Quick--Name a mediocre actor/actress

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Not great, not terrible, just mediocre.

[Phentex]

1. Courtney Thorne-Smith

average

[IndianaJones]

2. George Clooney. nt.

[Xipe Totec]

26. I dunno.

What little he does, at least he does well.

He's got the downcast eyes thing down to a science.

[lutefisk]

56. Agreed. He's watchable, but it's always obvious he's acting...n/t

[Frank Cannon]

3. Kirsten Dunst

[NewJeffCT]

11. yes

but, she looks great in a wet top!

[Frank Cannon]

22. Agreed!

[Xipe Totec]

27. You're nutz

Confusing talent with acting (as in place the talent over here).

Anybody that looks this good, doesn't NEED to act.

[soleft]

4. Heather Locklear

[AllegroRondo]

5. James Woods

[kwassa]

6. Kevin Costner

[av8rdave]

35. way below mediocre

[momophile]

80. I agree. and yet, he stars in two of my fav movies

Bull Durham and Field of Dreams. maybe it has something to do with baseball?

[sniffa]

7. Julia Roberts & Marisa Tomei

they should just hand Oscars by lot.

[Phillycat]

8. Melanie Griffith

No wait, she's terrible.

[momophile]

9. Keanu Reeves nt

[Capn Sunshine]

44. Dude

totally.

[Westegg]

61. But of course! A PERFECT example...

...And while I've seen many fine names on this list of mediocrity, Keanu's jumped out at me, because here is an instance of an EXTREMELY limited actor being packaged and managed by the Hollywood powers-that-be into a box-office megastar (not so much today but as recently as a few years ago). While I quite agree that, say, George Clooney is limited as an actor, he is never painful to watch on screen and has shown real talent as a writer and director. The same cannot be said of "Cool-Breeze-Over-Tasty-Waves," or whatever Keanu's name means in Hawaiian. The lad's been out of his depth since Day One, and you can practically taste the sweat of the directors who've managed to carefully fit him into otherwise excellent movies ("River's Edge" and "Private Idaho" come to mind) by not asking him to do much in the way of acting.

Now, thank God, in the 21st century we've come to our senses and are turning genuine talents like Lindsay Lohan into the Bette Davises of tomorrow.

KIDDING!

[driver8]

65. "I am an FBI agent!"

I love that line...

[Westegg]

68. Dude, he's Neo! He IS "The One"!/NT

[kaiden]

10. Andie McDowell.

[NewJeffCT]

12. Mel Gibson

not bad in some roles, though.

[MrCoffee]

62. the OP said "NOT terrible"

[skygazer]

13. Julia Roberts

No range, same character every time.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Sort of like Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis always seems to be the "burnt out reluctant hero" in basically every movie he's been in. Not say that I don't enjoy a good number of his movies, but he always seems to play that same guy every time.

[SKKY]

14. Jennifer Lopez, frighteningly mediocre.

But damn! What a butt!

[Orrex]

16. Rachel Weisz

Sorry--I know that she's worshipped far and wide, but she's solidly middle-of-the-road IMO.

[DarkTirade]

39. But... but... she's hot!

Isn't that what matters in an actress?

[LSK]

17. George Bush

[lutefisk]

57. He's a terrible actor. Can't remember lines & shows up drunk...

I don't think anyone will hire him again.

[Enrique]

18. Dennis Quaid

:shrug:

[meegbear]

19. The cast of FRIENDS ....

Q-E-fucking-D

[KG]

20. Coleen Camp

actually, she's terrible.

[Westegg]

69. Only reason I know her name is "Apocalypse Now."/NT

[Burma Jones]

21. Nicholas Cage

[Xipe Totec]

24. Ding ding ding!

The only actor I know that thinks constipation is an emotion.

[Chovexani]

25. I dunno

I thought he was a tour de force in the Wicker Man remake.

"NOT THE BEES!!!!!"

:rofl:

[Quantess]

42. so mediocre.

