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Worst Leads of All Time

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1. Ellen Muth
Worst In: Dead Like Me

Her voice is sheer annoyance, her face looks destroyed with anorexia and looking at her makes me feel uncomfortable because she looks as if she is not human!
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2. Halle Berry
Worst In: EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES


Seriously, who would employ this woman in any film?! Why do people not learn that she can not act, is not attractive in the least, and she never fits the roles she is given! Awful actress who should never be cast again.
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3. 50 Cent
This fella has only been in a few films but his acting skills are surely worse than his poor rapping. He is given work purely because he is a name, and that is never a good reason to cast somebody, especially when that name is made through bad work.
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4. Sarah Michelle Gellar
Worst In Everything, but mainly Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Sarah Michelle Gellar can not act, it is that simple. I consider myself a fan of BTVS but could not stand any story lines that focused on her. She decided to move on to movies and has not made a single film worth watching twice let alone once! Get back to teen television where you belong.
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5. John Travolta
Worst In Everything since Pulp Fiction.

So Travolta made a name for himself in Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction. Since then he has fallen by the wayside, a shell of his former glories, going from one flop to another, never reliving his hay day. To me this is entirely down to the fact that he has always been shite, only in the aforementioned trio he was kept up by his excellent co stars and a plot worth watching.
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6. Matthew Fox
Worst In Lost

Imagine you are writing the perfect television show, you have everything down to a fine tee and your characters are excellent. You need a lead who will be the focal point of the story, someone who can be a leader and will draw people in to watching each week. Then imagine Matthew Fox being given that role. What a shambles!! The only plus of having him in Lost is that his failure to be a good lead means every other character shines ten fold (except Kate)

Perhaps I have misunderstood the plan all along, casting a bad lead role makes every other character more likable!
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7. Tobey Maguire
Worst In Spiderman

The least convincing super hero ever created, Tobey Maguire has completely destroyed my opinion of Spiderman which was already waining from the fact his powers are so limited yet he has never been defeated. Tobey Maguire is far to bland and tame to be likable, his acting just irritates me.
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8. Angelina Jolie
Worst In Everything!

I can not stand Jolie, every time I see her cast in something I groan because she is 1 dimensional, emotionless and like a female Keano Reeves, extremely wooden. She is quite possibly the most overrated actress on earth, a spot she shares only with Keira Knightley.
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9. Julia Roberts
Worst In Everything!


Argh, Julia Roberts is the kind of actress who is made to be hated by men. Her catchphrase might as well be "I hate men" every film she works in is a "chick flick" every role she plays is a feminist icon. It is so frustrating to watch somebody so tediously monotonous be cast again and again in the exact same role playing the exact same character. She must never have to prepare for a role anymore because she just knows all she has to do is burn a bra, not shave and rally the suffragettes.

An extremely boring actress!
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10. Ashton Kutcher
Worst In Everything!


LOL sums up Ashton Kutcher in my eyes. The most ill thought out, poorly planned and horribly unfunny movies feature actors of this caliber. Everything about him screams "LIKE ME, I'M FUNNY!" but he really isn't at all!! He can not be taken seriously at all, and seems to move from one "idiot" role to another never evolving himself or improving. Anyone who finds this guy humorous must find "when animals attack" funny too, and any other mind numbingly stupid comedy.
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11. Ben Affleck
Worst In: Daredevil

The least convincing action hero of all time, Ben Affleck could not instill an iota of fear into the heart of an elderly mental patient suffering from anxiety. His films are never "as advertised" in that they are consistently shite. The formula for any BA film is to take 1 seemingly promising script, cast Ben Affleck as the lead and then watch as your entire premise goes down the toilet.
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12. Keira Knightley
Worst In Pirates of the Caribbean

Why is she in these films?! It is just irritating to see her coupled with Orlando Bloom who is yet another tediously shite actor and Johnny Depp who completely soils himself being in this trilogy. She is completely unconvincing in the heroine role and her roll in Domino was laughable! She has began to be typecast into period dramas and this is where she should hang up her acting boots and retire, women are being held back by this drivel, it is inane and laborious to sit through. She is an instant turn off whenever her name appears on the line up of a film.
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13. Cameron Diaz
Worst In:Her career since The Mask/Something about Mary

She just is not funny, she wasn't funny in either of the above, and she couldn't really act in them either. They are good films, but I can not think of another good film she has been in! Its always some girlie tripe or unconvincing *girl power* trio charlies angels.
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14. Frankie Muniz
Worst In: Lead roles.

Frankie Muniz was a crazy choice for star of Malcolm in the Middle, let alone all his mundane childrens films like Cody Banks. A typical Lisa Simpson stature he can only whine and lame his way through parts. I understand in MITM that was mostly the part he was meant to play but it was never convincing, that show only lasted based on the performances of co-stars such as his parents, or younger brother. (The actor who played Reece was equally appalling)
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15. Steve Carell
Worst In: The 40 Year old Virgin, Anchorman, Evan Almighty, everything perhaps?

