In your opinion, the most overrated actor//actress of all time?

[red dog 1]

Actors are seen as the face of the movies, television, and other media products in which they star.
Extra attention is paid to them, as if they are infallible people.
Hollywood actors and actresses have become like gods to many people around the globe, and they are worshiped with praise, money, awards, and gifts.
However, many of the actors receiving the most accolades are extremely overrated in their raw talent, charisma, and chemistry with other actors.
While many actors bring in the big box office bucks, they have little or no acting range and often phone in their performances.
Who do you consider to be the most overrated actor of all time?

68 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Tom Cruise
	31 (46%)
	Kristen Stewart
	2 (3%)
	Ashton Kutcher
	2 (3%)
	Julia Roberts
	1 (1%)
	Miley Cyrus
	0 (0%)
	Keanu Reeves
	1 (1%)
	Adam Sandler
	14 (21%)
	Angelina Jolie
	1 (1%)
	John Wayne
	16 (24%)
	Jennifer lopez
	0 (0%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[rurallib]

1. john wayne

[red dog 1]

3. I hadn't thought about John Wayne...He is overrated as an actor

but who do I take down to make room for him?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Good choice!

[red dog 1]

8. So who do I take down to make room for John Wayne?

[red dog 1]

10. John Wayne is now option # 9

(I actually like Charlie Sheen anyway)

[rock]

72. Why do he have such a following if he's a bad actor

I suppose next you're going to say Bruce Willis was a bad actor. How about Arnold Schwarzenegger?

[rurallib]

75. probably for the same reason that Benedict Donald got millions of votes

for some strange reason people identify with and love to watch people like that.

Wayne played the same part over and over and over - the costumes changed and so did the story but Wayne was pretty much the same.

Think of that awful end times book series - the left behinders - those aren't good literature, but they have sold a gazillion.
If you like Wayne that's fine. I don't. And that is why this country is supposed to have competition.

[Kaleva]

110. John Wayne had a number of memorable roles.

True Grit
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Quiet Man

[sarge43]

140. Ft Apache was another

One of the few times he wasn't playing John Wayne, maybe because he was in a supporting role.

[emulatorloo]

177. John Wayne was brilliant in John Ford's "The Searchers"

Yeah his politics were awful but IMHO that was a great performance.

He basically plays a man going insane. Very subtle and effective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Searchers_(film)

[intheozone]

185. He is at the top of my "overrated" list. nt

[dhol82]

2. OMG! Decisions, decisions.

There are soooooo many losers.

[red dog 1]

6. So many losers, so little space to list them all

(DU polls only allow 10 "options&quot

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. For me it's James Stewart.

[red dog 1]

7. I disagree....I would put him up against John Wayne anytime (as being overrated)

[unblock]

34. Disagree entirely

Keep in mind that acting was different back then movie speech was more stilted and reminiscent of broadway.

By today's standards of more intimate, informal, and emotional speech, sure, he comes off as stiff, but for his era he was really good.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

36. I've been a huge old movie fan for over 40 years.

I've seen countless old movies, read countless books and critiques about them, and engaged with many fellow fans during that time. I've seen enough to form my own opinion and I don't think he was good, regardless of the era.

[Mosby]

150. I'm a big fan of Jimmy Stewart

But I think we all have one or two actors that we just don't get, for me (in that era) it's Mickey Rooney. I just don't see it.

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Why-Jimmy-Stewart-was-the-best-movie-star-ever-3214955.php

[3catwoman3]

198. I adore Jimmy Stewart.

Philadelphia Story. Vertigo. Shenandoah. The Flight of the Phoenix.

As one who also served in the Air Force, I admire his service. Real service - no phony baloney.

[narnian60]

60. Wow. No way.

[OrwellwasRight]

197. We have different taste.

It's a Wonderful Life is on my personal 10 best movie list. And he brought George Bailey to life for me. He was also fabulous in The Philadelphia Story.

[Warpy]

9. Oh, dear, there have been so many

like the actors who skulk and pout their way through scenes and the ones who speak their lines like they've got mouthfuls of egg salad, or the aggressively perky female ingenue you spend the whole movie hoping discovers Valium. Add them to weak stories that feature shoot em ups or car chases and you've lost me completely.

[red dog 1]

11. lol

So true!

