Johnny Knoxville - The Actor

[Warhammer]

Johnny Knoxville is most widely known for being a cast member of Jackass. He eventually branched out into acting/film, starring in small roles in many films, before becoming a leading actor in Walking Tall, The Dukes of Hazzard, and The Ringer, and of course, Jackass: The Movie and Jackass: Number Two. Now despite how bad you may think these films were (I thought The Ringer was not bad), a bad movie doesn't mean the acting was bad. He is also coming out with a film later on this year called Killshot, I believe, where a man and his wife are on the run from hitmen.

The question is:

Do you think that Johnny Knoxville is a credible actor?

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I think that he can act.
He as yet to have a just flat out terrible performance in a movie, despite how bad the movie was. For that, I will say that he is a credible actor and is better than some actors/actresses currently out there.

 

[shapeshifter]

if he is a good actor i would not know i can't see him as anything other than the guy who gets kicked in the nuts for cash.

 

[Tempest19]

He can act, but I wouldn't call him necessarily a good actor... mediocre-average.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

He was pretty good in Walking Tall and Dukes of Hazard, I think with a good script and good actors to bounce from, he could pull off good performances.

 

[killingfields]

same here, i think hes a piece of trash actor. not even good to watch him get hurt in jackass

 

[shapeshifter]

none of the jackass guys are really actors.
johnny knoxville should have just landed a job on SNL and then faded away

 

[Drizzle]

No, he's not a good actor, but on the other hand, he's a better actor than others like Jimmy Fallon and Colin Farrell.

 

[shapeshifter]

No, he's not a good actor, but on the other hand, he's a better actor than others like Jimmy Fallon and Colin Farrell.

thats not saying much.

 

[Tempest19]

Doubt that. Farrell held up his own against Pacino in 'The Recruit'... Knoxville just managed to hold his own against Seann William Scott and The Rock.

 

[shapeshifter]

Doubt that. Farrell held up his own against Pacino in 'The Recruit'... Knoxville just managed to hold his own against Seann William Scott and The Rock.

the recruit was a flash of brilliance in an otherwise bleak career built on his irish accent and badboy attitude that only impressed lindsay lohan.
lucky him

 

[Tempest19]

Hey, at least the guy had a flash- Knoxville had nothing so far... as I said just managing to stay up with Scott and Rock isn't that much of a challenge and isn't a challenge at all in comparison to staying up with one of the greatest actors of our time- Pacino.

 

[shapeshifter]

Hey, at least the guy had a flash- Knoxville had nothing so far... as I said just managing to stay up with Scott and Rock isn't that much of a challenge and isn't a challenge at all in comparison to staying up with one of the greatest actors of our time- Pacino.

hey i agree i loved the recruit, but i'm just saying that was probably his moment.
knoxville will probably not get a moment.

 

[Tempest19]

I think it's more of a hit or miss... sometimes mediocre, sometimes good.

Good: Phone Boothe, The Recruit, Daredevil, Tiger Land

- Phone Boothe would have failed without a good lead actor. I mean, the whole film centered on one guy in a phone boothe! He delivered a good perfomance.
- In the Recruit he held his own against the great Al Pacino
- He didn't talk much as Bullseye, but he captured that cool essence of the character. Bullseye was always my favorite DD villain because he was cool. Hell, as Affleck once said- you can find yourself rooting for Bullseye at times, and he definitely captured the essence of the guy.
- Tiger Land is perhaps one of my favorite war films alongside 'Flags of our Fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima'. Not a war film per se, due to the whole film being the 'training' process, but it was very down to earth.

Okay: Swat, Minority Report

And the ugly: Alexander

 

[Warhammer]

Even if Colin Farrell is considered a somewhat bad actor, he is still credible (believable) in his roles. I never asked whether Knoxville was a great actor. I asked if he was a credible one.

 

[xwolverine2]

hes a goofball

 

[Drizzle]

He didn't talk much as Bullseye, but he captured that cool essence of the character. Bullseye was always my favorite DD villain because he was cool. Hell, as Affleck once said- you can find yourself rooting for Bullseye at times, and he definitely captured the essence of the guy.

Colin Farrell was awful as Bullseye. Worst casting ever.

 

[Tempest19]

To each his own.

 

[shapeshifter]

Colin Farrell was awful as Bullseye. Worst casting ever.

agreed. the whole movie was pisscast. but that is a whole other story
and i'm not on the phonebooth bandwaggon either

 

[The Shredder]

I think he's an ok actor, but I havent seen anything from him that makes me think he's a very talented actor. No, sorry.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't think he's a good actor and I find him to be damn annoying.