Name An Actor With Musical Talent

[MrScorpio]

Sings, plays instruments... What ever

Prince

(Or vice versa)

[Drum]

1. Christopher Walken!

However,



(EDIT to add :Thanks!: to whomever photoshopped that picture.)

[MrScorpio]

2. Frank Sinatra nt

[BlooInBloo]

31. That's such a great video.

[VenusRising]

84. I have to post the video of this.

Walken is so cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs

[Drum]

91. Thanks...

It always has me in stitches, and I like the song too.

:hi:

[jobycom]

3. If Prince is an actor, then can I pick Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley?

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Actor first, musician second?

I can name several musicians who have done decent acting; I'm sure that you can as well...

[MrScorpio]

13. Any kind of acting talent

Good, bad, indifferent... doesn't matter

They just have to do both acting and music

[MissMillie]

53. Michelle Pfeifer

she absolutely can sing, and she looks great on top of a piano

[VenusRising]

5. Isn't Prince a musician who acted?

:shrug:



Kevin Spacey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEx2xHLDjE

[Richardo]

6. Minnie Driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxzPgddhJAo&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fthrottled%2Eorg%2Fgooglegadgets%2Fyoutubegrab%2Ephp%3Fid%3DmxzPgddhJAo

I heard this on a CD and did not know it was her...a good pop voice. :thumbsup:

[mvd]

97. Has some talent

Just haven't heard enough consistency to buy either CD from her yet.

[Guava Jelly]

7. Kevin Spacey

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rBEx2xHLDjE
Mind Games-Kevin Spacey

[VenusRising]

8. I beat you to it!!

:P

:hug::loveya:

[Guava Jelly]

19. So you did!!

I can't imagine being beat by a nicer person..With great taste :hug: :loveya:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=F85sWIybFk0
second choice.. Wonderboy Tenacious D

[VenusRising]

21. Aww.

I was thinking you had great taste, too.

Then again, I knew that a long time ago. ;)

Tenacious D is an excellent choice! :thumbsup:

[Guava Jelly]

26. You are so kind..

And you have exquisite taste yourself and hubby definitely has...He married you!:D

[VenusRising]

28. Now you're just sucking up!

Keep going. :rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

39. ..

It would be to easy ;)

[Aristus]

9. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer:

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Jered Leto (Requiem For A Dream/30 Seconds To Mars)

Say what you will about 30STM, but Leto can sing.

[Swede]

11. Lindsay Lohan.

nt

[BlooInBloo]

32. self-delete - wrong branch

[mvd]

95. Yes, she has some

But she needs to make better CDs IMO.

[Burma Jones]

12. Steve Martin

A Quite Good Banjo Player

[MrScorpio]

17. A fucking fantastic banjo player

And not a bad actor either

[ironflange]

64. I was gonna say Steve

There's a guy who can really get the job done. Here, I think, is some of his best work: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7ZSWfwDWDs

[Shine]

14. Keanu Reeves, Kevin Bacon, Bruce Willis

Woody Allen

Barbra Streisand

Judy Garland

just to name a few...:D

:hi:

[stanwyck]

15. David Bowie n/t

[mvd]

98. Yes!

[MysticalChicken]

16. Charlotte Gainsbourg

She's been in a bunch of movies, but of them, I've only seen The Science of Sleep. And she has a really good singing voice.

(I actually had forgotten she was in TSoS when I first heard one of her songs, then I decided to watch the DVD and was like "Holy fuck, Charlotte Gainsbourg is in this? Man, I totally forgot about that!")

[hyphenate]

18. Stuart Damon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Damon

[BlueJazz]

20. Clint Eastwood

[Fire Walk With Me]

22. Ice T, Snoop Dog, Henry Rollins, David Bowie

[hyphenate]

23. A few more

George Burns
John Denver
Harry Anderson
Brandy
Whitney Houston
Harry Connick, Jr.
Keith Carradine
Barbra Streisand
Gene Wilder

[SeattleGirl]

24. Mandy Patinkin

Great singer.

[idgiehkt]

58. really?

I adore him. I read he is leaving Criminal Minds, though, which is so disappointing since he is my favorite actor/character on there. Wonder if he's married... ;)

[begin_within]

74. I saw him in Evita on stage in Los Angeles, in the 1970s before Evita went to Broadway

He played the part that Antonio Banderas plays in the movie.

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Lee Ving, Tim Robbins, Katie Sagal, David Hasslehoff, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner

Okay, I'm reaching therer at the end..so what..

[SeattleGirl]

27. Patti LuPone

:thumbsup:

[bridgit]

29. Chico Marx...

[jgraz]

86. What about Harpo?

Dude was named for a musical instrument, for pete's sake.

[MrScorpio]

30. Mos Def

[BlooInBloo]

33. What's his name - pilsbury doughboy from Gladiator.

[SeattleGirl]

34. Keb' Mo'

[flvegan]

35. Adam Horovitz a/k/a King Ad Rock (Beastie Boys)

He's been on SNL, and starred or had parts in several questionable (in quality) movies some time ago.

[philosophie_en_rose]

36. Hugh Jackman

Few actors could be Wolverine and Peter Allen.

