Can I just blanket this question with three names? Owen Wilson. Nicholas Cage. Shane Ritchie.

Kids loved that movie & I thought Rowan was ok as the bungling spy.

The definitive Canoe Reeves one is Don John in Much Ado About Nothing. Staggeringly terrible casting.

He was no James Bond though was he?

In fact all go and buy Curse of Fenric now. Probably only a fiver on Amazon, it's awesome:

Here you go, best 6 quid you'll spend this week:

Have you never seen him in Royal Tenennbaums, Bottle Rocket, Life Aquatic - in fact any of the Wes Anderson films?

Nicole Kidman in every film she's ever made, because she can't act, and surely casting someone who can't act in a film is a form of miscasting.

He's brilliant in them, co-writes 'em too. He's a damn good script writer too. Owen as Ned in Life Aquatic delivers a genuinely touching, endearing performance.

I remember that, it was terrifying. Me and my little sister were especially frightened when the two girls go down into misty bay, against their mother's wishes. With unhilarious consequences. I must have been eight when I saw that.

Yes I have. It made me want to push his drawling lazy tongue down the back of his throat with my fist.

How she ever managed to fool people into thinking she's a good actress, I have no idea.

You sir, are King Wrong.

You're all doing it wrong, it isn't just a "name a shit actor" thread. If this was my thread I'd be most unhappy by now, most unhappy

Nicole Kidman in every film she's ever made, because she can't act, and surely casting someone who can't act in a film is a form of miscasting.

I frequently fireball city guards instead of turning invisible to sneak past them in Oblivion.

She was ok in The Others.

At least I think she was, I liked the film.

I frequently fireball city guards instead of turning invisible to sneak past them in Oblivion.

Better.

John Travolta just didn't sit right with me in Pulp Fiction to be honest.

Oh Christ, wait, thought of one of the all-time miscasts - Gene Hackman as the Polish commander in A Bridge too Far. "Wow! We've got all these stars! Er, lets cram a few more in. Don't fuss about matching them up to a part..."

Also: I'm not sure of Orloomo Bland is a good enough actor to qualify, but if he is then I'd put Kingdom Of Heaven forward for your consideration.

WTF? The best bit of all three films was where he surfs down some stairs on his shield.

Sean Connery in ZARDOZ

No, the bit where he tosses the dwarf is better.

Also: I'm not sure of Orloomo Bland is a good enough actor to qualify, but if he is then I'd put Kingdom Of Heaven forward for your consideration. What your man does well is unthreatening, exceptionally pretty but reasonably dull likability (Keanu, The Next Generation if you like). Amazingly, asking him to play a charismatic leader of men struggling with his faith and tortured by loss didn't remotely work.

Denise Richards is not a scientist, either.

No, the bit where he tosses the dwarf is better.

The best bit is when Sean Bean forgets he is acting and starts rambling on about Sheffield United being awesome when he's supposed to be sneering at Frodo.

Also, I quite liked Nicole Kidman in The Interpreter.

I watched an episode of Interceptor recently, and for all it's failings compared to a modern game show, it was strangely compelling.