Ted Spencer
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I thought Wahlberg was great in Boogie Nights and The Italian Job. I think he's a very fine actor.
Most Underrated/Overrated Actor(s)
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I thought Wahlberg was great in Boogie Nights and The Italian Job. I think he's a very fine actor.
karapetkov
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Sharon Stone - very underrated.
David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
I just saw "High School Musical", which was cute -- but how on earth did Vanessa Hudgens win two Emmy awards?? Her acting was painful!
David W. Richardson
Chapelgrove Films
Wait....I stand corrected. Vanessa Hudgens won a Teen Choice award, not an Emmy. Whew!
Best actress in 'High School Musical' by far was Olesya Rulin.
Best actress in 'High School Musical' by far was Olesya Rulin.
ExtremeSleuth
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chris evans is underrated in my opinion. i've loved every one of his performances (yeah the fantastic four movies sucked overall, but it didn't stop me from enjoying his performance. i thought he was the perfect human torch).
Jason Miller
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Kirk Cameron, very underrated,
Billy Pilgrim
Stye in my eye
Jeffrey Wright is incredibly underrated.
J.R. Hudson
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Lol lol
nicholas cage... a strange combo of ignored and underated
just watched leaving las vegas.... wow.
just watched leaving las vegas.... wow.
Dingos8mybaby
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Underrated - Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, J.K. simmons, Aaron Eckhardt, Diane Wiest,..., and MARK HARMON!!! 
Overrated - Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Cruise.
Overrated - Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Cruise.
J.R. Hudson
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Tom Cruise ?
Are you high ? The dude is a legitimate talent.
IN fact;
Overrated - Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Cruise.
No way.
Are you high ? The dude is a legitimate talent.
IN fact;
Overrated - Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Cruise.
No way.
I dunno; any actor who comes across the same in every movie . . .
Daryl Auguste
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I think William Dafoe is slightly underrated, and a fantastic actor.
I love Don Cheadle and although he is very well respected, I would like to see him in more major roles. He was fantastic in Hotel Rwanda.
Kevin Spacey, definitly.
Edit: Jim Carey definitly makes a killing in comedys but I try not to underestimate him as a serious actor. I really like Carey and think hes had some very good preformances over the years.
I love Don Cheadle and although he is very well respected, I would like to see him in more major roles. He was fantastic in Hotel Rwanda.
Kevin Spacey, definitly.
Edit: Jim Carey definitly makes a killing in comedys but I try not to underestimate him as a serious actor. I really like Carey and think hes had some very good preformances over the years.
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J.R. Hudson
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slimjimmed
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The man is a chameleon. Probably my favorite actor.
I stole this from imdb:
Although he alters aspects of his physical appearance for each role, his voice is often unrecognizable from one role to the next. The voices of Belize, with his intelligent, acerbic wit in "Angels in America" (2003), to Peoples Hernandez whose vicious macho confidence is conveyed through his Latino accent in Shaft (2000) to Al Melvin The Manchurian Candidate (2004), whose deep grumblings heartbreakingly represent the state of a destroyed man.
Not to mention Basquiat, Bennett Holiday in Syriana, Winstin in Broken Flowers...
He is soooo subtle.
slimjimmed
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Cruise included, I think if you just saw these actors' work from the 21st century only, you wouldn't think they were very special at all. They are almost kind of cursed because they had so much ridiculous superstardom, that they are poised to try and recapture that or stay relevant.
I think a little reinvention by picking out smaller profile roles, that are not worn-out typecasts(that are closer to their real ages) would do all of these old lions some good.
Nicholson has been kind of toeing that line. He had The Pledge and About Schmidt and then the Bucket List happened. Despite his past success, I think that he tries to push himself outside of the box that the industry has created for him.
I am excited and worried for Pacino to play Salvador Dali. Who will show up?
Will it be the autopilot caricature or the guy you can't take your eyes off of?
I am hoping for the latter.
Underrated - Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, J.K. simmons, Aaron Eckhardt, Diane Wiest,..., and MARK HARMON!!!
Overrated - Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Cruise.
I feel like Robert Downey jr is gettign his credit now though.....
capitalP
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Totally agree. He was Amazing in Basquiat, that's when I fell in love with his Acting.
Underated: John Leguizamo
Overated: Casey Affleck