Charismatic Actors who are Unattractive

I spilled many seeds over Steve Martin when I was a youngin' -- but I've always been into silver daddies.

That ugly hot Spanish dude.

Geoffrey Rush. Ugly man but there’s just something fuckable about him.

I have a friend who saw Steve Martin in person and she said he was hot.

Edward James Olmos falls into this category.

Javier Bardem

R2, Javier Bardeen is super sexy.

Also Benicio del Toro.

James Woods was always ugly. Uglier still with his Trump love.

Noah Emmerich late of the TV show the Americans

Yeah I'm sorry, but Steve Martin is and always was pretty hot. Great smile, a twinkle in his eye, hairy chest...what's not to love?

Leo.

I'm another who found Steve Martin hot as a kid/teen. He first caught my attention at age 9 when Parenthood came out, but it wasn't until Father of the Bride two years later that my crush for him was really cemented.

Was Jack Nicholson ever considered attractive?

Jack Nicholson is a good fit for this thread. He's not traditionally attractive, but I wouldn't mind if he threw me a fuck back in the 60's or 70's. There's that devilish quality in his eyes that lets you know he'd be a good lay.

By whores, r13.

Christopher Walken

R15, I beg your pardon?

Isn’t Steve Martin conventionally good-looking?

Even features, square jaw, good skin, great hair.

The 70s appear to be the heyday of unconventional looking leading men. Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Nicholson, Walken etc. In the 90s you sort of saw a resurgence with William H.Macy, Phillip Seymor Hoffman, and Kevin Spacey among others.

I suppose comic actors aren't supposed to be thought of as good looking although many of them are. Jason Sudekis and Chevy Chase were both quite handsome in their early days. I've often thought Jack Black would have been, too, if he'd lost some weight. He has beautiful skin.

I've often heard that agents and managers advise aspiring comic actors to gain weight or not take too much care in their appearance, because people don't know how to laugh at someone who's hot/sexy and funny. Being hot and funny is bad for business. People like to laugh at more relatable people.

Yes, R21 - because agents are wise. They’re just wise!

Peter Falk and his glass eye.

R20 he was pretty cute when he was younger. See link.

Add John C. Reilly to the list.

I think Robert DeNiro is ugly. I hate that big mole on his cheek. Del Toro has beautiful eyes. Same with Terrence Howard but apparently he is awful.

I agree DeNiro - and Dustin Hoffman. Odd, short, unsexy. And not really that charismatic. Never got how they ended up with 40 year careers.

Richard Boone

R19 Macy and PSH were not leading men in the 2000s.

Leslie Nielsen

Gene Wilder and Gene Hackman

I hate James woods but he was very attractive in the 80s

Klaus Kinski

On what planet is Leslie Nielsen unattractive?

Here is the young version. He later ripened to a nice silver daddy. I think people keep getting crossways because of the buffoons he played later in his career.

Robert DeNiro in Heat, hot.

Leslie Nielsen is another good example of a very attractive man who history has rewritten as unattractive simply because he was also a comedic genius.

He has aged now but lawyer Mark Geragos always had that "ugly handsome" thing going - old Hollywood actor George Sanders did also ...and James Gandolfini.

Count me as another who has always found Steve Martin attractive. He was a high school football player and has always had a nice body.

No movie actors have "Charisma".

You can't even say what charisma is.

R38 Most people know when they see it.

I'm shocked and intrigued by all these guys who lusted after Steve Martin, maybe there should be a thread dedicated to unconventional objects of one's affection growing up?

Steve Martin is attractive, op is an idiot.

R39 I can't see 'charisma' in any of the hacks mentioned so far.

Yes, Steve Martin was cute but not 'charismatic'.

I love John Malkovich, when he is on screen, I just want to watch him.

R40 you might be the anomaly. Steve Martin was conventionally good-looking.

Donal Logue, Michael Keaton, Joaquin Phoenix

Humphrey Bogart

Steve Martin was sexy as hell.

Although I find both annoying, Steve Buscemi and Paul Giamatti fit the bill. Paul Giamatti was funny on 30 Rock. Steve Buscemi was not.

"Isn’t Steve Martin conventionally good-looking? "

No, he's conventionally okay-looking. He had features that were regular but not handsome, and a bod that was always decent rather than gorgeous, the only thing that made him stand out physically was his prematurely gray hair. There was nothing objectional about his looks, but nothing about him was beautiful either. He always struck me as the sort of man I look for in real life, bright and funny and not physically unattractive, but without any of the drama that comes with beauty.

Kevin Pollak

Sean Penn

Sean Penn has always had a great body, though, even in the early 80s, so I'm not sure he counts. If you meet him it's the first thing you notice about him.

Ben Stiller.

Definitely Jared Harris

John Lithgow for sure. Equally talented in drama and comedy.

This guy. He's a big action star in Indonesia and is the lead in Netflix Wu Assassins--which is very good, btw. He's a small guy but kicks ass. He reminds me of an Asian Jeremy Renner.

Jackie Chan.

At least when he was young.

R49 who made you the arbiter of male beauty?

R58 Who made who the arbiter of charisma?

None of the males mentioned so far exude charisma.

Steve Martin was more sexy than conventionally handsome. I lusted after him when younger. And he seemed very flexible. One wondered what he could get up to in bed.

James Gandolfini

Dan Blocker. Telly Savalas

Mitch Pileggi

Young Steve Martin

Bill Nye

Jeremy Renner

I never found him to be attractive in the least until R64 's pic. He does look handsome with a beard and long dark hair.

r24 I didn't know that. He seems too sweet for her

Dennis Hopper

Bea Arthur

Vivian Vance

Olivia de Havilland

DiCaprio. I thought he looked like a rat even in his Titanic days, and now he looks like a puffy rat. But damn, he's charismatic on film.

I think Steve Martin was extremely handsome when he was younger. Also, hung - packing a 8 incher!!! Planes, trains and automobiles is one of my favorite movies - he was stunning in that!!!

James Gandolfini was a mesmerizing actor but not at all good looking. He made what he had work for him, though.

Apparently super-nice off-set.

I’m embarrassed to admit that as a young teen I spanked it to James Woods several times in the early 80s. He was sleazy hot.

Gene Hackman, for sure. The standards for good-looking men were near-impossible when he was young (eg, Paul Newman) but he always had a craggy, authentic sexiness. And he kept it as he matured.

Dabney Coleman. Was it just me or was he really hot in the 70's and 80's? I always wished I was Dolly Parton in 9 to 5 so he could pin me against a desk and fuck me.

No, not just you, R76.

Hmmm.

Geranium Renner

Dabney had a great body, too. Look at that ass!

Robert Mitchum quote: "After the war, suddenly there was this thing for ugly heroes, so I started going around in profile."

Jared Harris

Tony Shalhoub.

Gary sinise

Wow, Fuck me, Dabney!!!

Woah! I never knew Dabney Coleman had such a hot body. That ass is incredible.

Tony Shalhoub, when relatively young, had the sexy Lebanese thing going on. Apparently well hung.

Oh.

You said "charismatic."

Never mind.

Tom Wilkinson.

I wonder if Steve Buscemi ever was considered for a part as the romantic lead.

I want to cum on Dabney Coleman’s tits!

R91 Here ya go.

R90 Parting Glances, you ignorant cunt

The majority of male French actors, including but not limited to, the likes of Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Dépardieu. There are a few exceptions, eg Bénoit Magimel and Thierry L'Hermitte, but basically it's been downhill with no brakes since Alain Delon.

The women, on the other hand, are nearly always bombshells.

Vive la France!