# IMDB: Who has the worst head shots, in your opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735 "2003-08-08T02:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/1 "2003-08-08T02:20:16Z")
Some of the head shots are nice. But some are really really really bad. They look like the actor/actress was kept from showering for a week, then woken up after three hours sleep to take the picture. I know they charge to put pictures up (click on any “photo not” icon to see that page) but damn, some of these are worse than no picture at all. I hope no one’s publicist paid for them! Which are the worse, in your opinion? If you can, give us a “better” picture of the star, too, so we can see how bad bad is. [sub] remember folks, links to jpgs etc often need to be copied and pasted to be seen so clicking on links might not work[/sub] Other may disagree on which looks worse 😃 My evidence: Kelly Rutherford [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Rutherford,+Kelly](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Rutherford,+Kelly) (eww, shiny!) → [http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/08/11/magazine/35-m11ds3.jpg](http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/08/11/magazine/35-m11ds3.jpg) Adrian Grenier [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Grenier,%20Adrian](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Grenier,%20Adrian) (not only does he look like he spent the week camping, he looks possessed) → [http://movieweb.com/movie/drivemecrazy/co2.jpg](http://movieweb.com/movie/drivemecrazy/co2.jpg) Orlando Bloom [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bloom,+Orlando](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bloom,+Orlando) (yikes!) → [العاب تنظيف البشرة](http://www.orlandomultimedia.net/pirate/p116.jpg) Robert Patrick [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Patrick,%20Robert](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Patrick,%20Robert) (do they need to make him more elf-like?) → [http://members.iinet.net.au/~vangoth/lhrp/downloads/rp\_xmas\_wp\_1024.jpg](http://members.iinet.net.au/~vangoth/lhrp/downloads/rp_xmas_wp_1024.jpg) Mike Erwin [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Erwin,%20Mike%20(II)](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Erwin,%20Mike%20(II)) (maybe the smile creeps me out. his character never smiles) → [StarZCity.com is for sale | HugeDomains](http://starzcity.com/male_celebrities/pics/erwin/018.html) Ryan Reynolds [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Reynolds,+Ryan+(I)](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Reynolds,+Ryan+(I)) (the one picture ever of him with facial hair, and they have to us it?) → [http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/Media/reynolds\_ryan.jpg](http://www.northernstars.ca/actorspqr/Media/reynolds_ryan.jpg) Ok, I’m bored. Show me yours while I look for more 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/2 "2003-08-08T02:44:35Z")
And it shouldn’t even be possible to take a bad picture of Kelly Rutherford. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/3 "2003-08-08T03:15:34Z")
Darn right, Robot Arm! See what I mean? No showering for a week, I tell you! Btw, for Ryan and Mike’s imdb sites the link don’t highlight the numbers after their names, so that’s why the links aren’t direct. Don’t know why that is, however. ---
**Author:** ![sajwalke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@sajwalke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sajwalke)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/4 "2003-08-08T12:34:54Z")
Check out Travolta. I nearly died laughing when I saw. ---
**Author:** ![LSD-25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@LSD-25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSD-25)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/5 "2003-08-08T18:09:09Z")
I haven’t seen a more hideous head shot on IMDb than this one - [http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Howard,+Clint) Not that he’s better looking in real life, but considering he’s one of the greatest living actors he deserves better. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/6 "2003-08-08T18:42:32Z")
So, what do you think, are these free photos designed to induce them to pay for better ones to be put up? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/7 "2003-08-08T19:50:08Z")
I know it’s lame to not post links, but I’m at work waiting for a process to finish and I don’t have much time. But I’ve thought exactly the same as the OP about both Jamie Lee Curtis and Frances McDormand’s pictures on their respective pages. Really awful pictures of women that look much better than that. Satch ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/8 "2003-08-08T21:29:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sajwalke \* > \*\*Check out Travolta. I nearly died laughing when I saw. \*\* Ok that shot just screams “demon possessed” [Look Ma, I’m EVIL.](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Travolta,+John) ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/9 "2003-08-08T22:08:50Z")
Well, he is a Scientologist… ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-who-has-the-worst-head-shots-in-your-opinion/193735/10 "2003-08-08T22:14:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*So, what do you think, are these free photos designed to induce them to pay for better ones to be put up? 🙂 \*\* Actually, the last thread about IMDB headshots (about most famous person who didn’t have one) has [this link to the IMDB](https://secure.imdb.com/store/p/publicity), which states that only people directly linked to the actor, with permission from that individual, may submit headshots. So every one that you see is from a strictly authorized source. Which makes them even funnier, I guess. 🙂