S/D actors / actresses who make music

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and vise versa, if you like. Who does both well? Please leave out novelty one-offs by Travolta, Shelly Fabreres, Traci Ullman, etc

Search Dwight Yoakam, Vic Chesnutt, Vincent Gallo, Tom Waits, Will Oldham, Bjork.

Destroy Richard Hell, Bacon Brothers, Jeff Bridges, Billy Bob.

and has anyone heard Jack Palance's albums? One went for $15 on ebay recently...

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 10 March 2003 05:51 (twenty-three years ago)

S: Regis Philbin, Jennifer Lopez
D: Keanu Reeves, Jason Schwartzman

― Famous Athlete, Monday, 10 March 2003 06:04 (twenty-three years ago)

it's much easier to find legit actors/-reses who used to be musicians than vice versa. as a matter of fact i can't think of a single one. spike from buffy the vampire slayer (james masters) is a pretty rockin band....but thats really it.

although....jim neighbors was pretty sucsessful at both. does anyone know if he started out music or acting? they used to be so inseprable.

and in recent news....i really don't think DMX is going to last long in the movie biz. there are only so many scenes he can act super angry in.....huhhhhh...argghhh!

― bryan kennedy (bryan kennedy), Monday, 10 March 2003 06:10 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw jason schwartzman's band last summer in austin.....pbtt!! he tried to cut in front of us in line at another show and got shut down, though.

― bryan kennedy (bryan kennedy), Monday, 10 March 2003 06:11 (twenty-three years ago)

I have an album called "Odes" by Irene Papas which is lovely. Vangelis is responsible for the arrangements. I also have recordings of songs sung by Gerard Depardieu, Pia Zadora, and Harry Dean Stanton (that come to mind right now - I'm sure I have many more songs sung by actors, also).

― tom (different one), Monday, 10 March 2003 06:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh - I can't forget Sophia Loren!

― tom (other one), Monday, 10 March 2003 06:46 (twenty-three years ago)

As for those I'd mentioned, I don't remember Pia Zadora's acting at all (I haven't seen her in anything since I was a kid) but she can certainly sing well. Gerard Depardieu does well for the song, which was written for him, but I don't think he considers himself a singer. I don't watch for him, but I also won't venture that he's not a good actor. Harry Dean Stanton may not care whether he's a singer (I don't know), but I'll vote for him as both singer and actor. Irene Papas and Sophia Loren I think highly of for both their singing and acting, as I'm sure lots of other people do also.

― tom (other one), Monday, 10 March 2003 07:11 (twenty-three years ago)

anyone heard the cardboardbox man album on the dirty three's label? it's noah taylor; it therefore must be good.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Monday, 10 March 2003 08:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Apparently Carla Bruni is pretty... good.

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 10 March 2003 12:51 (twenty-three years ago)

William Shatner's album is great though I don't think I'd say he was a great singer.

― tigerclawskank, Monday, 10 March 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Is everyone forgetting the genius of Vincent Gallo? Robert Mitchum?

― S Samson, Monday, 10 March 2003 13:02 (twenty-three years ago)

i've never seen any ann magnuson films, but i'd like to. i havent heard vincent price's album. i should make this a priority really

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 10 March 2003 13:05 (twenty-three years ago)

D: Sting

― wl (wl), Monday, 10 March 2003 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Elvis Presley, Ice T, Courtney Love *steps into the flames*, Peter Fenton

Destroy: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jared Leto, Bijou Phillips, Russell Crowe, Madonna ('cos of her films...)

Will be interesting to see how Jack White and Ben Lee go in their upcoming roles.

― Mil, Monday, 10 March 2003 14:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Destroy Richard Hell

Say the fuck what?

Since when has Richard Hell really been considered an "actor" outside of playing Meeker the corpse in "Desperately Seeking Susan" and a tiny starring role in the largely unseen "Smithereens"?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 March 2003 15:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Wouldn't most of these be considered musicians who act?
IE, Vic Chesnutt. Has he done anything other than his 5-minute long role in Sling Blade? He was great and odd though, and gets slammed into a door despite being in a wheelchair in real life, which was weird to me. I guess he does his own stunts.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Monday, 10 March 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

The recordings are pretty uninspiring but I have to say that the Bacon Brothers and Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts are damn fun in concert.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 10 March 2003 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Richard Hell was AWFUL in Smithereens. Most people I know have seen it.

