ones. And then he tried to turn a classic action series into a bad comedy action film, ruining the franchise for everyone. Stick to writing, at least his writing could make people smile rather than cringe.
5. Vince Vaughn
Producer | The Break-Up
Vincent Anthony Vaughn was born on March 28, 1970, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and was raised in Lake Forest, Illinois. His parents, Vernon Vaughn (a salesman and character actor), and Sharon Vaughn, née Sharon Eileen DePalmo (a real-estate agent and stockbroker) divorced in 1991. He has two ...
Nothing good can be said about this guy. Any movie he's starred in sucked. The only movie he was in that was good was Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but that was solely because of the chemistry between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. He should stop making movies, so the studios have more money to give to people who are actually funny. There are few things worse than a guy who's not funny, but thinks he is.
6. Jennifer Aniston
Actress | Friends
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father was Greek, and her mother was of English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian descent. Jennifer spent a year of her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family then relocated to New York City...
This one's difficult for me, because I actually liked Friends. Of course, that was mainly because of Joey and Chandler. Jennifer Aniston had some funny lines in it, but once she left television, she has done nothing good. A series of failed romantic comedy. I have a theory/something-everyone-knows that the only reason she's in so many movies is her fame, and her fame came from the Aniston x Pitt x Angelina thing. Of course, that's a terrible thing for movie watchers. That's because movies that are sent out with Jennifer Aniston in require no plot, no direction, but just Aniston.
7. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
Mutant offspring of comedy people. Both of his parents are funny, but he is not. His only redeeming quality was Meet the Parents, but that seems to be no longer a redeeming quality as the "franchise" is now ruined with the third movie. He is not funny, never was, never will be. The sad thing is, he's at least 10 years older than most other people in the same genre of bad comedy, but he's not really ahead because he is also very bad.
8. Eddie Murphy
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...
He is a really sad, sad case. He used to be hilarious on SNL, witty, funny, clever, and charming. Now he's acting in bad family comedy movies. I'd never watch any movie that I see him in now, because they're guaranteed to be bad. Shrek series was different, because you really don't see him in that. I'd imagine if he wrote more of his own material like he used to, the result would be an actually remotely funny film. That's pretty good, comparing to other people on this list.
9. Adam Sandler
Actor | The Waterboy
Adam Richard Sandler was born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, to Judith (Levine), a teacher at a nursery school, and Stanley Alan Sandler, an electrical engineer. He is of Russian Jewish descent. At 17, he took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took ...
Shame about this one too. He started out funny, but it went downhill and is continuing to go downhill. Once in a while, he'll be in a good movie, but if I had to take chances, I wouldn't watch anything he's in. The way he talks now annoys me to. His speech pattern didn't used to be so... slow and monotone. Now when he talks, it sounds like he's on drugs, making jokes that he'd laugh at only because he's high.
10. Justin Long
Actor | Live Free or Die Hard
A likable, boyish-looking actor with thick eyebrows and a friendly smile, Justin Long is a native of Connecticut.
He was born and raised in Fairfield, the second of three sons. His father, R. James Long, is a Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, and his mother, Wendy Lesniak, is a former...
He will always be the Mac guy to me, and he'll always be annoying like that. I have seen a couple of his films, and none of them I'd rate above a 6/10. All his scenes in the movies actually make the film worse. In "He's just not that into you", I found the movie tolerable when I fast forward through his scenes, because his "acting" sounds like a child reading from a book.
11. Jason Segel
Actor | Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Multi-talented Jason Jordan Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised by his parents, Jillian (Jordan), a homemaker, and Alvin Segel, a lawyer. His mother is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and his father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He was educated at St. ...
I used to like How I Met Your Mother, before they overuse their formula for comedy. I liked his character in the show, but I have a feeling that because of the show, he's starting to think he's funnier than he actually is. He's not too bad now, but he's heading towards the unfunny actor zone. I'm sure he's a nice guy and all, but that's no excuse for making bad movies. If he turns back now, he could still make some good comedy films, but at this time, I wouldn't watch anything he's in.
12. James Franco
Actor | Spring Breakers
Known for his breakthrough starring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999), James Franco was born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to Betsy Franco, a writer, artist, and actress, and Douglas Eugene "Doug" Franco, who ran a Silicon Valley business. His mother is Jewish and his father was of ...
Here's an example of an actor who can act, but I can't stand watching. He's not great, but 127 hours is pretty good. Still, he's got a sleazy look that just makes me want to punch him in the face, so no way can I stand staring at a screen watching him for the length of a movie.
13. Colin Farrell
Actor | The Lobster
Colin Farrell is one of Ireland's biggest stars in Hollywood and abroad. His film presence has been filled with memorable roles that range from an inwardly tortured hit man, to an adventurous explorer, a determined-but-failing writer, and the greatest military leader in history.
Farrell was born on ...
I don't see the attraction to this guy. He's not a good actor, even though I'm sure he thinks he is. He's not intelligent nor ahead of his own times, though I'm sure he thinks he is. He's not physically attractive, though I'm sure he thinks he is. He hasn't been in any good movies at all, though I'm sure he thinks otherwise. The thing with this guy is he's trying too hard for things that should be unimportant to an actor, and not trying hard enough to do movies where he actually acts. You should count how many movies he's in which at some point, he's holding a gun.
