What actors or actresses do you think or under-rated? Over-rated?

Hilary Duff.

oh sorry, she's under rated BIG TIME. kidding.

I absolutely agree. Hilary Duff is horribly over-rated

tom hanks is overrated, have you seen the da vinci code, terrible a plank is less wooded than he was

I'd probably have to disagree with you on that one

to be honest i think tha forest gump is the only movie he acted reasonably well on but that is IMO

Giovanni Ribisi (spelling?) is underrated

Kate Blanchett is underrated

Vin Diesel is overrated

Julia Roberts is overrated

Pretty much all of indie actors are underrated

Sarah Jessica Parker is overrated

Vince Vaughn is finally starting to get his just deserved praise

Steve Carell is very underrated

William Dafoe is very underrated.

I think a lot of the big name actors of the past were overrated. Take John Wayne, for example. He wasn't acting. He was just being himself. That can be charming and make for good bit parts in a couple of fun movies or a TV career a la Jon Stewart, but in my opinion it does not justify decades of glory. John Wayne was the exact same person in every movie he ever made. He did not try to get into the character, or the milieu, or the spirit of the story. He just memorized his lines, followed the director's instructions, and collected his paychecks and his awards.

Too true.
Consider his portrayal of Genghis Khan in - I believe - The Conqueror...?
Hillarious !

A lot of big names are overrated as actors. But people like them precisely because they play themselves, and have the same recognisable persona no matter what film they are in. Think Sean Connery, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwartzenegger... the list goes on and on.

A lot of big names are overrated as actors. But people like them precisely because they play themselves, and have the same recognisable persona no matter what film they are in. Think Sean Connery, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwartzenegger... the list goes on and on.

Yeah, the common saying in acting goes along the lines of, "People don't want to see you being the character, they want to see you as the character."

- N

You know, I liked Charleton Heston. I thought he was pretty good. A bit underrated now, because he's not in any movies, but he's still good.
John Wayne is overrated, but he's frickin' John Wayne, so...ya know... :D

You can only act as good as the script given to you. Tom Hanks made Forrest Gump a cult classic . It had all emotions in the movie. A great movie will always credit the actors abilities and flaunt it more.

IMO matt damon is underrated, he is much better at acting than pitt or clooney

Orlando Bloom --Overrated

Steve Carell -underrated

tom cruise- overrated

Lindsay Lohan -overrated

Bill murray -- fantastic actor, but I guess he gets the respect he deserves.

Jonathan Rhys Meyer - overrated

ben stiller - underrated

he is a fantastic actor

i think adrian brody is unerrated. that dude is a great actor.

phillip seymour hoffman is overrated

tom cruise is way overrated

jude law is overrated

tom hanks sucks

john cusack is underrated

i hate meryl streep regardless of any talent she may or may not possess

charlize theron is an excellent actress

ron livingston (peter from office space) is underrated as a comic actor

Jerry Springer - underrated
WWF - overrated.

A lot of big names are overrated as actors. But people like them precisely because they play themselves, and have the same recognisable persona no matter what film they are in. Think Sean Connery, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwartzenegger... the list goes on and on.

You cannot deny that Terminator 2 was a bad movie. Oh course the movie did not require much acting him AS, just looking badass really.

And I think Sean Connery is a great guy :)

Bill Murray -- fantastic actor, but I guess he gets the respect he deserves.Comedians get love, but they don't get the respect of their fellow professionals.

I remember one night when we all thought there was a chance that he'd win for "Lost in Translation," Jon Stewart said on The Daily Show with uncharacteristic emotion, "Go get it, Bill. Do it for all of us."

Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Marty Feldman, Gene Wilder. . . There are long lists of funny people who are every bit as talented and profound as their counterparts in drama--and if you ask me considerably more so than their counterparts in the action/adventure genre.

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "All of Me," "The Producers," "Some Like It Hot," these movies are far better than some of the not-so-very-dramatic dreck that takes the Academy Awards year after year.

It was an absolute crime against the universe that Peter Sellers never won an Oscar, not even for "Being There," one of the greatest movies ever made.

Robin Williams. Overrated, underrated, or just right?

A lot of big names are overrated as actors. But people like them precisely because they play themselves, and have the same recognisable persona no matter what film they are in.
There was an ad on SBS (Australia), which presented audio parodies of Hugh Grant playing various parts... which all sounded exactly the same :)

Robin Williams. Overrated, underrated, or just right?I suppose "just right" covers it. He's a comedian at heart, which means his dramatic range is a bit limited. Yet like Steve Martin and Bill Murray, he is capable of stepping outside of his normal roles. And like them, within the boundaries of comedy he is very versatile.

He has acquitted himself well in a number of movies that weren't quite comedies. "The World According to Garp" comes to mind.

Hugh Grant--bleahh. All this time I thought he was making it because the girls loved him. And then I found out that they don't like him either.

martin sheen is underrated