# Which actors do you dislike to watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945 "2015-06-08T03:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/61 "2015-06-08T20:22:17Z")
The well-named Andy Dick. His douchebag personality shines through every character he plays. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/62 "2015-06-08T20:47:33Z")
Ben Stiller. I can put up with him as a secondary character but not as the main character. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/63 "2015-06-08T20:54:29Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > The well-named Andy Dick. His douchebag personality shines through every character he plays. He’s been known to be kicked out of multiple strip clubs. When a celebrity with money coming out his ass is kicked out of a strip club, you hafta assume he’s really being a _dick_. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/64 "2015-06-08T20:54:53Z")
I can only agree with those that have been mentioned; Tom Cruise and John Travolta - I’m sure their shared “religion” has something to do with my dislike since I can no longer suspend my disbelief and distance the actor from the role when I see them. Besides, Tom always plays the same character. Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler - Although they were never my faves on SNL they were a lot more tolerable in smaller doses. Sofia Vergara - I find it odd that I saw her in an older movie and she barely had an accent but now she has the over-the-top accent and she’s always yelling. Granted, she could have been trying an American accent in that earlier film but I find it more believable that her entire persona now is fake and she also always plays the same character. Jim Carrey - He makes me uncomfortable, like how you feel watching someone having a complete mental breakdown. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/65 "2015-06-08T21:00:36Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I don’t want to speak for you, but Paul Dano’s face just. . . pisses me off. It’s a shallow and terrible thing for me to say but I find him unattractive in a way that provokes an angry response. I think he’s a tremendous actor - or could be if my hatred of his face wasn’t so distracting. > > Ribisi, while not classically handsome, is tolerable. Or he would be if not for that schleppy voice. > > There, did I clear that up for you? For me it’s their mannerisms, I think. They both just come across as kind of weaselly, spineless, and untrustworthy. Maybe it’s just some of the characters they’ve played, but they sure do inhabit such roles well. A little too well. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/66 "2015-06-08T21:01:32Z")
Hands down, Mark Wahlberg. He was perfect for his role in Boogie Nights – stupid and narcissistic. But he’s played Dirk Diggler in everything I’ve seen him in since. I get the impression that he’s like that in real life as well. How he pulls an audience I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/67 "2015-06-08T21:04:33Z")
And speaking of actors who inhabit roles a little too well, I have an aversion to actresses who play “bitchy” a little too well. My prime examples are **Charlize Theron** and **Scarlett Johansson**. Yes, I realize they are both objectively beautiful, and adored/lusted after by millions, but I just can’t get past the nagging feeling that both would be very unpleasant in real life. . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/68 "2015-06-08T21:29:40Z")
Sarah Jessica Parker: whoever told her that she’s beautiful and sexy, and can act, should have been suffocated before that happened. Buddy Hackett: any old movie with him in it is a non-starter for me. Repulsive and completely unfunny. And not in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/69 "2015-06-08T21:38:23Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Ferrell. Other than _Elf_, in which he’s just barely tolerable in a bizarre role Weird, I mean, YMMV and all that, but I found _Elf_ to be the movie in which Ferrell was pretty much the Ferrell-most I have ever seen, and thus the least tolerable. His best, and quite watchable movie, IMO, has been… > [@DrDeth](#): > > Will Ferrell- he did great in that film where he played a IRS agent who had a writer narrating his life-\* Stranger than Fiction\*- he actually can act. Which makes all his crap that much worse. Although I think it worked best because it made use of his fundamental awkwardness. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/70 "2015-06-08T22:25:06Z")
Matthew McConaughey - self satisfied smirker, ruined _Contact_ and everything he’s been in since then. Whose incriminating video tapes does Josh Gad have? He ruined _1600 Penn_, scored a the Jar Jar Binks on _Frozen_, and is sucking the living daylights out of Billy Crystal on _The Comedians_. I can’t understand what casting agents or producers see in him. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/71 "2015-06-08T23:16:17Z")
Admit it, some of you are just hoping you’ll get picked for [Jimmy Kimmel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECHubklusNg&list=PLs4hTtftqnlAkiQNdWn6bbKUr-P1wuSm0). ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/72 "2015-06-08T23:25:44Z")
Julia Roberts. It’s the laugh…mostly. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/73 "2015-06-08T23:27:32Z")
**^** Thank you,\*\* RH\*\*, I didn’t have the guts to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/74 "2015-06-08T23:28:08Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Julia Roberts. It’s the laugh…mostly. God yes. I am so repulsed by her that I blocked her out of my memory. Thanks, thanks alot. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/75 "2015-06-08T23:35:53Z")
Michael Douglas. Can’t stand him. Scarlett Johanssen. Her acting “range” consists of exactly one face: puzzled fish. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/76 "2015-06-08T23:53:06Z")
Jack Black. He tries so hard to be funny, but I hate watching it. Owen Wilson. He tries so hard to be sincere, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/77 "2015-06-08T23:54:18Z")
> [@Wallace\_The\_Lad](#): > > Actors that only “play” themselves and themselves are dead boring: > … > That one that played in Cider House Rules and Spiderman - wotshisface. Tobey Maguire - terrible. I’ll second James Franco. I’ll add [Michael Pitt](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685856/?ref_=tt_ov_st) to Dano/Ribisi and make a troika of guys I kinda want to punch in the face. Ribisi is the most tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/78 "2015-06-09T00:40:41Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Vince Vaughn. Always comes across as an arrogant dick. I very much agree. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Scarlett Johanssen. Her acting “range” consists of exactly one face: puzzled fish. I have liked her performances in exactly two movies: If Lucy Fell and The Black Dalia. Other than that she might as well be a potted plant for all she adds to anything. And I’d like to add Seth Rogen. He comes off as someone with a mild intellectual disability induced by overt drug use. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/79 "2015-06-09T02:41:20Z")
> [@alted315](#): > > I can’t believe no one has saId, SOPHIA VERGIA (sp) > she makes Modern Family almost unwatchable > [@Wile\_E](#): > > Sofia Vergara - I find it odd that I saw her in an older movie and she barely had an accent but now she has the over-the-top accent and she’s always yelling. I was surprised that I didn’t even really recognise Sofia Vergara in _Chef_. It sort of looked like her, and sort of sounded like her, but not enough for me to be certain it was her. So I guess that her _Modern Family_ character is an exaggeration, and she now is being typecast. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945/80 "2015-06-09T03:02:33Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Sofia Vergara - I find it odd that I saw her in an older movie and she barely had an accent but now she has the over-the-top accent and she’s always yelling. Granted, she could have been trying an American accent in that earlier film but I find it more believable that her entire persona now is fake and she also always plays the same character. She didn’t have the OTT accent in Dirty Sexy Money either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actors-do-you-dislike-to-watch/721945.md?page=5)