[driver8]

66. He was great in "Moonstruck". n/t

[BulletproofLandshark]

23. Tea Leoni

[Quantess]

43. IMO, she is the #1 most annoying on screen.

In real life, I hear that she's a nice person. But I refuse to watch a movie with her in it!

[mikita]

28. Sean Connery

Just Kidding!!! :rofl:

[qb]

29. Alan Alda

No matter what he's in, it seems like he's just playing himself.

[greblc]

30. Molly Ringwald

[Fire Walk With Me]

31. Ronald Wilson Reagan (666)

[KitchenWitch]

32. Hugh Grant

[TroubleMan]

33. Kevin Costner

The best midwestern-accented Robin Hood ever.

[VOX]

77. He's improving with age: see Mr. Brooks or Open Range - the dumb surfer accent is gone. n/t

[cabraverde]

34. Billy Redden

the retarded inbred kid from Deliverence....lol

[Bullwinkle925]

36. ronald reagan . . .

[The Inquisitive]

37. Ben Affleck

it's amazing how even mediocre people manage to claw their way to the top, I guess the American dream does live on after all.

[Darth_Kitten]

38. Sir Laurence Olivier.......

over-rated hack.

[Richard Steele]

40. Jack Nicholson.

:hide:

[boilerbabe]

41. Why did you pick Jack?

Is it because there was too much hype behind him like any other over-rated actor? Definately a good choice...just curious...

[Richard Steele]

46. Every movie I've ever seen him in, he's playing the same character- Jack Nicholson.

It's a fine character, to be sure...and he's certainly
picked some great movies for it.

But that doesn't make him a great actor.

[redqueen]

64. Same for Sean Connery, really...

and many others, to boot.

[Richard Steele]

72. Yup- no argument from me there! nm

[Westegg]

70. Please see "Five Easy Pieces" and...

..."The King of Marvin Gardens," which are two geat, great films with Jack before he was "Jack." They are proof-positive that the man could act up a storm. Also? "The Last Detail."

[Quantess]

45. No way!

But I agree he's done a few bad movies...

[mitchum]

50. He's the first one who came to mind

[pippin]

47. Another blah blonde

Gwnyth Paltry . . .er . . .Paltrow

[NoPasaran]

48. Dennis Hopper

[redqueen]

63. Yes, him.

Plus, I don't like him.

[Eurobabe]

49. Jessica Alba

:puke:

[edbermac]

51. Pia Zadora

Though I find her oddly appealing.

[Westegg]

71. I guess you've never seen "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"/NT

[ThatsMyBarack]

52. Cathy Lee Crosby

However, I looooved That's Incredible! in the '80s and it soooo needs a DVD release!!!!!

[HughBeaumont]

53. Drew Barrymore.

Most rangeless actress this side of Jenny Aniston.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

54. Sean Penn

:yawn:

edit to add: What? no "yawn" smiley? Oh, well.

[PVnRT]

55. Helen Hunt

[racaulk]

58. Will Smith

[formerrepuke]

59. James Stewart.....boooooooooring!

[Taverner]

60. Elizabeth Shue

[driver8]

67. But she is so sexy!!

I love Elizabeth Shue.

[redqueen]

74. So's Keanu... don't mean he can act though!

:D

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

73. Peter Coyote

[WinkyDink]

75. Brad Pitt.

[VOX]

76. Sarah Michelle Gellar AND Freddie Prinze, Jr.

[RoadRage]

78. Katie Holmes..

Although admittedly.. she's doing a decent job playing the part of Tom's wife..

[Mendocino]

79. Tom Cruise...Tina Fey...Jeff Goldblum...

Renee Zelwegger, John Travolta, Pierce Brosnan, William Macy, Debra Winger, Nicholas Cage, Kim Basinger, Billy Bob Thornton, Kyle Mclachan, Helena Bonham-Carter, Elliot Gould, Teri Hatcher, Andy Garcia, Demi Moore, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Matt Dillon....