# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/101 "2007-06-03T05:12:11Z")
[QUOTE=BrassyPhrase] I cannot believe that no one has mentioned Tim Allen. [/QUOTE] I know you probably weren’t thinking of voice jobs, but there is _Toy Story_. For live action, _Galaxy Quest_ is actually very entertaining. The rest of it, yeah, not so good. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/102 "2007-06-03T05:30:42Z")
I have never enjoyed a will farell movie, and will absolutely not willing spend money on a movie if he’s in it. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/103 "2007-06-03T12:09:19Z")
The earlier mention of Martin Henderson brings me to another Shortland Street {a long running New Zealand hospital soap} alumnus, Temuera Morrison. The dude can actually act, as anyone who has seen **Once Were Warriors** can attest. But he _really_ needs a better agent: **Barb Wire** , **Speed 2** , **Six Days, Seven Nights** , the Star Wars prequels… While not being a bad actor, you’re pretty much ensured that his name on the credits guarantees a piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/104 "2007-06-03T12:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, how did we forget Clint Howard, at least when he’s a featured performer Hey, don’t mess with [Balok](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:Balok_actual.jpg). He’ll kick your ass but good. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/105 "2007-06-03T13:53:53Z")
Ben Affleck when not working with Matt Damon or Kevin Smith ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/106 "2007-06-07T02:10:11Z")
Al Pacino Ben Stiller Will Farrell Chris Elliott The guy from SNL who starred in Tommyboy Adam Sandler escapes list by a gnat’s eyelash ---
**Author:** ![Freezair\_SilverEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Freezair\_SilverEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freezair_SilverEye)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/107 "2007-06-07T06:10:42Z")
Well, Tim Allen was in _Galaxy Quest…_ But perhaps it’s a singular bright spot in an otherwise dark career. 🙂 And I will admit to liking one movie with David Spade in it: _The Emperor’s New Groove._ At least he managed to play the main character without being the “main” character, if you get what I mean. It was the supporting cast that made that movie. ---
**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 7, 2007, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/108 "2007-06-07T06:12:15Z")
[QUOTE=dennis gallagher] Al Pacino Ben Stiller Will Farrell Chris Elliott The guy from SNL who starred in Tommyboy Adam Sandler escapes list by a gnat’s eyelash [/QUOTE] Al Pacino? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/109 "2007-06-07T08:59:35Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Al Pacino? Seriously? [/QUOTE] I will grant you that he was unable to ruin “Heat,” “Serpico,” “Godfather” and “Dog Day Afternoon” for me, but Lord knows anyone else would have been as good or better. But how about “And Justice for All” and “Sea of Love” which could have been good without his trademark “eating of the scenery?” And then there is: Gigli Insomnia Any Given Sunday Scent of a Woman Scarface Cruising City Hall The Devil’s Advocate Author! Author! The guy is the biggest ham in all of moviedom. He sucks. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/110 "2007-06-07T10:36:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] Fairuza Balk, in anything after _Gas Food Lodging_. If I’m not mistaken, her whole bad-movie streak started with _The Craft_. [/QUOTE] While I enjoyed _The Craft_, I’m not going to defend it. But, but, but…_American History X_? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/111 "2007-06-07T11:03:17Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Wow, am I the first one to step up and say **Jean-Claude Van Damme**? I don’t think even Seagal can touch The Muscles From Brussels’s body of work. [/QUOTE] **Dead Badger** , post 22. Or who do you think JCvD meant? May I add Lundgren? I’ve seen Stallone (what was that movie where the whole ad campaign was based on “you’ll see Stallone’s butt!”?), but I don’t think I saw blondie. Unisol is nice as soft porn, but really, shutting off the soundtrack and putting in some extremely loud metal raises its rating by about 4 stars. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/112 "2007-06-07T14:49:28Z")
[QUOTE=Aquila Be] 81 posts and no mention of Sylvester Stallone. Has he retired as an actor? 😃 [/QUOTE] Because it is not a guarantee. “Cop Land” was great and he was great in it. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/113 "2007-06-07T14:52:23Z")
[QUOTE=Martin Hyde] I’ll admit, after First Blood I’m not aware of a single Stallone credit which is a good movie (I genuinely enjoyed First Blood.) However, Rocky did win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1976 and in many ways the film was Stallone’s brainchild (he wrote the screenplay) and his performance in it was widely praised at the time. It was a pretty remarkable picture considering it wasn’t hyped at all and initially wasn’t given a wide release, it had a budget of $1.2m and made over $100m. [/QUOTE] If you liked “First Blood” you have got to love “Cop Land” and “Get Carter.” Did you see them? He was really acting. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/114 "2007-06-07T16:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=dennis gallagher] If you liked “First Blood” you have got to love “Cop Land” and “Get Carter.” Did you see them? He was really acting. [/QUOTE] Actually, I think that “Get Carter” sucked, but not because of Stallone. I thought that he was okay in the film, but some of the camera tricks the director employed were REALLY fucking annoying. So much so, that I couldn’t enjoy the film because of them. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/115 "2007-06-07T16:37:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] -Kris Kristofferson -Corey Feldman (post Lost Boys) [/QUOTE] But Kristofferson’s writing of “Me and Bobby McGee” makes up for his terrible movie offerings. Feldman - I’ve got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/116 "2007-06-07T16:59:59Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] [Craig Sheffer](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001729/). [/QUOTE] My ex-husband’s first wife was once engaged to Craig Sheffer. Anything associated with my ex…even with 6 degrees of separation…has got to be absolute crap. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/117 "2007-06-07T17:46:45Z")
Jim Carrey (can’t stand his frantic mugging) Steve Martin ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/118 "2007-06-07T19:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=dennis gallagher] I will grant you that he was unable to ruin “Heat,” “Serpico,” “Godfather” and “Dog Day Afternoon” for me, but Lord knows anyone else would have been as good or better. But how about “And Justice for All” and “Sea of Love” which could have been good without his trademark “eating of the scenery?” And then there is: Gigli Insomnia Any Given Sunday Scent of a Woman Scarface Cruising City Hall The Devil’s Advocate Author! Author! The guy is the biggest ham in all of moviedom. He sucks. [/QUOTE] And then there was Glen Garry Glen Ross. Plus I like Scarface, the Devils Advocate and Any Given Sunday. Obviously his presence does not guarantee suckiness. At least not compared to: Robin Tunney (Supernova, Vertical Limit) Chris O’Donnell (also Vertical Limit, Batman & Robin) Kristina Loken (T-3, BloodRayne) Ben Affleck (Gili, Forces of Nature, etc) ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/119 "2007-06-07T19:59:44Z")
I can’t believe this thread has run to 3 pages without a mention of Ted McGinley! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315/120 "2007-06-07T21:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] I can’t believe this thread has run to 3 pages without a mention of Ted McGinley! [/QUOTE] He’s been in **Revenge of the Nerds** , **The West Wing** and **SportsNight**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-whose-mere-name-in-the-credits-will-pretty-much-guarantee-a-shitty-movie/406315.md?page=7)