Celebs who LACK charisma

Henry Cavill

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Theo James

Anthony Steel

Lili Taylor

Al Gore

Louis Jourdan

John Hodiak

Eddie Fisher

Josh Hartnett

This cunt.

Christian Bale

Wrong wrong wrong on Christian Bale!

Kathy Bates

Patrick Wilson. Sam Worthington. Justin Hartley.

L Gaga. We all know it.

DiCaprio. He's a creep and there's something just cold about him. Overrated as fuck too.

Adam Driver. For someone so ugly and charisma free, he sure does get a lot of high profile movies. Why does Hollywood think people want to see Adam Driver?

all those boring fuckers in star wars.

Armie Hammerrhoid.

Gaga in drag has charisma. Stefani doesn't.

Norma Talmadge. Sorry, but true.

David Boreanaz, or as I always call him David Boring-anus.

So far I agree with everyone listed except Christian Bale and Jennifer Jason Leigh. They are odd performers, but they genuinely have charisma.

Laura Bush

George Harrison

Kim Basinger

Michael Vartan

Christian Bale is an odd case. For a good looking, straight man he has no chemistry with women on screen.

David Muir.

Anderson Cooper.

Jennie Garth

Eva Marie Saint

Doug Savant

Stone Phillips

Eric McCormack

John Krasinski

Kristen Scott Thomas

Steven Wright

Eddie Fisher???

Tom Cruise, when he's being interviewed (vs. in an acting role).

Madonna, when she's being interviewed (vs. performing).

[quote] Eddie Fisher???

If you've never seen "Butterfield 8," give it a watch. He's like a negative vortex on the screen.

Madonna being interviewed pre-2010 was charisma personified.

R33, I mis-read the topic. I thought it said Celebs who LACK DRAMA

Kristen Stewart

Everyone from Warner Bros.

When Madonna began using the faux English accent, that was when she lost her charisma.

There's an actress who is currently getting a lot of kudos for some roles. I find her rather plain, but I'm scared to say so. She might come after me!

Anya Taylor Joy. I wish Hollywood would stop forcing her on us.

Janet

EVERY Oscar-winning actor from the last 30 years

(excepting Daniel Day-Lewis)

The Hiddlestein!

Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond

the harry porter actress

[quote] the harry porter actress

Emma Thompson?

Maggie Gyleenhall

R36, you beat me to it. Kristin Stewart has zero charisma, how she's famous is a mystery to me.

Harrison Ford

i just assumed Ryan Phillippe would head off this thread , in fact even close it!

Just finished Weatworld and holy shit is Evan Rachel Wood dull.

Harrison Ford in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Witness and Working Girl has plenty of charisma.

Jennifer Lawrence. Girl is neither talented nor pretty and has the charm of a cockroach. Thank God she flopped.

Zoe Kravitz

Amy Adams, even though critics seem to adore her. She just seems so bland and lacking in zest.

Michael " Cold fish eyes" Douglas

Demi Lovato.

Hilarie Duff owns this thread.

R56 no no no

Watching Aaron Rogers on Jeopardy...oy. Wet Blanket.

Kate Middleton.

Rooney Mara. The worst.

Jennifer Lawrence has charisma for fuck’s sake.

Long gone... Edna Mae Oliver Marie Dresser Walter Brennan Conrad Bain Charlotte Rae

Living... Portia Di Rossi Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman Blake Shelton's chick Melania Trump

Anna Farris. She seems so bland. Even her cheating husband leaving her after getting hot and famous doesn’t make her interesting.

Clint Eastwood.

Nicole Kidman

The Jennifers Garner and Hudson

R60 for the win.

Only fatties consider this person a celeb.... Alex Guarnaschelli (aka The Italian Grimace). Her eyes reveal a frightening, deep void.

r70 Here is photo evidence.

Matthew Broderick-Parker. Guy has as much charisma and personality as a piece of dry toast.

Keira Knightley

Anna Kendrick

[quote]Everyone from Warner Bros.

How DARE you!

Brad Pitt

John Maher

George Clooney

Stephen Colbert

Ben Affleck

Alec Baldwin

Cate Blanchet

Eric Stoltz

Alex Rodrigues

Jay Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Paul McCartney

Caitlyn Jenner

Ellen/Elliott Page

Ryan Seacrust

Mark Wahlberg

Seth Meyers

Prince Harry

Gayle King

Joyless Behar

Sarah the skank Gilbert

David Schwimmer

Jerry Seinfeld

Sarah Gilbert was like a blob when she was on "The Talk." Just sitting on the table, grabbing her coffee mug.

