Most "Wooden Actor" of all time [Archive]

stann

30/03/2007, 10:05 AM

Roger Moore. He even said it himself, his acting technique was left eyebrow, right eyebrow.

Bryan Robson playing a cameo of himself in that kids show he did about 25 years ago was the single worst acting job I've ever seen! :D

BohsPartisan

30/03/2007, 10:19 AM

William Shatner. No contest.

Poor Student

30/03/2007, 10:21 AM

William Shatner. No contest.

You've obviously never seen the "Kahn!" scene from Star Trek II.;)

the 12 th man

30/03/2007, 10:21 AM

William Shatner. No contest.

A God:cool: ........you gotta be kidding:) .

dahamsta

30/03/2007, 10:51 AM

Roger Moore. He even said it himself, his acting technique was left eyebrow, right eyebrow.Yeah, but no-one could do eyebrows like him. 'Member the Spitting Image puppet? Absolutely class.

Steven Seagal is the most wooden actor, without question. Also the worst. Chuck Norris is Ian Richardson in comparison. I hate Seagal.

Shatner used to be a rubbish actor, but he's really not bad now. He's brilliant in Boston Legal. I have a lot of respect for Shatner's ability to take the p*ss out of himself.

adam

passinginterest

30/03/2007, 10:55 AM

If we're talking wooden I would have thought Ron Jeremy...

drummerboy

30/03/2007, 10:56 AM

Michael Caine

dahamsta

30/03/2007, 10:59 AM

If we're talking wooden I would have thought Ron Jeremy...Boom! Boom!

BohsPartisan

30/03/2007, 11:00 AM

Shatner used to be a rubbish actor, but he's really not bad now. He's brilliant in Boston Legal.

Haven't seen that. I'm thinking mainly original Star trek and TJ Hooker.
Another candidate has to be Lee Majors.

Lionel Ritchie

30/03/2007, 11:07 AM

Charles Bronson is the Man!!!!

Classic Simpsons moment from Bronsons guest appearance on "The Amos & Andy Show"

Amos: Hey Charlie! Where's Andy?
Bronson: I shot him ...and now I'm heading 'round to Emmets Fix-It Store (finishes cleaning pistol and cocks it) ...to fix Emmet.

:D

Peadar

30/03/2007, 11:49 AM

Hugh Grant.
Plays himself in every movie.
What a knob jockey!

Over the post

30/03/2007, 11:57 AM

Keanu Reeves, no contest.

stann

30/03/2007, 12:34 PM

Classic Simpsons moment from Bronsons guest appearance on "The Amos & Andy Show"

Amos: Hey Charlie! Where's Andy?
Bronson: I shot him ...and now I'm heading 'round to Emmets Fix-It Store (finishes cleaning pistol and cocks it) ...to fix Emmet.

:D

I absolutely love the trailer for Death Wish #37 or some such high number, with a decrepit and knackered Bronson in a hospital bed croaking "I wish I was dead". :D

cheifo

30/03/2007, 1:12 PM

Keanu Reeves is a good shout, but Morgan Freeman does play the same role and same facial expressions in every film I see him in.

Ash

30/03/2007, 1:15 PM

Bryan Robson playing a cameo of himself in that kids show he did about 25 years ago was the single worst acting job I've ever seen!

That would (or wood :p ) be Jossys Giants (http://www.jossysgiants.org/) :)

Most wooden actor of all ... Woody from Toy Story ;)

osarusan

30/03/2007, 1:50 PM

Don't know about Chuck Norris or Seagal - no doubt they are dire actors but what most people want to see from them is extreme violence, and they rarely disappoint.

In terms of mainstream actors who are criticized on their skills at acting (rather than killing a large number of people in imaginative ways), I'd go for Ben Affleck. or Bruce Willis.

John83

30/03/2007, 2:59 PM

You've obviously never seen the "Kahn!" scene from Star Trek II.;)
http://www.khaaan.com/ :D

Shatner used to be a rubbish actor, but he's really not bad now. He's brilliant in Boston Legal. I have a lot of respect for Shatner's ability to take the p*ss out of himself.

Haven't seen that.
It's fantastic. I just bought the box set. Good old-fashioned surreal plots and snappy dialogue
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bpBVkJb0N6Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q75WXezm0kQ

Keanu Reeves is a good shout
Reeves gets my vote.

Don't know about Chuck Norris or Seagal - no doubt they are dire actors but what most people want to see from them is extreme violence, and they rarely disappoint.

In terms of mainstream actors who are criticized on their skills at acting (rather than killing a large number of people in imaginative ways), I'd go for Ben Affleck. or Bruce Willis.
Agreed on all counts.

Aberdonian Stu

30/03/2007, 3:04 PM

Reeves is terribly under rated, just look at Bill & Ted.

The winner has to be Affleck.

osarusan

30/03/2007, 3:14 PM

Reeves is terribly under rated, just look at Bill & Ted.

Underrated at being awful?

I've seen Reeves act half decently in The Matrix-his natural monotony helped the role.

I've never seen Affleck anything other than awful.

the 12 th man

30/03/2007, 3:36 PM

I'd go for Ben Affleck. or Bruce Willis.

Agree on Affleck but think you're being hard on Bruce Willis.While being guilty some times of overacting eg-The Die Hard trilogy- he can hardlly be accused of being wooden.

