The WORST Actors/Actresses to Win An Oscar

[LiquidCrash]

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Benigni also won it over Edward Norton in American History X that year.

[EWRMETS]

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I guess it was more political in the press that followed...I don't actually recall her competition.

And yeah, with Michael Moore, Al Gore, Brokeback, Happy Feet, etc. it seems that as the years go by the Oscars are less and less for achievement in a given year and instead are the kitschy issue of the moment.

Brokeback was a very good movie. Obviously the documentary winner is normally going to be political.

I would say Benigni. He might be a great actor (I don't know) but I can't imagine his performance being better than Hanks in Saving Private Ryan or Norton in American History X that year. I'm surprised Liotta wasn't nominated for Goodfellas.

[Psyblast]

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Benigni also won it over Edward Norton in American History X that year.

That's a crime.

[sva91]

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That's a crime.

Ill second that. One of the most emotional performaces Ive ever seen. And someone said Adrien Brody didnt deserve his oscar for the Pianist. His performance was amazing.

[Spectre]

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Halle Berry "Make me feel good"

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Another vote for Nick Cage.

[pk500]

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Don't understand the hate for Nick Cage. He's a VERY versatile, good actor who can play comedy and drama.

Plus his performance in "Leaving Las Vegas" was stunning, very Oscar-worthy.

The day that Tom Cruise wins an Oscar -- God help us -- is the day this question will be put to bed forever, at least from the male side. The most overrated actor of the last 25 years, hands down.

Take care,
PK

[The C]

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Don't understand the hate for Nick Cage. He's a VERY versatile, good actor who can play comedy and drama.

Plus his performance in "Leaving Las Vegas" was stunning, very Oscar-worthy.

The day that Tom Cruise wins an Oscar -- God help us -- is the day this question will be put to bed forever, at least from the male side. The most overrated actor of the last 25 years, hands down.

Take care,
PK

What you don't like the same cocky character that he plays in every movie?

[rudyjuly2]

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Don't understand the hate for Nick Cage. He's a VERY versatile, good actor who can play comedy and drama.

Plus his performance in "Leaving Las Vegas" was stunning, very Oscar-worthy.

The day that Tom Cruise wins an Oscar -- God help us -- is the day this question will be put to bed forever, at least from the male side. The most overrated actor of the last 25 years, hands down.

Take care,
PK

As for Nicolas Cage, try telling that to my wife. I don't see him as a great actor but he's decent. My wife hates him and thinks any good movie with him in it is in spite of him. Any bad movie he's in is because of him.

I personally don't understand the hate for Tom Cruise that some people have. He's every bit as good an actor as Nicolas Cage and neither of those guys can really play very different types of characters. I thought Cruise was great in A Few Good Men and some other movies. I never think he's bad (he did play a pretty bad drunk at the beginning of Last Samurai but was good in the rest of it).

Lastly I will say almost every actor is overrated. They usually play themselves and just read dialogue. Its a big reason most actors play similar roles or have a similar feel to every role they do. I laugh when someone like Jennifer Anniston wants to "break out" of her Rachel role when she's the same character in every movie. I think Ed Norton Jr. is one of the few actors that can play a wide variety of roles and be great in all of them and he was great in American History X. Al Pacino is incredibly overrated imo. Hoo-Ah!

[Defel]

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What you don't like the same cocky character that he plays in every movie?

Did you see Adaptation? Cage put in my favorite performance since Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.

I would say he is every bit as good as Norton. It's just that Cage will appear in any movie as long as he gets paid. Movies that were actually good that Cage has been in were made better because of Cage's acting skills. I still prefer Norton simply because, if he's starring in a movie, I can count on it not being totally stupid. It might still be a bad movie, but not in "the movie makes you stupider just by watching it" way many Cage movies are bad.

It's not like Edward Norton as the star or anyone else for that matter was going to make Ghost Rider a good movie.

[aholbert32]

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The day that Tom Cruise wins an Oscar -- God help us -- is the day this question will be put to bed forever, at least from the male side. The most overrated actor of the last 25 years, hands down.

Take care,
PK

I dont know about that. He was great in Born on the fourth of July and Magnolia. Cruise reminds me of Will Smith. They both are basically playing themselves in most movies they do but when asked to go outside of the box they have the chops to pull it off.

[Rocky]

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I dont know about that. He was great in Born on the fourth of July and Magnolia. Cruise reminds me of Will Smith. They both are basically playing themselves in most movies they do but when asked to go outside of the box they have the chops to pull it off.

I wouldn't say they are more actors than "movie stars". All of they're characters are very appealing no matter what because the movie star is so appealing.

[JayBee74]

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Did you see Adaptation? Cage put in my favorite performance since Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.

It's just that Cage will appear in any movie as long as he gets paid.

That's the rap on Deniro as well.

[thelwig14]

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Marisa Tomei

I'll need to see the Actor list

Hmm quite a few bad ones i'll go chronologically

1944: Bing Crosby (Going My Way)
1949: Broderick Crawford (All the King's Men)
1955: Ernest Borgnine (Marty)
1968: Cliff Robertson (Charly)
1969: John Wayne (True Grit)*
1984: F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus)
1995: Nick Cage (Leaving Las Vegas)
1998: Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful)**
2002: Adrien Brody (The Pianist)


* He was good in macho roles and he did deserve the Oscar in other years but this was more of a lifetime achievement kind of thing for him.

** I'm sure he's a fine actor in his native Italy but really he shouldn't have won overall.

Disagree with Cage. Even though I think it is a grossly overrated movie, his performance was solid. He has also proved his chops in Adaptation amongst other movies.

[thelwig14]

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That's the rap on Deniro as well.

Agreed. Do we blast Samuel L. Jackson, too? No. Lay off Cage, he has proved his merits even since Valley Girl. He can act, he just also likes to get paid.