Which actor or actress has the biggest make-your-skin-crawl factor?
You know.....the type of creep-factor.....that you'd rather walk in the pouring rain.....than sit next to them on a bus?

My nominee.....Christopher Walken

Steve :yes:

Well, John Malkovich ain't no walk in the park either...
BTW, my wife's knee surgeon was a spitting image of Walken

Steve Buscemi wins this hands-down for me.

Ah, c'mon. Buscemi is just sleazy, not scary...

Sandra Burnhard...

Reminds me of that old Cheech and Chong skit...

Look at those lips Martha...

i agree with walken..the guy just creeps me out..and matt dillon is a true life creep (or was)

Nicole Kidman and her Botoxed mask of a face really creeps me out.:eek:

Willem Dafoe. :eek:

Harvey Keitel.

Crispen Glover


to wit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALapHYNSmoA

It's a close race between him and Andy Dick, who comes in a close second.

Juaquine Pheonix, or however you spell it. The guy that played Johnny Cash. That is one very strange dude.

Billy Zane or Eric Roberts

Tom Cruise is pretty creepy, if you ask me.

All of the above. ;)

Steve Buscemi wins this hands-down for me.

+1

Or Paul Reubens

+1 on Crispin Glover.

this one fits both categories, 'actor/actress'

"Divine"

No votes yet for Jack Nicholson?

Don Sutherland always sort of freaked me out.

Goblin Shark -

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Julia Roberts -

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Can't decide which is creepier.

:scratch2:

FTW, Peter Stormare -

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Dennis Hopper. Something just isn't right about him.:para:

Jason Isaacs, the guy who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies and the badass in "Patriot". He is way too good at playing sadistic mofos.
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This isn't fair. Having worked in tv/film production for over 20 years I am personally acquainted with too many of them to be reasonable about it. I can pick a fave though...

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I miss the old bastard:D, great guy.

J.R.

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I'm not recognizing him???

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I'm not recognizing him???

That's "Ferret Face, Frank Burns" from M*A*S*H...Larry Linville:D

J.R.

Yeh, that's right.

Mustache and the years threw me

Fairuza Balk. A hot kinda creepy.

Michael Berryman. The creepy bald-headed dude who's been in a TON of monster flicks, & was in the remake video of "Smokin' in the Boys Room". Steve Buscemi is also one I'd rather not meet in a dark alleyway. Back in the Forties & Fifties, there was a guy, Rondo Hatton, who had acromelegy or somesuch who was frightengly ugly, & usually played a monster or a psychopathic killer.

That's "Ferret Face, Frank Burns" from M*A*S*H...Larry Linville:D

J.R.

Cool :thmbsp: Frank Burns has to be one of the greatest TV characters of all time.

Larry was a good bud but now that I think of it the Frank Burns character could qualify for a "creepy" list:scratch2::yes: "Oh Margaret":D

J.R.

Larry was a good bud but now that I think of it the Frank Burns character could qualify for a "creepy" list:scratch2::yes: "Oh Margaret":D

J.R.

"You you...GUYS!!"

Charlotte Rae always creeped ne.It was like she couldn't control her facial muscles.However,I guess you take the good,you take the bad...

A

None of you are anywhere close, try

Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers in the Hitchcock classic 'Rebecca'

She'll have you whistling and divin' for the light switch every time.

John

Glad Sandy mentioned Rondo Hatton...that dude had the creep factor turned up to about 12 or so. Peter Lorre was a damn good actor who could turn on the creep at will. Currently? A tie between Walken and Eric Roberts.

My nominee.....Christopher Walken


Yep, he has perfected the art of creepiness. My wife loves him, I admire his acting skills, but he definitely creeps me out.
:yikes:

Betty Davis. Joan Rivers. Andy Dick fer sure, he is one wacky dude.

Walken, Peter Lorre and Ronald Reagan. Oh yeah. Christofer Lee and Lee Van Cleef.

The creepiest actor I can think of right now is Alan Rickman.

Tor Johnson comes to mind when talking creepy.

Tor Johnson

Judith Anderson as Mrs Danvers in the Hitchcock classic 'Rebecca'


+1. Just the mention of her name makes my hair stand on end.

Add Cary Elwes to this list. He is also on my "Actor you want to belt in the chops" list.

Giovanni Ribisi kinda freaks me out... Peter Lorie too... Mary Lynn Rajskub from 24 -- Chloe -- in that role, creeps me out bigtime... I hope that's cuz she's a great actress.