[Skittles]

12. Kate Hudson

dreadful

[smirkymonkey]

20. Ugh - she's awful!

Another one I can't stand is Keira Knightly. She can't act to save her life. She so wooden and she's always doing that strange thing with her lips. I am always so aware of the fact that "here is a person who is trying to act" instead of being drawn into the character and the story. It's so distracting!

[Skittles]

120. Halle Berry always is in overacting mode

she is way overrated too

[irisblue]

48. I forgot she had done movies, I keep seeing ads for those yoga clothes. nt

[Rollo]

13. This is so easy... Ronald Reagan, of course. An actor overrated for his presidency.

[TlalocW]

14. Brando

*Ducks and covers*

TlalocW

[narnian60]

61. I SO agree.

[LeftInTX]

97. Yes

And narcissistic to the nth degree.

[MosheFeingold]

135. Concur

Brando was help up as the best-of-the-best. And he was not.

[OrwellwasRight]

196. You're not wrong

I just don't see it. And I hated On the Waterfront.

[frogmarch]

15. John Wayne!

He delivered all his lines as if he were reading them. How did he ever get to be a star?

[TexasBushwhacker]

40. He really only played one role - John Wayne

And he played it well.

[lunamagica]

16. Julia Roberts

[smirkymonkey]

22. I'll second that.

I'll never understand how she achieved such success as an actress. I find her very cold and her laugh and her screams are like nails on a chalkboard.

[Phentex]

44. the only movie she comes close to acting in

was August: Osage County. Prior to that I also wondered what the hell? ANYBODY could have played her role in Pretty Woman but I think that movie pushed her into demand for some strange reason.

Still, she's basically acted in one movie, IMO

[smirkymonkey]

56. She completely ruined "Michael Collins" for me.

Horrible casting choice in an otherwise great movie.

[red dog 1]

98. You can vote for her now

She is listed as option # 4

[Phentex]

45. I third this

never could figure out the appeal.

[red dog 1]

99. She's now poll option # 4

So you can vote for her now

[Liberal Veteran]

68. She can do a good job some of the time.

[red dog 1]

76. Julia Roberts is now poll option # 4

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since 6 DUers want her on the list

[lunamagica]

82. Good! Ellen Burstyn was ROBBED at the Oscars. The fact that JR got that award instead

is the very definition of overrated

[Kahuna7]

172. +1 nt

[Alice11111]

205. I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand her.Hard

Choice, but I went for Tom Cruise. Tasteless, bully, self righteous.

[Les Cowbell]

17. How can Keanu Reeves and Adam Sandler be called overrated?

When everyone knows they are terrible to begin with. You might as well have Chuck Norris on the list.

[Upthevibe]

19. I chose Adam Sandler because I"m shocked that so many of his movies get funded!

I mean this guys has had so many horrible flops and yet he continues to be given the green light to make movie after movie. It's unbelievable...........

[Oneironaut]

144. We need to find the people who still like Adam Sandler movies and sterilize them for the good of

humanity...

[red dog 1]

151. I actually liked "You Don't Mess with the Zohan"

despite it being one of the corniest movies I ever saw.

It was great seeing Shelley Berman as Zohan's father, and I thought Rob Schneider was great playing Salim the taxi driver.

Dave Matthews played the white supremacist, and Henry Winkler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Mariah Carey, and George Takei all had cameo roles.

[genxlib]

18. Charlton Heston

And I thought that before his politics made him toxic

[Aristus]

46. I don't agree 100%

His acting was hammy most of the time, but his turn as Cardinal Richelieu in Richard Lester's Musketeer films was a master class on subtle villainy.

[sarge43]

138. Agree

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The Richelieu character is usually overplayed. He wasn't called the Grey Eminence for nothing.

Would add Will Penny to the list. His was a narrow talent; he couldn't do comedy to save his life. However, the right role and the right director, he could bring it home. Finally, he was a professional; he never phoned it in.

[exboyfil]

81. He is my science fiction lead from the late 1960s/early 1970s

I saw too many of those movies with my dad to not love him. Planet of the Apes/Soylent Green/Omega Man. Three of my favorites. It is hard sometimes to bring a critical eye to the passion of your youth. For example Vincent Price is vastly superior to Heston or Smith in I am Legend/Omega Man/The Last Man on Earth. I saw Price in this role when I was in my 40s.

Still “Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!”.

