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Thread started 03/03/06 4:41am

retina

Who is your favourite "non-actor actor"?

I'm talking about people that are mostly known for something else but who have also tried acting in movies on occasion.

My vote would go to David Bowie. He really takes acting seriously and does a fantastic job, in my opinion. Very versatile and believable. If he hadn't prioritized his career in music I'm sure he would have had an excellent one in the movie business.

A few examples of other "non-actor actors" of various quality:

Jennifer Lopez
Mos Def
Ice Cube
Angie Everhart
Michael Moore
David Cronenberg
Eminem
Jon Bon Jovi
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Reply #1 posted 03/03/06 5:27am

Anx

i liked it when jesse jackson did that skit, "the question is moot" on SNL years ago. he was actually really funny.
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Reply #2 posted 03/03/06 5:42am

EskomoKisses

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I loved David Bowie in the Labyrinth...one of my favorite movies biggrin biggrin

I'd say Will Smith, but he's really crossed over to being an actor that occasionally puts out an album these days.

Mos Def was so funny in Italian Job ("I had a bad experience. rolleyes And I'm the one who's deaf."), he looks like my little brother only black (hmm can I say that?) I think we're going to see 16 Blocks sometime this weekend (unless I'm stuck watching Ultra Violet rolleyes )
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Reply #3 posted 03/03/06 5:58am

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Jack White biggrin
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"-Dr Seuss

Pain is something to carry, like a radio...You should stand up for your right to feel your pain- Jim Morrison
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Reply #4 posted 03/03/06 6:00am

Anx

i thought kim gordon was the only engaging thing in gus van zant's movie "last days". well, that and the man sex.
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Reply #5 posted 03/03/06 6:01am

jerseykrs

EskomoKisses said:


Mos Def was so funny in Italian Job ("I had a bad experience. rolleyes And I'm the one who's deaf.")



LMFAO, I was cracking up when I heard him drop that.
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Reply #6 posted 03/03/06 7:56am

LleeLlee

retina said:

I'm talking about people that are mostly known for something else but who have also tried acting in movies on occasion.


Tom Cruise.
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Reply #7 posted 03/03/06 8:00am

brownsugar

i thought tupac was good in "gridloc'd" and "juice"

tyrese in "babyboy"
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Reply #8 posted 03/03/06 8:12am

Stax

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Meatloaf
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Reply #9 posted 03/03/06 8:19am

Nikki23

retina said:

I'm talking about people that are mostly known for something else but who have also tried acting in movies on occasion.

My vote would go to David Bowie. He really takes acting seriously and does a fantastic job, in my opinion. Very versatile and believable. If he hadn't prioritized his career in music I'm sure he would have had an excellent one in the movie business.


Good choice!



Cher was amazing in Moonstruck.
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Reply #10 posted 03/03/06 8:27am

retina

Nikki23 said:

Good choice!


Thanks. It was that fantastic video you sent me that made me think of his movie career and consequently of starting this thread. thumbs up!

Cher was amazing in Moonstruck.


True. nod
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Reply #11 posted 03/03/06 8:28am

CarrieMpls

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Bjork was amazing.
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Reply #12 posted 03/03/06 8:34am

abierman

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) in 'The Big Lebowski' (as one of the nihilists) & 'The Chase'

Best line in Big Lebowski:

'Give us ze money, Lebowski! Or else we'll cut off your dschjohnson and maybe stomp on it! Ja!'
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Reply #13 posted 03/03/06 8:36am

retina

Anx said:

i thought kim gordon was the only engaging thing in gus van zant's movie "last days". well, that and the man sex.


Well, I wouldn't even check it out for that person's sake since you already made me waste a couple of hours on watching "Waiting for Guffman". hmph!

Okay, okay, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't all that funny either. I think Christopher Guest was excellent and quite believable but the rest of the cast is so-so and has been recycled too many times now. That Jewish guy with glasses is completely unfunny in my opinion. And the whole show that basically took up half the movie was too good to be funny but too bad to be enjoyable. As usual with their later movies, I think the end sequence that tells the story of what happened to them later on was one of the most interesting and funny parts.

I can see why you thought it was hilarious though since you apparently have more insight into the world of theatre and therefore can chuckle at the in-jokes. But the thing is that I laughed a lot at Spinal Tap even though I don't have all that much insight into that world either, so they should have been able to make this one funny to outsiders too, I think.
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Reply #14 posted 03/03/06 8:38am

retina

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Bjork was amazing.


Yeah, but according to Von Trier she wasn't even acting, she was living that part, which eventually became almost unbearable for the rest of the cast and crew.
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Reply #15 posted 03/03/06 8:42am

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retina said:

CarrieMpls said:

Bjork was amazing.


Yeah, but according to Von Trier she wasn't even acting, she was living that part, which eventually became almost unbearable for the rest of the cast and crew.


