Ham actors

[Thornastor]

Who do you thinks is a ham actor. I think Leonardo decrappio , stephanie beecham and joan collins, are there anymore you could think add ?

[Pike Bishop]

I reckon Kevin Spacey is. He pretty much plays it exactly the same in every film he appears in.

[The Allmighty]

The mighty Keanu Reeves (although I use the word "actor" very loosely in relation to him).

[GK]

I think di Caprio has been good in several films, particularly, ... Gilbert Grape, but Titanic, while doing a lot for his heart-throb status has given his acting credentials a knock.

I think Collins and Beacham are supposed to be hammy.;)

As for Spacey, I can see a reasonable distance between his performances in American Beauty and The Usual Suspects to allow me to continue thinking he's a decent actor.

(I've always had a slight problem, however, with James Spader's fondness for the over-exaggerated stammer - "Wh-wh-whaddya you mean ?")

[BigH]

how about that idiot Cuba Gooding - every film he's the same hammy fool - still cannot believe he got that Oscar

also, that dreadful De Niro wannabe Elias Koteas

[Arch Stanton]

What about Jeff Goldblum. Some one should really tell that there's more to acting than making big goggley eyes.


Best ham acting ever has got to be John Voight in Annaconda though. He's a good actor and he was the only one who relized the film was a comedy.

[martinb]

quentin tarantino.

[Thomasd]

Arnie! Cant believe anyone mentioned him yet. Although his performance in Batman and Robin may have transcended ham:D

[Preacher]

Hught Grant. :rolleyes:

[urruri]

Gotta say Arnie

[SloppyJoe]

I can't believe nobodies mentioned Denise Richards yet. She is gorgeous but is truly an awful actress.

[Cap'n Al]

Oh dear God, where to start...Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor probably takes the biscuit, in the famous scene where he finally works out that Kate Beckinsale has been cheating on him with Josh Harnett, and he adopts an expression that is mildly...stupid.

Otherwise, the classic actors of films made more than 20 years ago; Olivier, obviously, Gielgud, Burton, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley...

[RoboCop4]

The mighty William Shatner springs to mind :)

Most of the 80s & 90s action stars such as Van Damme, Dolph Lungren etc. can be quite embarrassing when they try to do more than utter monosyllables whilst kicking someone in the backside.

[gZa]

Can't believe no ones said this yet...

The Pig in Babe, Babe: Pig in the City :p

[Vinyl-Pants]

dunno if you would agree with me but I would venture Bill Paxton - he acts the same in every movie ive seen him in, although he was bloody funny in True Lies...

NO way is William Shatner hammy - you obviously havent seen Loaded Weapon 1 :)

[Dear Mr Echo]

Some of the above are hammy but hammiest of them all HAS to be Julian Sands. No contest.

Except perhaps for Miss Piggy:)

Andrew

[charlie angel]

Richard Gere & the one face he has to express emotion.

He's flat as a pancake for the majority of his films, then come an emotional scen, the eyes get slightly closed & he turns his head away. Nonsense.

[P1]

Bill Shatner. Anthony Hopkins (Prime Ham) and the greatest ham of them all Vincent Price.

[mjb1975]

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[splobber]

Originally posted by SloppyJoe
I can't believe nobodies mentioned Denise Richards yet.

I can't believe that nobody's said "i LiEk hAm!!!!!!111" yet. :nuts:

[Bapapapa]

Forsooth it muth be doth Kenneth Branagh!!

[adamvbarker]

Tim Curry!! More ham than an entire charcuterie.

Some of the above mentioned don't really count as 'ham' since it denotes way over the top sceney chewing badness.
Many of the above are just plain bad in flat, lifeless, talentless, couldn't act their way out of a paper bag way. The likes of Denise Richards, Van Damme, Keanu Reeves (on a bad day) fall into this category, to my mind, and don't have enough flair or imagination to reach ham. Kenneth Branagh is just too bland to be really hammy, though he does try, poor dear.

Ham acting can be rather fun to watch sometimes: Shatner in full flow, Vincent Price going way over the top (tho' he also gave some very fine performances), maybe Tim Curry in Rocky Horror but not in anything else he's ever done)

In my opinion, Julian Sands has the dubious honour of being both types of bad (ham & flat as a pancake) at the same time. If only he could be digitally removed from Naked Lunch

[Bapapapa]

Jonathon Frakes!!1111

Jesus, that guy gets on my tits.

:nuts:

[McD]

Chris O'Donnell could be acted under the table by every one mentioned so far.

And Ewan McGregor isn't quite so bad, but he's not that good either. OK, in Trainspotting, crap in everything else, including Moulin Rouge (nice singing voice though).

[DavidMcGowan]

Mary Badham pulled it off very well in the closing scenes of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

[neverland]

I've got two words for you.

Gordon's alive!

[JohnyC]

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me in the eyes of Muslims.

[AndyWilson]

Ham actors and no mention of Kevin Bacon???

..I'll get me coat...

[Steve_S]

Hamming it up in a film can be considered a virtue in the hands of master. For example Alan Rickman in most of the big budget films he's been in. He knows the film is awfull, but he's going to have a good time before collecting his paycheck. Check out his Sherriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves for example.

In the hands of a novice ham the results can be horrible. Check out Tim Roth in Planet of the Apes for example.

[Mike]

For me, the last word on ham acting is the epic camp contest between Vincent Price and Robert Morley in "Theatre of Blood".

In defence of Olivier, most of his worst performances are in films with scripts so appalling it would be impossible to underplay them. And frequently, one or two scenes transcend ham and are genuinely powerful - the encounter with the nurse in "The Boys From Brazil" for example.

Jack Nicholson is a prime offender too - not in "The Pledge" thankfully, where he was superb - but in everything else he's done since "the Crossing Guard".

[Narshty]

Agreed on Theatre of Blood - the highlight is Vincent Price's limping, snarling Richard III, complete with nasal makeup!

[Preacher]

Richard E Grant. But in a good way!

[robbiejm]

Originally posted by McD
Chris O'Donnell could be acted under the table by every one mentioned so far.

And Ewan McGregor isn't quite so bad, but he's not that good either. OK, in Trainspotting, crap in everything else, including Moulin Rouge (nice singing voice though).

Eh?, what about Shallow Grave, he sold his soul to the devil doing that chick flick musical though.

[niknaknoo]

When it come to Ham for me Keifer Sutherland in Dark City was absolutely shocking, I honestly thought he must have been taking the ****. Come to think of it Richard O'Brians character in the film was one big hammy cliche too. Maybe I missed the point of the film all together, maybe it was a clever pastiche with a cheeky wink in it's eye, and not a big old bunch of arse. Then again....

[jamie_rowe]

No-one does ham like Geoffrey Rush, but he's an expert

Someone like Kenneth Branagh (Wild Wild West) just isn't