[narnian60]

145. Vincent Price is my everything.

[Zoonart]

180. OMG

I love Uncle Vinnie. Met him once, at a friend's holiday party. He was her mom's second cousin and insisted I call him Uncle Vinnie. Never forget it. What a gentleman. I can' t help but well up when I see him in Edward Scissorhands, his last film. Truly he was one of the greats.

[narnian60]

186. Wow.

If I would have ever met him...no words.

[Zoonart]

187. I know, right?

That is exactly how I reacted. My friend did not clue me in and totally introduced me cold. I step out on a deck an we approached him from behind.
She says to me, " I want you to meet my Uncle Vinnie."
So I' m..."okay".
Then he turns and I'm like...holy shit...."Mr. Price, I'm a real fan." He covered my hand with his long hands and said," call me Uncle Vinnie." Inside I was all jello squeeeeee.
I tried not to make a complete ass of myself, but he was really sweet and totally put me at ease. Actually, I'm a painter and he was a great collector of American art, so we talked about art.

It was one of the most surreally transcendent moments of my life and I love to tell the story. Thanks for letting me tell it.

[narnian60]

188. Thank YOU.

[Bucky]

108. No way!

The way he delivers that one line, "God damn you!!" in every single move he ever makes. He's awesome

[alphafemale]

182. Agree. He did rock that loincloth in POTA though.

DayyuumM!

I may have to check out the movie mentioned where he was more subtle and not so over the top ham.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. I'm going with Adam Sandler, though maybe that's not quite right

because it's hard to overrate somebody generally considered to suck. Still, he's worse than Tom Cruise, who's as mad as a box of frogs with that Scientology thing but has always been OK at adventure movies, while Sandler has always been terrible at everything.

[Beringia]

195. I have actually liked Adam Sandler in a couple of things

Punch drunk love and Reign Over Me, a husband who lost his family in 911

[smirkymonkey]

23. Jack Nicholson.

I know a lot of people will disagree, but I don't see any acting talent. Just JN being JN. Always the same character in every role I have ever seen him in.

[unblock]

32. Sadly much of Hollywood is very character-actor oriented

At least in the male side. Few have the range of a Dustin Hoffman, or at least they stick to the types of roles they've had success with.

Female actors need to have great range, though.

[smirkymonkey]

55. True, there aren't many Daniel-Day Lewis types around.

Sadly.

[sarge43]

142. "I'm not an actor. I'm a movie star!"

Alan Swan (Peter O'Toole, My Favorite Year)

[wryter2000]

87. Thank you!

I'm amazed so many people find him good. He just mugs.

[smirkymonkey]

95. I know. He's such an ugly little man yet he manages

to get roles where he plays the stud. His female equivalent would never even get an audition.

[abbeyco]

24. Clint Eastwood

After his 'empty chair' verbal vomit, I watched several of his movies and decided that he's a great prop for certain genres of movies. Being able to squint your eyes on command does not a great actor make.

[narnian60]

62. +1

[Paladin]

63. He's a lot better director than he is an actor. (nt)

[red dog 1]

100. In the last 2 Eastwood movies I saw, he speaks in a whisper, the whole time

It's like he has terminal lung cancer or something, but I haven't been able to find out what his problem is...even Wikipedia has no mention of his whispering.

I bought "True Crime".which he produced and directed, and in which he whispers ALL his lines...yet Jack Garner of Gannet News Service says of his performance:
"EXCITING. EASTWOOD Is At His BEST!"

[Leith]

116. THANK You!

I never understood why Eastwood had such a following. His entire range consists of:
- squinting into the sun;
- cleaning a gun while in a "deep" conversation;
- whispering out a threat.

All delivered in exactly the same way.

[CTyankee]

175. Wasn't he the lead in "The Bridges of Madison County" with Meryl Streep?

IIRC, that was a beautiful movie and that last scene where he sees her in her husband's truck and stops to look at her. It broke my heart...

[pnwest]

25. Jennifer Aniston. BUT, I will go see almost any movie she's in, cause I'm

a sucker for rom-coms. Bounty Hunter sure was a pile o' dog shit, tho, cause Gerard Butler is even worse than Jennifer...I won't even stop on that one when I'm scrolling the TV channels.....

