Is there an actor you can't stand? Do they have any exceptions?

I don't care for "Home Alone 2" star Donald Trump

Pretty tired of seeing Chris Pratt's face everywhere. His early career was great, but I find him obnoxious these days

Used to be different but Jack Black needs to go away. Every time I see him in something its the same character over and over, pudgy loser that plays air guitar and scats at every opportunity cause he's all quirky like that.

Jared Leto. All his best roles are the ones that could have been better, if they were played by someone else.

Steven Seagal, he’s complete garbage on every level. He can’t act, he can’t run, he’s a sex trafficker and rapist, and his whole career was started with a bet by producers to make the most incapable and unlikable person famous.

Also, aikido, he can’t even do a stupid useless fake “martial art” invented to sell to suburbanite children properly.

I can't stand Adam Sandler movies. Exceptions: The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.

Tom Cruise. No exceptions. Even when I don't realize it's him in a role (which was basically limited to his role in Tropic Thunder), his performances still irritate me.

Will Smith and his one facial expression.

Jamie Foxx and his associates were at an adjacent table at at restaurant in LA years ago. He was a total cunt to wait staff. Pure asshole to his core. Restaurant comped our meal because he ruined the evening for everyone.

Mark Wahlberg is a racist that once tried to beat a Vietnamese person to death while shouting "I hate the Vietnamese" and other racist shit in the past.

Hollywood is starting to make me dislike Pedro Pascal only because he's in EVERY DAMN THING.

I actually like the guy, but overexposure is a thing. And he could stand to just chill for a little while.

James Corden

The first one that comes to mind is Jared Leto. Can't stand him in any role but I will tolerate him in Requiem for a Dream. And even then I've only seen that movie once which is more than enough.

My wife laothes Tom Cruise. Hard stop. No exceptions. I don't have any problems with him as an actor, the Scientology insanity is a whole other matter.

...maybe one exception: I was able to talk her into seeing Edge of Tomorrow by telling her that he dies 26 times on-screen and countless times off-screen.

Chris Pratt's only good films were the Guardians of the Galaxy fims and the Lego Movie and his face wasn't even in one of those.

Scar Jo. She's just not a good actor. Same with Gal Gadot. Also Jack Black and Seth Rogen and the Rock, they don't act - they're just themselves in every movie.

Adam Sandler. I personally feel that his humour is aimed at school children - making silly faces and silly voices and basically making fun of the disabled or neuroatypical - but it's marketed to adults.

But I like 50 First Dates. He's mostly not a shouting toddler in that.

I couldn't stand Jason Statham. Then many years ago I watched Spy with Melissa McCarthy and he was the perfect piss take of his characters from so many other movies. Example scene that shows his comedic stupidity. Ever since I haven't minded the guy.

Will Farrell and people who have the same "try hard" comedy style as Will Farrell; Steve Carrell, Ben Stiller, etc.

James Corden

Anthony Mackie.

He has a face that is simultaneously smug and dumbstruck. He ruined Altered Carbon, he was the weakest part of the Falcon & Einyer Soldier series, and he just screams “Overrated” to me.

But he was ok in 8 Mile.

Kevin Spacey. Because the people that accuse him of raping them keep committing suicide right before trial. And then he released that creepy video of himself sitting in front of a fireplace talking about "killing them with kindness". I've refused to watch anything with him in it since I found out.

Amber Heard. I used to find her attractive and her acting is decent. Then, the whole court case fiasco happened and I just can’t tolerate her anymore. I haven't watched Aquaman because of her.

There are no exceptions.

Mark Wahlberg. Racist meathead.

Exception: The Departed

Jared Leto (I don't know why, I just really don't like him), but there are no roles of his that I like. In fact, he has ruined a few movies for me. I was actually really excited about Tron: Ares until the casting was revealed.

I came here to say Will Ferrell with the same exception, then read your post.

Stranger Than Fiction shows Will Ferrell is perfectly capable of being a good actor playing interesting roles, but chooses to just play low effort trash.

