best and worst actors on TV

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  1. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Nominations hereby open for the best and worst TV actors on shows currently running. You can nominate five in each category. More than that per person, and I will ignore #6 onwards unless I happen to agree with ya. ;)

    My nominations:

    Best
    Michael C. Hall
    Jon Hamm
    Glenn Close
    Michael Emerson
    Zachary Quinto

    Worst
    Milo Ventimiglia
    Hayden Panettiere
    Sendhil Ramamurthy
    Dania Ramirez
    Jason Momoa

    ...which doesn't mean I don't love some of the characters these actors play (Peter, Mohinder and Ronan are a blast), but let's face it, they stink. :rommie:
     
  2. gblews

    gblews Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Greg Gruneberg. In a class all by himself. Now don't go all mother hen on me. :)
     
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  3. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Don't worry, I don't think he's the best actor ever either. :rommie: Just not bad enough to make my rarefied list.
     
  4. Serial thread killer

    Serial thread killer Vice Admiral Premium Member

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    Best
    David Tennant
    David Hewlett
    Huge Laurie
    Peter Firth
    Nicola WalkerWorst
    Jason Momoa
    David Caruso
    Emily Procter
    Garrett Wang
    Adam Rickitt



    I will probably change my name tomorrow when i remember somebody ells.:lol:
     
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  5. Ben Sisko3

    Ben Sisko3 Commodore Commodore

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    I'm doing ten in each, because I'm just that good. In no order...

    Current Best, Male:
    1. Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh, Battlestar Galactica)
    2. Terry O'Quinn (John Locke, Lost)
    3. Jim Beaver (Bobby Singer, Supernatural)
    4. Aaron Douglas (Galen Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica)
    5. Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus, Lost)
    6. Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds, True Blood)
    7. Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester, Supernatural)
    8. Edward James Olmos (William Adama, Battlestar Galactica)
    9. Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester, Supernatural)
    10. James Callis (Gaius Baltar, Battlestar Galactica)

    Current Best, Female:
    1. Katee Sackhoff (Kara Thrace, Battlestar Galactica)
    2. Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin, Battlestar Galactica)
    3. Tricia Helfer (Six, Battlestar Galactica)
    4. Grace Park (Eight, Battlestar Galactica)
    5. Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse, True Blood)
    6. L. Scott Caldwell (Rose Nadler, Lost)
    7. Summer Glau (Cameron, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
    8. Lena Headey (Sarah, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
    9. Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan, Smallville)
    10. Sonya Walger (Penelope Widmore, Lost)

    All-Time Favorites, Male:
    1. Lance Henriksen (Frank Black, MillenniuM)
    2. Clancy Brown (Justin Crowe, Carnivale)
    3. Ian McShane (Al Swearengen, Deadwood)
    4. Ben Browder (John Crichton, Farscape)
    5. Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher, Oz)
    6. Aasif Mandvi (Kenchy Duhwalia, Jericho)
    7. Michael Harney (Steve Fields, Deadwood)
    8. Richard Gant (Hostetler, Deadood)
    9. Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor, Smallville)
    10. Patrick McGoohan (Number Six, The Prisoner)

    All-Time Favorites, Female:
    1. Robin Weigert (Jane Canary, Deadwood)
    2. Kim Dickens (Joanie Stubbs, Deadwood)
    3. Joanna Cassidy (Margaret Chenowith, Six Feet Under)
    4. Amy Madigan (Iris Crowe, Carnivale)
    5. Sarah Jane Redmond (Lucy Butler, MillenniuM)
    6. Claudia Black (Aeryn Sun, Farscape)
    7. Rita Moreno (Peter Marie Reimondo, Oz)
    8. Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully, The X-Files)
    9. Paula Malcolmson (Trixie, Deadwood)
    10. Pamela Reed (Gail Green, Jericho)

    EDIT:
    But, having decided to limit it to five overall...

    Best:
    Michael Hogan
    Katee Sackhoff
    Anna Paquin
    Jim Beaver
    Terry O'Quinn

    Worst:
    Jason Momoa
    Rachel Luttrell
    David Caruso
    David Hasselhoff
    Justin Bruening
     
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  6. CorporalClegg

    CorporalClegg Admiral Admiral

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    I obviously don't watch enough television. I don't know who any of these people are. :o
     
  7. CommanderRaytas

    CommanderRaytas DISCO QUEEEEEEN Rear Admiral

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    I never thought Milo was a bad actor, I just love Peter Petrelli so much..... :(

    But my vote for best actor goes to Zachary Quinto, as well. That bloke really rocks my socks. *grins*
     
  8. BenSisko3sGirl

    BenSisko3sGirl Ensign Newbie

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    Current Best (Male):
    Nelsan Ellis
    John Noble
    Jensen Ackles
    Naveen Andrews
    Terry O'Quinn

