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* There is a ''terrible'' [[MadeForTVMovie Made For TV horror movie]] based on a Creator/DeanKoontz novel called ''Literature/{{Intensity}}''. It is a movie littered with awful actors and an IdiotPlot for the ages, containing so many nonsense plot points and moron characters that it is virtually unwatchable... until you see that the killer is played by none other than [[Series/{{Scrubs}} John C. McGinley]], who makes it his business to play the AxCrazy villain so over-the-top entertaining that you giggle with delight virtually every moment he's on screen.

* ''Film/TheKarateKidIII'' is generally considered the weakest part of the franchise, and to only have one redeeming feature; Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Silver the closest thing to a ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet'' villain we'll ever see in a live-action work, and seeing him switch from maniacal giggling to SuddenlyShouting at the drop of a hat, milk the giant cow and go through props like a fat kid in cake is a thing to behold.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': ''VideoGame/FireWarrior'' is regarded as a [[SoOkayItsAverage so-so]] FirstPersonShooter [[FollowTheLeader following the lead]] of [[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved what else was popular at the time]]. But it featured Creator/TomBaker [[VoiceOfDramatic narrating]] the [[OneSceneWonder intro]]:

* The only praised aspect of ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' is Creator/MattSmith, who once turned into a villain throws any restraints out the window and hams up gloriously, including a sudden dance sequence.

* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'':

* Irons and Creator/JohnMalkovich also co-hammed in ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'', along with Creator/GerardDepardieu, playing aging [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Musketeers]]. All three must have been paid per cubic meter of scenery [[ChewingTheScenery devoured]], although Creator/JeremyIrons takes the cake for delivering lines like "It's ''Judgement Day''" and making them SoBadItsGood.

* Creator/FrankLangella as Skeletor in ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse.'' He's always enjoyable, especially with his EvilGloating. Especially near [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsHoqhbUIU the end]]. Langella loved hamming it up so much that he doesn't even consider his role an OldShame; he actually says [[AwesomeDearBoy it's one of his most favorite roles he's ever played]]!
** Director Gary Goddard actually chose Langella for the role as he wanted a strong actor who could set the emotional tone for the movie, since Creator/DolphLundgren, who was attached to the movie before Goddard came on board, had a nearly undecipherable accent at the start of the shooting. Langella's make-up was also designed to allow more of his emotions to come through, which is why they opted not to use a more realistic skull mask. So Langella's over the top mannerisms were a deliberate directorial choice.
* Brazilian movie ''Zoando na TV'' is stupid, cheap and would be unwatchable if not for the hammy and hilarious [[http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VnuJaedCU#t=0m12s Miguel Fallabella]]

* Creator/TildaSwinton in the not-really-critically-acclaimed ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' adaptation ''Film/{{Constantine}}''. She seems to be having a fair bit of fun with the overacting opportunities of her role, and is damn sexy while at it, too (which is sort of inevitable if you have Tilda Swinton playing an insane, [[{{Bifauxnen}} androgynous]] angel with well-pedicured feet and [[WaifFu impressive martial arts skills]]...).

* In ''Film/KingArthur2004'', Creator/StellanSkarsgard as [[BigBad Saxon king Cerdic]]. Skarsgård also said in a later interview that he deliberately inflected his character's voice with a slight Texan accent as a TakeThat to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

* Creator/DingoPictures is a German "[[LimitedAnimation animation]]" studio known for their very blatant mockbusters of other animated films, and their English dubs are known for (''at best'') having only two voice actors, one female and one male, who both typically deliver [[DullSurprise wooden performances]], and who technically can speak English fluently, but [[{{Malaproper}} often slip up in very awkward ways]], but some of the lines (mostly ones voiced by the man) are hammed up so much, but so ''inconsistenly'' that the English dubs [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff are popular]] for [[SoBadItsGood all the wrong reasons]]. The lion king character from ''Lion & The King'' somehow both ''overacts'' and '''under'''acts ''at the same time'' by delivering DullSurprise lines with NoIndoorVoice. '''[[MemeticMutation "The Diamonds, MY GOD! I've forgotten about them completely!"]]''' [[BigBad The black panther from the same movie]] even moreso, who unlike the lion, is ''always'' [[EvilIsHammy hamming it up, even when calm]]. There's also the numerous male characters ''[[LarynxDissonance voiced by the woman]]'' [[{{Narm}} desperately still trying to sound deep and masculine]], such as Ark from ''Dinosaur Adventure''.