[MrScorpio]

37. Gene Kelly

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. milla jovavich put out a decent album once

she might be a better singer than she is an actress

[MrScorpio]

42. Don't be Dissing My Leeloo

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

43. she's not a terrible actress

i'm just saying that given what i've seen of the two, i think her real talent was music

[stuntcat]

67. a beautiful album, I think

It was one of those cd's I played over and over, all the songs are great. We saw her in concert when she toured.

This was the most haunting song, but it's hard to hear the words in the live video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=css_efzE1N4

[Bennyboy]

40. Tom Waits

He has been a lot of movies and well he is TOM WAITS.

[Drum]

41. Jack Black. nt

[texas1928]

44. Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi

John Belushi.

[bleedingheart]

45. the late Yul Brynner...he had a great singing voice and could play guitar

ever see the movie Anastasia....he wasn't acting...here is a link to his son's website...you can listen to him sing...


http://rockbrynner.com/files/Okonchenpoots.mp3

[Fire Walk With Me]

46. Iggy Pop, Bernadette Peters

[Fire Walk With Me]

47. Does Jello Biafra count? He only had a couple of lines in "Tapeheads".

[Canuckistanian]

48. Lee Marvin

"I was born under a wandering star" from "Paint Your Wagon".

Hey, it didn't have to be GOOD talent.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. Kevin Spacey

[sakabatou]

50. Vic Mignogna

[Fire Walk With Me]

51. Jim Nabors

[XemaSab]

52. Hugh Laurie

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

54. The Andrews Sisters

[SeattleGirl]

55. Debbie Reynolds

[Tikki]

56. John Doe....

Tikki

[idgiehkt]

57. Gwyneth Paltrow

even though she sang a duet with he who shall not be named, she did a really good job. It was a long time before I even realized who the female singing was.

[Seabiscuit]

93. She sang better than he did.

He was floored by her performance.

[gmoney]

59. Meryl Streep

Did two great numbers in "Postcards from the Edge" ... "You don't know me" and some country song "Moving out of this Heartbreak Hotel" or something.

[begin_within]

77. Didn't she sing "Amazing Grace" in "Silkwood?"

[GoddessOfGuinness]

60. Phyllis Diller is a wonderful pianist...

and a funny woman as well!

[MrScorpio]

61. Charo

She slays on the guitar

[idgiehkt]

68. yes, she's amazing...

I always thought of her as this latina caricature until I heard her play, I guess that sex appeal thing is her schtick. :hi:

[boston bean]

62. David Hasselhoff?????

:o

[Fire Walk With Me]

63. I believe he went gold in Germany

Whether you like it or not is a different story.

[stuntcat]

65. Prince..

Prince is my first pick for Everything but I better add William Shatner! even though I think he had a lot ofhelp making the album.

Some people like Juliet Lewis's songs, they haven't grown on me just yet though.

[Fire Walk With Me]

66. Lou Reed, Mick Jagger, Billy Bob Thornton

[idgiehkt]

69. I'll put Lea Delaria in here, she's a comedian who acts and sings on broadway

She can sing the blues like nobody's business.

[bridgit]

70. Tina Turner...

[bridgit]

73. Harry Connick, Jr...

http://www.hconnickjr.com

[Seabiscuit]

71. I can't believe you all overlooked Mr. De-Lovely himself,

Kevin Kline, who studied music at Juliard in New York, and who not only played Cole Porter in that film, he played the piano himself and sung all the lyrics himself.

He also did a great rendition of "La Mer" at the end of the movie, "French Kiss".

[begin_within]

78. Great film for the music!

I love Cole Porter's songs --- one of the greatest lyricists who ever walked this planet.

[Dervill Crow]

80. And he was a great Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance. nt

[nytemare]

72. Tim Curry n/t

[begin_within]

75. Pia Zadora has a great singing voice.

Oh wait... is Pia Zadora considered an actor?

[Taverner]

76. Ian Gillian

Sang lead for Deep Purple AND played Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar"

[AlCzervik]

79. Stephen Colbert.

[devilgrrl]

81. Peter Gallagher, Lee Turgeson, J.K. Simmons, the late Jerry Orbach, Jesse Green...

and we can forget S. Epatha Merkerson!

[devilgrrl]

82. Angela Lansbury and Diane Keaton

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

83. Jim Nabors

[jgraz]

85. Jason Alexander

Very good song and dance man. Not quite in Mandy Patinkin's class, but close.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

87. Kristen Chenoweth, Idina Mizel

etc

[LostinVA]

88. Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Bacon, Russell Crowe, Kate Winslet

All good actors and decent singers.

[Katina]

89. Hugh Jackman

from X-Men to playing Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz on Broadway.

[Fire Walk With Me]

90. I don't care much for either him or his music, but.. Sting.

[mvd]

96. Good one - I like his music

[Connonym]

92. I can't believe nobody's mentioned William Shatner

:rofl:

[skygazer]

94. Madeleine Kahn

:loveya:

[mvd]

99. Madonna, if it isn't acting first

I'm sure there are more along those lines.

[MrCoffee]

100. I'll say it...Ewan McGregor

[Liberalynn]

101. Vice Versa

Rick Springfield a singer/muscian with acting talent!