The Top 10 Worst Singers to Grace the Silver Screen

Singers and the Silver Screen Don’t Always Mix.

In Hollywood, there’s something called a triple threat. That usually refers to someone who can sing, dance and act. Unfortunately, this is a unicorn. Sure there are some like Jamie Foxx, Jared Leto, and Justin Timberlake who have managed to make careers as singers and actors. However, there have been a ton of people who have made their money off their golden pipes and thought it would be just as easy to make millions as actors as well. The problem is that singing and acting, while similar, require two very different skill sets. That’s why this week Stars & Popcorn is taking a look at some of the worst singers who tried to make is on the silver screen. While they might have platinum records they wont be getting Oscars any time soon.

The only rules we followed were that they had to have careers as singers before they tried acting. Hence Miley Cyrus, Hillary Duff, Zac Effron, and Justin Bieber are disqualified (Bieber because a pseudo documentary doesn’t count… It never counted).

That being said, it’s time to take a look at the singers who made us all want to claw our eyes out with their terrible acting stints. You wont have to plug your ears when it comes to them, but you might want to cover your eyes… After you finish reading this article, of course.

10. Snoop Dogg

It pains me to do this, especially because he seems like such a good guy on the Comedy Central roasts, but Snoop has made some terrible movies. I realize that he’s got a loyal following that will probably end up killing me for putting him on this list, but even the grisliest act of violence could not erase the fact that that Soul Plane happened. I’d be declared martyr to the cause of Truth.

That being said, he’s fine in small doses. In fact, he’s great at cameos. It’s when you cast him with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson that we start to get really uncomfortable really quickly. Still, he should stick to what he does best, busting rhymes and making some solid reality tv.

9. Elvis Presley

That’s right. I dare say it. Elvis made some pretty lame-ass movies.

Calm down, Grandpa. I’m not challenging his greatness as a musician (though one of our staff writers will if provided enough to drink… I love holiday parties!). However, anyone able to look me in the eye and say that a movie called “Clambake” is a great film is a liar. A quick glance through his extensive IMDb page entices only one’s primal masochistic compulsions: Tickle Me? Kissin’ Cousins? Harum Scarum? Are you kidding Me?.

On the other hand, it is pretty awesome when other people play Elvis in movies. I’m looking at you, Bruce Campbell. He might be the king of Rock n’ Roll, but he’s never going to be remembered as the king of the silver screen.

8. DMX

It almost doesn’t seem fair to put Earl Simmons on this list. After all, when you cast him opposite such actors as Jet Li and Steven Seagal, known widely for their tour-de-force dramatic performances, what chance can he fare?…

DMX’s flirtation with silver screen stardom dates to that awkward period of time at the turn of the last century when Hollywood thought that remaking old martial arts flicks with a more urban edge might attract wider audiences. When the motivation behind you’re casting in a film is to tempt indifferent demographics, it can’t end well. Especially when your part is playing the tough guy opposite guys known solely for beating other people to death on screen.

7. Rihanna

Well, it was nice while it lasted. Unfortunately, I’m probably going to get killed by the Rhianna Navy for saying this, but Rhianna is not a good actress. Don’t get me wrong she was in Ocean’s 8 and that was a damn good movie, but let’s just say the other 7 kinda made up for her. She was also a horrible CGI alien in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. If that’s not enough then I’m going to have to bring up >shudder< Battle Ship.

The thing is that there’s still time for Rihanna to turn this around. She’s young and hip and can afford acting classes. She just needs to make sure she stops taking terrible roles in terrible movies. That might not sound as easy as it seems though, but of all the singers on this list she’s the one that could still be considered a “rising star.” Rising star or not though, she’s definitely been in some terrible movies and her acting really didn’t do anything to make them better.