Worst successful actor/actress of all time?

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#1 Alter_Echo
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By successful I mean someone who kept/keeps getting work despite being terrible at it. Also, whoever you pick, please list what you think is their best ( least terrible ) performance.

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#2 kabphillie
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Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

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#3 FooIyCooly
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Isn't that an oxymoron giving that art is subjective. So being successful means you are good.
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#4 BreakingDeath
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Isn't that an oxymoron giving that art is subjective. So being successful means you are good.FooIyCooly
You're misinformed.
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Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

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this. made the matrix complete sh1t.
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#6 Branmuffin316
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[QUOTE="kabphillie"]

Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

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this. made the matrix complete sh1t.

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

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#7 fueled-system
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The entire cast of Yes Dear and According to Jim

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[QUOTE="rocinante_"][QUOTE="kabphillie"]

Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

Branmuffin316

this. made the matrix complete sh1t.

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.


Nic Cage is gold, what you talkin bout?

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[QUOTE="rocinante_"][QUOTE="kabphillie"]

Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

Branmuffin316

this. made the matrix complete sh1t.

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

the trash that is little buddha cancels those out
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#11 Inconsistancy
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Sylvester Stallone is pretty mediocre.
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#12 BreakingDeath
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Shia LaBeouf

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Have you watched Holes?
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#13 raven_squad
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Nick Cage is the worst.Branmuffin316
What about Raising Arizona, Wild at Heart, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and Kick-Ass? :P
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Hands down Andrew Wilson
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#15 cheese_game619
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glee my answer is glee no one specific hell i couldnt name them if i wanted to glee
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#16 rocinante_
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[QUOTE="cheese_game619"]glee my answer is glee no one specific hell i couldnt name them if i wanted to glee

do the dancing and singing jocks make you feel uncomfortable?
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#17 megagene
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For me, Nicolas Cage hands down.
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#18 Ghost_702
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Nicolas Cage is always the first person that comes to mind when thinking of terrible, successful actors. While I enjoyed National Treasure and Lord of War, the majority of his movies are mediocre, if not for the horrible production quality, then for his very strange acting style.
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#19 deactivated-5e9044657a310
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Nicolas Cage Can't really think of any over rated women right now. Maybe Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts. Both spent their whole careers playing the exact same character in every movie they were ever in. Oh that reminds me, Hugh Grant sucks too
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#20 LoG-Sacrament
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matthew mcconaughey is pretty damn bad. still, he didnt have to change much to fit into a spoof of hollywood in tropic thunder.

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#21 Hubadubalubahu
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Steven Seagal.

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#22 BreakingDeath
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Steven Seagal.

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Hubadubalubahu
Agreed.
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#23 fueled-system
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Steven Seagal.

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Hubadubalubahu

This is for worst not best...as such Seagal should not be included

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#24 Krelian-co
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kirsten stewart, worst acting ever

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#25 IustitiaMaximus
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Keanu Reeves.

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#26 leathaltaco
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justin timberlake.

and kristen stewart, she can't even move her faces. imagine if she sneezes, she will like throw snot, but her face won't move

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#27 leathaltaco
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[QUOTE="CycleOfViolence"]

Shia LaBeouf

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Have you watched Holes?

holes was his only good movie

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#28 Sajo7
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kirsten stewart, worst acting ever

Krelian-co

In all fairness, would you actually make an effort to act in the Twilight movies?

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#29 Masenkoe
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I liked Kick Ass.

Because they set Nicolas Cage on fire.

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#30 TwistedShade
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Nicolas Cage...just terrible to watch.

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#31 tagyhag
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All this Nic Cage hating, what a world we live in. :(
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[QUOTE="rocinante_"][QUOTE="kabphillie"]

Keanu Reeves. A marionette has a wider range of emotions.

Branmuffin316

this. made the matrix complete sh1t.

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

Nicholas Cage doesn't bother me much. He's really good in specific kinds of movies, the problem is that he has little range and somehow agrees to do way too many movies with problems that go WAY beyond lead actor. Movies in which he portrays charachters which are INTENDED to come off as losers? He is EXCELLENT at that.
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#33 Jackboot343
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Tobey Maguire? Though his performance in Spider-Man 3 was incredible.