[quote] Matthew Broderick-Parker. Guy has as much charisma and personality as a piece of dry toast.

MB in the 80s had a ton of charisma. It’s like something or someone has drained his life force...

[quote] It’s like something or someone has drained his life force...

Neigh!

People keep casting Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg, the two most sexless, uncharismatic people in the world, as a couple for some reason.

R64 - Marie Dresser?? I had no idea anyone even knew who she was anymore, much less knew about her personality. She's pretty obscure these days.

R79 a blob who never heard of shampoo

Isn’t it Marie DressLER?

Everyone associated with Twilight. I can’t even recall all of their names.

The one who Johnny Depp beat up.

R85 - there are two actresses - Marie Dresser and Marie Dressler. He said Dresser.

R88 Ya learn sumthin new every day!

r79, she is the definition of mealy-mouthed.

Taylor Lautner

Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Swift

Cunt virtue signaler Brie Larson

R83 I'm sure someone will complain that Louise didn't have as much appeal as Marie.

Jane Darwell

R94 = Laura Hope Crews

Evita Peron- She’s so stiff these days

Heather McCartney- She’s barely got one leg to stand on in the charm department

Nicole Brown Simpson- A bloody sidewalk has more charm and brains than she had now.

Stephen Hawkins- Always too stuck on himself to speak to others. Very robotic when he did.

Jon Benet Ramsey- You had to twist her arms and even her neck to get her to say hello.

Whitney Houston- I think her fame really drowned her personality. She seemed so under water most of the time.

[quote] Long gone... Conrad Bain Charlotte Rae

And what do you know about charisma, R64? Your idea of charming is [italic]Sheriff Lobo[/italic].

This big pervy lump of cream cheese...

Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill Jamie Dornan Emma Watson, Emma Roberts, Emilia whatshername Lily Collins, lily James, lily rose depp Some guys named Taylor Carey Mulligan and Michelle Williams- good actors though Brie Larson

I disagree with Theo James though, he was smoking in the first Divergent movie. He may not be a great actor or he may be difficult to cast, but he did command the screen once.

Anthony Rapp

Ryan O'Neal

Winona Ryder

Gwyneth Paltrow.

Jennifer Connelly. Breathtakingly beautiful woman but dull, dull, dull. And boring as hell.

Rihanna

Allison Williams

Owen and Luke Wilson.

Rihanna is FULL of charisma r105

Along with water weight.

And money.

Lucas till. So bland.

R108 I think this is the only footage of her I’ve seen and maybe she was just having a bad day but gosh she seems pretty awkward and uncomfortable

Matt Bomer is an undoubtedly handsome man but he’s so boring and cold.

Jon Cryer

Ashton Kutcher

Charlie Sheen

Martin Sheen

Judd Nelson

John Stamos

Brian Austin Green

I could never tell Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy apart. Were they really the same person?

R43 I have to disagree with the Hiddles. There must be something that's propelled him into Hollywood as it certainly is his weasel face. Big dick though, so maybe that what "swings" it with all the female directors and producers he has worked with. Not forgetting the good at giving head thing.

[quote] I could never tell Judd Nelson and Andrew McCarthy apart

They look nothing alike.

R113 Judd Nelson's nostrils are the size of Andrew McCarthy's head.

Must come from all the cocaine everybody snorted in the 80s.

[quote] Long gone... Edna Mae Oliver Marie Dresser

You don't know the meaning of the word "charisma" if you think Marie Dressler had none of it (or you've never actually sen her and are talking out of your ass).

BIG HINT: "Charisma" does not necessarily have to have anything to do with beauty. You can have enormous charisma and still be ugly as hell, as the examples of LBJ and Fran Lebowitz (and Marie Dressler) prove.

Josh Hartnett. Around the time of Pearl Harbor he was supposed to become a STAR.

R119, he was briefly. And then he left Hollywood. Good for him.

Neely O'Hara

Camilla Cabello. The blandest famous Latina in America.

Patrick Wilson

^ is he the one with the NOSE?

Dakota Johnson.