+1 for Rondo Hatton...why in god's name Kia thought it would be a good idea to name a car after him is beyond me. More appropriately, they hold the Rondo awards yearly to celebrate various achievments in the Horror Film industry.

Hatton was only in maybe a half dozen movies, all of them bad. Between the worst production values (Universal was proud to have a 'monster' that they didn't need to apply makeup to-a real money saver!) and Hatton's awful acting they can be a chore to sit through. The bet of these movies is 'House of Horrors'. Martin Koslek (another creepy actor!) saves the day in that one-his hamming it up with the deadpan Hatton makes it the wierdest buddy film ever made!

"You you...GUYS!!"

or 'oh, pish posh!'

my pick:

maggie hamilton as the witch.

Can't think of the famous actor, but that guy that played Hanibel Lector.:yikes:

Carrot Top... from funny/strange to bizzare!

Maril Streep,scary B***h

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Wow,...
most of the people listed here are actors I really admire. I notice Christopher Walken gets a lot of votes, this Guy is just too damn funny,...although when he plays some twisted evil villain, I admit he's got creepy down to an art form!

There used to be this character actor called "Anthony Zerbe" (appeared in a lot of Hawaii 5 O episodes) who creeped me out as a Youngster.

Also I second the vote on "Carrot Top",...a little weird.

Here's some more:

Richard Simmons
Michael Jackson
Brad Pitt (in his role as a demented Southerner in "Kalifornia")
The Guy who played the serial killer in "Silence of the Lambs" (Not Anthony Hopkins)
Michael Ironside
Malcolm McDowell (in Clockwork Orange)
Anybody from those "Rod Zombie" slasher flicks

Wow,... so many to choose from!.

Cheers

Jeff

Crispen Glover. He's the guy who play Michael J. Fox's dad in Back to the Future, right? That's who I mean if it's not Crispen Glover.

Alec Baldwin.

http://io9.com/5144423/alec-baldwin-finally-admits-his-alien-plan-for-world-domination

Not sure if he is kidding or not.

Tyne Daly alwas creeped me out Something about her smile gave me the willies.

Will Smith creeps me out. I don't like him...don't know why. He shows up on the screen and I want to leave the room.

Gary Busey creeps me out also.

+1 Gary Busey

Its funny how perceptions are different, Walken doesent creep me out in the least, he's funny as heck, and strikes me as a cool guy to have a beer with, but no creepiness factor for me.


+2 Gary Busey is a creepy dude, he can be funny, but just unstable enough to be unnerving.

John Cazale always had a creepiness about him, even in neutral roles, I think it is just the way he looks.

Steve Carell, I've never found the man to be funny, just akward, and as a result, creepy.

Steve Martin, Hillarious standup comedian, creepy actor, mainly as a result of the B-rate, bizarre roles he takes. The 'Pink Panther' remake trailers creep me out.

Eddie Murphey, Probably a result of the fact that I wasent born durring in his 'prime'. But for many of the same reasons os Martin, he strikes me as creepy. The roles he takes are not funny, its almost depressing to see a grown man make an unfunny ass out of himself for what must be a meager paycheck. Creepy factor based on percieved desperation I guess.

Christina Ricci. Tell me she wasn't creepy as Wednesday in the "Addams Family" movies. Ok, OK, she's a babe now, but when she was a kid, she was Eeeeville...That other child actress turned babe, Natalie Portman was also kinda "Eeeeeuw !" there for awhile. I remember that phone company ad she did, standing next to/on top of an old car in the desert that just wigged me out for some reason...

Ralph Fiennes for me....

For me.....William Dafoe.....is a close second.....behind Walken.


Steve

The raft of scientol-wogs that infest the business.

Can't think of the famous actor, but that guy that played Hanibel Lector.:yikes:

Sir Anthony Hopkins

My vote goes to Roberts Blossom. Worked with him in the studio a few times and he was pretty damn creepy. He even freaked out my young employee, who exclaimed "OMG, thats the guy from HOME ALONE!

Nicole Kidman and her Botoxed mask of a face really creeps me out.:eek:

+1 on that.....

Bruce Dern, man.

I don't think Christpher Walken is creepy at all, but I bet he would get a kick out of people saying that. He gives me the impression of someone who would be very funny and cool to hang around with in person. Same thing with Steve Buscemi, the characters he plays are creepy but somehow I get the feeling that he is not.

Steve Buscemi is pretty creepy too. Doesn't help that he always plays creepy people.

Cher, Shirley McLaine, Jane Fonda.

I always found Michael J. Pollard a total freak, and definately early Bruce Dern was topnotch...

