My vote for male actor in an ugly role goes to Jackie Earle Haley
Man this guy is hard to find pictures of.
I saw a very…unconventional-looking actress on a Dharma and Greg episode once (the one where they separate while planning their friends’ wedding, but then they get back together, but then they get into a car accident). I think her name is Helen Greenberg.
Can’t find any pictures.
Good one, prisoner6655321. I also find it hard to see why she is reputed to be such a great beauty. Although I could see a certain attractiveness at the time of her role in Dangerous Liaisons, when watching The truth about cats and dogs I kept thinking all the time that I by far prefered Janeane Garofalo even by looks only. Truth be told, I’ve got a slight crush on JG. But even then Uma Thurman does seem rather a far cry from conventional images of beauty, that is, except if you’re a fourteenth century painter.
Als put me in line with respect to Catharine Zeta-Jones (the sour grapes line, or is there another line for her I can join? 
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On the other hand, while I can agree that Sandra Bernhard nor Ileana Douglas are blessed with pleasing facial features (which I guess is close to the definition of ugly) they never really struck me as particularly ugly because they usually play high-spirited characters (seen them in Will & Grace / Bella Mafia and Action).
With respect to Kathy Bates, I’m sorry to say that her role in Misery has made an indelible impression on me, so I find it hard to see her as gorgeous (like with any role of Antony Hopkins I think ‘Boy, does that guy look a lot like Hannibal Lecter’). But I guess that’s just me.
Just a reminder: “fat” and “ugly” are not synonymous.
To you maybe. Though generally I personally equate the face with ugly/beautiful, not the body. But I still wouldn’t date a fat person.
No offense intended.
My vote goes to Sarah Jessica Parker. I am continually baffled by those who claim she is a “hottie”.
Chris W
Catherine Zeta-Jones is scrawny and bony like a stray cat with an average face. Julia Roberts has that awkward lanky body that most women grow out of by the age of fifteen in addition to the dentition of equus caballus.
Gimme the redheaded chick from That 70’s Show.
While her teeth bother me too, I resent that comment, because my mouth is shaped the same way! ← Me, except I have two front teeth, not 3/1.
Oh [color=“black”]Speaker for the Dead you are perfect just the way you are!!! I pinch your cheeks (both sets)[/color]
Anyone else think Vincent Schiavelli looks like a deflated Hank Kingsley?
Jeffrey Tambor, (Hank), also looks like Dr. Phil!
If Schiavelli and Dr. Phil were to have a love child, I’m pretty sure he would be a talk show sidekick.
(Sorry for the hijack)
Not one mention of Phyllis Diller. I think she epitimizes this thread.
Roseanne Barr
Sissy Spacek
I’ll bet the fat people are glad.
Yeah…but she’s hot!
I want to add a vote in favour of the rounded form.
What about the stick insect from Ally McBeal ?
Marcy from Married with Children. She’s about as homely as they get.
Btw, I’ve always liked Sandra Bernhardt. She’s an original, and a great singer.
Nobody nominated Glen Close? She is ugly. And annoying.
Barbra Streisand
Fairuza Balk
http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1338&photo=Events/1338/FairvzaBalk_Vespa_322179_400.
Anyone with the last name “Rivers”.