The 10 Worst Movie Performances by Academy Award Winning Actors

By Zach Wee

The Academy Award has long been the ultimate recognition for almost every aspect of cinema, especially when it comes to acting. Throughout the years, despite there being many controversial wins like Gwyneth Paltrow winning over Cate Blanchett during the 1999 Oscars, it’s still no denying that the many Academy-Award winning performances were at least somewhat decent.

However, a decent performance does not necessarily equate to a decent actor. The actors on this list have all won Oscars for their arguably great roles in other films, and some of them are even considered legendary actors. Nevertheless, these actors still managed to make the world of cinema question the very legitimacy of their craft with their outright abysmal performances in these films.

These are 10 terrible performances by Academy Award winning actors.10. Denzel Washington as Robert McCall (The Equalizer)

In this unnecessary reboot of a classic TV series, Denzel Washington plays Robert McCall, a former CIA Black Ops operative sprung out of retirement in order to save a young girl from the clutches of the Russian Mob.

The Equalizer itself is not as terrible as the other films on this list, however, it has its fair share of flaws, one of the biggest being Denzel Washington’s flat performance of the titular Equalizer, with his role as a retired has-been almost mirroring the state of his career. However, the character’s return to glory does not unfortunately mirror Denzel’s return to form.

The scene where Washington’s character reaches his pinnacle and begins hunting down the members of the mob has Denzel wear that same emotionless face as seen in the film’s poster, but instead of inciting fear as a cold-blooded killer like Javier Bardem’s performance as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, Denzel → continue…

From:: Taste Of Cinema