This will be an unpopular opinion but I cannot stand Nic Cage. He's unwatchable to me. His mannerisms, his delivery, everything about him tweaks me the wrong way.

Chris Pratt, I never got why he’s famous. I was never a fan anything he did he just seemed like a one trick pony. (Be the dumb/funny chubby guy) then he did Guardians of the Galaxy and yes I did enjoy it but that’s about it. And with him being casted in almost everything lately I’m done with him.

Joaquin Phoenix, no exceptions. And it's totally not fair. He's a gifted actor, and I can't stand him for some reason.

Jessie eisenberg. He only plays jessie Eisenberg. I hate his whiny delivery. The “Now you see me” movies were awful, and he ruined Lex Luthor.

I can’t think of anything he’s been in that I’ve thought was good.

(Nicholas hoult as LL looks great though)

Mine is also Will Ferrel.

Steven Segal

Tom Cruise - but damn, his performance in Tropic Thunder is a masterclass.

The first time I saw the film, I didn't even recognize that he was in it.

Woody Allen. Everything about the way he acts just makes my skin crawl.

Chris Pratt, the worst Chris.

I don't think I like any of the comedies I've watched from Adam Sandler, but his dramatic stuff is fantastic.

Shia LeBeouf was tolerable (some might even say good) in Fury, but other than that, yech.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Although I wouldn't call him an actor. So I'm not sure if I answered the question.

Tom Cruise - Dudes a freak and a weirdo but Tropic Thunder was funny af.

Will Smith - After the Oscar’s.

The rock - Phony and plays the same person all the time.

Never liked Jack Black and I can't point to why

Danny McBride. I can grit my teeth if he's playing a small role, 30 Minutes or Less was pushing the limit, but he so often plays the same insufferable, arrogant asshole and he plays it too well.

Leo DiCaprio. No exceptions. The movies he's been in that I've enjoyed were enjoyed despite him and not because of him.

His entire approach to a character is to put on an over-the-top accent and call it a day. I've never had the sense that any of his characters were the actual character and weren't just "Leo with an accent". I'll be fair and say that he has improved in recent years, with movies like The Revenant being tolerable.

But holy shit, how his career went anywhere when people saw his "acting" in Titanic and especially Romeo and Juliet, is mind-boggling to me.

I have two.

I do not like Will Ferrell in his typical roles at all and I’m glad I’m not the only one saying this anymore. Everyone quotes Anchorman and I just did not enjoy that at all, or Elf, Step Brothers, or any of his “everyone loves” movies. Stranger Than Fiction, however, was amazing and I wish he would do more roles like that.

Tom Cruise is my other one. I find his acting very bland and unappealing. Mission Impossible has put me to sleep every time I try to watch it. I am not a big fan of Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, or any of them. My Cruise exceptions are Tropic Thunder which I wish he did more comedic roles like that and Minority Report, not a perfect movie but it was the very first DVD I ever owned so there is a bit of nostalgia tied to it.

Will Farrell

Vince Vaughn

Seth Rogan

All there are annoying as shit.

Jared Leto, too bad he is in the Tron: Ares which I'm almost looking forward to watch simply because of nine inch nails...

Ryan Reynolds. The exception would be Waiting. I’m just so over him and his one dimensional acting.

A name I haven't seen in this thread is Owen Wilson. I hate his aloofness and his delivery. When combined with Ben Stiller it's a force multiplier.

I can't for the life of me get into Seth Rogan

I definitely don't like the guy who played kylo ren.

Seems like his popularity was completely forced.

Owen Wilson. He has one tone and always looks spaced out.

Haha, will Ferrell as well!

Except Lego movie. (Haven't seen stranger than fiction but I'm led to believe that would be the second exception to my "I can't stand will Ferrell" rule, and a rule is only allowed 1 exception)

Tom Hanks.

He knows what he did.

Gonna take it in a slightly different direction and pivot the question to music. And in that case, Red Hot Chili Peppers, it's time to stop. I get it, it was cool and unique. But now, it all sounds the same, and you headline every festival ever and I can't enjoy the same 5 songs being crammed down my throat for the next 5 decades to come still. Please stop. I know you "can't stop", but please, please, stop.