This guy was the least funniest part of an average film like Anchorman yet seems to have spawned himself a career in every SHIT B movie comedy since! I don't like how he can only play one style of comedy and he isn't competent even at that!
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16. Uma Thurman
Worst In Tarantino Films.

This woman drives me insane. Quentine Tarentino plucks lines from the memoirs of God himself and lays them out for an ice cool deliverance. The trouble is Uma "Ugly Feet" Thurman ruins them every time! I can not take her seriously because she just can not act, she can not monologue, narrate or deliver her lines appropriately. What else is there for her?

Looks?!...NO THANK YOU...
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17. Kiefer Sutherland
Worst In 24

If Jack Bauer was Jack O'Neill, "24" would be called "1". This guy is the least convincing "bad cop" actor ever! He just shouts, points his gun, walks whilst crouching and has dramatic music/a dramatic clock playing around him. I think 24 would be even bigger than it actually is if another man was at the helm instead of Kiefer Sutherland. Jack Bauer had the potential to be a hero of epic proportions, saving the world one day at a time. But they cocked up the lead, and I really doubt he will be remembered much beyond the end of this show.

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18. John White
Worst In: American Pie

I guess its not his fault he was thrown into a series like American Pie and expected to live up to the previous films. But it is his fault that he can't act, isn't funny and he has to accept some responsibility for starring in a film that anybody can see is utterly shit. Stop making American Pie films!
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19. Nicolas Cage
Worst In: Con Air, Knowing, Bangkok Dangerous

Got an action film? Need a lead? Bruce Willis/Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger/Jackie Chan/Jean Claude Vann Damme/ and pretty much any other man on earth with the slightest ounce of testosterone unavailable?

Call Nicolas Cage on 0800 555-FAG!

So he did Con Air, anybody could have done Con Air!! Imagine if Con Air had been a Bruce Willis film. He is so unconvincing, he's not tough. He's not clever. He's not good looking. (what? I can admit when a man is good looking) He is not big. He is not strong.

There is simply no appeal to man nor woman for having Nick Cage in a film. He is not a hero, he is a loser.
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20. Tom Green
Worst In: Anything

YOU.ARE.NOT.FUNNY.YOU.ABSOLUTE.PRICK!

Just look at his face in this picture? YOU'RE A TWAT TOM!
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21. Adam Sandler
Worst In: Everything

Aww maan, I spent all this effort writing a script for Ben Stiller and he thinks its shit. Who on Earth would stoop low enough to fill his place?

Whats that you say? Adam Sandler? Who is he??!

Sandler has made a career out of picking up the absolute dreggs of comedy writing and trying to make some money out of them. The trouble is he is so bad, you just wish the producers had been given a budget big enough to employ who they really wanted so the film could have a shred of credibility!
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22. Vin Diesel
"I'm a really tough guy who don't talk so good, but me strong."

As 2 dimensional as they come, and sadly 2 dimensional went out the window during the 90s!
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23. Nicole Kidman
Worst In:Everything

Nicole Kidman is just terrible at picking parts! I look through her portfolio and its just "shit, shit , shit, shit, shit" or if its not shit, its insanely boring and something which would only appeal to middle aged or single women!

Why not break the habit of a lifetime and actually star in something GOOD that everyone wants to see?!

(Backed up by the fact that she actually become one of Hollywood's least profitable actresses recently)
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24. Keanu Reeves
Worst In: The Day the Earth Stood Still

This guy is so wooden it is painful. I watch the Matrix and I think "Why did they cast him?!" When they picked him for TDTESS it was even more painful because they were portraying a character with no emotion and the most wooden actor on this planet FAILED to be convincing in it!
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25. Cuba Gooding Jr.
Worst In: Any film trying to specifically cast a black guy.

Cuba Gooding Jr, if you can't get Samuel Jackson or Denzel Washington to play the lead black dude in a film, you can always stoop low enough to employ Cuba Gooding Jr.
I mean how can anybody ruin a film like Pearl Harbor? He was the most unconvincing touch guy ever.
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26. Naomi Watts
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27. Jack Black
Worst In: Be Kind Rewind, Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny....Ok Everything.

This man is just the guy you went to college with you thought he was a legend with his guitar and his lame friends playing "magic: the gathering" in the corner and swearing to much. He has never grown up, and never seems to realize he just isn't funny. I was advised to watch be kind rewind recently and just could not believe how he managed to not be funny in it.
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28. Jude Law
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29. Orlando Bloom
Worst In: Lord of the Rings

Out of all the characters in the LOTR trilogy he was the worst lead role of the entire fellowship. Everybody else was more convincing, more likable, more natural. He just seemed like some fruit in casting fell in love with his girlish face and felt obliged to cast him or something.
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30. Brendan Fraser
Worst In: Everything

This guy has 1 role, the big dumb guy who doesn't know social norms or hasn't been around people much growing up. Its so tiresome and boring! He has no real talent except for being big and dumb looking.
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31. Matthew McConaughey
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32. Jon Heder
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33. Tim Roth
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34. Ron Livingston
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35. Jake Gyllenhaal
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36. Rob Schneider
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37. Mena Suvari
Worst In: All her identical roles.

