Ugly Actors |

Version 43 - view current page

Think you can't be famous because you're ugly? Think again! These fugly actors were probably the social outcasts in high school, but have gained more fame and fortune than their classmates could have ever imagined...

Ugly Actors

Steve Buscemi
Ugly Celebrities - Ugly Fugly
You know him from: Armageddon, Con Air, Reservoir Dogs, 28 Days, and countless Adam Sandler movies
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
You know him from: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets
Clint Howard
Clint Howard
You know him from: Benefiting from nepotism as Ron Howard's even uglier brother. Over 190 different roles in various TV shows and movies.
Paul Giamatti
Ugly Celebrities - Ugly Fugly
You know him from: Sideways, Lady in the Water, Cinderella Man, John Adams
Richard Keil
Richard Keil
You know him from: the villain Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
DJ Qualls
DJ Qualls
You know him from: Road Trip, Cherry Falls, The New Guy, Delta Farce
Don Knotts
Don Knotts
You know him from: The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company
Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack
You know her from: Sixteen Candles, In & Out, School of Rock, and Grosse Point Blank.
Willem Dafoe
Willen Dafoe
You know him from: Platoon, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Boondock Saints, Spiderman 1, 2, and 3
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
You know him from: Taxi, Romancing the Stone, One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest, War of the Roses, Ruthless People, Get Shorty, L.A. Confidential, Twins, Batman Returns and nearly every bad movie this past decade.
Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman
You know her from: Taxi, Cheers, Matilda, being married to Danny DeVito
John C. Reilly
Ugly Celebrities - Ugly Fugly
You know him from: The Perfect Storm, Chicago, Talladega Nights, Walk Hard, Step Brothers
Martin Short
Martin Short
You know him from: Three Amigos, Pure luck, Mars Attacks, SNL, Jiminy Glick
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
You know him from: The Deer Hunter, Pulp Fiction, View to a Kill, Batman Returns, Waynes World 2, The Rundown, Wedding Crashers, Click, Balls of Fury, numerous SNL skits like "More Cowbell"



Ron Perlmen
Ron Perlman
You know him from: Beauty and the Beast, Alien: Resurrection, Enemy at the Gates, Hellboy
Jackie Earle Haley
Ugly Actors - Ugly Fugly
You know him from: The Bad News Bears, Little Children, Watchmen
Michael Moore
Michael Mooore
You know him from: the fat, ugly filmmaker who brought us Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko
William H. Macy
William H. Macy
You know him from: Fargo, Mystery Men, Seabiscuit, Sahara, ER, Family Man, Jurassic Park 3, Magnolia, Boogie Nights
Rip Torn
Rip Torn
You know him from: The Larry Sanders Show, Men in Black 1 & 2, Dodgeball, The Beastmaster, Airplane 2, Robocop 3


John Heder
John Heder
You know him from: Napoleon Dynamite, The Benchwarmers, Blades of Glory, School for Scoundrels
James Woods
James Woods
You know him from: Once Upon a Time in America, Ghosts of Mississippi, Salvador
Drew Carey
Drew Carey
You know him from: The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Price is Right, his stunning resemblance to Dilbert
Gary Busey
Gary Busey
You know him from: Lethal Weapon, Predator 2, Point Break, Under Siege, Black Sheep, Fear and Loating in Las Vegas, The Buddy Holly Story, Rookie of the Year
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt
You know her from: The Year of Living Dangerously, the woman Edna Mode (from the Incredibles) was modeled after.
Mickey Rourke
Ugly Actors - Ugly Fugly
You know him from: Body Heat, The Angel, The Wrestler
Tori Spelling
Ugly Actors - Ugly Fugly
You know her from: Beverly Hills 90210, Scary Movie 2, SoNOTIrous
Tilda Swinton
Ugly Actors - Ugly Fugly
You know her from: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading

Interesting observation: the list is dominated by men and those who got their start in stand up comedy.