And I mentioned Vincent Gallo in the opening post.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Jack Black

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Sure he was awful --- BECAUSE HE'S NOT AN ACTOR, THAT'S MY POINT!

He was a fine, convincing corpse in the Madonna movie, tho'.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:29 (twenty-three years ago)

search: kylie
destroy: danni

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Divine, Edith Massey, Richard Harris
Destroy: Minnie Driver

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Search: Doris Day

(nearly every musical star of that era also was in films)

― Amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:37 (twenty-three years ago)

He was a fine, convincing corpse in the Madonna movie, tho'

that's because he was playing himself

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 10 March 2003 18:39 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ4odDli9O4

― meisenfek, Saturday, 3 October 2009 06:47 (sixteen years ago)

S: Julie Delpy's gorgeous debut album.

― anagram, Saturday, 3 October 2009 06:55 (sixteen years ago)

Ambivalently search Crispin Glover's craziness.
Destroy She and Him.

― Giorgio Marauder (I eat cannibals), Saturday, 3 October 2009 19:54 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pG_3jZxzlo

― mark e, Saturday, 3 October 2009 20:02 (sixteen years ago)

ryan gosling's band. it's not too bad. sorta goth circusy. has a nick cave vibe to it.
http://www.myspace.com/deadmansbones

― jaxon, Saturday, 3 October 2009 20:24 (sixteen years ago)

I'm afraid this might just be inviting jokes, but isn't Woody Allen supposed to be pretty solid at his (niche) musical thing.

Dudley Moore for sure.

― dlp9001, Saturday, 3 October 2009 21:05 (sixteen years ago)

Search: Lorne Greene, Kris Kristofferson, Telly Savalas, Chris Isaak

― henry s, Saturday, 3 October 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

Apparently Jodie Foster released some 7''s way back when. Anybody ever heard those?

― krakow, Saturday, 3 October 2009 22:56 (sixteen years ago)

yes! her french disco track is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj1m8lfqB9s

― jaxon, Sunday, 4 October 2009 00:39 (sixteen years ago)

Ronny Cox and Jeff Daniels do pretty good with that folk music stuff.

― banjoboy, Sunday, 4 October 2009 08:09 (sixteen years ago)

thirteen years pass...

seems like the best olde threade to post some actor/musician folks i wasn't aware of until recently. no gonna do the s/d thing, because i remain unfamiliar with the quality.

https://i.discogs.com/q-zjMhspdSG6EMu-apjBDO0JIpelXCXksIgx_VIgE6Y/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:582/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTExMDA1/OTIyLTE1MDgwODY3/MjUtOTYwNi5qcGVn.jpeg

tony perkins. didn't know there was some, much less more

― andrew m., Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:18 (three years ago)

michael parks!

https://i.discogs.com/ZM4Q2D6H5JuIcBk4CrCzVIBQSASZUCmCHkDxaFCaRlA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:591/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc4OTMw/NDYtMTQ1MTEwNzA0/MC0yNjk0LmpwZWc.jpeg

― andrew m., Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:20 (three years ago)

Irène Jacob sometimes performs and records with her brother Francis.

― (We're Not) The Experimental Jet Set (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:26 (three years ago)

Jacques Brel is a good 'un.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:30 (three years ago)

Keeley Forsyth owns this as of late.

https://keeleyforsyth.bandcamp.com/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:38 (three years ago)

Brel surely primarily a musician who made a few films!

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:41 (three years ago)

Yves Montand, then?

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:45 (three years ago)

This guy has an album coming out tomorrow:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51FZ+We055L.jpg

And Nicole Kidman's on one track, so that's a twofer!

― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 3 November 2022 21:53 (three years ago)

https://i.discogs.com/o3xhknKoV_UyGvFO0uUcRt5s9gJasLeoFYjgUHYWsq8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:500/w:500/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY4MDAx/MTYtMTQ0MTI4OTA3/OC00NjM1LmpwZWc.jpeg

i'll admit to being curious about this one^

also had no idea about edward woodward's musical career till just recently: https://www.discogs.com/artist/1032924-Edward-Woodward

― no lime tangier, Friday, 4 November 2022 08:06 (three years ago)

No-one mentioned Kiefer Sutherland yet?

― lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 4 November 2022 09:29 (three years ago)

Anthony Perkin's head looks so photoshopped on that cover!

I think that up to like the 1950's Talent was generally expected to be able to act, sing and often dance as well so there was much more crossover.

― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 4 November 2022 10:59 (three years ago)

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