There used to be this character actor called "Anthony Zerbe" +1
The Guy who played the serial killer in "Silence of the Lambs" (Not Anthony Hopkins) That would be Ted Levine. He was also in the late, lamented 1986-88 TV cop show, "Crime Story'.

Grace Jones

Christina Ricci. Tell me she wasn't creepy as Wednesday in the "Addams Family"

Strange you should mention her...she reminds me of my sister when she was a kid...and my name is Ricci too:scratch2: We may be related???

J.R.

Woody Harrelson

I don't think Christpher Walken is creepy at all,

Check him out in the "Dogs of War". Terrific.
I don't like Sean Penn. A dope, if you ask me.

Cool :thmbsp: Frank Burns has to be one of the greatest TV characters of all time.

Yup. Linville was to Mash as Curly was to The Three Stooges.

I don't think Christpher Walken is creepy at all, but I bet he would get a kick out of people saying that. He gives me the impression of someone who would be very funny and cool to hang around with in person. Same thing with Steve Buscemi, the characters he plays are creepy but somehow I get the feeling that he is not.

I always thought he was pretty creepy as well, until........

I saw him dancing in the Root Boy Slim video.

That and his appearances on SNL convinced me he was probably a pretty cool guy!

(I may have gotten the group name wrong for the video....if so, a correction would be welcomed)

Chris Elliott.

Ralph Fiennes for me....

Same here. His performance in Schindlers List was terrifying. He shoulda got the award.

Chris Elliott.

He's my older brother.
Woogie rules!

That figures...

What about Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr.?

Tony Perkins, too.

Woggie JR. or me Goraman
-the love blisters.
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what a pigfuck

Definitely the Sham-WOW guy, hands down.

Definitely the Sham-WOW guy, hands down.

AMEN to that !!! Still would like to kneecap that sumbich...As well as everybody associated w/making that horrid commercial...

Michael Berryman. The creepy bald-headed dude who's been in a TON of monster flicks, & was in the remake video of "Smokin' in the Boys Room".

I think he was the poster boy for 'Hills Have Eyes'. quite a resemblance to the Midnight Oil singer (name escapes me). had a great turn on an X-files epi; he (well, his character) stalks and kidnaps a kid...and it turns out he's a Christian hero trying to save the kid from the real bad guys. by all accounts quite a nice guy in person.

Crispen Glover. He's the guy who play Michael J. Fox's dad in Back to the Future, right? That's who I mean if it's not Crispen Glover.

Right... George McFly.

There used to be this character actor called "Anthony Zerbe" +1
The Guy who played the serial killer in "Silence of the Lambs" (Not Anthony Hopkins) That would be Ted Levine. He was also in the late, lamented 1986-88 TV cop show, "Crime Story'.

The way Ted Levine talks is what's creepy... perfect for Buffalo Bill.
He had a role in "From The Earth To The Moon" playing Alan Shepherd. Good actor, but not very many roles.

The long or the short of it would be Bruce Spence or Deep Roy.

If I had to pick somewhere in between it would have to be Clint Howard.

The way Ted Levine talks is what's creepy... perfect for Buffalo Bill.
He had a role in "From The Earth To The Moon" playing Alan Shepherd. Good actor, but not very many roles.

Exactly...He has a voice that is whiny, yet deep at the same time...In "Crime Story", he had a VERY thick "Chicago/midwestern" accent..He's kind of an odd-lookin duck, & w/his peculiar voice, I guess that's why he doesn't get as many roles as he should.

NOW I remember where he last turned up... it was in American Gangster. Not a big role but did a good job as Russell Crowe's boss.

Has anyone mentioned John Voight? He was very disturbing in Runaway Train and Anaconda.

Grace Zabriskie or Samantha Eggar (in the Brood)

Has anyone mentioned John Voight? He was very disturbing in Runaway Train and Anaconda.He's playing a super-bad-guy-boss this season on Fox's '24'. He's got the creep factor cranked up nicely for his role.

Hard to argue about his genetics though when his daughter looks like she does.

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i'll go with j.t. walsh for creepiest actor and angelina jolie for an actress.

AMEN to that !!! Still would like to kneecap that sumbich...As well as everybody associated w/making that horrid commercial...

He went to the "Billy Mays" school of sales training.:yes:

Definitely the Sham-WOW guy, hands down.

AMEN to that !!! Still would like to kneecap that sumbich...As well as everybody associated w/making that horrid commercial...


He went to the "Billy Mays" school of sales.:yes:

i'll go with j.t. walsh for creepiest actor and angelina jolie for an actress.