    Current Best (Female):
    Anna Paquin
    Lois Smith
    Allison Mack
    Katee Sackhoff
    Claudia Black

    All-time Best (Male):
    Clancy Brown
    William B. Davis
    Richard Dean Anderson
    Jerry Seinfeld
    Brad Beyer

    All-time Best (female):
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    Edie Falco
    Gillian Anderson
    Allison Janney
    Lucille Ball
     
  9. Kelso

    Kelso Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Best:
    [LEFT]Kristen Chenowith
    [/LEFT]
    Michael Hogan
    John Hamm
    Zachary Quinto
    That guy that plays HRG on Heroes



    Worst:
    Milo Venti...whatever
    The cast of Knight Rider (if that doesn't count then just pick one at random)
    Lee Pace (though, this might change if the writers give him something to do besides making puppydog-eyes at Chuck)
    That guy from Psych. Seriously, somebody slap that guy.
     
  10. Geck

    Geck Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I don't watch too much these days so the pool I'm drawing from is pretty small but here are my picks:

    Best:
    Michael C. Hall
    Jennifer Carpenter
    Elizabeth Mitchell
    Rachel Griffiths
    Lee Pace

    Worst:
    David Caruso (in a class by himself :lol:)
    Hayden Panetierre
    Milo Ventimiglia
    C.S. Lee
    Ellen Pompeo

    I changed the "Best" list about 18 times while typing it....a ton of other names were in there at some point, including all four principals from Pushing Daisies, half the cast of Lost, a few from The Office, and Hugh Laurie. That was tough! The "Worst" list was easy... :p
     
  11. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    And I'm taking just five in each category because I'm better. :p

    And no Johnny Depps or John Waynes! Movie actors who are not even still alive cannot be on currently running TV series!!! :rommie:
    I'll toss the lead actor in there, when I watched that movie last spring he was atrocious.
     
  12. stj

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    Experience is the best teacher, so the bad actors are generally the young ones. Unfortunately, the emphasis on looks tends to lead to more really bad young actresses. The number of actresses who are more of a hole in the show than a character is appallingly large. Perhaps as mores slowly change there will be more himbos littering the screen. Until the day, the competition in the race to the bottom is far too close for my tired eyes to call. Also, they're really hard to tell apart.

    Best is rather more interesting. Limited to my erratic viewing---

    Hugh Laurie
    Simon Baker
    Sally Field
    Michael C. Hall
    Michael Rhys
    Kira Sedgwick
    Holly Hunter
    Edward James Olmos
    James Spader
    Angela Bassett

    The relative lack of women is due to the lack of good roles for women, not a difference in talent. Laurie, Baker, Hunter are their shows, which have zero interest beyond their performances. Spader has the good fortune to have some other actors helping out. Without Olmos somehow contriving to make Adama seem like a human being, no one could ever have deceived themselve into thinking BSG was good. When I see his performance I do remember the claim that the true mark of a hack was doing competently something that shouldn't have been done at all. Michael Rhys I have to throw in because he's apparently acting in his second language!:lol:

    (And I have to throw in a plug for JoBeth Williams in season 2 Dexter, for a chilling portrait of true, instead of meller, evil.)
     
  13. Shurik

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    Best:

    Neil Patrick Harris (Barney, How I Met Your Mother)
    Hugh Laurie (House, House)
    Naveen Andrews (Sayid, Lost)
    Michael Emerson (Ben, Lost)
    Jim Parsons (Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory)

    Worst:

    Rachel Lutrell (Teyla, SG:A)
    Jason Momoa (Ronon, SG:A)
    Hayden Panettiere (Claire, Heroes)
    Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder, Heroes)
    Dania Ramirez (Maya, Heroes)

    Or almost everyone else on Heroes.
     
  14. Serial thread killer

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    Sorry had a drink and just saw the words actors in the title have change to David Tennant for best and Adam Rickitt worst i heard Adam is on a Zealand soap these days.
     
  15. stj

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  16. flandry84

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    Best;Sam Waterston
    John C mcGinley
    Worst;David Caruso(is he taking the piss?)


    TBH,I obviously don't watch much tv.
     
  17. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    If "taking the piss" means "whipping of his sunglasses! DRAMATICALLY!" then the answer would be yes.
     
  18. Surefire

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    Michael Chiklis
     
  19. Gaseous Anomaly

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    Best:
    Terry O'Quinn
    Mark Harmon
    David McCallum

    Worst:
    Hayden Panettiere
    David Caruso
     
  20. Gary Mitchell

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    Worst

    Katee Sackhoff
    Paul Campbell
    Smith Cho

    Best

    Charlie Sheen
    Malcolm McDowell
    Adam Baldwin