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Top Twenty Musicians Who Decided To Become Actors
A Seriously Random List XXIV / Brian Prisco
Music | November 18, 2008 | Comments (106)
Thanks to Der Maus Haus, it’s become increasingly easier for synth-popped out kiddies to think they should be acting, and releasing an album, and then writing books and saturating the marketplace with themselves until their terrible little shelf lives expire like chunky milk. Here’s a list of actors and actresses who have proven that with the right material, it might actually work.
For the purposes of this list, I have left off anyone who hasn’t done more than one or two movies (Kid Rock, Norah Jones), or any roles where people played musicians, cameos, or variations on themselves (B.B. King).
As always, my word is sacrosanct.
20. Jack White
Standout movie: Cold Mountain
19. Chris “Ludacris” Bridges
Standout movie: Crash
18. Mandy Moore
Standout movie: Saved!
17. Frank Sinatra
Standout movie: The Manchurian Candidate
16. Sting
Standout movie: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
15. Justin Timberlake
Standout movie: Alpha Dog
14. Mark Wahlberg
Standout movie: Fear
13. Ice-T
Standout movie: New Jack City
12. Tina Turner
Standout movie: Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
11. Ice Cube
Standout movie: Boyz N The Hood
10. Henry Rollins
Standout movie: “The Henry Rollins Show”
9. Donnie Wahlberg
Standout movie: “Band of Brothers”/ “Boomtown”
8. Mos Def
Standout movie: The Woodsman
7. Queen Latifah
Standout movie: Chicago
6. Bette Midler
Standout movie: Ruthless People, Drowning Mona
5. Cher
Standout movie: Moonstruck
4. Will Smith
Standout movie: Six Degrees of Separation
3. David Bowie
Standout movie: Labyrinth
2. Tupac Shakur
Standout movie: Juice
1. Dwight Yoakam
Standout movie: Sling Blade
Deliberate. Discuss. Dork out.
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Comments
Posted by: Skitz at November 18, 2008 5:02 PM
Man, I'd swap the Yoakam movie for Panic Room - he was flat-out evil in that flick...