By overrated I mean actors, whom, if it was up to you, would never have made it past their screen test. I have made a list of top ten actors and actresses pre 1970 as well as post 1970 and also television stars and movie directors but you can just name ten movie actors if you like.
As for my list, no debating, accusations, name-calling or threats will make me change my mind 🙂
TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTORS POST 1970:
Tyler Perry, Kevin James, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Redford, Denzel Washington, Sam Worthington, Burt Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, George Clooney
TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTRESSES POST 1970:
Kristen Stewart, Keira Knightley, Diane Lane, Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Queen Latifah, Madonna, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Aniston, Rene Russo
TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTORS PRE 1970:
Laurence Olivier, Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Rod Taylor, Bob Hope, Lee Marvin, Peter O'Toole, Omar Shariff, John Wayne, Gene Kelly.
* there were so many for the above list(!) it was a struggle to narrow it down 😉
TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTRESSES PRE 1970:
Betty Grable, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Doris Day, Eva-Marie Saint, Tippi Hedren, Cyd Chariise, Caroll Baker.
* the three names in bold above are actresses that I would place 1,2 and 3 most overrated actors male or female pre 1970 or post, including television, theatre, cinema and street performances in the history of entertainment. 🙂
TOP TEN OVERRATED TV STARS (MALE):
Drew Carey, Craig Ferguson, Jerry Stiller, Dr Phil, Ray Romano, Jon Cryer, Jerry Seinfeld, Don Rickles, David Spade, Michael Richards.
TOP TEN OVERRATED TV STARS (FEMALE)
Lucille Ball, Patricia Heaton, Ellen Degeneres, Wendie Malick, Sarah Chalke, Aisha Tyler, Kathy Griffin, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Kathy Kinney, Tina Fey.
* I didn't include many reality tv personalities in the above lists as everybody knows most are below consideration and are not stars.
10 MOST OVERRATED MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME:
Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino, David Lean, Francis Ford Coppola, Barbara Streisand, Frederico Fellini, Cecil B. DeMille, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph Losey.
Enjoy 🙂 🙂 🙂