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#34 dercoo
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Cage does have talent for acting, but seems to pick the absolute worst roles to display that.

In said roles he is the worst successful actor.

Need I mention the bees

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Anyone that says Nicholas Cage clearly don't enjoy awfully great films like The (Infamous) Wicker Man.
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#36 Krelian-co
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Steven Seagal.

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this one better

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#37 loft8000
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Taylor Lautner

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Luke wilson and mathew mcconaughey annnnd nick cage
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#41 BreakingDeath
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[QUOTE="Branmuffin316"]

[QUOTE="rocinante_"] this. made the matrix complete sh1t.MrGeezer

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

Nicholas Cage doesn't bother me much. He's really good in specific kinds of movies, the problem is that he has little range and somehow agrees to do way too many movies with problems that go WAY beyond lead actor. Movies in which he portrays charachters which are INTENDED to come off as losers? He is EXCELLENT at that.

Agreed.
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Steven Seagal.

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I haven't seen steven seagul in a while.

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#43 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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Nicholas Cage won an oscar. If that isnt the most successul worst actor of all time, what is?

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#44 Wolf-Man2006
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Jessica Alba really annoys me as an actress... Out of all the movies I've seen that she was in, Machette is probably her best. Besides her being a bad actress, she doesn't act like a normal person would or at least with some kind of personality other than horribly exaggerating every emotion out there.

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#45 theone86
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Nick Cage (Adaptation was his best)

Christian Bale (from what I hear, American Psycho was his best)

A few years I would have said Hayden Christiansen, but people wised up.

Ditto Keanu, he's finally fallen out of the spotlight.

Matthew Mcconoughey or however you spell it.

Vin Diesel (he comes and goes)

The RE actress, Michelle Rodriguez iirc

Kate Beckinsale

Megan Fox

Shia LeBoeuf

Adam Sandler (god, please make him stop)

Off the top of my head.

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[QUOTE="Branmuffin316"]

[QUOTE="rocinante_"] this. made the matrix complete sh1t.MrGeezer

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

Nicholas Cage doesn't bother me much. He's really good in specific kinds of movies, the problem is that he has little range and somehow agrees to do way too many movies with problems that go WAY beyond lead actor. Movies in which he portrays charachters which are INTENDED to come off as losers? He is EXCELLENT at that.

He makes some of the worst script choices I have ever seen, but perhaps it's because he doesn't much care to pay his taxes so he's always strapped for cash.

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Lot of people say Adam Sandler. He makes tons of money acting and directing movies. I like him.
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#48 DaJuicyMan
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Adam Sandler & Robert Downey Jr suck.

And i can't wai untilBetty White is dead.

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Taylor Lautner

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That alpaca looking dude that girls think is 'hot'?
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#50 MrGeezer
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[QUOTE="MrGeezer"][QUOTE="Branmuffin316"]

Yeah, but The Replacements, Bill & Ted, and Point Break are awesome.

Nick Cage is the worst.

theone86

Nicholas Cage doesn't bother me much. He's really good in specific kinds of movies, the problem is that he has little range and somehow agrees to do way too many movies with problems that go WAY beyond lead actor. Movies in which he portrays charachters which are INTENDED to come off as losers? He is EXCELLENT at that.

He makes some of the worst script choices I have ever seen, but perhaps it's because he doesn't much care to pay his taxes so he's always strapped for cash.

The funny thing is, now that I think about it, I think it really just boils down to one simple thing. He plays losers EXTREMELY well. He is absolutely superb at that. But for monetary reasons, he does a ****load of movies in which he takes on roles that he is illsuited for. I've loved the hell out of his performance in multiple movies. But thinking back, all of the stuff I liked was stuff in which he was portraying a loser. He was a loser in Raising Arizona. He was a loser in Leaving Las Vegas. He was a loser in Adaptation. He was a loser in Lord Of War, and he was a loser in The Weatherman. Not all of those were great movies or anything, but I'd classify all of those movies as examples in which Nicholas Cage's performance fit PERFECTLY with the movie.