Ok Suvari, we get it. You're a bitchy teenager who only cares about her looks, clothes, popularity and reputation. You play the plain and annoying generic character in pretty much every film you are in and that paid off all of one time.
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38. Colin Farrell
Worst In: Everything

Are you kidding me Farrel?! You're a poor mans Nicolas Cage and even he is higher than you on the Worst Leads of all time!! If he smirks at the roles like Phone Booth you lap em up like a hungry dog!

You have a noncey surname that reminds me of Darcy too.
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39. James McAvoy
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I first noticed him in Last King of Scotland. Probably one of my most hated characters of cinema who never got the comeuppance he deserved. Although, I like to think he ended up with AIDs. I can't see the real McAvoy being any different from this depiction and am quite happy with him catching the virus too.

I don't know why he is pursuing an acting career, I don't care and I can only hope that he quits and goes back to shafting fellas.
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40. James Van Der Beek
Worst In: Dawsons Creek

TWUNT - Need I say more?
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41. Ice Cube
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42. Val Kilmer
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43. Sean Penn
He just has a face you want to punch, thats all he is here for.
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44. Pauly Shore
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45. Shaquille O'Neal
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Comments

Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 12 16:37
You must really hate movies. Most of these people are great actors.
Posted : 8 months, 4 weeks ago at Feb 12 16:39
You must have no soul. These people are appalling!!
Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 15 13:41
Yeah a lot of these people are great actors. Including Kiefer Sutherland, Sean Penn, and please Steve Carell! The 40-year old virgin was great. Your harsh. What actors do you like?
Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 16 15:16
The 40 year old virgin was about as funny as aids, it was predictable school boy humor! Kiefer Sutherland only does one acting pose and thats his awful holding a gun out thing, in 24 he is unbearably ham fisted and forced. Perhaps his acting looks worse because of the predictably mundane story lines he chews through? Sean Penn is a weasel-faced arse that stimulates my brain in a similar fashion to watching paint dry.

Posted : 8 months, 3 weeks ago at Feb 16 20:37
Wow how negative can one get? Most people enjoy those actors and "The 40 Year Old Virgin"
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 11 11:03
So who DO you like?
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 11 11:57
Good question, I will have to balance out my pessimism with an optimistic list at a later date.
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 11 15:08
Great list, I agree with almost everyone on here. Ignore those who are calling you too pessimistic..they don't realise that unwavering pessimism is what England is founded on.
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 11 16:58
WTF .... !!
uma thurman in terrentino movies !!! why !!??!
naomi watts, angelina, steve carell ?!!?
those people are great :)

but the rest really worst actors and i agree with you :D
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 11 20:41
There are some I completely agree, like Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Jon Heder, Cuba Gooding jr, Mena Suvari, Tom Green, who manages to be even more annoying then Adam Sandler... and so on...

But Sean Penn in this list? He's as good as Brando or De Niro... Or don't you like them either? lol
Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago at Mar 16 20:29
Matthew Fox won my vote. I hate Jack so badly I want to punch the tv everytime he shows up!
Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Mar 29 13:29
Sean Penn? Kate Winslet? Come on....
Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Mar 29 13:29
Sean Penn? Kate Winslet? Come on....
Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Mar 29 16:56
I really need to get that echo fixed.
Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Mar 29 16:56
I really need to get that echo fixed.
Posted : 6 months ago at May 9 18:48
I hated Vin Diesel but this surprised me; http://www.listal.com/movie/multifacial

I think you might slightly like Tim Roths first role;
http://www.listal.com/tv/made-in-britain-1982
Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 12 10:59
kate winslet?..that`s just wrong (finding neverland,eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, revolutionary road are all awsome movies).come on she`s a great actress. the rest of the list is actually pretty good.oh and uma thurman in pulp fiction did a awsome role honestly but that`s just me
Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 12 17:49
Thanks for agreeing on the rest of the list. Kate Winslet was alright in Sunshine of a spotless mind actually so you may be right there. I don't like Uma Thurman though, her method of acting is abysmal.
Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 12 20:30
well there goes anything american!
Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at Sep 13 8:10
You guys need to set a better definition of talented before you cast just anybody who has a nice rack or a pretty face. To make matters worse, employing these women is keeping them out of porn!!!
Posted : 4 weeks, 1 day ago at Oct 9 19:38
If you think Halle Berry, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Jude Law or Angelina Jolie are bad actors/actresses, it's quite obvious that you have no idea what acting is. And especially considering that Schwarzenegger and Stallone are your favorite actors this list makes you look like an idiot. In other words: your taste sucks.
Posted : 4 weeks, 1 day ago at Oct 9 19:39
Nobody asked you, ponce!

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