[Skittles]

37. Jennifer reminds me of Keanu

not the best actress, but still oddly entertaining

[TexasBushwhacker]

41. I do not understand the appeal of Gerard Butler n/t

[Skittles]

102. I don't either

[Kablooie]

26. You left our Charles Nelson Reilly!

[Miles Archer]

203. Scrumtrulescent!

SNL fans will recognize that from the Will Ferrell "Inside The Actors Studio" sketch with Alec Baldwin as Reilly.

Looked for it on YouTube, didn't find it.

[Chipper Chat]

27. Looks like the winner is Tom cruise

But I thought he did a decent job in The Firm

[red dog 1]

85. I thought he did a decent job in "Collateral" with Jamie Foxx

It's one of my favorite movies - I've probably seen it at least 15 times.

[Doodley]

28. Why is Tom Cruise ahead in this vote? Who overrates Tom Cruise?

I don't see him being nominated for many acting awards? If he has brought in big box office (number 5 box office actor in leading roles) it is because audiences have chosen to buy tickets to see him in those movies.

[unblock]

31. Agreed, his main talent is picking scripts

People don't go to his movies for great acting, they go for action, exciting plots, etc.

For what he needs to do, he delivers adequately enough.

[Skittles]

38. I think he is a good actor

I loved Risky Business (OMG how many decades ago was that) and especially Rain Man - he nailed it

[TexasBushwhacker]

43. Born on the Fourth of July too

I imagine his divorce from Nicole Kidman was expensive since they had been married 10 years. Since then he's focused on action that pay the big bucks and he's doing that because there is somewhat of a biological clock element to them. He's in his mid 50s now and looks it IMHO, so how long can he conceivably do them? Another 5? Probably. Another 10? Probably not.

[skylucy]

128. I agree! Also loved A Few Good Men and Born on the Fourth of July. I think he is kind of

weird when I have watched interviews of him and I don't get the Scientology thing, but I always enjoy his movies. He is definitely a good actor. And he is definitely easy on the eyes.

[Skittles]

132. I agree

I feel sorry for him - it really seems like that religion cost him his previous relationships and now his family

and yes, he is still looking great

[Bucky]

109. Mostly people are voting against them cuz they don't like his politics

Or his annoying personality. To be fair, for everyone except Gary Oldman, it's really hard to see past and actors unpleasant public stances once you get to think of them as a celebrity instead of a performer

[First Speaker]

29. James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor

...Dean had those oh-so-soulful eyes, you know? But he couldn't recite a line with any real conviction or change of tone, or so I've always felt. As for Liz--beautiful woman, but strictly a no-talent, who never was able to relax and make her lines sound natural. Needless to say, I'm not a huge fan of "Giant", which co-stars none other than Rock Hudson(!)...but no one ever "rated" him, so he doesn't qualify...

[Kahuna7]

57. Elizabeth Taylor is unwatchable. nt

[OregonBlue]

79. Do you remember Elizabeth in The Taming of the Shrew. Brilliant performance.

[narnian60]

146. Many brilliant performances.

[sarge43]

148. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Nuff said n/t

[narnian60]

153. Absolutely.

[LisaM]

176. A Place in the Sun, also.

I like Elizabeth Taylor!

[Kahuna7]

169. I'll give you that one. She wasn't bad in Butterfield either.

She had her moments.

[unblock]

30. Kevin costner

I find him completely unconvincing. He's so obviously just reading a script, not remotely inhabiting the character

[defacto7]

59. He tops my list of overrated. nt

[Kahuna7]

171. +1 Though he was good in the Hatfields and McCoys. nt

[Mosby]

33. Al pacino

[ADX]

89. No offense...

...but you need to put the crack pipe down.

[Mosby]

90. He has turned into a caricature of himself

I can't watch him without cringing.

[ADX]

92. I see what you're saying...

...but I don't think there can be any argument about his overall body of work including:

Panic In Needle Park
Serpico
The Godfather
The Godfather 2
Dog Day Afternoon
Scarface
Glengarry Glen Ross
Scent of a Woman
Heat
Donnie Brasco
Devil's Advocate...

amongst others. Pacino's an acting legend, even if he has fallen off somewhat in recent years.

[Mosby]

94. His body of work is pretty impressive

Which is probably why his bad and or weak performances stand out.

I agree with this guy, he was awful in scent of a woman....

http://www.hobotrashcan.com/2008/09/23/overrated-al-pacino/

[ADX]

96. I agree with that guy...

...concerning the performance Pacino turned in as Michael Corleone. It was absolutely, positively masterful and is probably the reason I will always hold him in the highest regard.

