Overrated actors

[Greedo]

Here we go!

Sean Connery

 

[Melvil]

Will Smith....but to be fair he's very good at being Will Smith.

 

[simoncc]

Juliet Stephenson. She has one expression - the deeply emotional, bewildered Home Counties housewife who is trying hard to make sense of her life.

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Jack Nicholson - Great actor who became shite.

Likewise, Pacino, De Niro, Brando.

Kenneth Branagh. Just shite basically.

Richard Gere.

 

[beancounter]

Jack Nicholson - Great actor who became shite.

Likewise, Pacino, De Niro, Brando.

Kenneth Branagh. Just shite basically.

 

[colly]

Trevor Eve.
aka shoestring
aka. shouty bloke in some cop thing set in an office where they can't afford lighting.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Michael Caine

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

Come on Beancounter, less of the rolling eyes and more of a written opinion please.

For a long time Pacino, Nicholson and De Niro have been going through the motions. Which is all the more sad because they produced some of the greatest cinematic performances of the 60's, 70's and early 80's.

I can name one decent film DeNiro has done since 'Raging Bull' and that's 'Meet the Parents'.

Or was it the Branagh comment you were upset about.

 

[Smokin Joe]

John Wayne.

Made a fortune playing himself.

 

[jassy-x]

John Wayne.

Made a fortune playing himself.

....was it Billy Connolly who once said ''John Wayne could'nt act scared in a den of lions''...

 

[PaulB]

Brad Pitt. He always needs at least one actor (usually more than one) of larger profile than him as the studio bosses have realised he cannot carry a film on his own. He might be good looking (though nothing on me of course) but he'd struggle to get a part as Widow Twanky in a seaside pantomime.

 

[wafflycat]

Jack Nicholson
Sean Connery
Jim Carrey
Jennifer Lopez
Tom Cruise
John Wayne
Colin Farrell
Keira Knightley
Katie Holmes

 

[wafflycat]

Nearly forgot... Maggie Gyllenhaal & her brother Jake.

 

[papercorn2000]

Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford.

Both only ever look as if they are trying to do quadratic equations in their heads.

Despite this, Ford has played two of the coolest screen characters ever.

 

[Kovu]

Keanu Reeves

Too damn right!!