Has there ever been a better musician turned actor than Phil Collins?

[mongooz]

Oh shiiiiit.... those are good ones!!

And @VoidTerraFirma I was going to sarcastically put Gene Simmons down for that 80's sci fi he did... "Runaway"?

gene played a pretty believable terrorist in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" with Rutger Hauer

 

[Chicken Man]

Depp and those were never known as musicians though. They were only know after their acting careers. As for the first three it sounds like they were only in/on one show/movie. Phil has a whole list of movies and tv shows… he’s quite accomplished

Fair enough on the mostly-actors, but I just listed one credit for the the actors, but they have more. I'll add John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie. I mean, what's better than Labyrinth?

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

Jerry Reed.

I’m not not a big Genesis fan but Phil was one hell of drummer. Phil and Jerry might be tied for first.

 

[Dew Knot Humps]

It lists 98

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0002015/

he also composed one of the best songs for a movie with Against all odds staring Jeff Bridges

I take back what I just said about Phil Collins and Jerry Reed being tied for first. Phil Collins’s never wrote a better song for a movie than “East Bound and Down.”

 

[baimun]

Rick
Fucking
Springfield

series High Tide from 1994 to 1997. He appeared in supporting roles in Ricki and the Flash and True Detective (both 2015). He portrayed Dr Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital (1981–83, 2005–08, 2012), returning in 2013 for the show's 50th anniversary with his son, actor Liam Springthorpe. He played a depraved version of himself in Californication (2009). In 2010, Springfield published his autobiography, Late, Late at Night: A Memoir. In 2016 he starred as Vince Vincente/Lucifer in season 12 of The CW series Supernatural. In 2012, he starred as himself in the TV show Hot in Cleveland episode 16 of season 3 titled "Everything Goes Better With Vampires". In 2017, he starred as Pastor Charles in the American Horror Story episode entitled "Winter of Our Discontent".

I always assumed he was a “cute actor that recorded some pop albums” but was surprised to find out on the Sunset Studios interviews that he was a musician who did some acting on the side to pay the bills… and the soap thing was starting to take off and his first album was out so they featured him playing one of the songs for the show and both blew up at the same time!

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I always assumed he was a “cute actor that recorded some pop albums” but was surprised to find out on the Sunset Studios interviews that he was a musician who did some acting on the side to pay the bills… and the soap thing was starting to take off and his first album was out so they featured him playing one of the songs for the show and both blew up at the same time!

I saw him pre-pandemic. I had no interest in seeing him.
He puts on a hell of a show and has a ton of energy for a guy that turned 70 that week.

 

[Andrew Sak]

 

[Motorik]

I always assumed he was a “cute actor that recorded some pop albums” but was surprised to find out on the Sunset Studios interviews that he was a musician who did some acting on the side to pay the bills… and the soap thing was starting to take off and his first album was out so they featured him playing one of the songs for the show and both blew up at the same time!

Before his solo career he was the guitarist in a band called Zoot who were kinda a big deal in Australia.





Their 'Eleanor Rigby' cover rocks pretty hard.

 

[Motorik]

Chris Isaac had a TV show, Dwight Yoakam was in sling blade, Steve Earle was on The Wire.

And we're ignoring all the people who started as musicians but whose acting eclipsed their music--Johnny Depp (), Brie Larson, Keanu, and more.

Dwight Yoakam is utterly fantastic in Slingblade.

 

[Motorik]

Eminem was terrific in 8 Mile.

 

[Knox in Box]

Too guycentric this thread.

Macy Gray was in a few things and does well
Dolly Friggin Parton
And Whitney Houston wasn't exactly bad

 

[Acadiafall]

David Bowie did a decent job whenever he did some acting Id say

 

[Monson]

Dwight Yoakam is utterly fantastic in Slingblade.

Dwight Yoakam was on the ball in When Trumpets Fade as well. Ice cool and very credible performance.

Chris Isaak earns cool points for being one of the swat guys in Silence of the Lambs. He had like one line, I think, and I didn't even notice it was him the first time I saw it.

 

[pmc100]

 

[Jbird]

Who is the worst musician/actor? Steven Seagal?

 

[baimun]

Who is the worst musician/actor? Steven Seagal?

Probably the worst "Triple Threat" out there... When it comes to "Actor"/"Musician"/"Stunt Fighter".... Yep. He sucks equally bad at all three!!

The guys at Cooridor Crew had a great take on Seagal.



And the making of is even funnier if you have the time

 

[mongooz]

Dwight Yoakam is utterly fantastic in Slingblade.

he has been in quite a few movies & tv.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Yoakam_filmography

 

[Knox in Box]

Jennifer Hudson
Cher
Jared Leto

All actually won Oscars for their acting.

 

[Chad]

Phil Collins was a child actor who had a role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver.

So what you are saying is he was known as an actor before a musician.

 

[DdBob]

So what you are saying is he was known as an actor before a musician.

He's saying he dabbled in acting much like Depp dabbled in music but the same way Depp became famous as an actor first and forem ost so did Phil become known as a musician first and foremost. Phil became accomplished in both arts where as Depp only in acting with bit cameo gigs with well known musician s due to his Celebrity status ...see the band P where he played with the Butthole Surfers dude.