[red dog 1]

158. I thought he was pretty good in "88 Minutes" (2007), despite the film's lousy plot,

as well as:
- Scarecrow (1973)
- Cruising (1980)
- Sea of Love (1989)
- The Insider (1999..Russell Crowe was outstanding in this excellent Michael Mann film)
- Insomnia (2002)

[ADX]

160. He's always good as far as I'm concerned...

...even in his lesser flicks.

By the way, the soundtrack to "Cruising" was pretty bad-ass.

[bettyellen]

35. Lawrence Olivier

[Bucky]

111. *gasp*

[bettyellen]

113. He's so unnatural and hammy. Plus he was so mean to his wife and Marilyn.

[Kahuna7]

170. +1 nt

[JNelson6563]

129. Yes! Henry V!

I first saw Henry V (film version) by Kenneth Brannaugh. Masterful Especially pre-Agincourt speech! A few years later I saw Olivier in the role and, comparatively, he was AWFUL! Truly. It really made me wonder what the hell had made him such a giant in the industry. I thought he was UNimpressive.

[oasis]

162. I agree, the K.B. Henry V performance was superior by a ton.

I guess 30's/40's actors such as Olivier and Leslie Howard were better at leading man roles in romantic films.

[Demoiselle]

156. Olivier never impressed my much in the moviesbut...

I was lucky enough to see him Strindberg's Dance of Death at the Old Vic (two and one half million years ago). It felt as if he were performing on the back of the seat right in front of me. (That close, that immediate!) The movies ask for a whole different set of acting chops, I think.

[bettyellen]

157. Yes, very theatrical. That's exactly like.

[gopiscrap]

39. That fucker named Ronald Reagan

[Doreen]

49. OMFG!!! I forgot about that freak. yes, you are right.

The ape was better.

[Wolf Frankula]

123. I would not call Ronald Reagan overrated as an actor.

He was known as second or third rate during his time in Hollywood. He was the most overrated President. And the ape was a better actor. The ape would have made a better president, too. No, wait he wouldn't have. The ape was selected in 2000.

Wolf

[lastlib]

42. The Chair doesn't recognize Clint Eastwood.

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. Johnny Depp. Little acting range

"and often phone in their performances."

[bdtrppr6]

54. My exact thought the second i saw the topic

simply fully baked HAM.

[red dog 1]

103. I disagree

I haven't seen all his films, but I thought he was very good in the ones I did see, including:
- Edward Scissorhands
- Benny & Joon
- Ed Wood (He was great in that, imo)
- Donnie Brasco
- Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (the 1988 remake)
- Blow (I've seen it at least 20 times)
- Black Mass (he played fugitive mob killer James "Whitey" Bulger)

(I will admit that several of the movies he's been in are "not my cup of tea" such as
Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean).

[dixiegrrrrl]

119. I have a copy of Black Mass, been meaning to watch it.

So I will pull it out and see ow good he is in it.
The Pirates series was prolly fun for the lil kids to watch.

[a kennedy]

173. but loved him in the animation film Rango......

it was a fantastic film.....87% from Rotten Tomatoes. Loved it. But agree not much of a human actor.

[alphafemale]

183. I laughed so hard at the opening minutes of that movie.

And then it did evolve into a wonderful story.

Animation is unlimited in the stories that can be told.

[a kennedy]

184. and the Toy Story movies, Despicable Me, they are all so well done.

Now, if we can just get the demise of tRump in animation. ha ha ha. Now there's something to get some $$$ in.

[BainsBane]

50. Tom Hanks

most of your choices aren't highly rated actors. They are highly paid, which is not the same thing.

[milestogo]

51. Julia Roberts

[red dog 1]

74. Well, that makes 6 votes for Julia Roberts,

and since Megan Fox has 0 votes so far, I'll put Julia Roberts up there in her place.
(I aim to please)

[milestogo]

86. I think they overhyped her.

Looking back to Mystic Pizza - which I believe was her first movie - the really talented actress in that film was Lili Taylor. Julia Roberts plays pretty much the same role in every film she's in.

[Motley13]

52. Elizabeth Taylor was very bad

National Velvet was the only good thing she did. Beautiful but lousy at acting

[bronxiteforever]

53. Jon Voight-three best actor academy award nomination and one win.

Pedestrian actor at best.

