#3 worst actor nomination thread

Include me in the "dancing is acting" camp.

There's dancing that isn't acting, but he does the acting type. Being a competent actor in Haywire, 21 Jump Street, Side Effects, Hateful 8, Hail Caesar, Logan Lucky and the non-dance sections of the Magics Mike also makes him a competent actor, though.

Quentin Tarantino

QT is unique in that he's one of the only actors QT can't direct into even an interesting-if-not-necessarily-good performance.

Perhaps we need a 'directors-as-actors - S&D' thread.

Thankfully we don't need a 'worst actor related to a director' thread as Ted Raimi has that one tied up nicely.

Tarantino's aight in The Man From Hollywood and good in Dogs.

Ted Raimi ruled in Xena.

(Django is probably the worst screen performance ever committed by any director, in their own or anyone else's film.)

zachary quinto

#1 for pangrams though. zachary quinto's joke films vex weeping brad.

I still nominate Jared Leto, he is all 111 of my nominations

Earlier today I was considering the extremely controversial nomination of George Raft ('who?' - most ILXors itt) and discovered this choice Wilder quote on Wikipedia:

He was offered the lead in Double Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder but turned it down. "We knew then that we'd have a good picture", said Wilder later.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Wednesday, February 3, 2021 4:53 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

I've seen Raft in a number of films. And I'm bewildered that so many reputable directors offered him so many roles that were major hits for other actors. His dancing is supposed to be his strong point, but what I've seen is almost as wooden as his acting.

Leto is all 200 of worst actors.

I still nominate Jared Leto, he is all 111 of my nominations

― Deez NFTs (Neanderthal), Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:11 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'll definitely second Leto for Actor Who Gives Method Acting a Bad Name.

there was a Meisner class on the other side of the building where we were rehearsing/performing a show, and they were some of the smuggest dorks alive. their warmup exercises consisted of screaming and swearing.

my director got annoyed with how it bled through the walls so he'd scream "FUCK SHIT COCK" back at them

Trying to identify "the worst" is, as we have seen in this thread, a real challenge.

However, identifying the actor with the least deserved reputation for greatness?

https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTgwNDYwNzcwNjA4NzUxNzY2/gettyimages-696660556.jpg

counterpoint:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLuQQH1OHA

I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing that.

Long thread, on my phone, cannot ctrl-f, but the 3rd worst actor is Sam Neill

I disliked him in Jurassic Park, Dead Calm was playing on TV a lot around that time and I disliked him in it, and I’ve never seen anybody so utterly chops-humiliated as when he was cast opposite Isabelle Adjani (Possession) (tho tbf very few could’ve possibly risen to her level in that film)

I disliked Ed Harris until he became the MVP in Westworld

Ed Harris disco dancing in Creepshow can heal the nation.

zachary quinto

Long thread, on my phone, cannot ctrl-f, but the 3rd worst actor is Sam Neill

I disliked him in Jurassic Park, Dead Calm was playing on TV a lot around that time and I disliked him in it, and I’ve never seen anybody so utterly chops-humiliated as when he was cast opposite Isabelle Adjani (Possession) (tho tbf very few could’ve possibly risen to her level in that film)

I disliked Ed Harris until he became the MVP in Westworld

I liked Ed Harris until The Hours.

I thought Christian Bale won this thread handily?

Scroll back up, the Bloom gifs should still be there

ehh Harold Bloom was okay for a bit

Oo I have to rewatch that one. I thought he was acceptable in Peaky Blinders I guess

xp to gyac

xp to gyac

Christian Bale sucked as Batman and sucked as a child actor but did Patrick Bateman so well it’s impossible to really dislike him

He does a lot of “super committed to physical transformation” roles which isn’t acting but gets points for the effort

Depends. Bale in Empire of The Sun is one of the good child performances.

Respectable choices: Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, i.e. a generation of UK twits whose accents fool people into believing they're useful. This is known as the David Niven Corollary.

I'd include Tom Hiddlestone in that little batch.

campsite (darraghmac)
Posted: 10 February 2021 at 02:20:40
Actor

- must have successful movie career (no chris noth)
- must never have exhibited a single moment of facility in acting (no dreyfuss because that one laugh in jaws)
- notable novelty element would mean a harder sell for the nominator (no arnie, no madonna, no david spade)
- not liking them is for other ilx threads this is for being terrified at their lack of human presence

I mean this isnt comprehensive but i think its fair and indicative

Bloom is runaway leader
Radcliffe second
Knightley certainly a contender

Nobody else rly yet

I… disagree. Prob my least favourite child performance

Newsies was good too.

Least favorite? In that crowded field? You forgetting all those hambone Disney performances we endured?

Among the women I had the misfortune of enduring several Marsha Mason performances a few months ago during her beloved-by-Oscar period.

Also if Radcliffe is eligible for the honour then Taylor Lautner is way worse, truly the Bloom of his franchise

Yeah but who’s casting Taylor Lautner in big films? Is he even still working?

I agree he is worse than DanRad btw, but his irrelevance might count against him

Lautner ain't done shit in years, his career pretty much got wrecked after his first post-Twilight flick with him as the centerpiece

i think quinto qualifies, i know the thread rules! :(

sam neill is fucking awesome

BABIES SMELL

"I'd include Tom Hiddlestone in that little batch."

lol I somehow mentally added a comma to that post at first, but then realised it's not the posters usual style!

talentless upper-class brit himbos like Hiddlestone will always get work, no matter how wooden and objectively bad they are at acting is the rules I'm afraid.

ok fine maybe quinto is more of a tv actor who just happened to be cast as a major character into the reboot of a franchise than someone who has a successful film career but i say otherwise there is nothing there

He was fun the first series of Heroes!

I… disagree. Prob my least favourite child performance

What, Bale in Empire? He's brilliant. His career has mostly been a decline from there.

Nobody else rly yet

Hayden Christensen

To be fair, I have not seen Shattered Glass.

I have and I disagree.

Respectable choices: Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, i.e. a generation of UK twits whose accents fool people into believing they're useful.

Tell me about it, the country is infested with them.

As a British I fear that it is not for me to judge Cumberbatch's performance in 'August: Osage County' so will leave it to others, however I do find it more "I hate it" than "terrified at his lack of human presence"