# Who's the worst actor on tv? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422 "2012-07-16T17:43:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/101 "2012-07-19T17:22:18Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > David Caruso. Didn’t know it had been cancelled. He’s so bad it is highly entertaining. Worse than Lee Majors. David Caruso may be the worst ever. He seemed to be doing a caricature of himself. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/102 "2012-07-19T17:36:48Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > David Caruso. He’s so bad it is highly entertaining. Worse than Lee Majors. You obviously have never seen _The Norseman_ (aka, very unofficially, _The Bionic Viking_). If you can find a copy (they may all have been burned by now), I recommend you watch it bombed out of your mind on a double bill with _Time Bandits_ (a truly awesome movie). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/103 "2012-07-19T18:30:33Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > [Michael Rapaport](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001650/). So bad I had to watch it a second time, and the gay kid on the show- Rami Malek- is almost as bad. Both have bumped Wilmer Valderrama off of my Worst 10 I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/104 "2012-07-19T19:37:34Z")
> [@JLRogers](#): > > Really? Because even though I can’t stand that uninspired minstrel show (or anything Chuck Lorre craps out) I have to admit that Jim Parsons is fabulous. I can’t wait until he gets a role on something I’m willing to watch. > > Meanwhile the guy who plays Leonard has never struck me as anything special. The only two on the show who seem worthless are the woman who plays the neighbor and the guy who plays the broad subcontinental stereotype. I hate the show, too, and though the fake nerdery is the largest part of it, I find everyone but the guy playing Leonard to be too broad and irritating. He’s uninspiring, but not actively annoying like the rest of them. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/105 "2012-07-19T20:40:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > … > The thing is, though, that the worst actor on TV, or even the TEN worst actors, would all be on Nickleodeon shows. Tween shows like “The Suite Life on Deck,” “Victorious” or “iCarly” have acting on them of staggering ineptitude, actors who make Jim Belushi look like a towering master of thespianism. The guy who plays the older brother on “iCarly,” Spencer Shay, is an actor of no talent at all whose only ability is doing a goofy voice. He makes George Lopez look like Sir Laurence Olivier, I shit you not. He literally just looks like a high school improv nerd who somehow stumbled onto the set of a real TV show and the cast doesn’t have the heart to tell him to fuck off. > > I guess that’s unfair to those shows, because they’re budget productions for a less discriminating audience, but it’s true. ALL the worst actors are on tween shows. Nobody on an adult show is even remotely close. To be accurate, “The Suite Life” shows are Disney-dreck, not Nickelodeon shows. Don’t ask me how I know. 😃 The twins on “The Suite Life” are such bad actors that they aren’t even believable as twins. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/106 "2012-07-19T20:47:08Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > To be accurate, “The Suite Life” shows are Disney-dreck, not Nickelodeon shows. > > Don’t ask me how I know. 😃 > > The twins on “The Suite Life” are such bad actors that they aren’t even believable as twins. Its hard to believe but they are actually getting worse as they get older. They were better playing the son in Big Daddy than they are now. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/107 "2012-07-19T20:47:35Z")
Charlie Sheen. Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/108 "2012-07-20T01:15:40Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > …The twins on “The Suite Life” are such bad actors that they aren’t even believable as twins. Heh. That’s a little like Groucho Marx coming in second in a Groucho Marx lookalike contest. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/109 "2012-07-20T05:52:51Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Charlie Sheen. Case closed. What? I agree that he’s lacking in finesse, and real skill, but have you seen who replaced him? Ashton Kutcher is one step away from the spastic kid at your lunch table in High School having a show. Charlie Sheen is one of the highest paid TV actors ever, and once was, if he still isn’t. Pay doesn’t mean quality, but I mean, how did you overlook Ashton? He’s on the same damn show. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/110 "2012-07-20T12:57:59Z")
[http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/19/fred-willard-arrested-for-lewd-conduct-released/?hpt=hp\_c2](http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/19/fred-willard-arrested-for-lewd-conduct-released/?hpt=hp_c2) Fred Willard’s PeeWee problem reminded me of how fundamentally unfunny I’ve always found him, both on TV and in movies. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/111 "2012-07-20T13:00:20Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So bad I had to watch it a second time . . . Gotta admit, that is mesmerizing. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/112 "2012-07-21T07:49:04Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Jeffrey Donovan, from “Burn Notice”. Oy vey, is he ever terrible. I like BN, but JD is not an emotional actor. Seeing him try to emote and cry was awkward. I predict a stay in basic cable for him. Of course, if he’s smart with his money, he will have paid off everything in his life with the BN money, and everything else will be extras from then on. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422/113 "2012-07-21T08:32:09Z")
I’m just troubled by his uncanny resemblance to Jerry Seinfeld. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worst-actor-on-tv/628422.md?page=5)