# Actors whose mere name in the credits will pretty much guarantee a shitty movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315 "2007-06-01T07:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/1 "2007-06-01T07:00:54Z")
Cameron Mitchell Udo Kier John Saxon Christopher Lloyd John Carradine Yours? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/2 "2007-06-01T07:07:27Z")
[Craig Sheffer](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001729/). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/3 "2007-06-01T07:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Christopher Lloyd [/QUOTE] :dubious: You have an interesting definition of ‘shitty’, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/4 "2007-06-01T07:28:58Z")
Unfortunately, lately, Jon Voight. He went from being a great lead to a great character actor to playing the same generic father figure/authority figure in cheeseball blockbuster films. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/5 "2007-06-01T07:30:26Z")
Lou Diamond Phillips Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Jude Law Haley Joel Osment (I can’t stand that guy) Richard Gere Julia Roberts (Stop lip-syncing in all your damn movies) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/6 "2007-06-01T07:37:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] :dubious: You have an interesting definition of ‘shitty’, dude. [/QUOTE] _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ and the first _Back to the Future._ Are you saying he has an [ouevre](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/) to be proud of, fanboy? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/7 "2007-06-01T07:42:18Z")
Martin Henderson. You all probably don’t know who he is but you can be grateful for that. His next attempt at stardom will be the “Mr and Mrs Smith” TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/8 "2007-06-01T07:49:03Z")
Rob Schneider. …Dana Carvey was only saved by a hair… ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/9 "2007-06-01T07:49:09Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] Lou Diamond Phillips Leonardo DiCaprio Kate Winslet Jude Law Haley Joel Osment (I can’t stand that guy) Richard Gere Julia Roberts (Stop lip-syncing in all your damn movies) [/QUOTE] With the exception of DiCaprio, who’s one of my favorite actors (that has been in some shitty movies) your list looks almost exactly like mine. I have to make a minor exception for Primal Fear, though, which starred Gere. That movie was sweet. To your list I have to add Ben Stiller and Angelina Jolie. Oh, Jesus, I can’t stand her. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/10 "2007-06-01T08:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ and the first _Back to the Future._ Are you saying he has an [ouevre](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000502/) to be proud of, fanboy? [/QUOTE] Sure do. I see a grand total of ONE movie that can be called shitty in there (Baby Geniuses). a handful that are entertaining enough if there’s nothing better on, and a bunch of kids movies (most of which fall into the second category, or are actively good). Plus, inevitably, a number I haven’t seen. And a LOT of TV and video game work. On the other hand, there’s One Flew, the first two BttF, the first Addams Family, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, any one of which would make up for the ‘forgettable, but not really bad’ list (which includes the third BttF and second Addams Family). ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/11 "2007-06-01T08:18:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tengu] Sure do. I see a grand total of ONE movie that can be called shitty in there (Baby Geniuses). a handful that are entertaining enough if there’s nothing better on, and a bunch of kids movies (most of which fall into the second category, or are actively good). Plus, inevitably, a number I haven’t seen. And a LOT of TV and video game work. On the other hand, there’s One Flew, the first two BttF, the first Addams Family, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, any one of which would make up for the ‘forgettable, but not really bad’ list (which includes the third BttF and second Addams Family). [/QUOTE] Even [Camp Nowhere](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109369/) is pretty funny. I watched it as a kid, then re-watched it last year and caught a startling number of drug references. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/12 "2007-06-01T08:27:00Z")
Sandra Bullock ---
**Author:** ![neorxnawange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@neorxnawange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neorxnawange)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/13 "2007-06-01T08:47:24Z")
Assuming the OP means actors who keep turning up in shitty movies rather than actors I personally don’t like: Christopher Lambert Eric Roberts Steven Segal Rachael Leigh Cook Lorenzo Lamas Gary Busey Krista Allen ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/14 "2007-06-01T09:01:04Z")
Meg Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/15 "2007-06-01T09:06:34Z")
Bette Midler David Spade Lorenzo Lamas ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/16 "2007-06-01T09:50:44Z")
Anyone from the cast of _Friends._ ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/17 "2007-06-01T10:00:51Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] With the exception of DiCaprio, who’s one of my favorite actors (that has been in some shitty movies) your list looks almost exactly like mine. [/QUOTE] I agree with most of his list as well (like you, I actually really like DiCaprio, even though he’s been in a few bad films), with the exception that I do think Gattaca and Road to Perdition were both good, and had Jude Law in them (although his role wasn’t that significant in Road to Perdition and he didn’t really help the movie in any notable way.) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/18 "2007-06-01T10:25:57Z")
17 posts and no mention of **Pauly Shore**? What is _wrong_ with you people? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/19 "2007-06-01T10:34:34Z")
Sacha Baron Cohen Adam Sandler ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/20 "2007-06-01T10:51:25Z")
I see that Steven Seagal has already been mentioned. Doesn’t matter. This thread should have consisted of two words - “Steven” and “Seagal” - followed by a closing because the matter had been thoroughly exhausted. The guy isn’t just a crappy actor, a liar and a self-deluded self-aggrandizing bullshitter; he’s like a black hole for talent. Has he ever made a single movie that wasn’t actually unpleasant to watch? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315.md?page=2)