Pop-Rock Stars In Movies

[Chauffard]

Has a pop star ever been a revelation in a movie, or just as unremarkable as you were expecting ?

I thought Cher had definite presence and she knew how to deliver a gagline.
[ her long running comedy show with Sonny certainly helped hone her comic timing ]

Whereas Johnny Cash was as wooden as his acoustic.

[Strangely Brown]

Not Pop or Rock stars but Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were both pretty good in 1883.

[Roofless Toothless]

If you want to count Frank Sinatra as a pop star, I would say definitely yes.

[732NM]

Elvis.

[entropy]

Mariah Carey in Precious. She was also one of the producers. Depressing film with great performances from all the cast.

[normalbloke]

RHCP in Point Break…

[DickyC]

Ringo Starr in That'll Be The Day

[Cold]

Bowie had a few roles, with varying conviction.

[Wacky Racer]

Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page in The Yardbirds (Blow up 1966)



Elvis in "Roustabout"

[Dr Murdoch]

Does George Harrison in 'The Like of Brian' count?

[732NM]

Lady gaga is doing OK.

Madonna, not so much.

[Cold]

Clare Grogan, of course.

[DuckAvenger]

Tom Waits

[tdm34]

Roger Daltrey in McVicar he was pretty good in that

Not so good Phil Collins in Buster

[Lifesbloodygood]

Lady gaga in ‘a star is born’

A brilliant re-make but a lot of that was chemistry i guess between her and bradley cooper.

[Alex Z]

Ariana Grande in Wicked was excellent. Really very funny, and obviously can sing, though she’s always been as much an actor as a pop star.

[Fitz666]

Anthrax in Calendar Girls, I still cant get my head round that one.

[StevieBee]

Lissie in Loudermilk was excellent (IMO).

Tina Turners been OK in a few of the films she's been in.

Barbra Streisand probably wins this one though. Only singer to have won an Oscar for Best Actress.

[Bluevanman]

Jon Bon Jovi in u-571

[RedWhiteMonkey]

StevieBee said:

Barbra Streisand probably wins this one though. Only singer to have won an Oscar for Best Actress.

A number of winning actresses have also sung but if you mean someone who was/is primarily a singer then Cher won best actress for Moonstruck in 1987.

Edited by RedWhiteMonkey on Monday 13th January 10:13