Who is the best musician turned actor? (1 Viewer)

[brun]

The question at hand is "Who is the best musician turned actor". If I'm reading this right, we are looking for the best musician who then went into acting. They all went into acting. Of the choices, who is the best musician?

Or are we looking for the combo of musician/acting ability?

I judged based on the bolded. For me it meant the Chairman or the King. I chose the King.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Rueben Blades went from musician to actor to politician.

 

[zamboni]

The question at hand is "Who is the best musician turned actor". If I'm reading this right, we are looking for the best musician who then went into acting. They all went into acting. Of the choices, who is the best musician?

Or are we looking for the combo of musician/acting ability?

I judged based on the bolded. For me it meant the Chairman or the King. I chose the King.

If we're going by best combo of music and acting talent, it would be a tossup between Cher and Will Smith for me.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

Wahlberg. Boogie Nights is an absolutely outstanding movie and better than anything any of the others listed have on their resumes. Amazing cast and he held his own in the lead role.

 

[zamboni]

Wahlberg. Boogie Nights is an absolutely outstanding movie and better than anything any of the others listed have on their resumes. Amazing cast and he held his own in the lead role.

If we're talking single greatest acting performance by any of the musicians mentioned, my vote would go to Cher's performance in Mask.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I'll throw Tom Waits out there too.

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[El Floppo]

I'll throw Tom Waits out there too.

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[Chaz McNulty]

Barbara Streisand has won a Grammy for Album of the year, and then won an Oscar when she started her acting career 5 years later.

 

[-fish-]

Jennifer Lopez
Kris Kristofferson
Queen Latifah

J-Lo became a singer partially out of spite because they wouldn't let her sing in Selena.

Yeah I think her career went: dancer, actor, singer

Dancer, singer, actor

 

[-fish-]

How would you consider someone that started in musicals? They started acting and singing at the same time? Bette MIdler comes to mind.

 

[Drunken knight]

Will smith
Wahlberg
Timberlake
Connick jr

 

[Deepster]

Does it count if your "acting" is a role as a singer or in musicals?

 

[Chaz McNulty]

How would you consider someone that started in musicals? They started acting and singing at the same time? Bette MIdler comes to mind.

Also Judy Garland.

 

[Chris B.]

The question at hand is "Who is the best musician turned actor". If I'm reading this right, we are looking for the best musician who then went into acting. They all went into acting. Of the choices, who is the best musician?

Or are we looking for the combo of musician/acting ability?

Oh yeah, when I mentioned Jared Leto, I was trying to think of the most talented actor who was once a musician, so I interpreted (likely misinterpreted) it an even different way. Your way seems right though.

IMO, as good of an actor Leto is with an Oscar and all, he's an even better rock vocalist than he is an actor.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I do like several Marky Mark movies but it's kind of wild to see him tied with Smith

 

[bigbottom]

The question at hand is "Who is the best musician turned actor". If I'm reading this right, we are looking for the best musician who then went into acting. They all went into acting. Of the choices, who is the best musician?

Or are we looking for the combo of musician/acting ability?

Oh yeah, when I mentioned Jared Leto, I was trying to think of the most talented actor who was once a musician, so I interpreted (likely misinterpreted) it an even different way. Your way seems right though.

IMO, as good of an actor Leto is with an Oscar and all, he's an even better rock vocalist than he is an actor.

Honestly, if I could have anyone’s career in entertainment, it would be Jared Leto.


Epic

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

For actors turned musicians there's also Taylor Momsen

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Best wrestler turned actor is another good one to think about. I'm torn between Andre the Giant and Rowdy Roddy Piper.

 

[Hastur]

Best wrestler turned actor is another good one to think about. I'm torn between Andre the Giant and Rowdy Roddy Piper.

It would have to be The Rock, wouldn't it?

 

[nightmare]

It's Sinatra over everybody on that list. I would put David Bowie ahead of everybody on that list.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

It's Sinatra over everybody on that list. I would put David Bowie ahead of everybody on that list.

