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[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

John Cazale.

Only appeared in 5 films but all five were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars:

The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
The Deer Hunter (1978)

Died of lung cancer in March 1978, aged 42 ☹️

[-] eightpix@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

There is no other answer than this.

[-] HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today 2 points 2 months ago
[-] scottrepreneur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well I know what I'm doing this afternoon

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago

The actor who had only bad films.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Or an actor that only did television shows.

[-] trigg@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Jagger2097@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Correct, but also sad

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 15 points 2 months ago

Technically Correct since they are all bad...

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Daniel Day Lewis

His filmography is very limited because he was extremely picky about what he appeared in. But even still, I think all of his movies were good, even if done of them were uncomfortable to watch.

[-] thewanderingbackpack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Nine (2009) has entered the chat

[-] dunz@feddit.nu 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~Daniel Day Lewis isn't in 9, and it's not a bad movie.~~ 9 != Nine. To my defense, they were both released in 2009

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Nicholas Cage. And I'm ready to die on that hill.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago
[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago
[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Omg the top comment on that first video:

"I don't even think that girl knew she was being filmed."

Amazing.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

We may have slightly different definitions of good, but fair enough.

[-] linkshandig@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance?

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is the only correct answer.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

See, I can think of a few movies of his that I have problems with. Yet I wouldn't call them bad, only missing a few cylinders to bring them to perfect. He has been in a few that are top, damn Con Air is about the perfect movie ever for what it was aiming to be.

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Prisoners of the ghostland would like a word

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago
[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

He sure as hell did better acting than Keanu in Dracula.

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

he plays the part straight out of the book!

[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

What about movies where the actor’s performance was the only good thing in an otherwise bad film? I don’t think those should count against the actor. They did their job well; it’s not their fault the rest of the production sucked.

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Every Nick Cage movie ever

[-] jenni007@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

James Stewart, James Cagney

[-] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 months ago
[-] YoiksAndAway@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

The best kind of correct!

[-] 1984@lemmy.today -4 points 2 months ago

Tom Cruise. I seriously think I like all his films.

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

Tom Cruise. It's awkward but undeniable.

[-] eightpix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

M-I:2 was a miss on so many levels.

John Woo tried his best. That script couldn't be saved.

I say this as a person whose guilty pleasure is a rewatch of any M:I movie. But, I can't give any time to this turd sandwich.

[-] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The Mummy (2017)

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Losin' It is a 1982 comedy film directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley and John Stockwell. The film follows four teenagers trying to lose their virginity. It was filmed largely in Calexico, California.

...

The film received negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 51 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert criticized the film on their TV program At the Movies. Siskel called it "dreadful" and "predictable."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Losin%27_It

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

OK that one passes.

But in a way that's the point. Others here are proposing young actors who have made single-digit numbers of movies. Pretty easy to have a 100% hit rate when you've made 4 movies! Tom Cruise has been making films nonstop for 4 decades.

[-] zout@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago
[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

This one I have at least heard of! A critical flop but box-office success, apparently. So not obviously "bad".

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 months ago

I guess you haven't seen Top Gun: Maverick yet?

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Eh, it wasn't that bad really, only when compared to original top gun

[-] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ha. Indeed I haven't. But I understand it was not exactly bad.

I thought it was something of a meme at this point, that the crazy scientologist somehow never picks bad projects. To the point that other actors know they can jump in if it gets his seal of approval.

I certainly haven't seen a bad one, anecdotally.

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