Actor/Musician

bwell · Post by **bwell** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:33 pm

Harry Connick, Jr.
Dolly Parton
Kenny Rogers
Lyle Lovett
Randy Travis
Billy Bob Thorton
Chris Thomas King
Gillian Welch (had one line in O Brother)

There were also groups that blended music and acting...
The Beatles
The Monkees

And from Buffy...
Anthony Stewart Head
James Marsters

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:40 pm

Jennifer Lopez
Mos Def
Anyone who has ever been on Neighbours
Steve Martin plays banjo.
Niveous's favourite pro wrestler John Cena has done one film and one album.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:05 pm

bwell wrote:And from Buffy...
Anthony Stewart Head
James Marsters

And Amber Benson has dabbled in music as well.

and screw you Denyer. Word Life, my ass.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:20 pm

Oh I almost forgot Chris Isaak. That guy is sex.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:33 pm

My ex-girlfriend's aunt's first husband's brother is this guy. He was in Deliverance, but you probably know him from Robocop, or Beverly Hills Cop. He's played country music for a while now.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:48 pm

rick moranis

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:56 pm

Caravan Ray wrote:Are you sure Nick Cave was on The Young Ones? I don't remember that!

As I remember it, The Bad Seeds played in the cemetery and Nick Cave had some silly limes.

Also, that M&M guy. Oh, Marshall Mathers

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:57 pm

In other news, Avril Levigne is in Fast Food Nation.
Alanis Morissette is in Dogma.
Bjork is in Dancers in the Dark, I think.
Sean Puffy Diddy Combs was in Monster's Ball.
Traci Lords has two albums.
Courtney Love was in Sid and Nancy, and People Vs Larry Flynt.
John Bon Jovi was in Pay it Forward.
Ann Magnuson.
Lee Ving was in Clue, among other things.

bwell · Post by **bwell** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:21 pm

With Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and Annette Funicello mentioned, here are some other Disney related starlets...
Lalaine (from Lizzie McGuire)
Christy Carlson Romano (from Even Stevens)
Raven Symone (from That's So Raven) with TV shows and an album by age 8
Miley Cyrus (and her dad Billy Ray Cyrus from Hannah Montana)
Aly & AJ (Alyson and Amanda Michalka...from Cow Belles)
Haylie Duff

Some others...
Aaliyah
Doris Day
Julie Andrews
Judy Garland
Peter Gallagher
Mariah Carey
Janet Jackson
Drake Bell
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (with classics like "Brother For Sale"...ah, the joys of having much younger sisters)
Michelle Phillips (and to a lesser degree Chyna Phillips and Bijou Phillips)

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:28 pm

Elvis Costello made cameos in at least two of the Austin Powers movies and also in Talladega Nights, but he didn't really act in those. He was just there as himself.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:52 pm

Dwight Yoakam has been in quite a few films, the lastest I know of being Wedding Crashers.

Macho Man Randy Savage had an epic rap album dissing the hulkster.

Vanilla Ice was in Ninja Turtles II and Cool as Ice.

Eminem was in 8 Mile

Brenden Behan Wrote and acted in plays, and wrote a few Irish standards, like The Auld Triangle, though I realize that's a stretch.

Not to mention the entire cast of This is Spinal Tap:

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer all wrote and played their respective parts in the film.

adrift in a draft · Post by **adrift in a draft** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:23 pm

completely sincere question - do you folks consder rappers ( or even singers) musicians ?

Post by jb » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:53 pm

wynona judd was on an episode of Touched By An Angel. I um saw it when my dad was watching it in the kitchen one day... IT'S TRUE SHUT UP

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:57 pm

adrift in a draft wrote:completely sincere question - do you folks consder rappers ( or even singers) musicians ?

uh yeah

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:42 pm

How about dj's? I can certainly see skill involved with serious scratching/crossfading, etc., but your average club dj: is he a musician?

Dj's were talked about as musicians when I worked at GC - most likely to make them happy so they'd buy more lights and fog machines. But since I've been playing live, I've been seeing dj's get gigs at big clubs and just standing at turntables (which aren't being used - he's running everything off his ipod), and moving around with those silly cans on his head.

Seems to me, a dj's job is to look busy.

Aside from being little more than a live jukebox, they often have no concept of eq, and the mixes are either ultra top or bottom-heavy.

Sorry to derail the thread, I just hate dj's.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:40 am

I'll agree that most DJs that I see around here are behaving in a most unmusical fashion. But DJing can be done in a way that qualifies it as musicianship.

Slightly more on topic: Yeah, rappers and singers are musicians in my book.

Full-on On Topic, finally: Stephen King has appeared in a few movies, and is (was?) a guitarist with the Rock Bottom Remainders, although neither is his primary pursuit, of course.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:08 am

jb wrote:wynona judd was on an episode of Touched By An Angel. I um saw it when my dad was watching it in the kitchen one day... IT'S TRUE SHUT UP

I saw her front for Queen last year. Which may qualify as an act.
IT'S TRUE SHUT UP.

Post by jb » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:25 am

Goldie was in 5th Element
Have we mentioned Sting? I can't believe we haven't mentioned Sting.
Gavin Rossdale is in that Keanu movie where heaven won't take him and hell won't have him.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:03 pm

Oh, and Flea has been in several movies like Fear and Loathing and Big Lebowski. I think Keidis and Frusciante have also been in movies. And Chad Smith looks like Will Ferrell, so that's gotta count for something.

Erwin Cloibhofer · Post by **Erwin Cloibhofer** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:48 pm

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WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:05 pm

UM. And Flea and Keidis were in that movie with Charlie Sheen where he kidnaps the lady and they fall in fucking LOVE. That movie rules.

Post by jb » Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:00 pm

the chase with kristy swanson