I agree with Sinatra. I would have him and Streisand as the best musicians turned actors.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Some others that aren't mentioned that shouldn't be at the top of this list but are worth calling out as I think they are generally good actors:
Eminem
Harry Styles
Common
Mos Def
Harry Connick Jr.
Alana Haim
Marc Anthony
Tim McGraw

Might not be the best, but he was the first person that came to my mind when I read the question.

 

[belljr]

Ludacris

 

[Major]

Ludacris

Method Man > Luda

 

[bagger]

Eddie Murphy on Elvis as an actor: He sang so good that they let him do movies and he couldn't act. They said eff it, let him sing his dialogue.

"Lemonade. That cool refreshing drink."

Whenever my kids get lemonade I always say that bit.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Terry Bradshaw

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Pretty close between Will Smith and Sinatra for me.

I think Sinatra was the better musician and Will Smith is probably a better actor, but it’s close.

 

[Neal Cassady]

Danny Bonaduce

 

[nightmare]

Pretty close between Will Smith and Sinatra for me.

I think Sinatra was the better musician and Will Smith is probably a better actor, but it’s close.

Sinatra has two Oscar wins to Will Smith's one but W Smith is still working and is on the right side of this century to get a lot of votes.

Wahlberg is popular(and good) but I just see a lot of himself in his movies.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Pretty close between Will Smith and Sinatra for me.

I think Sinatra was the better musician and Will Smith is probably a better actor, but it’s close.

Sinatra has two Oscar wins to Will Smith's one but W Smith is still working and is on the right side of this century to get a lot of votes.

Wahlberg is popular(and good) but I just see a lot of himself in his movies.

Good point about the Oscars.

I was thinking the same thing about Sinatra and Smith (being the same person in every movie).

 

[nightmare]

Pretty close between Will Smith and Sinatra for me.

I think Sinatra was the better musician and Will Smith is probably a better actor, but it’s close.

Sinatra has two Oscar wins to Will Smith's one but W Smith is still working and is on the right side of this century to get a lot of votes.

Wahlberg is popular(and good) but I just see a lot of himself in his movies.

Good point about the Oscars.

I was thinking the same thing about Sinatra and Smith (being the same person in every movie).

For Sinatra, After The Man with The Golden Arm and From Here To Eternity, Probably- but those two are not "Frank Sinatra" vehicles.
Golden Arm is a 1955 movie about a Man(Sinatra) with a heroin addiction. Not your typical movie for that(or almost any) time.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Reba McEntyre

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Also, Bing Crosby has an Oscar and two other nominations.

Bob Hope doesn't.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Nick Jonas, in fact I'm going to start a rewatch of Kingdom tonight

 

[Ilov80s]

Pretty close between Will Smith and Sinatra for me.

I think Sinatra was the better musician and Will Smith is probably a better actor, but it’s close.

Sinatra has two Oscar wins to Will Smith's one but W Smith is still working and is on the right side of this century to get a lot of votes.

Wahlberg is popular(and good) but I just see a lot of himself in his movies.

Good point about the Oscars.

I was thinking the same thing about Sinatra and Smith (being the same person in every movie).

For Sinatra, After The Man with The Golden Arm and From Here To Eternity, Probably- but those two are not "Frank Sinatra" vehicles.
Golden Arm is a 1955 movie about a Man(Sinatra) with a heroin addiction. Not your typical movie for that(or almost any) time.

And Some Came Running. Another genius performance from Sinatra. The Manchurian Candidate, he’s definitely not playing Frank. That could have been Burt Lancaster or Kirk Douglas in that role. He’s great in a very underseen movie called Suddenly. He plays a psychotic assassin who breaks into a home and takes a family hostage because he’s determined their home is the perfect vantage point to take a sniper shot at the President. It’s one of his earliest films where he isn’t singing and it’s pretty damn good.