Your Nominations for worst actor awards.

[tbelle7]

1 minute ago, Ford2112 said:

I would agree except I thought he was good in the Departed. 

Blind Squirrel -> Nut. Ya know?

[Ford2112]

I actually know people who are like this. So maybe, these actors are upper echelon?

[chasy]

I had to stop watching a recent series due to Claire Danes.

[Ford2112]

Laura Dern. After seeing Inland Empire (the worst movie ever made and a brutal endurance test) I just can't look at this face 😕 . If you have seen that movie you know why.

[joeypots]

[joeypots]

Even good/great actors can put in a bad performance in a bad movie. Often, the process of movie making fails and drags competent talent down. Remember Robin Williams in Popeye? I'd take issue with a few mentioned but Steven Seagal is a disgrace to the screen.

Vin Diesel is terrible.

[Ford2112]

Marked For Death? Under Siege? Those are classics! Tough crowd.

[loose_axle]

On 1/22/2026 at 5:56 PM, westg said:

Keanu Reeves. Pasty and boring. Someone will probably want to slap me because she likes the John Wick movies. Nicholas Cage is an absolute shocker as well. 

Arrgghhh blasphemy!!! 

But then again I don't watch movies for artistic value, I just want senseless violence and a switch off. On this Keanu delivers. In John Wick. And the Matrix. And John Constantine. Oh what a pallet of fine monosyllabic concrete he is 

[bmac]

Maybe not the worst, but John Travolta is a no go for me.

[HuffnPuffff]

Nicholas Cage. Unbelievably bad!


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[Ruggerpgh99]

23 hours ago, CaptainQuintero said:

After years of watching him ruining films, George Clooney is an automatic pass now; it's guaranteed to be an awful watch.

This is a freezing cold take, in my personal opinion. 

[riderpride]

On 1/22/2026 at 7:05 AM, Ruggerpgh99 said:

STOP TRYING TO MAKE GLENN POWELL HAPPEN! 

Agreed. I enjoyed him in Scream Queens, but putting out 2-3 flics a year is a guaranteed recipe to have one's career fall off a cliff.

Cheers

[riderpride]

I recall @El Presidente has a perfectly rational fear of Toni (who appears to be dealing with lactose intolerance below). That's gotta be enough to qualify her for the list.

So many worsts mentioned, but I definitely agree with Nicolas Cage. Maybe Madonna or Sara Jessica Parker. 🤔 

Cheers

[Cigar Surgeon]

Has anyone said Jared Leto yet? I'm torn between is he just a bad person, or also a bad actor? 

[Li Bai]

14 minutes ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

Has anyone said Jared Leto yet? I'm torn between is he just a bad person, or also a bad actor? 

I'm right there with you and I can't answer that question either...

[Woody Hayes]

John Wayne was no Laurence Olivier.

Great man and a gentleman but pretty one dimensional.

[brutusthebuckeye]

My dad (may he RIP) hated Sly Stallone. I’m a fan of his and would defend some of his work to my dad, lol. 

[garnett]

Tom Cruise. The worst ever!

[westg]

19 hours ago, garnett said:

Tom Cruise. The worst ever!

You obviously haven't seen Tropic Thunder. By far his finest work. And it should be noted the only movie he has ever done and not ran in. Maybe take a look at Rock of Ages as well. Mind blowingly good in that. Outside of those two movies I do agree. 

 

[chasy]

16 hours ago, westg said:

You obviously haven't seen Tropic Thunder. By far his finest work. And it should be noted the only movie he has ever done and not ran in. Maybe take a look at Rock of Ages as well. Mind blowingly good in that. Outside of those two movies I do agree. 

Risky Business?

[griller]

While he's no A list guy, I've got to go with Gary Busey. Like watching a seriously brain damaged & deranged man trying to remember his lines and role. Bless him, he really is brain damaged due to a motorcycle accident but amazed he still got roles for a time...

Catch Point Break & you get him, Keanu, and Swayze all in one! An acting masterclass LOL!

[Ford2112]

5 hours ago, griller said:

While he's no A list guy, I've got to go with Gary Busey. Like watching a seriously brain damaged & deranged man trying to remember his lines and role. Bless him, he really is brain damaged due to a motorcycle accident but amazed he still got roles for a time...

Catch Point Break & you get him, Keanu, and Swayze all in one! An acting masterclass LOL!

Gary Busey was really good in the Buddy Holly Story, Lethal Weapon, and one of my all time favorite B Westerns, Barbarosa!! 

[Greenhorn2]

On 1/23/2026 at 12:49 AM, Chibearsv said:

Perhaps you need more of his fine work...

Oh hell no!

[garnett]

On 1/24/2026 at 4:28 PM, westg said:

You obviously haven't seen Tropic Thunder. By far his finest work. And it should be noted the only movie he has ever done and not ran in. Maybe take a look at Rock of Ages as well. Mind blowingly good in that. Outside of those two movies I do agree. 

Is that the movie where he does a bit in a fat body suit at the end of the movie? If so, that was good and I wish he would have done more work like that.

[rcarlson]

On 1/23/2026 at 8:13 PM, bmac said:

Maybe not the worst, but John Travolta is a no go for me.

Travolta is awful. I thought he did his character in Pulp Fiction pretty well. But other than that, I can't think of anything he didn't suck in. Gawl, A Civil Action was just horrendous.