Which actors do you consider over rated?

Rula Nula Lovejoy? Ian McShane?

Yes, Julie Walters. She is often on the radio trying to force us to book holidays with Saga, and she seems to talk in the same irritating voice she used in many of her roles.

Mind you, I thought she did a good part a few years ago in a tv series set in India which was dropped early.

‘Indian Summer’ I think.

Ooh yes, Lorraine Kelly! Completely fake.
GagaJo, I agree about Nicholas Cage, he’s so dreary in everything he does.
I really dislike James Nesbit too, I find it hard to watch things with him in.

Nannan2

Why has Mandy Patinkin got a girls name???

they have different customs in America.
John Wayne's real name was Marion Robert Morrison.

Keira Knightley is always Keira Knightley, somehow, whatever the role.

Joanna Lumley, and Brenda Blethyn, for their over-acting.

I like Hugh grant. I think he’s quite easy on the eye!

Oldwoman70. in programmes I have never watched!!

Anna Friel
I can’t watch her in anything, I’m not sure how she gets such major roles, I don’t think her acting is up much and she always looks grubby.

Hugh Laurie, James Nesbitt, David Tennant, Idris Elba, Keira Knightly, Caroline Quentin

Stephen Tompkinson. Dreary, wooden, one dimensional.

Sara1954 Daughter and I were talking about Marcella - I said I always felt that Anna Friel looks like she needs a hearty meal and a good wash!

Sorry but I love Mandy Patinkin especially when he sings.

I never used to like Sarah Lancashire as I thought she always played herself, but I think she is getting better.

Can't stand Sandra Bullock.

Oh yes, LadyGracie, I can’t bear Caroline Quentin, she really annoyed me on Strictly, and years ago I thought she was awful in Jonathan Creek.

Amanda Holden
Awful, awful, awful !!!

I never liked Hugh Grant until I saw him in that thing about Jeremy Thorpe where he was absolutely brilliant. It changed my mind about him. Dare I say it, Meghan Markel? One dimensional.

Lily James - wet.

Keira Knightley - sopping wet

Nicole Kidman- also wet

any actor who speaks in a little girls voice - in fact anyone who speaks in a little girls voice who isn't a little girl.

Love Mandy Patinkin - he was wonderful in Homeland so plausible.

I agree with the majority of actors that have been named but can I add Marlon and Rishi on Emmerdale why have they still got these awful actors on screen are they related to someone in casting or do they feel sorry for them because they wouldn’t get another acting job

Some very interesting views here. I agree with some of them but can’t agree with the comments about Judi Dench and Nicolas Cage.

I don't think Judi Dench plays herself in every role, you only have to watch Philomena in which she plays an Irish woman who is trying to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption and Red Joan in which she plays a retired widow who is suddenly arrested and interrogated by the Secret Service, there are many more examples of very different roles she has played.

Nicolas Cage has played some very diverse roles and received numerous awards and nominations, not only the Oscars but Bafta and many other respected bodies such as The Screen Actors Guild. He’s not dreary either, look at Raising Arizona, Face Off, Peggy Sue Got Married, Matchstick Men and The Weather Man, all very entertaining films. His dramatic roles include Leaving Las Vegas for which he won an Academy Award and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.

I disagree with other suggestions such as Tom Hanks, Julie Walters and Nicole Kidman too but it’s always good to read opposing views.

Anna Friel...no character what so ever!
Keeley Hawes....The latest drama, Finding Alice, is so boring!
John Nettles...don't know why? I just find him so flat!

James Nesbitt always has the same awful stricken look on his face. Perhaps that just is his normal face !!

I really didn’t like Keira Knightley - found her profoundly irritating - until I saw her in Atonement, where I thought she played that part very well.

Did those who don’t think much of Judi Dench ever see her in Philomena? If not, IMO that might change your mind.

I don’t care for Hugh Grant but I do think he’s a good actor - I agree with whoever quoted the Jeremy Thorpe film. I always thought (after Bridget Jones as compared with Four Weddings, that he was rather more convincing as a rotter than as a nice guy!

Robert Redford (when he was still acting) - just always Robert Redford. Ditto Tom Cruise, can’t stand him anyway.

It’s Judi Dench! Not Judy. Anyone who sees fit to disparage her could at least bother to get her name right.

Marmight, have you seen Hugh Grant in The Gentleman? It is nothing like his normal roles and really shows what a good actor he can be. The film is a bit violent but it took me a while to even realise it was Hugh Grant. Hopefully it will mean he will be offered more roles with some breadth to really show his talents.
I'm not a fan of Anna Friel and have never understood the attraction of Marcella.
I loved John Wayne as a child but he was certainly one dimensional. In some ways, I think that was his attraction. You knew what you were getting with him.
Danny Dyer...urgh. He and his tv family were the last straw for me on Eastenders.
To be fair to most actors, they do not get much choice about the roles they get offered when they start out but by the time they are big names, they tend to get offered stuff they are well known for. So much money is poured into their productions so it takes a brave producer to cast someone out of their comfort zone. It is only when they get enough money behind them, they can pick and choose but even then, if they keep turning roles down, offers tail off.

Brian Blessed, gives me the creeps.