14. Kristen Bell
Actress | Frozen
Kristen Anne Bell (born 1980) is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father). ...
She's fairly attractive, I'll give you that, but not enough for me to suffer through the bad films she's made. She seems to be working hard because she seems to be in a lot of things. But she hasn't made anything good at all, and I'd bet she wouldn't make anything good in the forseeable future. The trend of her atrocious films makes me certain that her next film will be bad. Unless I've heard from various sources that a film she's been in is actually decent, I'm not going to watch anything she's in.
15. Patrick Dempsey
Actor | Grey's Anatomy
Patrick will next be seen in Eli Roth's new feature film THANKSGIVING as well as Michael Mann's new film, FERRARI, in which he stars opposite Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz. He was just seen starring in the Disney+ feature film and sequel to ENCHANTED, DISENCHANTED, opposite Amy Adams and most ...
I'm not a fan of Grey's Anatomy, so I'll leave that out. Movie's that he's in actually makes me look away because of his poor excuse for acting. I really wish they'd pick a better actor for Enchanted, because it really had potential. Usually bad actors at least have good looks, but he has neither. All you really need to do is put a mannequin in his place, and the mannequin's acting will be the exact same as Mr. Dempsey's. It baffles me how he has so many fans.
16. Rob Schneider
Actor | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1975), Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the ...
He's skeezy, unattractive, and can't act. What appeal are there to watch his films? I can't understand how a man of his age is able to continuously only make films in which audiences are laughing at him, not with him. To me, his acting style of similar to Jack Black: exaggerate everything, and hope others find that funny. Because if it's not, there's nothing else he can do for a living.
17. Shia LaBeouf
Actor | Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.
Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar® nominated Pieces of a Woman. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf...
I don't understand the appeal to this guy. He's odd looking, but he thinks he's cool because he's famous now. He always plays the same character: panicking young man frightened away by something. I could pick puppies to do that, and the puppies would be cuter than he is. He can't really act. I'm not sure if it's because he doesn't try since he thinks he's too cool an actor to act, or because he's trying but it's just that bad. He's ruined the Indiana Jones series, the Transformer franchises, and Wall Street for me. For that, I can never forgive him.
18. Rachel Bilson
Actress | Jumper
Rachel Bilson was born in Los Angeles, to Janice (Stango), a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson. Her father is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother is of Italian descent. She began acting while still at Notre Dame High School. She graduated high school in 1999 and went to Grossmont College but dropped out ...
None of the people who was in the OC could act, and she's the worst one. I'm not sure if I can call her an actress anymore, because an actress acts, which she does not. Even though most of the other actors/actresses on this list aren't good, they're making an effort to be in many films. Ms. Bilson has been in 1 film per year since the OC ended, and they're all absolutely terrible films. I never thought it was possible, but next film she's in is worse than the one before. There's absolutely no reason for me to watch anything she's ever done.
19. Kristen Stewart
Actress | Snow White and the Huntsman
Though most famous for her role as Isabella "Bella" Swan in The Twilight (2008) Saga, Kristen Stewart has been a working actor since her early years in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, John Stewart and Jules Stewart, both work in film and television. The family includes three boys, Kristen's ...
She was in Twilight, therefore, she's bad. Well, I can't really say that because Anna Kendrick was in Twilight, but she's becoming a pretty good actress. Ms. Stewart always plays the girl with no expression and messy hair. Someone could take a picture of her, blow it up to a life-size print out, and put that in the film. The only difference is that I wouldn't have to listen to the print out talk, or try to watch it act.
20. Sarah Jessica Parker
Actress | Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah ...
You know, for once, the rumors and gossip are right. She looks like a foot. She's never been sexy (despite what the media tries to make her look), and she never could act either. Since Sex and the City, all she's been doing is make bad romantic comedy films. I'm a sucker for rom-com, even the extremely cheesy ones, but I could not stand her films. Oh, I can't stand her either.
21. Jessica Alba
Actress | Fantastic Four
Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and Mark David Alba, who served in the US Air Force. Her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots), and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, and French ancestry. Her family ...
She seems like a nice lady, but I don't understand her sex appeal thing. She ruined Fantastic Four for me, and her part in Sin City was luckily minuscule. Despite calling herself an actress, she hasn't really done any acting. If guys think she's so sexy, maybe she should just stick to modeling, and let real actresses do acting.
22. Eva Mendes
Actress | Hitch
Eva Mendes is an American actress, model and businesswoman. She began acting in the late 1990s. After a series of roles in B movies such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) and Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000), she made a career-changing appearance in Training Day (2001). Since then, ...
She's a seasoned veteran, being in a lot of films. That is in no way saying she's at least a decent actress. Almost all the film she's been in are bad. Sure, they got a lot of publicity, and the studios seem to like promoting the movies she's in. That doesn't change the fact that she hasn't really done any film. I actually started to like Hitch, but I was forced to turn it off because I couldn't stand watching her any longer.