Yeah, she had plenty to say about him too. lol.
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Reply #16 posted 03/03/06 8:44am

retina

CarrieMpls said:

retina said:



Yeah, but according to Von Trier she wasn't even acting, she was living that part, which eventually became almost unbearable for the rest of the cast and crew.


Yeah, she had plenty to say about him too. lol.


I'm sure she did. An authoritarian Danish director doesn't mix very well with an eccentric Icelandic pop princess. Anyone could have seen that coming. smile
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Reply #17 posted 03/03/06 8:45am

GangstaFam

CarrieMpls said:

Bjork was amazing.

co-Bjork. nod
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Reply #18 posted 03/03/06 8:56am

Nikki23

retina said:

Nikki23 said:

Good choice!


Thanks. It was that fantastic video you sent me that made me think of his movie career and consequently of starting this thread. thumbs up!

Cher was amazing in Moonstruck.


True. nod

I love that video and it's freaky how they got someone who looked so like him when he was young.
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Reply #19 posted 03/03/06 9:01am

retina

Nikki23 said:


I love that video and it's freaky how they got someone who looked so like him when he was young.


Did they? The angle looked so weird that I thought at first that they'd created a three-dimensional computer image from an actual picture of his face, but the quality of the clip was so bad that it was difficult to tell for sure.
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Reply #20 posted 03/03/06 9:20am

Nikki23

retina said:

Nikki23 said:


I love that video and it's freaky how they got someone who looked so like him when he was young.


Did they? The angle looked so weird that I thought at first that they'd created a three-dimensional computer image from an actual picture of his face, but the quality of the clip was so bad that it was difficult to tell for sure.

Yeah maybe it was a computer image ,you could be right. I should look up how the video was made.
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Reply #21 posted 03/03/06 10:21am

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Mos Def was actually acting before he was rapping.

But my vote would go to...Will Smith.
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #22 posted 03/03/06 10:25am

retina

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Mos Def was actually acting before he was rapping.


I never said he wasn't. shrug
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Reply #23 posted 03/03/06 10:34am

Justin1972UK

So many talented musical performers are also gifted actors, so the line's pretty much blurred. I mean, look at Cher - I love her acting more than her singing.

My vote goes to Patricia Hearst. What a trouper! lol
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Reply #24 posted 03/03/06 10:49am

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retina said:

ChristopherTracyParade said:

Mos Def was actually acting before he was rapping.


I never said he wasn't. shrug


Well, you listed him along with other rappers so I was just making a point. Relax.
"Free yo mind and yo ass will follow" - George Clinton
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Reply #25 posted 03/03/06 11:18am

EskomoKisses

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Stax said:

Meatloaf



"This is Bob. Bob has bitch tits" falloff
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Reply #26 posted 03/03/06 11:36am

EskomoKisses

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jerseykrs said:

EskomoKisses said:


Mos Def was so funny in Italian Job ("I had a bad experience. rolleyes And I'm the one who's deaf.")



LMFAO, I was cracking up when I heard him drop that.


I am so looking forward to the 2nd one...and I suppose while I'm at it I could add Mark Walberg to this list smile
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Reply #27 posted 03/03/06 11:57am

emm

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no one has said dwight yoakum yet!!

he constantly surprises me with any film work he does
take off that cowboy hat and he disappears into any roll he plays
doveShe couldn't stop crying 'cause she knew he was gone to stay dove
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Reply #28 posted 03/03/06 12:00pm

retina

emm said:

no one has said dwight yoakum yet!!

he constantly surprises me with any film work he does
take off that cowboy hat and he disappears into any roll he plays


I haven't seen any of Yoakum's films, but for some reason your post reminded me that Tom Waits is a pretty damn good actor. thumbs up!
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Reply #29 posted 03/03/06 12:01pm

Anx

retina said:

Anx said:

i thought kim gordon was the only engaging thing in gus van zant's movie "last days". well, that and the man sex.


Well, I wouldn't even check it out for that person's sake since you already made me waste a couple of hours on watching "Waiting for Guffman". hmph!

Okay, okay, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't all that funny either. I think Christopher Guest was excellent and quite believable but the rest of the cast is so-so and has been recycled too many times now. That Jewish guy with glasses is completely unfunny in my opinion. And the whole show that basically took up half the movie was too good to be funny but too bad to be enjoyable. As usual with their later movies, I think the end sequence that tells the story of what happened to them later on was one of the most interesting and funny parts.

I can see why you thought it was hilarious though since you apparently have more insight into the world of theatre and therefore can chuckle at the in-jokes. But the thing is that I laughed a lot at Spinal Tap even though I don't have all that much insight into that world either, so they should have been able to make this one funny to outsiders too, I think.


i just thought it was one of the best examples of improv i've ever seen. none of that was scripted. it was all made up on the spot. the plot was scripted, sure - but the dialog, and where they took the scenes? that was all created as you're watching them do it. i think that's pretty brilliant. but to each their own. shrug
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