# "Officially" Unattractive Actors/Models **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525 "2009-09-25T15:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/41 "2009-09-25T22:36:46Z")
You have to give Linda Hunt a hell of a lot of credit - not only is she not conventionally attractive, but she’s also a dwarf. Instead of always doing the weird typecast wise old dwarf roles she could have done, she went out and won an Oscar playing a _man_ in _The Year of Living Dangerously_. Not a transgendered person, an actual man. Now, me, I’d be offended. “I’d like to thank the Academy for deciding I am so convincingly ugly I don’t even look like a woman. You love me! You really love me!” She also does fantastic voice work and has won a bunch of theater awards. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/42 "2009-09-25T22:43:56Z")
Oh, I agree. Linda Hunt is fabulous! > [@gigi](#): > > I can’t figure Benicio del Toro out. Here he’s considered scary and yet in a certain light he’s hot. Benicio Del Toro is a perfect example of “ugly-hot.” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/43 "2009-09-25T22:51:53Z")
See also: Vin Diesel. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/44 "2009-09-25T22:52:48Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > And also, Christopher Walken and Willem Defoe aren’t ugly, they’re just old. Maybe they haven’t “aged well” but they didn’t always look the way they do now. I don’t think many people would consider [this](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e6yTNj3TKvE/SYuGQwERh4I/AAAAAAAAAFc/OJ06xGHgt9I/s400/ChristopherWalken.jpg) Christopher Walken to be ugly. Actually, a lot of people would probably be astonished if they knew how handsome he was when he was [much younger](http://www.tigriffith.com/textbilder/the_rose_tattoo_01.jpg) and just starting out in theater productions. That 20’s shot of Christopher Walken is scary ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/45 "2009-09-25T23:06:00Z")
Benicio Del Toro That British chick from “Good Will Hunting” who looks like a crab. Jack Nicholson Shia LeBeuf (that turn in Indy 4 was pathetic) Grace Jones Prince (if you green-screened him into the Wizard of Oz, he would be a perfect singing munchkin) Robert DeNiro (great actor, but his good looks days are far behind him) Rebecca Gayheart ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/46 "2009-09-25T23:14:29Z")
Shia LeBeouf is unattractive? [Are](http://www.losangelescriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/shia_labeouf300.jpg) [you](http://www.insidesocal.com/hollywoodjoe/.aaashia.jpg) [kidding?](http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/05/13/shia_labeouf_-_gq_june_2008/Shia%20LaBeouf%20-%20GQ%20June%202008%20Cover.jpg) In what universe? I mean, he’s not particularly special, but he’s by no means ugly. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/47 "2009-09-25T23:23:49Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > You have to give Linda Hunt a hell of a lot of credit - not only is she not conventionally attractive, but she’s also a dwarf. Instead of always doing the weird typecast wise old dwarf roles she could have done, she went out and won an Oscar playing a _man_ in _The Year of Living Dangerously_. Not a transgendered person, an actual man. Now, me, I’d be offended. “I’d like to thank the Academy for deciding I am so convincingly ugly I don’t even look like a woman. You love me! You really love me!” She also does fantastic voice work and has won a bunch of theater awards. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Linda Hunt in a role that she didn’t perfectly just _disappear_ into. The woman is an amazing actress. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/48 "2009-09-25T23:25:08Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Shia LeBeouf is unattractive? [Are](http://www.losangelescriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/shia_labeouf300.jpg) [you](http://www.insidesocal.com/hollywoodjoe/.aaashia.jpg) [kidding?](http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/05/13/shia_labeouf_-_gq_june_2008/Shia%20LaBeouf%20-%20GQ%20June%202008%20Cover.jpg) In what universe? I mean, he’s not particularly special, but he’s by no means ugly. I think the problem for me with Shia is that I’m NEVER not going to see the little kid from _Even Stevens_ when I look at him. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/49 "2009-09-25T23:33:18Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > LOTS of his roles have involved heavy makeup - \*Hellboy \*for one, but there are plenty of others. Part of it is his unique bone structure, but it’s also because he’s supposedly an easygoing guy who has no problem spending four hours a day chatting with makeup technicians. > > Terrific actor, BTW. I strongly believe he could have been one of the biggest stars in the business if he looked ever remotely human. Oh true, he’s not afraid to deal with special effects makeup - I meant, he became a much-swooned-over romantic lead with the benefit of all of that makeup and stuff on him! I think he’s an awesome actor, great voice and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/50 "2009-09-25T23:47:34Z")
Can you imagine [Daniel Emilfork](http://passouline.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2008/07/iphotolibrary.1215350258.jpg) as anything but a mad scientist employed by the Gestapo to waterboard kittens ? I think not. Great actor, though. I miss him. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/51 "2009-09-25T23:48:49Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > And I always thought Martha Plimpton was plain, but she doesn’t seem to get cast that way. But she has, apparently, now segued into “mom” roles, as evidenced by last night’s “Grey’s Anatomy” premiere. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/52 "2009-09-25T23:55:24Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Shia LeBeouf is unattractive? [Are](http://www.losangelescriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/shia_labeouf300.jpg) [you](http://www.insidesocal.com/hollywoodjoe/.aaashia.jpg) [kidding?](http://thebosh.com/upload/2008/05/13/shia_labeouf_-_gq_june_2008/Shia%20LaBeouf%20-%20GQ%20June%202008%20Cover.jpg) In what universe? I mean, he’s not particularly special, but he’s by no means ugly. Possibly the striking resemblance to Rebecca Gayheart? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/53 "2009-09-26T00:09:38Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Possibly the striking resemblance to Rebecca Gayheart? [I’m](http://www.wallpaperez.info/wallpaper/celebrities/Rebecca-Gayheart-6.jpg) [not](http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/rebecca-gayheart/pictures/rebecca-gayheart-picture-3.jpg) [seeing](http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/rebecca-gayheart-curve.jpg) [it.](http://www.onfrozenblog.com/images/posters/rebecca_gayheart.jpg) [Sorry.](http://languageisavirus.com/hotties/rebecca-gayheart/normal_rebecca-gayheart-007.jpg) EDIT: Not that a resemblance to a woman like Rebecca is a bad thing either, even if Shia did resemble her. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/54 "2009-09-26T00:13:10Z")
Also…[noparse][http://aaaaahhhhshark.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/grace-jones.jpg[/noparse]](http://aaaaahhhhshark.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/grace-jones.jpg%5B/noparse%5D) Grace Jones ugly?! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/55 "2009-09-26T00:40:10Z")
Has anyone mentioned Danny DeVito yet? Also, while not ‘technically’ an actress, I believe she’s done enough acting roles to qualify: Bette Midler. Also, I am _not_ ambiguous on Benicio del Torro at _all_. The _only_ hot thing about him is his name. The rest of the package? Looks like he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every freakin’ branch on his way down. I’m always amazed when he makes lists like People Magazine 50 Hottest Men in America, etc. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/56 "2009-09-26T01:10:35Z")
Well, I did find this attractive photo of [del Toro](http://images.allposters.com/images/mmph/165800.jpg), but if you gotta go so far back and look as hard as I had to, I gotta go with unattractive in the main (does he ever wash his hair?). A woman recently suggested that I go and sign up with an ugly models agency. Even her trying to clean it up with, “No, I just meant you have such a unique look.” didn’t do much for my already fragile ego. On second thought, maybe a nice check for my “unique look” might assuage that. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/57 "2009-09-26T01:18:14Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Also Grace Jones ugly?! She’s ugly in the sense Scary Spice is ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/58 "2009-09-26T01:28:00Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > That 20’s shot of Christopher Walken is scary ugly. Nah, I had a huge crush on him in my younger days. I like “interesting” more than handsome/pretty. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/59 "2009-09-26T02:19:48Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > And Helena Bonham Carter…what’s that about? Just because a woman makes herself look weird and ragged for some roles doesn’t mean she’s actually ugly. > [@NDP](#): > > I’m guessing it’s because she’s short, brunette, small-breasted, and pale and in Hollywood that’s nearly David Merrick territory if you’re female. This sounds like a classic feminine misunderstanding of what guys find attractive. The only true answer to what type of woman guys like is “all types.” And not like women where each woman may be attracted to a different type of guy. _All_ guys like _all_ types of attractive women. Hair color, height, cup size, skin tone, midwestern girl next door or exotic Brazillian; none of that matters. They’re all good. As for Hollywood not exploiting the hotness of short, brunette, small-breasted pale chicks, I give you: [Rachel McAdams](http://vegasartscorner.com/images/RACHEL-McAdams.JPG) (5’5") [Evangeline Lilly](http://www.mundodelocio.com/cine/imagenes/fotos-actrices/evangeline-lilly/evangeline-lilly11.jpg) (5’5") [Eliza Dushku](http://thesmooterreport.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/3eliza-dushku.jpg) (5’5") [Lizzy Caplan](http://www.blackbookmag.com/ee/images/uploads/pf_main_caplan.jpg) (5’5") [Anna Paquin](http://cdn.mademan.com/chickipedia/images/1/11/Anna-paquin-picture-2_408.jpg) (5’5") [Natalie Portman](http://www.natalie-portman.com.ar/pictures/natalie-portman.jpg) (5’3") [Gabrielle Anwar](http://woodenspears.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/gabrielle_anwar.jpg) (5’3") [Nora Zehetner](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1dbQ9dBM-xU/RXm5kf_m9II/AAAAAAAAAAg/OrbNN-vyRzM/s320/Nora+Zehetner2.jpg) (5’3") [Shiri Appleby](http://2k3hd.com/nucleus/media/1/20071207-Shiri%20Appleby.jpg) (5’3") [Rachel Leigh Cook](http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/10045000/10045731.jpg) (5’2") [Rachel Bilson](http://imstars.aufeminin.com/stars/fan/rachel-bilson/rachel-bilson-20070308-222827.jpg) (5’2") [Ellen Page](http://www.splendicity.com/shopaholicsdaily/files/2008/06/ellen-page-mtvawards_nc.jpg) (5’1") [Christina Ricci](http://www.nndb.com/people/752/000025677/christina_ricci_bubbles.jpg) (5’1") _(after breast reduction)_ [Shannon Woodward](http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Shannon-Woodward-f01.jpg) (5’?") I originally included [Rose McGowan](http://www.tvpredictions.com/hotmcgowan.jpg) and [Winona Ryder](http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/090217/winona-ryder_l.jpg) – both 5’4" – but then took them off the list because they have big boobs. But both definitely qualify as short, pale brunettes. [Emmanuelle Chriqui](http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/EmmanuelleChriqui-lg.jpg) is a 5’3" brunette with smallish boobs, but she is decidedly not pale. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525/60 "2009-09-26T02:38:56Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > [Jennifer Coolidge](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/arts/television/03jaco.html). As a good southern boy I’m compelled to add, “bless her heart.” My God, to steal a line from another Doper, I’d hit that like the Tunguska meteorite of 1906! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/officially-unattractive-actors-models/511525.md?page=4)