The Worst A-List Hollywood Actors
To be completely honest, not every actor is going to be a Meryl Streep. The "actors" on this list of the worst living A-list Hollywood actors prove this fact with every new film they release.
You won't find the men on this list among the best actors of all time. Way too many actors with big parts in movies are average, if that. This is a list that highlights those A-list actors whose status as lead actors needs to be reconsidered, to put it mildly. These A-list actors somehow continue to get jobs in big blockbuster films even though they may not have the acting chops to carry an entire movie. In short, they're the worst actors, but Hollywood just hasn't realized it yet.
Many of the A-listers on this list are some of the most recognizable names in film. There is a mix of aging action stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone and funny men like Chris Rock and Kevin James, whose appearance in Grown Ups 2 alone lands them on this list. There are other terrible actors on here who may have been considered top actors at one point, like John Travolta, but they haven't had a hit movie in many years. Actors like Keanu Reeves, Jean Claude Van Damme, and David Arquette aren't exactly known for their range as thespians, yet continue to be considered bankable stars by the movie-going public. Who's the worst actor? Well, that's up to you.
This list of horrible actors isn't for the talented, award-winning stars. Scroll through the names below and vote up the ones you think deserve the title of the worst A-list actors in Hollywood.
- Malibu, California, United States of America
- Credits (Film): Men in Black II, The Pursuit of Happyness, After Earth, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Karate Kid
Won Razzie Award for Worst Actor and Worst Screen Combo for After Earth (2014)
- New York City, New York, United States of America
- Credits (Film): This Is 40, The Innkeepers, Happy Christmas, The House of the Devil, Tiny Furniture
- Bay City, Michigan, United States of America
- Credits (Film): A League of Their Own, Dick Tracy, Die Another Day, Vision Quest, Evita
Won Razzie Awards for Worst Actress for Shanghai Surprise (1987), Who's That Girl (1988), Body of Evidence (1994), The Next Best Thing (2001), and Swept Away (2003)
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Credits (Film): Zombieland, Friday Night Lights, Pineapple Express, Alpha Dog, Drive Angry
Nominated for Razzie Awards for Worst Actress for London Fields (2019)
- Manhattan, New York City, New York
- Credits (Film): Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Sleepwalk with Me, Price Check
- London Borough of Hillingdon, United Kingdom
- Credits (Film): Into the Woods, The Three Musketeers, Planet 51, Lesbian Vampire Killers, The History Boys
Won Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for Cats (2020)