Great actors/actresses that have never been in a great movie?

*Andrew NDB* · 02-17-2025, 06:39 PM

I was just thinking about this. Angelina Jolie might be one. Girl Interrupted might be as close as she's ever got, but even that seems rather forgettable in retrospect.

Mad Dog McMutt · 02-17-2025, 07:25 PM

Tommy Davidson from In Living Color. That guy is incredibly talented, but I can't name a single great movie he was in besides a very small roll in Ace Ventura Pet Detective 2. He did such a great Michael Jackson impression in In Living Color.

*Coola Yagami* · 02-17-2025, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I was just thinking about this. Angelina Jolie might be one. Girl Interrupted might be as close as she's ever got, but even that seems rather forgettable in retrospect.

I liked the Tomb Raider films for what they were. She looked so much like her that I couldn't un-see her as Lara Croft in other films she was in from around that era.

**Barkworm** · 02-18-2025, 02:22 AM

Some TV stars might qualify. The main cast of the Wire is amazing but none of them has ever been in a good film (Wendell Pierce is in the James Gunn Superman but who knows how that‘s going to turn out). Bryan Cranston or Michael C. Hall are similar cases.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-19-2025, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I liked the Tomb Raider films for what they were.

I personally think they were horrid (the newer movie oh-kay, but pretty "meh" and it stripped away all the supernatural stuff from the game it was adapting), but I don't think the consensus amongst even of their fans is that either of them were "Great" movies.

*CyberCubed* · 02-19-2025, 11:17 AM

Sarah Michelle Gellar only has 1 really good movie to her name (Cruel Intentions), and the others she just had a small supporting role in (I know what you did last summer), where she was just a secondary character to be killed off. She also voiced April O'Neil in TMNT 2007...if that counts, lol.

But yeah, I'm actually sad Sarah Michelle Gellar never went on to be a movie star. After she finished Buffy (and those awful Scooby Doo movies), she should of went to star in movies during the mid 2000's and early 2010's...but she never did. She has tons of talent too but she never made it as a movie star.

There's just something about Sarah Michelle Gellar that makes her different than all the other blonde actresses out there. (and yes I know she's really a brunette). Her way of speaking/acting is just completely different than most actress I've seen, I don't know how to describe it. There really is nobody else like her. It's why so many people are drawn to watching Buffy over and over.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-19-2025, 01:35 PM

I have another one: Bryan Cranston. Definitely has never been in a great movie.

**Barkworm** · 02-19-2025, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I have another one: Bryan Cranston. Definitely has never been in a great movie.

See my last post. Though Trumbo is supposedly decent?! Never seen it though.

02-17-2025, 06:39 PM	#1
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02-19-2025, 01:35 PM	#7
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,573	I have another one: Bryan Cranston. Definitely has never been in a great movie. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

02-17-2025, 07:25 PM	#2
Mad Dog McMutt Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 707	Tommy Davidson from In Living Color. That guy is incredibly talented, but I can't name a single great movie he was in besides a very small roll in Ace Ventura Pet Detective 2. He did such a great Michael Jackson impression in In Living Color.

02-19-2025, 11:17 AM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,887	Sarah Michelle Gellar only has 1 really good movie to her name (Cruel Intentions), and the others she just had a small supporting role in (I know what you did last summer), where she was just a secondary character to be killed off. She also voiced April O'Neil in TMNT 2007...if that counts, lol. But yeah, I'm actually sad Sarah Michelle Gellar never went on to be a movie star. After she finished Buffy (and those awful Scooby Doo movies), she should of went to star in movies during the mid 2000's and early 2010's...but she never did. She has tons of talent too but she never made it as a movie star. There's just something about Sarah Michelle Gellar that makes her different than all the other blonde actresses out there. (and yes I know she's really a brunette). Her way of speaking/acting is just completely different than most actress I've seen, I don't know how to describe it. There really is nobody else like her. It's why so many people are drawn to watching Buffy over and over.