Faye Dunaway

Demi Moore

Kevin Costner

Bob Newhart

R106- Anson Williams

Tom Hanks

John Wayne

R60 Aaron is also rumored to be lazy in bed and a lousy lay.

Charisma Carpenter

G. owns this thread.

Patrick Wilson’s ass packs a lot of charisma.

R72, yeah, that must be why Ferris Bueller was such a massive hit. No charisma.

Eldergay here, but sheesh, Glenn Ford OWNS THIS THREAD.

He died 14 years ago, but he was so inherently dull, no one noticed.

Did someone way upthread actually write Brad fucking Pitt?

Even if he isn't your type (he's definitely NOT mine), that man oozes charisma. We know he doesn't ooze talent or intelligence...

Beyawncé and Kaley Cuckuoco. Bland, interminably boring and manufactured, free of anything resembling intelligence or charisma. They could be replaced with dolls and no one would notice any difference. Or maybe they might. The dolls might be more intelligent and original.

Gal Gadot

Shia Labouef or whatever he's called

Megan Fox

Duchess Kate

Ryan Reynolds

Those Hemsworth guys

Henry Cavill

Claire Danes

I could go on...

[quote]Those Hemsworth guys

I half agree. Liam Hemsworth has the looks, but he is charisma-free. In his films that I've watched, he blends in with the wallpaper. No personality.

Chris, on the other hand, is truly charismatic. I think that's why he's regularly cast. It ain't his acting. He's Brad Pitt 2.0, with an accent.

R139 Wins with Gal Gadot alone. Thread closed.

R140, Hollywood has jumped the couch.

They seem to cast pretty people with zero screen presence in many of these action movies. I like a good action movie, but could they stop forcing people who look like models but have no charisma in front of the camera.

Bad Boys in the 1990s made no sense whatsoever, but Will Smith and Martin Lawrence were great to watch on screen. Fast-forward to now, where we have Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot doing "action" (i.e. comic book) blockbusters. Don't even get me started on the lead actors in the Transformers movies...

A lot of this is wrong. Actors as a rule usually have charisma but some sneak in who DON’T. Ryan Reynolds, Jen Aniston, ok- millions on millions of frau fans enjoying what they got. Kristen Stewart has magnetism and more, that’s partial to charisma.

Margaret Qualley has no charisma. She’s the new Katie Holmes. Just great heads of hair. Both of these women have already gone much further than their talents should have allowed. Jessica Biel... though she pulled something out of herself for that mini-series, so good for her. Blake Lively has been accused but she’s actually good and very slowly proven it.

[Quote] Kristen Stewart has magnetism and more, that’s partial to charisma.

She does???

Niall Horan

R136- He had charisma in those late 1970's Buick commercials.

R137 Yeah, Brad fucking Pitt is a dull stoner. No fire, no personality no charisma. Nothing distinctive about him. In Thelma and Louise, Fight Club and Once Upon a Time he was fine but for the most part he's a vacant.

I find Beyonce to be very lacking in charisma which is odd because she as sold as being so "fierce". There's no there there.

R139, Claire Danes has charisma as Carrie Mathison, an iconic role.

Beauty sometimes blinds us and passes for charisma, which it isn't. As beauty fades it becomes clear who's really got it.

Claire Danes had mounds of charisma in My So Called Life. She has a stunning teenage presence that had nothing to do with beauty. It was total charisma.

Kristen Stewart is an interior actress, able to suggest her character’s thoughts. And she’s gorgeous, the camera loves her. Of course I’m a fan of the independent and arty euro roles not gay Christmas or Twilight. This is an old argument. Boring.

R152 She was also lovely as a teen, seemingly the last time she was. She looked nice in Shopgirl too, but of course she wore the red hair in that one.

As lovely as she’s always been and to be fair, her appeal is a lot in that she’s demure and has that interesting Canadian decency but... Neve Campbell? That’s not charisma...

I've never thought much of anything about Neve Campbell. The squinting acting method was awful in every damn thing she's ever done. I've never seen an actor of any kind squint so much to try to convey emotion. It never sold for me.

Tom Cruise.

All 3 male leads on Friends.

Teresa Palmer. She was so unapealling in lights out that I was rooting for that crazy mother of hers, who was at least likeable. Palmer just seemed like a rancid dead eyed bitch.

Edit: unappealing. In before the oh dear bitches

Beyonce, Eddie redmayne, Bella hadid, Demi lovato.