23. Hilary Duff
Actress | A Cinderella Story
Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas, to Susan Duff (née Cobb) and Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in convenience store chain. When Hilary was six, she had been traveling in the Cechetti Ballet with her sister Haylie Duff but decided she wanted to fulfill her dream of ...
She was a famous teen pop idol, and teen pop idols are known for being talentless, and she's no exception. She was promoted because of her cute looks, but that's not something that can get you far in life. This is a prime example. She starred in a few bad romantic comedies when she's younger, but not as the new generation of talentless teen pop idols are taking older, she's old news. Pushed into the background. She's trying keep in the game by being in movies that usually require the least amount of acting.
24. Miley Cyrus
Soundtrack | Hannah Montana
Miley Ray Cyrus was born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee and raised in Thompson's Station, Tennessee to Tish Cyrus & Billy Ray Cyrus. She has five siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister, and a younger brother and sister. Her parents named her because they hoped ...
I wasn't going to add initially, because I always thought of her as being a poor excuse for a singer, and one of Disney's worst choices in years. However, as she's starring in more and more bad films, I have no choice but to add her. I can't find enough words in the english dictionary to truly describe how bad she is. She can't sing, she can't act, she's not attractive, and tries to make up for it by being slutty even though she's too young for that. Now that Disney has booted her out, she's struggling to keep her fame by transferring her bad acting skills from bad TVs to bad movies. There's no way she'll ever make a good film while she's still alive, so I have absolutely no reason to watch anything she makes.
25. Taylor Lautner
Actor | Twilight
Taylor Daniel Lautner was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Deborah, a software company worker, and Daniel Lautner, a pilot for Midwest Airlines. He and his younger sister Makena were raised in a well-mannered, Roman Catholic household in Hudsonville, Michigan. He is of English, German, Dutch, and...
There's a reason why I picked here instead of Robert Pattinson: Robert Pattinson is Cedric. Now that's not much better, but it's still better. Don't worry, Mr. Pattinson will be on this list too if he doesn't do anything significant quick. But Lautner has done absolutely nothing worth mentioning, nothing that puts him on the map for me. Yet, people seems to think there's this charm about him that forces me to watch bad trailers of bad movies with him in it. Go back to school kid, because you can't make it in acting.
26. Will Ferrell
Producer | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
John William Ferrell was born in Irvine, California, to Betty Kay (Overman), a teacher, and Roy Lee Ferrell, Jr., a musician. His parents were originally from Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, Ferrell became interested in performing while a student ...
The reason why he's so low on my list doesn't mean he doesn't suck. I just forgot about him, because I've been trying hard to purge all information about him out of my mind. He's done nothing funny at all, but yet all his movies gets all this advertisement. With all the advertising, people watch his movies, so he earns money. Then, next film gets even more advertisement. He must be stopped. Some people think he's funny now, but all bad comedy actors had their moment. This is his, but soon his films will be worth as much as he spent on acting classes: nothing.
27. Tim Allen
Actor | Toy Story
Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (Fox) and Gerald M. Dick. His father, a real estate salesman, was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game, when Tim was eleven years old...
RETIRE ALREADY!!! Home Improvement was funny, Toy Story was alright though a little overrated, and Galaxy Quest was so good it's bad. But all his good days are behind him, so instead of making disappointing films, he should retire. Nothing new he makes is going to be good. Actually, the movies he made in the past aren't that good either. Some of them are just so bad they're humorous.
28. Mark Wahlberg
Producer | The Fighter
American actor Mark Wahlberg is one of a handful of respected entertainers who successfully made the transition from teen pop idol to acclaimed actor. A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for The Departed (2006) who went on to receive positive critical reviews for his performance in The Fighter (...
Marky Mark? Really? He used to be a bad rapper, and now he's a bad actor. His only skill is the ability to pick potentially good movies, but his acting makes them just barely alright. I'd love to see a movie where Marky Mark doesn't look angry all the time. I can only hope now that he realizes that no one takes him seriously, so he can continue to play humorously serious roles like he did in Date Night.
29. Rachel McAdams
Actress | The Notebook
Rachel Anne McAdams was born on November 17, 1978 in London, Ontario, Canada, to Sandra Kay (Gale), a nurse, and Lance Frederick McAdams, a truck driver and furniture mover. She is of English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish descent. Rachel became involved with acting as a teenager and by the age of 13 ...
She's an example of a decent actress, but I don't like the films she's in. The only films that are remotely re-watchable are too cheesy to actually re-watch. A weird thing is more girls than guys I know find her attractive.
30. Robert Downey Jr.
Actor | Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business.
Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and ...
The addition of Robert Downey Jr. might bring surprise to many. The thing is I didn't really like Iron Man, which was his rebound to fame. It was entertaining, the CGI and expensive cars were cool, but Robert Downy Jr. was not. He has this creepy older man look to him, which is the furthest thing from the suave look he's suppose to be giving. Sherlock Holmes was not a good movie for me either. Without going into too much detail, I'll just say that he's not a bad actor, but just an actor in bad movies which got a lot of attention. Still, the bad movies made him famous, so he'll keep making them, meaning I'll keep not watching his movies.
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