[SethH]

78. he's very pedestrian in this scene

[bronxiteforever]

80. Ha! Hoffman is an actor, Voight is just a prop.

I had a dog day afternoon brain freeze

[Leith]

117. I See What You Did There...

LOL - very punny.

[defacto7]

58. If I were to choose Tom Cruise

it would only be because I dislike him so much. My choice for most overrated would be Kevin Costner. Yeah, he's had some great roles but that's why I would choose him. His best roles were always over his head; there could have been much better choices. He's always exactly the same character... himself. Maybe he would do a great job in the title role of "Kevin Costner, The Movie"
I'd also nominate him for most underplayed roles.

[red dog 1]

73. "there could have been much better choices"?

Look, they only allow TEN possible poll choices...I wish they had a button to push for
"more choices".because 10 usually isn't enough for movie trivia questions like this one.

I agree with you about Costner - he probably does belong on the list, although I did like him in "Wyatt Earp" and "JFK"

[defacto7]

77. I wasn't talking about your choices...

I meant the choice of actors for most of the characters Costner played. Sorry if I wasn't clear. As far as Wyatt Earp, I suppose the Earp character could work as Costner as written in the screen play. Ok, got me on that one.

[red dog 1]

164. My mistake!

Now that I understand your point about "choices"..I agree with you.

(Costner was good in both JFK and Wyatt Earp, imo)

[narnian60]

64. Alan Ladd and Robert Mitchum.

So wooden.

[Demoiselle]

66. I agree about Alan Ladd. But NOT Robert Mitchum.

…He was wonderful at menace. Watch Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear. (The original Cape Fear, with Gregory Peck.)
Nobody does sleepy-eyed killer better than Mitchum!

[narnian60]

67. Seem them. He's just too monotone for me.

Plus, his interview with Robert Osborne, unfortunately, turned me off to him even more.

[Demoiselle]

69. OhI didn't see the interview. I'll look for it.

[sarge43]

139. Re Mitchum. Watch Night of the Hunter and get back to us. n/t

[Binkie The Clown]

65. I couldn't seem to find the "All of the above" button. n/t

[Coventina]

71. I'm gonna say Ronald Reagan

[WinkyDink]

125. Was he "over-rated"?

[oasis]

83. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. Two stiffs making tons of dough.

[WinkyDink]

126. Nobody who can dance like Travolta is a "stiff"!

[Stuart G]

161. Nicholas Cage...no...

Leaving Las Vegas...exceptional..

[oasis]

163. Cage comes across flat and one dimensional in many of his films. nt

[elehhhhna]

84. Tom Hanks

Sorry/ not sorry

[Mosby]

91. Tom hanks is a good actor and a likable guy.

Nothing overrated about him imo.

[narnian60]

147. +1

[red dog 1]

154. + 2

I've been a fan of Tom Hanks since his TV sit-com "Bosom Buddies" (1980-1982)

He is a good actor, imo, and he proves that in some of my favorite films of all time, including:
- The Burbs
- Turner & Hooch
- Forrest Gump
- Apollo 13
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Green Mile
- Cast Away
- Charlie Wilson's War
- Captain Phillips

Tom Hanks earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia.(1993)
For his next film, Forest Gump (1994) he received a consecutive Academy Award for Best Actor which made Hanks the first actor since Spencer Tracy in 1938 to achieve this feat.

[elehhhhna]

192. Sorry he bores me.

[wryter2000]

88. I guess Jim Carey isn't enough of an actor to qualify for this poll

He's ridiculous.

[red dog 1]

152. I've been a fan of Jim Carey since his days on "In Living Color"

"Me, Myself & Irene" is one of the funniest movies I ever saw.

He doesn't qualify for this poll because he's a good actor, and not overrated at all, imo.

[LisaM]

101. Clint Eastwood and Charlton Heston aren't listed.

Therefore, I abstain.

[llmart]

202. I agree with Clint Eastwood.

Same monotone voice in every picture.

[Mike Nelson]

104. I'm surprised...

...Tom Cruise is winning. He's okay, usually average or above; he doesn't go outside of his boundaries much, which is good. He does attempt to play a character. There are no really great actors on your list, though... Angelina Jolie had something in a couple of early perfs, but wasn't able to repeat... John Wayne was not a natural actor. He was a terrible actor, but filmed well in the 1930s. He developed a screen persona and acted that way successfully... Some of the choices aren't much as actors, like Adam Sandler. They play a persona. They are likeable as their persona... it's a bit like Shirley Temple. She was not a good actress at all, but she was a terrific entertainer. Probably, we should think of some actors more as "stars" or "entertainers" because many of the can't really act.