I think I'm with you on Will Ferrell. Quite often his parts are just...obnoxious?

Similarly, most of the time I just can't with Ben Stiller because his shtick seems to be second hand embarrassment.

All the supposed comics - Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Steve Martin, etc. Even a lot of Jim Carrey's stuff - the humor is sophomoric at best.

Tawny Kitaen and Alex Kingston. I can't stand them, they're nails on a blackboard. It's why I gave up on NuWho. Gal Gadot, but that's mostly because her acting is wooden and characters uninteresting.

Shia Labeouf. Generally I dislike him as an actor and almost everything he's been in.

But he was great in lawless which is one of my favorite movies.

Ben Stiller. I just can't get into anything he's in. He's just reading lines, nepo-baby for sure.

Exceptions: dodgeball, and tropic thunder, holy FUCK is he funny in tropic thunder

Vin Diesel. Nothing against the guy personally, but his whole dumb guy thing just irks me.

I wouldn't say I can't stand it, but I've grown to hating movies with The Rock in them. Not cause his acting sucks, but because it's the same shit with different special effects. But I enjoyed the Scorpion King, and Get Smart

I hate him too except in the Lego movie. The serious turn at the end was kind of refreshing for him. I'll try Stranger That Fiction and see if I like it, since a fellow Will Farrell hater says it's good.

Additionally, I kind of hated Nicholas Cage until I saw The Color Out of Space which prompted me to actually learn a little more about him and figure out what he's even doing. Turns out I was mistaken, not just about him but kind of about film

Tom Cruise, no explanation needed

I'd agree Will ferrel sucks but The Oblongs was one of the best adult cartoons ever.

Fuck (and I cannot emphasize this enough) fuck Timothy Chalamet. He is always so wooden. He can't act for shit. Hes just a very pretty nepo baby.

Also, can we count film makers? I hate Christopher Nolan. Every movie he makes is such a torturous slog. They are all metaphors for their own creation, and everyone of them is too concerned with the machinery, like hes pretentiously drawing attention to it. "GET IT? IM MAKING A MOVIE? IM A FUCKING GENIUS!"

Ya know I'm a Star Trek fan from way back, but William Shatner makes me cringe all the time these days.

So many people in these comments did not read the assignment

Kira Sedgwick for decades, though I could never explain why — just something visceral in me. But her role as Wuntch (which ironically was supposed to make you hate her) on Brooklyn 99 was awesome, and I’ve enjoyed her work past and present ever since.

I wonder if Will Farrell dislike is a generational thing? I grew up on Will Farrell in SNL and A Night at the Roxbury and loved every second of it.

On the other hand, Bill Murray was before my time, and I haven't liked anything he's done.

Gérard Depardieu is one of the worst representatives of his own species.

He's also one of the best actors.

I've always wondered about those brilliant actors being idiots and/or assholes. How can they at the same time show (what I believed to be) such deep understanding of their fellow humans? Or is it just pure mimicry, without any intelligence and empathy?

Yeah, Will Ferrell. I liked him in Zoolander, though.

I really only liked Will Ferrell in Megamind tbh

I absolutely agree with you about Stranger Than Fiction. Mine would be Adam Sandler, do not like that style of comedy. The only exception is Punch Drunk Love. One of my favourite movies! Also Jim Carey, except for Yes Men.

Mel Gibson and Jesse Eisenberg

I bet they hate each other too

Justin Long. I can't stand him for some reason. There are only 2 exceptions:

1. Idiocracy - because that movie is so great otherwise and he is only in it for like 2 minutes.
2. Tusk - Because the whole movie is about someone torturing him.

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine.

He's OK in other stuff but it's not my bag unless it's the fucking mask 👌

Marky Mark, no exceptions.

John C Riley is an uncomfortable mess in everything he's in and I cannot stand it. The exception is everything he's in, which is delightfully uncomfortable.

