The worst performace in acting

[The Borgified Corpse]

Yeah. It seems like a pretty arbitrary list to me. For example, why, of all the actors in the Star Wars prequels, is Jake Lloyd the only one listed. Natalie Portman & Hayden Christensen & Samuel L. Jackson did some pretty shitty work in there too.

Personally, I'm putting in write-in votes for Denise Richards in The World Is Not Enough & Halle Berry in Die Another Day.

What about Castellan ("No, NOT the mind probe.") from the Doctor Who special "The Five Doctors"? Or Eric Roberts as the Master in the 1996 movie?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Hey I already did the Worst Actor Olympics. And you left out Maya from Heroes, not to mention Mohinder. Since they aren't options, I'll vote for Jason Momoa. I just love the way that guy covers for his lack of talent by never making the least bit of effort at all.

 

[BigFoot]

Lots of "good" (so bad actors) choices on the list... a couple of bad ones as well (what the fuck is Adam Baldwin doing on the list???).

Anyway, I voted for Eric Belfour.

 

[Kira's Mom]

The brat from Phantom Menace was the worst on the list. What's he done since?

 

[Neroon]

The brat from Phantom Menace was the worst on the list. What's he done since?

Taking in royalties?

 

[TheMasterOfOrion]

Lots of "good" (so bad actors) choices on the list... a couple of bad ones as well (what the fuck is Adam Baldwin doing on the list???).

Anyway, I voted for Eric Belfour.

I agree there are many on the list who are v good actors, for example our loved William Shatner is capable of brilliance, acting in Boston Legal he's fantastic but he's also very capable of messing it up as an actor. I don't know if it's him or the writing but there are some Trek scenes which still make me cringe you can also net flick some of his B-movies to see how crummy he can get.

Adam Baldwin from Full Metal Jacket and Whedon's Firefly in my opinion is a crap over rated actor and I will admit one time I used to think he was great.
Then in 2005 I went on the Fox firefly site to see the man himself in action, no props, no games just the man himself shooting the breeze
and going into some big rant about California queers and Katrina looters....it was then I realized Adam was only capable of ever playing one single character in his life - and that character is HIMSELF

 

[Klaus]

Keanu in The Matrix?...

 

[Deckerd]

The OP doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between "people who can't act" and "people I don't like to watch".

 

[Chris227]

Lloyd, from what I've heard and interviews, seems to be in College and ocassionally does the Star Wars conventions.

 

[Samurai8472]

Wait...when did John Wayne do scifi?

It's widely know John Wayne was the original choice for being Enterprise's Captain

"Lets round up those Klingon's pilgrims"

I'd have to vote for Milo Ventimiglia. When his evil future self showed the past self a picture on the wall the acting was terrible.

 

[wew]

I think some might argue John Wayne's The Green Beret's was science fiction; in reality is more like propaganda.

 

[aladinsane]

I cast a write-in vote for Brad Pitt in Seven. That movie is still pretty good, but it would be flippin' brilliant if not for Pitt's horrible performance. The scene at the end with the surprise in the box--his performance make me laugh when I should be horrified.

Honorable mention goes to anything done by Keanu Reeves (when he has more than a few lines) or Adam Sandler.

 

[sidious618]

The OP doesn't seem to be able to distinguish between "people who can't act" and "people I don't like to watch".

My thoughts exactly.

 

[JiNX-01]

Segal. He couldn't credible delivery of a line if you put a gun to his head.

 

[Trubinator]

Katee Sackhoff in just about any scene post-season 1.

 

[Good Will Riker]

Wait...when did John Wayne do scifi?

When he portrayed Ghengis Khan.

It was so unbelievable that they may as well categorize it with "sci-fi."

 

[CorporalClegg]

^
Like Sean Connery in "You Only Live Twice."

 

[Orintho]

What body of SFF work did John Wayne do?

He did not. And those who say he was a bad actor never saw 'Red River' or 'The Searchers' - his finest work.

 

[Ben Sisko3]

What body of SFF work did John Wayne do?

He did not. And those who say he was a bad actor never saw 'Red River' or 'The Searchers' - his finest work.

The Searchers is genius. I met a man named John Ford last week, and it took every ounce of strength not to make a ridiculous amount of jokes.

 

[Drifty]

No Avery Brooks?

That punchbag scene, anyone? Holy shit.