[Kaleva]

105. Nicholas Cage and Adam Sandler

[UTUSN]

106. Might as well jump into trouble: Katherine HEPBURN, just nothing for me.

[UTUSN]

112. Well, besides I detest Nic CAGE, John WAYNE

[Aristus]

141. Did you see her performance as Eleanor of Acquitaine in 'The Lion In Winter'?

If there was any role that could turn someone around on Katherine Hepburn, I would think it would be this one.

Stunning performance. One wouldn't necessarily have to ask for subtlety in this role, since the real-life Eleanor of Acquitaine was a larger than life figure herself. But Hepburn turns in a masterful performance. To be able to express the pain, rage, and frustration at being an intelligent, strong-willed and ambitious woman hedged in by intelligent, strong-willed and ambitious men whom she alternately loved and hated, would be a daunting challenge for anyone. But she nails it.

[Bucky]

107. Cybill Shepherd

I know she gets good reviews as a deadpan comedic actress. But in her dramatic roles she's deadpan too. It seems like her full range of emotions is just blandly not reacting to anything going on around her.

[Kaleva]

114. Not all acclaimed actors are great movie stars and vice versa.

John Wayne and Tom Cruise would be on most people's top ten list of movie stars even if there is debate of about how good an actor they are or were.

And I don't think there really ever was a serious attempt to argue that John Wayne, Tom Cruise or even Adam Sandler are great actors.

You might have different results if you asked "In your opinion, the most overrated movie star of all time?".

[red dog 1]

165. Interesting point.

"The most overrated movie star of all time" list might include Katharine Hepburn, Jack Nicholson,
& Charlton Heston.

[WinkyDink]

115. Jennifer Lawrence.

[Skittles]

121. I don't find her as impressive as most do

average at best

[Leith]

118. Megan Boone

I know her from "Blacklist" and she is so wooden that she could just be holding the script and mouthing the words.

[CentralMass]

122. Nothing against him personally but I'll toss a vote in for George Clooney.

[True Dough]

124. Bingo!

I avoid movies that he's in. I find he plays the same smug character every time!

[lapfog_1]

127. In my... expert opinion... the... most... overrated... actor is

William Shatner.

[MosheFeingold]

134. To be "over-rated" one must be considered good.

No one has ever taken Shatner seriously, not even Shatner.

[lapfog_1]

136. I think to be over-rated one must have a rating

which is clearly not warranted by performance.

Even a "poor" rating can be over-rated.

I stand by my selection. LOL

[vi5]

179. That could be said about half the people on that list....

...It's almost as though the person who came up with that list did so without having seen a movie or even spoken to people who have seen movies in the past 25 years or so.

Most of them haven't had any critical or box office success to speak of so by what standard does anyone consider any of them overrated or even rated at all?

[JI7]

130. i never saw any of them but how about those fast and furious movies

and whoever is in them ?

[FlightRN]

131. Brad Pitt should be on here

IMHO, he's mostly plays Bard Pitt. Maybe two exceptions, but overall yeah BP.

[cyclonefence]

133. Katherine Hepburn

I know my house will be tp'd for this opinion, but I've seen all her movies, and she plays the same (charming) character in 99% of them, a character which apparently was pretty much herself in real life. I think she had zero range; she was excellent in playing that one woman, who was imo her, but unable to do anything more. Because her one character was so adorable, she is beloved, but really, she wasn't much of an actor. IMO.

[skypilot]

137. Meryl Streep

She is a good actress but, in my opinion, an overrated one. I used to love her but as I got older and saw more of her films I realized that she never really "disappears" into her role. There is always a Meryl Streep-ness about every performance. There are better actresses who don't get quite the recognition that she gets. Tilda Swinton comes to mind. I saw her in a movie called "Julia" a few years ago and that's when the Meryl Streep thing hit me. And recently Felicity Huffman has come onto my radar. I'd never seen anything she'd been in, including Desperate Housewives. Saw her in three seasons of "American Crime" and was blown away.

