By Dustin Rowles & TK | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (45)
Each Time You Like, Share, Tweet or Stumble a Pajiba Post, An Angel Does the Paul Rudd Dance
← Kevin Spacey Is Not a Very Good Actor | Smile. You're at Mr. Smiley's | Ein Prosit →
Posted by: Fredo at July 1, 2010 2:29 PM
Rowles... TK... as much as I appreciate your lists and USUALLY agree with them... come on! You can't just befoul the good name of Arnold!!!! He's awesome. As far as the Stallone's and the Van Damme's of the time Arnold was the fuckin best of the best. You can get piss drunk and watch his movies, or you can be hungover from a night of getting piss drunk and watch his movies. They're (mostly) classic! I can't sit idly by as you tarnish the name of Arnold in film... you bastards you.
Love you guys.
Posted by: Ryan at July 1, 2010 2:34 PM
David Carradine as Bill
possibly the only role where you don't actually laugh at his acting.
Posted by: smithee at July 1, 2010 2:40 PM
Don't forget the always hilarious Mr. Freeze that Arnold so subtly portrayed.
Posted by: Dangerous Dave at July 1, 2010 2:43 PM
Dolph is just one of those guys whose performances are so completely unmemorable that I must just stare at his face and assume he sucks...so I stare a little more to be sure.
Posted by: replica at July 1, 2010 2:45 PM
Lucy Liu and Keifer Sutherland are terrible actors?
Posted by: DeistBrawler at July 1, 2010 2:48 PM
I'm compelled to defend at least three or four of these in that they are far from "terrible actors" in my opinion, but I lack the resolve at the moment.
And although I'm something of a fan of his, I thought maybe that Billy Zane would show up on this list for Demon Knight.
Posted by: DarthCorleone at July 1, 2010 2:52 PM
I'm not buying it with Stephen Dorff's Deacon Frost. For all his scenery-chewing, he looks like one solid pimp slap from Snipes and he'd be on the street as Wesley's number one bitch.
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at July 1, 2010 2:54 PM
Lucy Liu and Keifer Sutherland are terrible actors?
That's a joke, right?
Posted by: The Other Agent Johnson at July 1, 2010 2:54 PM
Hey, Biff did his part! Don't hate on the Biff.
Posted by: aidan at July 1, 2010 3:26 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa, you guys. Thomas F. Wilson was pretty great in Freaks and Geeks. Since I only know him as the coach from that and Biff, I'm forced to conclude that he is at least an okay actor.
All the rest is fine by me.
Posted by: Kyle at July 1, 2010 3:27 PM
Are you insinuating that Kiefer Sutherland is a BAD ACTOR? WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? WHERE IS THE BOMB????
I would also like to add Alexander Godunov as Max in The Money Pit, and both Peter MacNichol as Dr. Janosz Poha and Wilhelm von Homburg as Vigo in Ghostbusters II.
Posted by: dammitjanet at July 1, 2010 3:31 PM
Hold up, now! Kiefer? No. Remove from the list please. That's just incorrect and you know it's just meant to rile up the "24" fans.
Posted by: TylerDFC at July 1, 2010 3:32 PM
Kristanna Loken as T-X in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Good concept. Good list.
But she sucked. She was about as fantastic as a Colonoscopy performed with a plunge router by an over-excited chimpanzee.
and thank you dammitjanet for ruining Ghostbusters II. I always THOUGHT that was Fred Thompson as Vigo. It made the movie better.
Posted by: D-Day at July 1, 2010 3:40 PM
Pfff, Kristanna Loken was a sucky villain as well. Not the slightest bit menacing which is sorta a perquisite for a villain, no? Please, Miss Barbie Doll, don't hurt me!
And yes, do take O-Ren & Jack off this list; or they'll totally whip your ass!
Posted by: Wendy at July 1, 2010 3:43 PM
Kiefer Sutherland is not a terrible actor.
Stephen Dorff does not make a fantastic movie villain.
Posted by: Todd at July 1, 2010 4:06 PM
At the risk of getting booed, I'm going to add
Robin Williams
After years of being annoyed by his roles/shtick, his work in One Hour Photo and Insomnia made me a fan.
Posted by: Jacktrade at July 1, 2010 4:13 PM
Oh no. You did not just call Robert Englund a terrible actor. Just because a man chooses to do horror films does not mean he is a bad actor. His work outside of ANoES stands for itself as the strongest defense to that. Frankly, the genre could use more trained Shakespearean actors who know how to develop and commit to a character in seemingly ridiculous circumstances.
Posted by: Robert at July 1, 2010 4:18 PM
I just am here for the hot Dolph picture. God that man was pretty!
I agree that Kiefer and Lucy Lui shouldn't be on this list.
Arnold rules, so you can suck it for having him on this list.
Posted by: Mebe at July 1, 2010 4:24 PM
What about Bolo "Brick dont hit back" Yeung in Bloodsport???
Posted by: Vithor at July 1, 2010 4:31 PM
In Rocky IV, you do not watch Ivan Drago
Ivan Drago watches YOU!