Bradley Cooper, he just seems like a smug douche.

Unpopular opinion but Harrison Ford is a terrible actor. He's literally just a guy that shows up on set and reads some lines. Zero range, zero character.

Kal El no

Pedro Pascal. I don't think I've even seen anything he's in, and yet I feel I've been overexposed to his face. Nothing personal.

Robert Downey Jr. because he just has a smug aura and I don't like Marvel movies. I'm sure he's cool irl. Or not, idk.

Chris Pratt. Too much, go away.

Jason Momoa because he's too perfect and I'll never be him.

The Rock because he's annoying and in everything. I liked him more as a wrestler.

Zac effron, zoey dechanel or whatever shes called.

OMG! That's exactly the way I feel. Stranger than Fiction is a masterpiece.

I don't care for Will Ferrell but I don't hate him as a person and that's what I thought you meant.

I can't believe you used this example. Amazing!!!

Meryl Streep sets my teeth on edge for some reason. She's hailed as a fantastic actress, but she always comes across as plastic and fake to me.

I did like Fantastic Mr. Fox, but she only did a voice for it.

James Corden

Nicole Kidman, creepy

Scientologists.

Will Ferrell. He might be the most unpopular actor here? Quite a few mentions.

He’s the epitome of “cringe comedy”, the comedy where the goal is to make actions and situations more and more outrageously uncomfortable as the story progresses. Can’t stand that style. I really don’t find him funny at all and avoid his films. Exception being Elf, and the only reason why is that the script doesn’t allow him much room to act the way he usually does. He has to expend effort.

Basically all of them. At this point I feel like all celebrities are vapid shitty people. I don't want to participate in para social relationships.

Tom Cruise.

Absolutely Will Ferrel!

Seeing Matthew Broderick in anything still ruins the entire show for me after hearing about how he killed 2 women in Ireland and just got away with it.

Tom Cruise the scientologist

Jeremy Renner.

Has he ever actually been good in anything (besides the Jeremy Renner app and his legendary rock and roll music)?

There are a lot named here who I'm unfamiliar with, and a few who are terrible humans but who I'm clueless about as actors. I don't think I've ever seen any Tom Cruise movies, but OMG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku2bFoqthR4

Val Kilmer was one. Tom Cruise is another.

The Rock and Jack Black are also getting really old really fast.

Something about Jude Law sets me on edge. Like I'm chewing tinfoil or something. I don't really know why.

Brian Cox, the isn't-science-and-astronomy-cool guy.

I love his works, cant get enough of the TV he puts out, always look forward to the next one, but there's just something about him that makes me want to hook him in the jaw. I cant figure out what my problem with him is, but its real.

kristen stewart

Also Tom Cruise

Can't stand Will Ferrell, though he was tolerable in Jay and Silent Bob Strike back.

Also cannot stand Steve Carrel. I haven't seen a single role he's been in that was redeeming

til Chad Smith isn't well liked

Sean Penn, Adam Driver and this fart:

Will Forte. His voice and "quirky" style I find just irritating and not at all amusing.

Steve Martin. No idea why. Haven't found any exceptions

Nickolas Cage

but he's great in Mandy

Jonah Hill with the exception of Wolf of the Wall Street

Identical to OP.

Dustin Hoffman. Apparently I'm the only one that can completely see through his method acting efforts. Nothing about him is convincing to me in the slightest. However I did enjoy him in Wag the Dog.

Reba McEntire. I just don't like her folksy shtick

I can't stand Eddie Redmaine. I don't know why, I dislike the lower part of his face a lot, especially his lips. I can't deny that he's a pretty good actor tho.

And all of the Scientology freaks, especially Tom Cruise, who can't even act. I don't know how he even got near a set from the beginning.

Jim Carrey, no exceptions. I fucking can't stand his face.

Will Ferrell with the exception of Anchorman. He plays the same man-child character in every movie, and he pretty well ruins the Barbie movie for me every fucking time. (Just kidding I love that movie but I really wish he wasn't in it)

Sebastian Schweighöfer

I cannot, for the life of me understand the appeal of Russell Crowe. Except I have no problem with his brutish density in L.A. Confidential.

