# Have you ever seen an actor who never made a good film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, movies, actor-characters\ **Created:** [March 22, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203 "2024-03-22T13:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/1 "2024-03-22T13:35:44Z")
Opposite of [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-bad-film/993268/43). Who’s an actor you see their face or name and you instantly _know_ that movie is going to be hot garbage? Definition of “good film” I’ll leave up to individual posters. Let’s say a minimum of 3 acting credits, since anyone can star in _one_ shitty movie. I’m talking Pauly Shore. I’ve enjoyed some of his movies, but “good film” is not a term I’d ever use to describe any of them. Taylor Lautner. When the highlights of your career are **The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D** and **Twilight** , you didn’t exactly set Hollywood on fire. Lowlights would include Adam Sandler’s direct-to-Netflix **The Ridiculous 6**. Kirk Cameron. Makes nothing but ludicrous right-wing Christian dreck. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/2 "2024-03-22T13:47:51Z")
I’m going to start the betting with Ashton Kucher. **The Butterfly Effect** was probably his highest-ranked movie (according to a few sources), but I consider it be pretty poor myself. I did like him in **70s** though. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/3 "2024-03-22T13:49:27Z")
C Thomas Howell. Soul Man had some redeeming qualities. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/4 "2024-03-22T14:08:24Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > C Thomas Howell. Soul Man had some redeeming qualities. Wasn’t he in blackface for that movie? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/5 "2024-03-22T14:09:19Z")
Yes, yes he was. It also had a cameo by James Earl Jones. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/6 "2024-03-22T14:25:30Z")
Rob Schneider. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/7 "2024-03-22T14:32:59Z")
For what it was, Deuce Bigalow was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/8 "2024-03-22T14:35:52Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Ashton Kucher I liked _Dude, Where’s My Car?_. I thought it was very good at…whatever it was doing. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/9 "2024-03-22T14:38:54Z")
I guess we need to get the “actors” out of the way e.g. [Neil Breen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Breen), [Tommy Wiseau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Wiseau) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/10 "2024-03-22T14:42:16Z")
Darn it, I’m coming up with actors, and then remembering ONE decent movie they were in. I sometimes watch a bad Steven Seagal “film” just for fun (fun as in “pick at that painful hangnail” fun). But I did like _Under Seige…_ . > [@DCnDC](#): > > I’m talking Pauly Shore. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Rob Schneider. Wait, these are separate people? ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/11 "2024-03-22T14:42:44Z")
I’ll give you that. I didn’t care for it, but it got some respect. I wanted to avoid the “easy tagets” (e.g., Seagal, et al.) and Kucher was the first person who came to mind when I though about actors making less-than-optimal choices in choosing movie roles/scripts/directors. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/12 "2024-03-22T14:48:19Z")
Gerard Butler. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/13 "2024-03-22T14:57:16Z")
I suppose Carrot Top is too easy a pick. Jaden Smith. I feel a little bad listing him since he was probably pushed into acting at a young age, but everything he’s been in is absolute dreck. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/14 "2024-03-22T15:00:11Z")
How many movies did Tom Green make? Were any of them any good? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/15 "2024-03-22T15:02:09Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Deuce Bigalow No, just no. Also, I cite: **22%/42%** > **[Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deuce_bigalow_male_gigolo)** > > Deuce Bigalow (Rob Schneider) is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it. The only way he can make it is to become a gigolo himself, taking on an unusual... ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/16 "2024-03-22T15:02:35Z")
Personally I enjoyed **Freddy Got Fingered** , but no, I wouldn’t consider that or any of his other works for be “good films” in any way. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/17 "2024-03-22T15:06:17Z")
Dane Cook sprung to mind. God knows why, he’s mercifully dropped off the pop culture map, I think. I second Rob Schneider. His two Stallone films were at least guilty pleasures, but they’re by no stretch of the imagination good. There are plenty of SNL alum that could fall into this category. I’d say David Spade except _Tommy Boy_ is actually pretty sweet, and he had a small role early in his career as a cokehead in _Light Sleeper_, which is one of my favorite films. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203/18 "2024-03-22T15:07:34Z")
C Thomas Howell was fine in The Outsiders and that has a solid 7.0 rating on IMDB and 70% Critics in [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/outsiders) with a 82% Audience score. He was in E.T. though not an important part of it. OK, that’s all I have for him. ---
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Ron Jeremy. ---
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> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > I’m going to start the betting with Ashton Kucher. **The Butterfly Effect** was probably his highest-ranked movie (according to a few sources), but I consider it be pretty poor myself. > > I did like him in **70s** though. I generally have no use for Kutcher, in his roles or in real life. I didn’t like _That 70’s Show_. But I do like _No Strings Attached_ and I like Kutcher in that. ` [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-good-film/999203.md?page=2)