The Top 5 World's Worst Actors

Do You Agree?

Cassandra James
There really are some bad actors in the world. There are also some actors who just grate on your nerves, no matter what movies they make. But there are some who are so terrible they should never have been paid one cent to act, yet who make millions of dollars producing pure and utter drivel. None of these guys should ever win a Best Actor award. Here is my list of the World's Top 5 Worst Actors. See if you agree.

5. Steven Seagal - How this man's name and 'Actor' ever appear in the same sentence is beyond me. He's absolutely dreadful in every role he plays. He must be, because he plays every role exactly the same - a deadpan, monotone voice and wooden movement. For his worst role ever (although any Seagal movie will suffice if you want a good laugh) check out The Patriot, which he made with his own money (it was so bad, no reputable studio wanted to fund it obviously). The most laughable fact about him however is that he has been named as a reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist Lama by Tibetan Lama Penor Rinpoche. Lama? Oh please. Llama, maybe!

4. William Shatner - His droll, annoying delivery of lines in Star Trek could be excused as 'the character' I suppose, but when that delivery has been extended to every role he's done since, please, Beam Him Up Scotty, we're all sick of him.

3.Arnold Schwarzenegger - I'm all one for accents, but I find his nothing more than annoying. He can't act, he moves like a gorilla on steroids, he's a short guy with 'Short Guy's Complex' (I've seen him in real life, er.....not tall is an understatement, yet many websites controversially list him as 6ft 2in - only if he's standing on a chair!) and now he's Governor of California, you've just got to laugh. It was bad enough when you had to watch him on a movie screen. Now he pops up often on serious news programs, it makes you realize what a joke American politics are. Worst performance ever? Terminator. "I'll be back". Please.....noooooooooo.

2.David Hasselhoff - Best known for his roles in Baywatch and Knight Rider, he still appears in other made-for-TV stuff occasionally, all of it bad. Still making the rounds of TV shows and B movies, he and his wife have been recently talked about as probably the most disturbing set of parents you would want to wish on any child. The videotape of him filmed by his daughter while he was drunk was one of the saddest things I've ever seen. Amazing his career has survived something like that, especially as he's a one trick pony to start with.

1. Sylvester Stallone - Named as the Worst Actor of the Century in 2000, by Razzies.com, how can you argue with that? There's not much more to be said. Really.

So who do you think are the worst actors in the world?

Published by Cassandra James

I'm a British-American writer currently living in Bangkok, Thailand. I've been writing for Associated Content since 2007 and was named one of AC's Top 100 Writers for 2008, 2009 and 2010. I primarily write a...   View profile

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  • ruthie 11/1/2011

    Brad Pitt.

    Sorry Brad fans but this guy has the personality of an old smelly sock.
    At least with actors like Seagal and and the dear old Arnie you can have a laugh.

  • Guest 1/27/2011

    @ Tim S
    Shut up moron Nicolas Cage is EPIC. Wait.. who is Will Smith again?

  • guest 12/15/2010

    How is Tommy Wiseau not on that list? :o

  • Dave Baker 12/14/2010

    Most "actors" today got their "big break" from nepotism. Hollywood now produces propaganda, and lately much of that contains computerized cartoons developed to reduce the casting requirements to the aforementioned offspring. There's really no "actors" capable of plying the trade. The vast majority of material cranked out of Tinseltown has fallen under a formulaic, slang/syntax/cynical spell that has stifled the movie making process. Comedy is now vulgarity. Women are all superheroes, while men are reduced to whining incompetents. Kids are snotty, self-indulgent and 'trained' in the art of pithy rebuffs. Everything about the current media betrays an inexorable decline in all aspects of the industry.

  • Tim S 9/12/2010

    Shatner: Worst. Actor. Ever.

    #6 and #7 are Nicolas Cage and Will Smith.

  • Tara 6/12/2010

    I could NEVER be sick of Shatner. He's awesome.

  • Joe Schmoe 6/7/2010

    Avery Brooks & Charles S. Dutton. Don't you people know it's racist not to include blacks?

  • ginge 5/11/2010

    Steven Seagal is amazing!eg under seige WATCH IT!

  • Guest 9/25/2009

    Nicolas Cage... WORST ACTOR EVER!!!

  • Arnold Schwartzenegger 8/6/2009

    Definitely the worst actor ever - but who's going to tell him....

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