# Actors and actresses that have no charisma and leave no impression **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317 "2013-07-23T19:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/61 "2013-07-25T11:19:18Z")
To me, Ellen Page is the female Sam Worthington. Heck, I just Google Imaged her before I started typing, and already I can’t remember what she looks like. Just a generic dark-haired girl. She was a major character in Inception, but I can’t remember how she was relevant to the plot. In Juno, she was just a generic girl with a few “wacky” items stapled onto her. Chris Evans, aka Captain America / the Human Torch is also incredibly generic. One of a thousand interchangeable handsome-ish stubble-faced men in Hollywood. I just found out from his Wiki page that he played a fairly large role in Scott Pilgrim. I’ve seen that movie a few times, and had no idea it was him. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/62 "2013-07-25T11:21:07Z")
You know, that guy, in that one movie I can never remember (because somebody had to.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/63 "2013-07-25T14:36:11Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You know, that guy, in that one movie I can never remember > > (because somebody had to.) I thought I did. I’d consider starting a thread called “Dopers that have no charisma and leave no impression,” but I’m afraid no one would notice. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/64 "2013-07-25T15:40:12Z")
Gary Cooper. Dull, dull, dull. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/65 "2013-07-25T16:05:17Z")
I was always kinda partial to Roy Rogers actually. I really like those sequined shirts. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/66 "2013-07-25T17:50:17Z")
Zeljko Ivanek. If you aren’t familiar with him I could describe all the roles he’s played in tv and movies and you’d still draw a blank. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/67 "2013-07-25T17:53:41Z")
Brian Keith. He’s a cigar store Indian. That guy with red hair that mumbles on CSI Miami. God what a piece of wood. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/68 "2013-07-25T17:58:18Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Beckinsale’s the female equivalent. Even now, I’m trying to picture what she looks like, but I’m pretty sure the image coming to mind is Liv Tyler. It might be Jennifer Connelly. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/69 "2013-07-25T18:01:25Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > I think she’s an absolutely beautiful woman- looking at her is fun. Watching her act, on the other hand, is underwhelming. Agreed…I think she’s a total babe, but she’s eye candy. Not a threat to win an Oscar any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/70 "2013-07-25T18:01:54Z")
You know for years I was certain her name was Kate Beckins_dale_. I’m not sure why. It just sounds more “right” with the d. ---
**Author:** ![claramorena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@claramorena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claramorena)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/71 "2013-07-25T18:36:43Z")
Jessica Pare Adam Sandler ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/72 "2013-07-25T18:53:04Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You know, that guy, in that one movie I can never remember > > (because somebody had to.) Post 8, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 25, 28, 33 and 50. Did you not read the thread at all before popping in to splurt your hilarity? Somebody had to, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/73 "2013-07-25T22:49:30Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > That noise was the sound of my brain breaking. McCoy was Eomer? Wow. > [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > And the soldier in _Doom_. I have trouble making all of those fit in the same frame, too. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > _And_ the dude that nearly beat the shit out of Bruce “Grandpa” Willis in _Red_. > [@Morbo](#): > > And Julius Ceasar in _Xena: Warrior Princess_. > [@Alessan](#): > > And Judge Dredd! And Kirill, the Russian assassin, in _The Bourne Supremacy._ ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/74 "2013-07-25T23:13:05Z")
Sam Neill ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/75 "2013-07-25T23:15:09Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Zeljko Ivanek. If you aren’t familiar with him I could describe all the roles he’s played in tv and movies and you’d still draw a blank. I looked up a picture of him and thought, “I’d know who he is, I just saw him in Man of Steel!” [Or not.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446672/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/76 "2013-07-25T23:17:49Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Zeljko Ivanek. If you aren’t familiar with him I could describe all the roles he’s played in tv and movies and you’d still draw a blank. Really? The guy made a big impression on me as The Evil Ben Stone in an episode of LAW & ORDER, and I’ve found him instantly recognizable ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/77 "2013-07-25T23:54:07Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Really? The guy made a big impression on me as The Evil Ben Stone in an episode of LAW & ORDER, and I’ve found him instantly recognizable ever since. He’s the scrawny guy who always looks like he is ready to die from an unnamed disease. ---
**Author:** ![agnesnitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@agnesnitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agnesnitt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/78 "2013-07-26T01:23:36Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Gary Cooper. Dull, dull, dull. Okey dokey. A man of my generation posts. Most unmemorable actress of that era…Vera Miles. Janet Leigh gets killed in the first 5 minutes of Psycho after committing embezzlement, is the entire raison d’être for the movie, and no one remembers that Vera Miles plays her sister that comes to track her down. Tony Perkins they remember. Even Martin Balsam and John Gavin. Vera Miles fades into the woodwork. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/79 "2013-07-26T01:37:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > You know for years I was certain her name was Kate Beckins_dale_. I’m not sure why. It just sounds more “right” with the d. You may be thinking of the somewhat more charismatic [Helen Baxendale](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Baxendale), who was the Emily Blunt of ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-and-actresses-that-have-no-charisma-and-leave-no-impression/664317/80 "2013-07-26T05:22:48Z")
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