:yes:

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How about Billy Bob Thornton? He was married to Angelina Jolie and if memory serves correct, reports said they had matching tatoos and carried vials of blood of each other. Another skin crawling attribute was his movie "Swing Blade".:yikes:

The whole gang in "RESERVOIR DOGS" with Penn at the very top.Opening scene is great but I sure wouldn't do lunch with this group.

Daniel Day Lewis is pretty creepy, and so is Jack Nicholson.

Five actors who've raised creepiness to an art form:

Billy Drago
Tim Curry
Martin Short
Brian Posehn
and the immortal Sid Haig

If you've never seen "The Kiss of Death" with the late Richard Widmark as character "Tommy Udo", you've never seen creepy. That movie is a must see.

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Good call Number 6 - I've seen that film - you are spot on.

Richard Widmark was a great actor. His character in "Kiss of Death" is a total psycho. His expressions and the way he laughs when he does in his victims is totally convincing and creepy as hell.

DAVID PATRICK KELLY from The Warriors and Dreamscape

Al Pacino in the Devils Advocate. He made me believe he was satan. Oh Ya. The Hellraiser Cenobites.

sandra burnhard...

Reminds me of that old cheech and chong skit...

Look at those lips martha...

also ruby wax

Just thought of another..... Sam Waterson. Looks like something out of a comic book.

abe vigota, this guy was dead in Barney Miller

Nobody was creepier than Joe Pesci in Goodfellas.


"What do you mean, I'm funny?...You mean the way I talk?...What's funny about it?...What the f--k is so funny about me? Tell me?..."



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The guy who plays "Ben" on Lost- Also in some of the Saw movies- I'll bet he scared his mom!

Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. Seriously creepy.

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Didn't read the whole thread, so I don't know if she's been mentioned...

Dame Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal."

What an amazing performance.

Michael Berryman. The creepy bald-headed dude who's been in a TON of monster flicks, & was in the remake video of "Smokin' in the Boys Room". Steve Buscemi is also one I'd rather not meet in a dark alleyway. Back in the Forties & Fifties, there was a guy, Rondo Hatton, who had acromelegy or somesuch who was frightengly ugly, & usually played a monster or a psychopathic killer.

Berryman & Hatton are both toward the top of the list. Those were the 1st ones that came to mind.

Tom Noonan. 6' 6"

In the 1986 Manhunter, he played the killer Francis Dollarhyde. This is the movie where Hannibal Lecter is first introduced, and DOESN'T escape.

Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. Seriously creepy.



And the one everybody remembers is Carol Burnett's dead-on spoof of Ms. Swanson and "Sunset Boulevard." Carol is a comic genius.

Shame on any film fan who hasn't seen that movie. It's a brilliant film and Gloria Swanson, who was a very popular silent-film star, turns in one of the most skilled and creepy performances in movie history. She makes you believe the old woman's elevator stopped going to the top floor years ago.

"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille."

All the people mentioned played creepy roles, and some had creepy faces, and I can see why they are listed.

But the two who creep me out the most are: (1) a younger Leonardo DiCaprio (today he doesn't creep me out any more), and (2) another minor actor they tried to promote years ago whose name escapes me. He also had that sort of effeminate creepy-eyebrow look to him. Something about these kind of "pretty boy" or "girlie boy" looks is repulsive, IMO, in a way that no "evil character" can be.

Attached is a pic of Rondo Hatton, who was mentioned before; I think many younger AKers won't remember him, so the pic is provided for reference.

Another cool but creepy one is the guy who plays the head Thug priest in the old B/W movie of "Gunga Din", when he tells the acolytes to "Kill in the name of Kali, Kill! Kill! Kill!" (You can find the scene on YouTube, if you sit through enough segments of the movie; I think it's around part 6 or 7).

The creepiest actor for me has to be Billy Drago, master portrayer of vicious druglords and evil, psychopathic killers. Only once have I ever seen him play a role that could be considered a good guy.

My nominees for creepy ones are, Christopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow, Zelda Rubenstein in Poltergeist, John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire, Gary Oldman in Dracula, Tobin Bell in Saw, Danny Devito as Penguin in Batman Returns, Larry Drake in Dr. Giggles, and a few more I will name later........

Ted Levine is on the TV series Monk. I wasn't paying attention and my mom was watching it one night, and he said something....it sent chills down my back bringing back memories of Silence of the Lambs. Turns out he's a good guy in the show.
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Woody Allen

Woody Allen

++! I'm not creeped out by people who play weird roles but I'm really creeped out by pervs like Woody Allen and Michael Jackson:thumbsdn:

Did I not notice if anyone else thinks Gary Oldman is creepy?

Thomas