[Quote] Kristen Stewart is an interior actress, able to suggest her character’s thoughts. And she’s gorgeous, the camera loves her. Of course I’m a fan of the independent and arty euro roles not gay Christmas or Twilight. This is an old argument. Boring.

Have to disagree. And i'm not basing that on Twilight. Kristen was good in The Runaways and Speak though.

[Quote]  never seen an actor of any kind squint so much to try to convey emotion.

Andrew McCarthy and Chad Michael Murray

[Quote] Teresa Palmer. She was so unapealling in lights out that I was rooting for that crazy mother of hers, who was at least likeable. Palmer just seemed like a rancid dead eyed bitch.

Should have left it alone and let it stay a short film. Teresa's character had a good reason for acting like an asshole.

Beyonce singing and dancing 20 years ago had charisma because of her beauty. Once she opens her mouth its over. She has no professional skills and unable to present herself as an intelligent person. She's mind numbingly done and poorly spoken she comes off rather unattractive. Girl has no poise whatsoever.

I'd disagree about Neve Campbell. While she does have this odd tic of rubbing her neck to convey angst, I don't think she's ever been better than in the Scream movies and she's easy to root for. She seems wholesome and girl next door which is just what that role needs. I can't imagine anyone else in that role. I also thought Courtney Cox was way better in the Scream movies than she was on Friends and much funnier, too.

I do think a lot of people are right when they say charisma isn't beauty. A lot of people are beautiful and are boring to watch. Someone like Matt Bomer is a good example. I don't think I've ever seen someone so beautiful and he seems like a lovely, sweet guy, but I've never been impressed by him on stage or screen. He's competent and doesn't make a fool of himself, but my eyes inevitably wander to other, more charismatic performers when he's on screen. It was never more obvious than when Kathy Bates played his mother on American Horror Story. She's older and far less traditionally beautiful than him, but your eyes stayed fixed to her every time they shared the screen. That's talent and charisma!

Kristen Stewart is the reincarnation of Glenn Ford.

R136 and R165 Glenn Ford SHOULD have had charisma. You kept waiting for him to fucking bring it but he NEVER did.

Now, Rita, on the other hand...

Matt Damon

and it's NOT just his WOODEN acting

Exactly R166. How he got anywhere in movies is dumbfounding. Plus he cheated on Eleanor Powell with at least a dozen star(lets), and not Hayworth.

I'm sorry, Christian Bale has ZERO chemistry with anyone onstage, therefore, no charisma. He just chews scenery and never actually engages with any of his co-stars. Not one movie i've seen him in where i genuinely clap at his performance.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (but not Aaron Taylor-Johnson's johnson)

R168 Glenn Ford was admired by many of the great directors and his fellow actors, I hear him mentioned as their inspiration in many acting work shop videos and Academy career retrospective interviews, Ryan O Neal said that Stanley Kubrick used to tell his actors to do their scenes like Ford, and Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan. that’s why he was so successful. Bette Davis had a long time crush on him and wrote about what a wonderful actor she thought he was in one of her autobiographies, she felt like she had discovered him and felt very proud of that. Ford actually had flings with hundreds of actresses, including a 40 year on and off affair with Rita Hayworth. He got her pregnant when they were filming The Loves of Carmen. It’s all documented in a book written by his son.

R136 Not true at all. Ford is frequently mentioned in autobiographies that I’ve read by many actors and in interviews with them and with some of the greatest directors as an inspiration to them. The actors who met knew him say they miss him very much and call him one of the great characters. Quentin Tarantino has done tributes to him at the theatre he owns in LA and placed a tribute to him in his last film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

R53 How is Jennifer Lawrence a flop? She’s an Academy Award winning actress.

R173 The Oscars don't mean anything dear.

Josh Duhamel. Everything he does flops, but they keep casting him.

R168 I’d cheat on Eleanor Powell, too. Eleanor had good reason to be jealous of Rita Hayworth. Her son said she felt threatened by her because she knew Ford fell for her and that they were having an affair. Powell was so dull compared to Rita, she never had a chance. I recently saw one of her movies on TCM. She was boring as shit and her acting was so stilted. A wet mop has more screen charisma.

R171 and R172 You can lack charisma and still be a good actor.

Sorry, but Glenn Ford always seemed like some accountant that happened to wander onto the set. As for his acting ability, his range was zilch, devoid of any emotion except perhaps repressed anger.