...and then he must break you too.
Posted by: bleujayone at July 1, 2010 4:33 PM
Billy Drago in the Untouchables. before his horrible B movie career.
Posted by: Jackseppelin at July 1, 2010 4:35 PM
Robin Williams in "Patch Adams". It's bone chilling.
Posted by: Mrcreosote at July 1, 2010 4:51 PM
There was a fairly recent photo of a nude Dolph Lundgren strolling on a beach somewhere... it's worth googling, the man still looks pretty damn good.
Posted by: snapnhiss at July 1, 2010 5:04 PM
Aw, I like Kiefer Sutherland and Lucy Liu. The cheese stands mostly alone. (Hi, Deistbrawler!)
Posted by: A Tiny Machine at July 1, 2010 5:26 PM
My favorite thing about Dolph is his masters in chemical engineering. That and he was accepted to MIT on the Fulbright Scholarship, I love a smart guy with muscles. He actually is a pretty interesting guy.
Posted by: Mebe at July 1, 2010 5:28 PM
how about Eric Bana as Nero in the latest Star Trek?
Posted by: phornin2 at July 1, 2010 5:32 PM
The line is, "Boards don't hit back" and Lee said it to Bob Wall's O'Hara, not Bolo.
/pedant
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at July 1, 2010 6:37 PM
Don't be dissin Kurn...I mean Tony Todd. His voice is buttery goodness with a dash of menace. Yum butter..what were we talking about?
Posted by: pyroplastique at July 1, 2010 7:09 PM
I'm sorry, Roger...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092675/quotes
Chong Li, PLAYED BY BOLO YEUNG, said:
"Chong Li: Very good. But brick not hit back! "
And to you, my fellow pedant:
Chong Li: You break my "line", now I break you, like I break your friend.
Posted by: Vithor at July 1, 2010 7:20 PM
You called Tony Todd a terrible actor.
I will never forgive you.
Posted by: Jerce at July 1, 2010 7:33 PM
So you go let's see, you've got Mike Myers, terrible actor, really? He doesn't even go out of his comfort zone I wouldn't call him terrible. Natasha Henstridge? Was Sil even a villain, i don't know what Species YOU folks watched but the one I saw just had an alien trying to survive in a hostile environment, maybe you guys got the Idiots Edition Box Set. And then you go and start ragging on Worf's brother?
Fuck this list.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at July 1, 2010 7:33 PM
Tony Todd was excellent in Deep Space 9 as the grown up Jake Sisko.
Posted by: The Kilted Yaksman at July 1, 2010 7:41 PM
Robert:
Jim Varney was a classically trained Shakespearean actor...I'm not sure that movies need more of that
Posted by: ASterisk at July 1, 2010 7:53 PM
Biff...wha...Lucy, no...TONY TODD??!?!!!
With all due respect, fuck you both. In the ass. With a chainsaw.
Which it exactly the response you wanted, I now realize.
You bastards.
Posted by: Vermillion at July 1, 2010 8:16 PM
k, you're just trying to be contrary here. all memorable villains, some of the decent actors some of them not so much. i only see one terrible actor in the list.
i'm used to trolls in forums, but a troll authoring the list. hmmm, is it harder to get a rise in the summer when people aren't hibernating at their computers?
Posted by: idleprimate at July 1, 2010 8:21 PM
You know what?! I just...what vermillion said.
Posted by: greer at July 1, 2010 8:41 PM
this list is SHIT! (insert one or two random exceptions)
Posted by: gp at July 1, 2010 9:00 PM
LUCY LIU IS A GREAT ACTRESS. JEALOUSLY IS JILARIOUS!!!!
Posted by: Chris at July 1, 2010 9:36 PM
Aww, Keifer Sutherland isn't a bad actor! That's not fair. And Mike Myers? I mean...I admit his last couple of movies weren't great but...actually yea what am i saying. This list is good, except for Keifer being on it. Though he is great in Lost Boys and Stand By Me...probably because he's a GREAT ACTOR!
Posted by: Littlejon2001 at July 2, 2010 12:18 AM
I figured that since this was right after the "Kevin Spacey is a bad actor" article that he would be on this list for Lex Luthor. Can't deny he was pretty good in that...
Posted by: SlizBomb at July 2, 2010 6:50 AM
Defending Tony Todd here. Great actor, incredible voice.
~
Posted by: Meander at July 3, 2010 3:23 PM
Aww, I love Lucy Liu. I will have none of this.
Posted by: dsbs at July 3, 2010 7:51 PM
Tony Todd is awesome. He is so awesome he even managed to elevate an episode of Smallville to something worth watching way back in the day.
Posted by: RJ at July 4, 2010 4:42 PM
Exactly what some really good audio players for kids? My cousin is 5 yoa and for christmas I want to buy her a ipod, she loves my nano but I think it might be difficult for her to utilize it. Are there a bit of good ones for kids?
Posted by: MP3 players for kids at March 18, 2011 6:59 PM
What about Macaulay Culkin in "The Good Son"? Or Rebecca DeMornay in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle"?