Which actors do you consider over rated?

The black builder in Corrie is about as wooden as a pallet Dev s pretty dreadful too Gail not much better
I m another who s no idea who Mandy Patinkin is
I can’t stand Danny Dyer or his daughter

Nannan2

*him, i mean, not you.

Leonardo DiCaprio just do not get how people think he is handsome and I also do not think he is a particularly good actor.

I have seen him interviewed and he does come over as a really nice person though.

Marmight

I agree about Hugh Grant, but what he does, he does so well.

Bluebelle
I really can’t stand any of the builder family, whose name I can’t even remember, and Grace is certainly not a good addition.

Sean Connery is always Sean Connery. I don't 'get' Frank Skinner either; I know he isn't an actor as such, and I don't dislike him, I just don't get why he is where he is. He is at best, average.

Bill Nighy - he only ever seems to play himself in films which isn't really acting. Saying that I think that his was the best performance in 'Love Actually' which was a fairly grim film all round imho.

Daniel Craig!

One person I would have loved to see do more real acting was Kenneth Williams. I heard a radio play he did re someone who descended into madness and it was quite chilling.

Michael Caine gave a television master class on acting once and it was really interesting.

Kestrel
He’s one of my favourites, just something about him

GillT57

Sean Connery is always Sean Connery. I don't 'get' Frank Skinner either; I know he isn't an actor as such, and I don't dislike him, I just don't get why he is where he is. He is at best, average.

Frank Skinner was my A level English teacher!

Frank Skinner was my A level English teacher!
Goodness me! I don't dislike him, I just don't see why he is where he is, very average at everything although undoubtedly quite clever. So, what was he like?

Danny Dyer is top of my list. Having seen him in interviews I’m not convinced he’s even acting in Eastenders.

As for that awful game show he presents and can’t even pronounce the name! The Waww!

Ray Winstone is another one who just walks around being himself whatever the character is supposed to be

I was also of the opinion that Hugh Grant wasn't a good actor, as he just appears to play himself in all his films. However, I changed my opinion after watching him play Jeremy Thorpe in a mini-series of his life- he was mesmerising and really captured the essence of the MP, who couldn't be more unlike all the other characters
that Grant's has played.

I also agree that Daisy in Corrie is very wooden and think Kirk is nearly as bad. Neither character is believable.

At the risk of being slated - I never understood Humphrey Bogart's appeal - from the few films I've seen him in he was so wooden and seemed to play the same character in all of them!

Letitia Dean in Eastenders!
I agree about Olivia Coleman especially in The Crown. I thought Claire Foy was wonderful though.

Tabbycat

Mandy Patinkin is the actor who played Saul Berenson in Homeland.

I agree with you about John Wayne, TerriBull, he always looked and sounded like - John Wayne. I particularly remember him playing a Roman soldier at the foot of the Cross in the film The Greatest Story Ever Told. He only had one line:
Truly, this man was the Son of God
and said it with a drawl, no expression - as if he was playing an American cowboy!

Yes I do remember that line Marmight, Oh my God he was awful even with just a few words, he still managed to ruin the whole scene, something about new world accents, not good when playing a character from an ancient civilization. Russell Crow and Joaquin Phoenix manged to do it though.

Just scanning other comments, yep! Hugh Grant, only does posh, couldn't see him playing a geezer say, leave that to Danny Dyer who can be relied on to turn in an excellent impression of himself, strange! him being royal 'an all . Although I do think Hugh Grant can be quite good in some roles, he was excellent hamming it up in Paddington 2, almost upstaged the Bear! he's such an irascible sod though, HG that is not Paddington

Sorry GG can't agree about Leo De Caprio I do think he is an excellent actor ever since I saw him playing mentally disabled brother of Jonny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Thought he was very very good in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Certainly not one dimensional.

Also don't agree about Olivia Colman or Jude Law, think they can both be very good depending on the role.

Michael Caine, as mentioned up thread, yes I think he's always Michael Caine and don't think he does a very good American accent. Don't dislike him though.

I can't say anything too rude about Keira, she went to my kids school and was a local girl.

Olivia Colman

I'm a new comer to liking Hugh Grant. Yes I know we're not discussing who we like, but I'd like more full answers if anyone is interested in giving them?

Hugh Grant for instance was out of his comfort zone when he played in A very English scandal.

Calendergirl (no shooting down, I'm just interested in your pov) and Aveline
Have you seen JD in Macbeth?
Do you have any instances which show why you think she plays herself?

Lots of actors get type cast, precisely because they are good at a particular role.

I agree with those mentioned in Corri but lots of actors in that show are being stretched beyond their limits because of covid, (including the writers) and it shows.

Except for Judy Dench,all of the above.

Sorry Tabbycat that was you who quoted John Wayne

Brad Pitt, I always think we are just watching brad Pitt.

Richard Gere, he always does that head down, sigh, and a slow shaking of the head from side to side, squeezes his eyes shut as if suppressing tears.
I liked him in Yanks and American Gigalo, he still did all of the above in these films.

Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald in Corrie . His voice drives me nuts!

Thank you, TerriBull!

Anyone who thinks Daniel Craig isn't good should watch "Our Friends in the North". Nothing like the Bond character he plays.
Can't stand Keeley Hawes- 3 looks-idiot smile, pained but trying and about to cry.

I watched YouTube interview with Matthew McCaunaghey and Hugh Grant, they have both been cast in a film Gentlemen directed by Guy Ritchie. Apparently Hugh Grantplays a right East End sleaze ball in it. Looks interesting.
I wonder if he can pull it off?