And the fact that he slept with hundreds of women says a lot about him than it does about those who jumped on his micropeen in an effort to advance their careers.

R178 Unfortunately for you, Kubrick and Tarantino’s opinions are relevant in Hollywood, yours isn’t, that explains Ford’s success for the posters who are asking. Ford was hung like a horse by all accounts. A man who worked wardrobe on his films reported that he was blessed below the waist. Tremendously. His third wife bragged about it. You actually think Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Debbie Reynolds jumped on his big dick to advance their careers?! Nice try!

r173 Because she's underwhelming considering how they built her up. The type of movies she was known for - the dark dystopian sci-fi stuff - went out of style during the Trump years. Emma Stone is another who was built up and underwhelmed.

I'd say both Lawrence and Stone have charisma. I find them interesting to watch on screen. Having charisma and talent doesn't necessarily mean you're incapable of being miscast or not having chemistry with a screen partner. I've seen that happen to both of them before, but it doesn't change my opinion of them.

Charisma is obviously subjective, just because you think someone lacks charisma, that doesn’t make it a fact. Many movie fans clearly thought many of these actors being named on this thread have charisma because they were top box office draws, their names alone above the title put bodies in the seats. The average moviegoer doesn’t go to see an actor’s films only because they are good actors, plenty of the biggest box office stars couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag, and tons of great actors aren’t box office draws.

R12 Kathy Bates lacks charisma? She's funny and charming. You must have her confused with someone else...

Ford always played the quietly noble type forced to take a stand. He recognized this typecasting, and asked to switch roles in 3:10 to Yuma, so he could play the bad guy. Side-note: married to Kathryn Hays (saintly Kim Hughes on "As The World Turns"). Nice -looking guy,, but not too many shirtless scenes in his films. It's a shame he cheated on his wives so much.

Tom Cruise has charisma in spades. Actual acting talent? That's debatable, but a lot of big name stars have to have charisma. Think about all those stars Hollywood tried to make over the years. Think about why they really bombed and never went on to anything. They lacked charisma and, usually, talent. In this business, it seems like it's more of a crime to lack charisma rather than talent. There are some so-so actors who have an insane amount of charisma. Sharon Stone, for example. In the right role, she's excellent, but she's very easy to miscast. Still, even miscast, it's hard to take your eyes off of her. It's more than just her being pretty. There are tons of women out there just as pretty as her, but they lack her charisma.

Charisma really is that "it" factor people talk about. It's something that keeps people interested. It goes beyond talent or looks.

Rooney Mara

Lily James

Miss Angela Fucking Lansbury. UGH. My grandmother used to watch her in the afternoons. Star of stage and screen, TV and Disney films. All that twinkling and wide eyed looks. She's as fascinating as a high school musical.

Tea Leoni

I see your Rooney Mara r186 and raise you a Kate Mara - the charisma bypass siblings

Season Hubley couldn't match the glow and charisma of Miss Kay Lenz.

I think George Harrison had charisma. I liked his music best, out of all the solo Beatles. He was spiritual, thoughtful and interesting. He took great interest in Hinduism. He had many interests..gardening, restoring an old Downton Abbey type estate, his music...sort of like a Renaissance man. He seemed quieter than the other three, but he didn't lack appeal. All of the Beatles had/have charisma.

^^except Ringo

Candy Clarke is highly overrated.

People say Brie Larson don’t get it. Her appeal was very much from being like a normal girl you went to school with. That quality made something like ‘Room’ devastating.

Bette Midler.

R196 Is Babs.

Henry Cavill

I'd like to be bottomed by Henry & Matt.

Caitlyn Jenner AND Bruce Jenner

Merely Streep

*Meryl, not Merely. Fuck you, autocorrect.

Keep on rowing, G!

R62 and R186, see R29

^ I mean R62 and R186, see R9

Patrick Wilson just comes off as dumb. You can be dumb and still have charisma (Pitt, Gwen Stefani, etc) but he just lacks something to ever seem interesting, However, that ass makes up for A LOT.

Patrick Wilson is a great example. Moderately talented with a fantastic singing voice and quite attractive (especially his beautiful ass), but I find myself staring at the background or at other actors when he's on screen.

Jonas Brothers

Does he have a dick to go with?

R158- The SHOW itself

^The person who even thought about putting it on the air and all of his relatives and future progeny!