James Spader. His voice makes my skin crawl. It's so smarmy and pseudo-intellectual. I have never seen him in anything that I didn't feel complete revulsion to.

Craig Robinson.

It’s not really his acting but more the roles he played that make me dislike him.

The worst role of his is the Pontiac Bandit. I despise that character. He shows up once every season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine just to make Jake look like an incompetent ass hat, when most of the time the show portrays Jake as very competent but aloof.
Though this is also the best acted role of his that I’ve seen.

Then there is Darryl from the Office. I don’t hate him as a character there, but I think he’s mostly just mediocre.

Don’t get me started on This Is The End though, yuck.

Robert Duvall. Don't know what it is about him, but I have a real distaste for any role he's played.

You stole mine.

"I brought you flours."

Thomas middleditch, the dude makes my skin crawl. Silicon valley is the only thing I've been able to watch with him, but when he's just on talk shows or being himself i have to skip past. Skeevy is the word that comes to mind.

Christoph Waltz. I feel like he can only play one character well, which is the Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds character. I didn't like him as Blofeld, Zero Theorem was just wtf.

Jenna Ortega. she's always playing the same character archetype in the exact same way (quirky, #notlikeothergirls, fairly mainstreem left-ish political views)

Ben Gazara Just needs a slap

Adrian Brody, without exception

Didn't we have this discussion just a few weeks ago?

My answer remains Tom Hanks. With the exception of one scene in Dragnet.

Walton Goggins and Will Arnett. I dunno why, I don't like their acting and they look creepy to me.

Brad Pitt.

While we're tearing into celebs for being huge pieces of shit to everyone around them, Brad physically beat Jolie and the kids and not a peep is made.

Not 100% of the time but there are several. The one that comes to mind is Jeff Goldblum. My wife feels the same. We never like him but many of the movies we like well enough we just wish he was not in them. So like wicked and the original jurassic park are like that. Curiously I liked him in the fly but that seems to be a one off. Literally the moment I see his face and he speaks I want to punch him.

Jim Gaffigan. I honestly don't see why people find him so funny, maybe his brand of comedy just isn't for me.

Nathan Fillion

Campy actor from campy shows that people made their personalities for lack of better alternatives.

Blake Lively's husband.

Will Ferrell is garbage in everything except Anchorman

Ed Harris. Exception: The Rock.

Maya Randolph.

I found her so irritating to watch in The Good Place and The Lego Movie 2. It's stuck ever since.

Timothy Olyphant. But he’s actually good in the new Alien Earth series.

Adam Sandler, even though I love a few of his movies like Uncut Gems, Waterboy, and Happy Gilmore.

Drew Barrymore. no exceptions.

Tom Holland.

Anthony Mackie.

Benedict Cumberbund or however you spell it.

Ryan fucking Gosling. Worst fucking actor ever!

Cameron from Halt and Catch Fire. She also ruined the episode of Black Mirror she was in and the post apocalypse mini series. Station 11 I think.

Cloe Moretz. Talentless piece of shit I've hated since the remake of Finnish vampire movie. Winona Ryder has never been likeable. Bad in Girl interupted. Her best movie, still annyoying. Fairly recent Rom Com with Keanu Reeves. Angelina Jolie only good in Gigi. Girl interrupted, decent. Everthing else, awful. Julia Roberts terribad in Pretty Women, and nearly everything else. Erin Brockovich very good.

Conan, too arrogant.

Marky Mark Walberg, I really detest the cunt and hope he gets cancer. I want him to die
And Adam Driver with his stupid face.

Matthew Broderick. Putting aside the vehicular manslaughter that he did, and considering only film performances, I've still never seen him in anything and thought he was good and that the film wouldn't probably be better if they had cast someone else. (In particular, I mourn the version of The Producers we could have had if they had managed to reunite Nathan Lane with Lee Evans.)

I'll grant that Broderick did an alright job of voicing Simba, though.