Actors that are always great, even in bad movies.

[CapnChaos]

I have to go with Stephen Root.

[Marc Lombardi]

Christopher Walken.

Close thread.

[CapnChaos]

Christopher Walken.

Close thread.
He pulled The Rundown from mediocre to worthwhile on the strength of his Tooth Fairy speech alone.

[Brian Defferding]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Ewan MacGregor

Kevin Spacey

Nick Nolte (c'mon, he was a fucking blast to watch in the Hulk)

[Jerome Gibbons]

Some could argue that Walken is even better in mediocre movies.

[Marc Lombardi]

He pulled The Rundown from mediocre to worthwhile on the strength of his Tooth Fairy speech alone.
Also see that god-awful ping pong movie and the remake of The Stepford Wives.

Well, don't "see" them actually, but you know what I mean.

[Black Roman]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Ewan MacGregor

Kevin Spacey

Nick Nolte (c'mon, he was a fucking blast to watch in the Hulk)

Yes x 4


Toni Collette. Nicole Kidman to a lesser extent.

[NickT]

Steve Buscemi.

[Fourthman]

Chiwetel Eijofor. We could prove this if he did more bad movies.

[Gregory]

Gene Hackman.
Morgan Freeman.
Gary Oldman.

[ClintP]

Kurt Russell, Tommy Lee Jones, and Morgan Freeman.

[CapnChaos]

Also see that god-awful ping pong movie and the remake of The Stepford Wives.

Well, don't "see" them actually, but you know what I mean.

I loved him in Blast From the Past, too.

[Jef UK]

Matt Damon.

[ZombieSpeedball]

He pulled The Rundown from mediocre to worthwhile on the strength of his Tooth Fairy speech alone.

Oh come on, I loved The Rundown.

[Fake Pat]

It's Walken, that's it.

If you fast forward through every scene he's not in, Envy is an awesome movie.

[Dr. Hackenbush]

I have to oppose Kevin Spacey on the list because of K-PAX.

[c. page]

christopher walken
gene hackman

[Mark4myself]

Christopher Walken is the obvious answer to this question. Other than him I'd have to go with Steve Buscemi, Gene Hackman, Kurt Russell, Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman

[Dr. Hackenbush]

Christopher Walken is the obvious answer to this question. Other than him I'd have to go with Steve Buscemi, Gene Hackman, Kurt Russell, Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman

Yes, Gene Hackman.:thumb:

[Jonathan Callan]

Robert Downey Jr.

[Benny]

Michael Caine was the first name to pop into my head. He is a great actor but, yea gods, he has been in some stinkers over the years. But he still manages to do at least a pretty good job even in really bad movies.

[Jibberwashed]

Agree on Walken. Joe Dirt!

[Mark4myself]

Robert Downey Jr.

I forgot to mention him...he's always fantastic regardless of what he's in or in some cases what he's on...

[Hate_Prime]

Add Denzel Washington to those. In fact, bad movies become good movies for the mere fact that he stars in them.

[Jet]

The Bruce

[Forrest]

Johnny Depp

Jim Carrey

Charlize Theron

Chris Cooper

Bruce Campbell

[greg donovan]

Kevin Bacon

[chazbot]

Walter Matthau was one.

[Foolish Mortal]

Most of the good ones have been mentioned already. I'll add Robert Duvall, Judi Dench, and William H. Macy

[JimmyF1982]

Clint Howard?

is that his name? brother of Ron Howard

[Dood Lee]

ian mckellen. He made X3 go from poor to average in my mind, and he completely saved Da Vinci code since good ole Tom Hanks decided to phone in his role.

[DaGetHighKnight]

Ed Norton

[The-Last-Man]

Forest Whittaker.

[CapnChaos]

Sam Jackson should be in this too. I was just thinking about Loaded Weapon 1... Ouch.

[ClintP]

Clint Howard?

is that his name? brother of Ron Howard

Yep. ;)