Thought he was good in the following-Unbreakable,Mortal Thoughts,Fifth Element,Mercury Rising,Sixth Sense & 16 Blocks amongst others-guess that make me B W fan:D .

Anto McC

30/03/2007, 4:24 PM

Roger Moore

stann

30/03/2007, 4:26 PM

Even though I went for Roger Moore earlier, I'll throw another one in.
And, to be honest, I can't understand why ye're wasting time squabbling about Reeves and Affleck when no-one has mentioned John Wayne yet! :eek:
They're only in the ha'penny place.

stann

30/03/2007, 4:28 PM

That would (or wood :p ) be Jossys Giants (http://www.jossysgiants.org/) :)

Cheers Ash, it's all coming back to me now. Aaaagghhhh!!!

osarusan

30/03/2007, 5:14 PM

Agree on Affleck but think you're being hard on Bruce Willis.While being guilty some times of overacting eg-The Die Hard trilogy- he can hardlly be accused of being wooden.

Thought he was good in the following-Unbreakable,Mortal Thoughts,Fifth Element,Mercury Rising,Sixth Sense & 16 Blocks amongst others-guess that make me B W fan:D .

Fair point, may be confusing wooden with just crap.

Thought he was bad in all of them...except The Sixth Sense

Poor Student

30/03/2007, 7:27 PM

http://www.khaaan.com/ :D

Brilliant.:D I also love the scene in Star Trek III when he hears his son being murdered. He stumbles back and misses the captain's chair in what seems like a total improvisation. It's hilarious.

TheBoss

30/03/2007, 7:56 PM

Steven Segal

Eoingull

30/03/2007, 8:15 PM

Ben Affleck is one...and I know he's made some good films, but I find Clive Owen to be extremely wooden.

SligoBrewer

30/03/2007, 10:15 PM

oh affleck without a doubt

DaveyCakes

31/03/2007, 11:44 PM

Nicholas Cage

sligoman

01/04/2007, 12:35 PM

The cast of Fair City.

SligoBrewer

01/04/2007, 1:07 PM

oh no.. ros na run if were goin the soaps route

bennocelt

01/04/2007, 5:50 PM

osarusan

02/04/2007, 12:08 PM

keaunu, Ben Affleck, and Matt damon are pretty dire

but i find Tom Hanks a bit hard to stomach myself, yeah great acting the idiot, re Big, etc, but he doesnt seem to have much of a personality for anything else
...waiting to be shot down:p

I agree with you to some extent, but I think he did well in Philadelphia, and Catch Me If You Can.

And again, we are looking for "wooden" rather than just "crap".

jebus

02/04/2007, 12:21 PM

I wouldn't class these actors as wooden, simply because they have given good performances in the following movies

Tom Hanks - Catch Me If You Can, Castaway, Big, Road to Perdition, Philadelphia

Ben Affleck - The Kevin Smith movies he's been in

Keanu Reeves - Bill and Ted movies, A Scanner Darkly

Matt Damon - Bourne Identity, The Departed, Team America :D

Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation

Now although I think Reeves and Cage, in particular, are dire actors, well in the case of Cage it's more that he can act, he just doesn't seem to want to, I have to plump for the Unholy Trio of Seagal, Van Damme and Arnie to come joint second on my list, with my winner being.....

Roddy 'I came to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum' Piper

Bluebeard

02/04/2007, 2:01 PM

Segal, Norris, Clive Owen all deserve to be listed.

Mygod! Some of you
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pete

02/04/2007, 2:08 PM

I'll second Keanu Reeves. He could corner the market in android acting.

Segal probably owned the trophy before Reeves - same expression in every role but then again played same character in every role.

IMO wooden means no expression not necessarily bad acting.

Roadend

02/04/2007, 2:22 PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger

BohsPartisan

02/04/2007, 3:20 PM

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"You're a funny guy, I'm going to kill you last"

strangeirish

02/04/2007, 5:40 PM

Pinocchio.:D

geysir

02/04/2007, 6:20 PM

jebus

02/04/2007, 6:23 PM

Ralph Fiennes must be in the mix, did anyone sit through a film called "Sunshine" set in Austria where he played a Grandfather the Father and the Son? The only thing that changed in the three roles was the facial hair.

In fairness to Ralph, recently I thought he was very good in the Constant Gardner, and as Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

bennocelt

02/04/2007, 11:06 PM

I wouldn't class these actors as wooden, simply because they have given good performances in the following movies

Tom Hanks - Catch Me If You Can, Castaway, Big, Road to Perdition, Philadelphia

Ben Affleck - The Kevin Smith movies he's been in

Keanu Reeves - Bill and Ted movies, A Scanner Darkly

Matt Damon - Bourne Identity, The Departed, Team America :D

yeah but im talking about actually acting, as oppossed to just blanky staring at this and that, looking dumb and talking with little meaning

but you are right about Team America;)

fosterdollar

03/04/2007, 12:03 PM

Fair City

jebus

03/04/2007, 12:44 PM

yeah but im talking about actually acting, as oppossed to just blanky staring at this and that, looking dumb and talking with little meaning

but you are right about Team America;)

Ah come on now, Reeve's performance in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is one of the more understated comedy performances of all time :p