Worst Actor of All Time?

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William Shatner
 

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"Shatner is trained as a classical Shakespearean actor and his first big acting job was in 1954 performing at the world famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford"

Maybe that polluted him for standard method acting roles, he does seem more than a little affected.
 

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I think the Godzilla beasts in the original Japanese movies must be close.

Otherwise, the field is just too large to take a stab at the worst. The field is ripe with tripe, especially nowadays.
 
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1. Nick Cage, also chose bad movies to match his acting
2. Richard Gere
3. Tom Cruise
4. Ryan Gosling
 
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Al Pacino. The perfect short man complex rolled up in an exaggerated figjam actor

His doppelganger Phil Spector was a better actor.
 

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1. Nick Cage, also chose bad movies to match his acting
2. Richard Gere
3. Tom Cruise
4. Ryan Gosling
1. face off , massive talent bad..no
2. Primal fear with edward norton
3. Jerry maguire, first mission impossilbe
4. The nice guys with russel crowe, fracture with anthony hopkins

ok the films also live from the good supporting actors
 

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"Shatner is trained as a classical Shakespearean actor and his first big acting job was in 1954 performing at the world famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford"

Maybe that polluted him for standard method acting roles, he does seem more than a little affected.

I think he should request a refund from that acting school. For whatever reason, I have found him unconvincing in almost everything I’ve ever seen him in. (By contrast, I have found Gene Hackman convincing in everything I’ve ever seen him in.)

But I think Mark212121 is correct; how could I have forgotten Steven Segal? Steven Seagal is worse than William Shatner!
 
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Al Pacino. The perfect short man complex rolled up in an exaggerated figjam actor

His doppelganger Phil Spector was a better actor.

he got worse later. Godfather and dog day afternoon were brilliant. He then just started screaming. Scar face is great, in the last 30 minutes he gives the glimpses of the bad actor he is going to turn out to be
 

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Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Ronald Reagen
 
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I think he should request a refund from that acting school. For whatever reason, I have found him unconvincing in almost everything I’ve ever seen him in.
Ron, just catch Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan, and watch as Kirk stares like thunder and shouts "KHAAAAAAN!!!", and tell me this is not the greatest acting ever. Man, a tear (almost) rolled down my cheek.
 
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Ron, just watch Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan, and watch as Kirk stares like thunder and shouts "KHAAAAAAN!!!", and tell me this is not the greatest acting ever. Man, a tear (almost) rolled down my cheek.

the last time I saw someone scream like that was when a 211 blew up and glass penetrated the thigh
 
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I don't believe the phrase "KHAAAAAAN!!!" was used. And it wasn't acting.
 

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All I can think is that WBF is on its last legs if Ron needs to try to liven things up with clickbait like this "thread".
 
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1) I think threads like this can be fun.

2) I think it’s interesting to see if preferences like tubes versus solid-state, and analog versus digital, can be traced into other areas of subjective* preferences.

* Maybe some of this is objective? Is there anybody who thinks Steven Seagal is a convincing actor who achieves suspension of disbelief?
 
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Gene Hackman is ...gorgeous in Missippi burning
Ron, just catch Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan, and watch as Kirk stares like thunder and shouts "KHAAAAAAN!!!", and tell me this is not the greatest acting ever. Man, a tear (almost) rolled down my cheek.
his role as t.j hooker was far worse, the only bright spot was heather locklear;)
 

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the last time I saw someone scream like that was when a 211 blew up and glass penetrated the thigh
I believe at that moment Kirk almost William Shatnered himself.
 

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1) I think threads like this can be fun.

2) I think it’s interesting to see if preferences like tubes versus solid-state, and analog versus digital, can be traced into other areas of subjective* preferences.

* Maybe some of this is objective? Is there anybody who thinks Steven Seagal is a convincing actor who achieves suspension of disbelief?

unlike in audio people get exposure to a wide variety of actors quite easily at low costs so chances of making the same mistake of choosing Seagal as of choosing these crazy audio components is rare. Also, every one has a similar realism template when it comes to acting
 

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