[TexasBushwhacker]

155. Did you know Felicity is married to William H Macy?

And she's pro-choice!

[CTyankee]

190. Oh,no. Not my Meryl!

I totally love her ability to portray her characters! I am in New Haven and love it when she returns to Yale Drama School for her plaudits from her grad school works in film!

Dear god, have your forgotten all the roles she's played over the years? I'm appalled...

[skypilot]

193. I haven't forgotten them.

But as I said, I started to see a Meryl Streep-ness in all of her performances. Don't ask me to tell you what that means because I can't really articulate it but I'm always very aware that I'm watching Meryl Streep no matter what kind of role she is playing. I've come to be more impressed by other actresses.

[CTyankee]

194. I think her ability to change in order to play her character (probably as a result of her

Yale Drama School training) makes her unique. I love to watch her work in her movies. She pays attention to character building. And she's honest. I remember crying and crying during "The Bridges of Madison County." She has a slight Italian accent in that movie (her character was a war bride) and she gained weight to play the role. Her love scenes with Eastwood made me think they had something going during the shooting of that film.

[Oneironaut]

143. Matthew McConaughey

He plays himself in every movie. He's done nothing to truly break out of that mold. I still feel Intersellar would have been a better movie if someone else was cast.

John Wayne is a close second. Same thing - he played the exact same role in the exact same way for all of his movies.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

149. "Mummy," by US senator from Canada Ted Cruise, is named worst film of already horrific film career.

"Mummy," by US senator from Canada Ted Cruise, is named worst film of already horrific film career.

Link to tweet

[jalan48]

159. Sylvester Stallone.

[red dog 1]

166. Stallone overrated?

I don't think so.

He cannot act - that's for damn sure - but I don't consider him "overrated" at all.

[jalan48]

167. He was nominated for an Oscar for Rocky and won an Oscar for Supporting Actor for Creed.

I think he basically sucks.

[red dog 1]

168. Rocky was a great film, imo

It won 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture & Best Director (John Acildsen)
And Stallone deserved the nomination he got for Best Actor
(I think he wrote the screenplay as well)

Unfortunately, he never showed any real acting talent after that
(I did like Rambo & First Blood)

[Upthevibe]

189. He didn't win an Oscar for Creed. He was nominated. I've never been a fan of his

at all so when I saw someone posted here that he won an Oscar I almost crapped so I just checked - LOL!

[jalan48]

200. You are correct-he won a Golden Globe for Creed.

[Doug the Dem]

174. Voted for Adam Sandler, but

I'd hardly call him an actor. "Walking Fart Joke" is more apt.

[vi5]

178. Myley Cyrus? Adam Sandler? Jennifer Lopez? Ashton Kutcher?

What a completely ridiculous list.

Doesn't the word "overrated" imply that there are a large number of people who "rate" those people highly as actors or actresses?

Even among people who may have enjoyed works by those particular people (and others on there) I don't know anyone who did so because they thought they were good actors or actresses.

Of those the only critical accolade I can ever recall for any of those was Jennifer Lopez in Soderbergh's Out of Sight but that was 20 plus years ago.

How on earth did you land at those choices? I mean has Myley Cyrus even been in more than like 2 or 3 movies? And none of them have had any box office success in years (if at all).

[bagelsforbreakfast]

181. Adam Sandler in a runaway! n/m

[WinkyDink]

191. "Of all time" seems limited. Maybe it's Rudolph Valentino! Who, BTW, shows that

star-worship didn't begin recently.

Moreover, Lord Byron had that effect back in the day, too!

[yuiyoshida]

199. Will Ferrell

n/t

[samnsara]

201. bill murray

[Miles Archer]

204. Bruce Willis, in the post-glory days phase of his career

I know some might feel "Die Hard" is crap too, but I'm not one of them. I think it's a classic.

But ANYONE with Netflix knows that Willis is now in a "template"...I've seen at least SIX recent movies of his on Netflix in which he plays a retired CIA / FBI / whatever agent, and his son gets into some kind of fiasco, so he gets drawn into it...really, really, really the modern-era template for Willis.

I know some people don't like him because he's a Republican, but that aside, for the people who DO like "Die Hard," I'd be very interested to hear your take on his last "GREAT" movie. Or even "very good" movie.

I thought his appearances in the "Expendables" movies were fun, but he essentially did what Schwarzenegger did in those films...show up and "be himself" for a scene or two.