Best pop star performance in a film

[Major Tom]

I hereby mention Garfunkel in that film. (Which i'll now look up the title of)

Here we go:

Bad Timing "I really couldn't accurately describe the contents of this movie. It's about a destructive love affair between a man played by Art Garfunkel and a woman played by Theresa Russel. Russel has attempted to commit suicide. In the hospital they're fighting for her life as Garfunkel is interrogated by a detective (Harvey Keitel) about what really happened. Slowly the real story unfolds and the viewer learns about the darker sides in both characters."

It's a nic roeg film which i didn't realise.

I've never seen it - but it has to go on the poll

He was in Catch 22 too wasn't he? And pretty good as I remember it.

 

[asbestos]

Lydia Lunch in Right Side of my Brain

Morrissey in Brookside

 

[Major Tom]

Morrissey in Brookside

It was in the spin-off - "South" - Mozza played himself and it was v.v. poor

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis in Ocean's Eleven (the original one)

 

[Major Tom]

Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis in Ocean's Eleven (the original one)

Go to Frank Sinatra poll ----------->

 

[EatMoreChips]

Gene Simmons in Runaway with Mr Tom Selleck

Leo Williams for ten seconds in The Fifth Element

 

[Mab]

There's a great bit in a movie that I can't quite remember the name of when Tom Waits is being hassled by his wife... he drawls "Doreen, Doreen, the question queen."

I don't remember either and thought I had seen everything Tom Waits was in.

Defiantly a "Tom Waits" line. Lets us know if you find out.

Cheers

 

[fishfingerer]

It was in the spin-off - "South" - Mozza played himself and it was v.v. poor

"Compulsive non viewing" and "essential kettle-on time" according to the man himself.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Nick Cave wasn't bad at playing a nutter in some aussie prison film.

'Ghosts of the Civil Dead' or something? weird film.

And then sampled by Therapy?!

 

[Reno]

No mention of Cher ? She was the rare pop star who became a credible actor and she even won the Oscar.

Marian Carey was surprisingly good as the social worker in Precious in a role originally meant for Helen Mirren.

Queen Latifah has mostly been cast in crappy comedies, but she was fantastic in the recent HBO Bessie Smith biopic.

 

[Sprocket.]

Adam Faith and Keith Moon in Stardust (1974)

 

[The Octagon]

Frank Sinatra in The Man With The Golden Arm

Bjork in Dancer in the Dark

Justin Timberlake has done some decent performances (Alpha Dog, Social Network)

Extending to TV and Jerome Flynn would stand a good shout for Game of Thrones and Ripper Street

 

[killer b]

Jerome Flynn is an actor who did a couple of cash in albums, not a pop star who did some acting...

 

[The Octagon]

Jerome Flynn is an actor who did a couple of cash in albums, not a pop star who did some acting...

He was definitely a pop star though (managed by Simon Cowell, appearances on TOTP, screaming girl fans, mostly covers) the OP did not specify which came first

 

[Reno]

Doris Day in The Man Who Knew too Much
Grace Jones in Vamp (an art performance piece plonked into a teen sex comedy)
Jane Birkin in Evil Under the Sun

Only a small role, but as a fan I'll mention Dean Wareham in Frances Ha

 

[blossie33]

That's a blast from the past - the Stardust film from '74.
I have an idea Ringo was in it too wasn't he? No, correct that, I think he was in That'll be the Day which was the first film about the same David Essex character.

 

[trabuquera]

Eminem in 8 Mile (ok, not MUCH acting required)
Queen Latifah was good in Set It Off
Haven't yet seen Andre 3000 play Hendrix in All Is By My Side but it seems like a good match


it would be best not to talk about 50 Cent in anything, I think...