Gus Lozada Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 "Inspired" on that Scarlett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 I loved that movie and thought Bowie was perfectly weird as Tesla. As I mentioned, Dwight Yokem as the drunk asshole in Slingblade. Jack White in Cold Mountain as the rebel soldier musician. Not a real acting stretch but I dug his presence. Singer Sam Phillips (T Bone Burnett's wife) as the bad guy's silent but deadly girlfriend in Die Hard with a Vengeance. What was the movie Meatloaf was in where he had breasts. I know, he really does have breast, but he had lady breasts and played a emotionally distraught transexual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 You may like it or not, but Mark Wahlberg was good at his role in "RockStar". At least I liked that movie a lot. * suffice to say, Mark is way more an actor now than the rapper he was once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Martin Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 How about Harry Connick Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dr5euss Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Yeah I was thinking Dwight Yoakam; saw him in 'The Three Burials of Menchilades Estrada' with Tommy Lee Jones (also directed by TLJ) and then I discovered his music Also Glenn Frey of Eagles fame did a movie, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kurfu Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Tom Waits in "Wrist Cutters" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 I was about to mention Harry Connick Jr, too. A LOT of screen presence. And Courtney Love did a truly good job of acting in Man On The Moon. Ebert said of her role in The People Vs Larry Flynt (which I haven't seen) - "It is quite a performance; Love proves she is not a rock star pretending to act, but a true actress.." Dwight Yoakum also was the sexually-hampered sherrif in Tommy Lee Jones' Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - a pretty decent job if not riveting. Levon Helm has a great face and knack in the small roles he's been given - you may not have recognized him as the blind old loner in the Three Burials movie. It wasn't much of a role, but how many of you recognized Aimee Mann as the skinny, pathetic girlfriend of the nihilists in The Big Lebowski? Tom Waits is always good in the roles he's played. Another great face - same goes for Lyle Lovett. He was a baker in some movie I can't recall very clearly, but I remember he did well. Rappers have here and there some very good roles. Mos Def has proven over and over that he's a pro. Ice T has acting chops, as does Ice Cube - the list can go on - Dr Dre, Queen Latifah..... Cher also was made for the movies. And Jason Schwartzman is I think someone with a long career ahead of him - the film stuff will totally eclipse the Phantom Planet band. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 I had no idea Jason Schwartzman was in music. One of my favorite young actors. Good call on Queen Latifah and Levon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudcat007 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 How about Chris Isaak? He always does a pretty good in his acting roles. The only other person I can think of that hasn't been mentioned is... ...Rick Springfield in his memorable portrayal of Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted June 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2008 Lately something's change, it isn't hard to define, Jessy's found himself a girl and I wanna make her mine. Dr. Noah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Joe Strummer in Candy Mountain and Mystery Train.John Lurie in, like, all of Jim Jarmusch's filmsSting in...Sting sucks.John Lennon in How I Won the WarLove Bruce Springsteen's cameo in High Fidelity but I'd hardly call it acting.Flea is in The Big Lebowski and something else I saw recentlyDon Johnson in Miami Vice...Dexter Gordon in 'Round Midnight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Paul Simon in Annie Hall and othersRoger Daltrey's done a lot of stage acting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Little Steven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 So no one's mentioned Elvis yet...hmmmm. His roles were definitely cut to fit, but granted the genre, he didn't do too bad at all. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sonic Jedi Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Will Smith, one of the biggest actors in Hollywood right now, started out as The Fresh Prince, working with DJ Jazzy Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 But he was more than else an actor trying to sing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Lori Singer seems to have done well with her acting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sonic Jedi Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 But he was more than else an actor trying to sing... who? Will Smith? He was the first rapper to win a grammy in the rap music catagory in 1988. it wasn't until 1990 that NBC started the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 who? Will Smith? He was the first rapper to win a grammy in the rap music catagory in 1988. it wasn't until 1990 that NBC started the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". aww I stand corrected. I loved "The Fresh Prince" show. ... and then, that is why the Grammy has no credibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 Linda Ronstadt was well-received in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. George Strait was in that lukewarm cowboy flick back in the early 1990's... Remember Glen Campbell in TRUE GRIT? ...and Bob Dylan's turn in PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID Reba MacEntyre in ONE NIGHT AT McCOOL'S, as the psychotherapist "Naomi Greene"? Levon Helm was Sissy Spacek's old coal miner daddy in COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER Meat Loaf did some interesting movie set in the 1950's where he played some creepy next-door-neighbor, remember that one? Then there was The Who in TOMMY and LISZTOMANIA!, Paul Nicholas in PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, Sting in QUADROPHENIA Madonna in DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN I dunno how far back ya wanna go, but Frank Sinatra is a prime example of a pure singer who later did some very good movies; ditto Pearl Bailey, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Shelley Fabares, Patti Page (in ELMER GANTRY), Doris Day (first she was a big band singer in WWII), Desi Arnaz. Rita Moreno was a brilliant singer and dancer but has had some stunning fiction roles since (like CARNAL KNOWLEDGE with Art Garfunkel). Do you want to count the movies made by Britney Spears and The Spice Girls? Billy Idol had that funny cameo in 1999's, THE DOORS. The Monkees in that immensely creative-and-stupid 1968 movie, HEAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KidAircrash Posted June 5, 2008 Members Share Posted June 5, 2008 What was the movie Meatloaf was in where he had breasts. I know, he really does have breast, but he had lady breasts and played a emotionally distraught transexual... Are you talking about fight club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Billy Idol had that funny cameo in 1999's, THE DOORS. He also appeared at "The Wedding Singer" as himself. fun and cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dreabfly Posted June 6, 2008 Members Share Posted June 6, 2008 There's also the guy from Gogol Bordello. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slight-return Posted June 6, 2008 Members Share Posted June 6, 2008 Perhaps in the future a new artform will develop where a performer both acts AND sings EUREKA! Aform of theater that is musical..."musical theater" if you will Like imagine what you'd get if you set Les Mis or Oklahoma! to music...I know it's crazy, but maybe just crazy enough to work! BA weld some crap to that bulldozer (borrow some coconus from the professor if you have to) Murdoch, get that chopper warmed up I love it when a plan comes together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dreabfly Posted June 6, 2008 Members Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hmmmm....I though Les Mis and Oklahoma were already set to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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