Frank Sinatra

best:

The Manchurian Candidate

worst:
a toss up between Robin and the 7 Hoods and Cannonball Run 2


next:

Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

best: Pump Up The Volume
worst: of the ones I've seen, gotta be Broken Arrow, although Punisher is a close second

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson
Best: Mad Max
Worst:What Women Want

Next: Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson:
Best: Chinatown
Worst: About Schmidt

Next:
Pam Grier

Dude. About Schmidt? Cute litte wojumbu? Cathy Bates's breasts?

Pam Grier

Best: Jackie Brown - (Great movie!)
Worst: Escape from LA
(I've only seen a few of her movies)

Next: Samuel L. Jackson

This is fun...

Samuel L. Jackson

Best: Amos and Andrew

Worst: XXX (In reality, anything from the last couple of years.)

Next: How 'bout Travolta...John Travolta

Is this the best perfomance or just the best movie they've ever been in.

Travolta:

Best: Thin Red Line
Worst: Swordfish

Next: Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Best: Death to Poochie

Worst: Jumaji (sp?)

next: Jet Li

Aw man, you didn't even try.

Ah! No way! Reverse those two answers and you have my answer to that- Man on the Moon was great if you were at all a fan of Andy Kaufman.

Jet Li

Best: None. He's not an actor and he shouldn't try to be.
Worst: Cradle 2(shudder) the Grave, or The One.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching him fight, but he cannot act to save his life.

Ernest Borgnine.

Borgnine
Best: Marty
Worst: Laser Mission (with Brandon Lee)

Christopher Walken

Bruce Willis:

Worst-- Hudson Hawk
Best-- Die Hard

awww cameroncrazy822 left it without a new name...

I took someone from the same cast of Hudson Hawk

Danny Aiello

Best: Leon: The Professional

Worst: Prince of Central Park

Linda Fiorentino

Linda Fiorentino

Best - Gotcha!
Worst - Jade

And since he was skipped

Christopher Walken

Best - At Close Range
Worst - Batman Returns

Next - Ving Rhames

You know.. I wish they would release Gotcha! onto DVD.. i really liked that movie.

Now are people making sure to do the worst performance, or are they basing it on how bad the movie is?

Ving Rhames:

Best: Pulp Fiction
Worst: Mission Impossible 2

Next: Will Smith

Will Smith

Best: Men In Black
Worst: Wild Wild West

(to be honest, I have only seen a handful of his movies)

Here's a challenge:

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

best: Heat
worst: The New Guy


Parker Posey

Parker Posey

Best: House of Yes
Worst: Coneheads

Selma Blair

EDIT:
D'oh!

I've not seen enough of Selma Blair's movies to do this one.

Selma Blair

best:
(tie) Legally Blonde and Kill Me Later
(I haven't seen Hellboy yet, but from what I saw in the "Making of..." special, she looked great)

worst:
Highway

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next:

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Best: Hope Floats

Worst: Speed *shudder*


Next: Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Best: (this is going to be tough) Love Actually
Worst: (This will be much easier) Nine Months

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Best: *crickets chirping*
Worst: Bedazzled

Next: Brad Pitt

LOL I love that

Brad Pitt

BEST - Fight Club

Worst - Johnny Suede

Psst... name somebody new :p

oh yeah ;)

lets make it harder

Michael Ironside

bah.. that's easy

Michael Ironside

best: scanners

worst: watchers

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Best: The Hours

Worst: Days of Thunder


Next: Russel Crow

Russell Crowe
Best: Romper Stomper
Worst: Virtuosity

Gabriel Byrne

Edit: ahhh dammit!! I got beat...I'll skip this one since I don't know who that actress is....

Garbiel Byrne

Best - Point of No Return
Worst - Trial by Jury


Next - William Hurt

Bones, I think you have commited a mortal sin to include his performance in Point Of No Return ahead of The Usual Suspects

William Hurt

Best- Altered States
Worst- Contaminated Man

David Carradine

David Carradine.....

best The original Kung Fu

worst????? wow take your pick...... I'll say Children of the Corn V

Now then hmmmmmmm how about James Cagney?

I've seen some very interesting opinions in this thread...

Like Russel Crowe... A Beautiful Mind would have been my choice

among others which i care not to read through the thread again to find

James Cagney

Best: Angels with Dirty Faces
Worst: None, really. I guess you could criticize him for being lazy and playing the same role, but he was very good at it.

Next
Ernest Borgnine.

Ernest Borgnine

Best - BASEketball

Worst - McHales Navy 1964

Heh..........


Next - Keanu Reeves

Keanu

Best - Uhhh..... Replacements?

Worst - Much ado about Nothing

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