** His performance in a production of ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (a take on Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'') is a wonderful example of it; he takes the over-the-top Petruchio and manages to turn the hamminess UpToEleven.

** The director himself gives as good as his cast in the DVDCommentary. It's either exquisite SelfParody turned up to eleven, or he really believes he was "staying true to his vision" and that the movie is untrammeled, if under-appreciated, genius. Either would explain a great deal.

* Creator/RichardEGrant as the flamboyant, over-the-top villain in Creator/BruceWillis' musical heist movie ''Film/HudsonHawk''. From his very first scene, it is wonderfully obvious that Grant is hamming it UpToEleven. Richard E. Grant also has very interesting views in hindsight of the film, if you can find interviews on the web somewhere. It's probably easier to find his published diaries (''With Nails'' - [[Film/WithnailAndI geddit]]?) which include ''Hudson Hawk'' among many film set recollections. They're a good chuckle.

* How about John Travolta '''[[UpToEleven and]]''' Nicolas Cage? The premise of ''Film/FaceOff'' is that Travolta plays the hard-nosed cop and Cage plays the LaughingMad terrorist, and through slightly contrived circumstances they get their ''faces switched'' onto each other's bodies. This leads to ''Travolta'' being the maniac pretending to be a cop, and ''Cage'' being the cop pretending to be a maniac. The film is just a little bit ludicrous, but Cage and Travolta [[HamToHamCombat take turns hamming it up mercilessly]], making what could have been a silly Creator/JohnWoo work into a successful action flick (the film was an commercial success and scored an impressive 92% critics score on Website/RottenTomatoes).

* Creator/BronsonPinchot in ''Literature/TheLangoliers''. Yes, believe it or not, ''[[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Bronson]] [[Series/PerfectStrangers Pinchot]]'' can actually turn the ham up [[UpToEleven even more]].

* The StrictlyFormula nature of the LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek dictates that most of the cast has to [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously treat the trashy, outlandish scripts with the utmost seriousness]], but they also believe that EvilIsHammy, so the performers playing the villains seem to get free reign to take it UpToEleven. A lot of the {{Camp}} appeal of the genre is seeing [[BeautyIsBad gorgeous actresses hamming up a storm]], and clearly having a ball doing it.

* If ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' has any entertainment value, it owes to Creator/TomHardy as the title character. As soon as Eddie Brock is infected, Hardy gets unhinged, even if silent (all his movements are intense!) or off-screen (Venom's inner voice, which is [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]], over-the-top and loves to throw insults).

* In the 2004 ''Film/KingArthur'' film, Creator/StellanSkarsgard as [[BigBad Saxon king Cerdic]]. Skarsgård also said in a later interview that he deliberately inflected his character's voice with a slight Texan accent as a TakeThat to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.

** Kate O'Mara is clearly having a wonderful time playing the vampy, {{Camp}}y MadScientist villainess the Rani in all three of the godawful TV stories the character was in. In fact, many people think that easily the worst story out of them — "[[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime Dimensions in Time]]" — had the best Rani.

** Malkovich also hams up in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', another example in [[Film/{{Transformers}} a series]] full of actors letting it loose, such as Creator/JohnTurturro in the first three movies and Creator/StanleyTucci in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''.

* Creator/BillNighy loves to do this. While he's capable of turning in a positively sublime and restrained performance, watch out when he gets a role in something like ''Film/Underworld2003'' or ''[[Film/IFrankenstein I, Frankenstein]]'', because the ham will be flying before you can say "What the hell is that [[JustAStupidAccent accent]]?" Critics who otherwise dislike such films often point out that Nighy's scenery-chewing is invariably the most entertaining thing about them, even as everyone else involved takes them far too seriously for their own good.

* One might consider [[Film/TransformersTheLastKnight film number five]] of the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Michael Bay ''Transformers'' film series]] to be far below Creator/AnthonyHopkins's dignity. But nevertheless he's present and having a ''grand old time'' chewing the scenery and stealing the limelight.

* The Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger apocalypse flick ''Film/EndOfDays''. Despite the presence of Creator/KevinPollack and Creator/RodSteiger, the best thing in the film just may be Creator/GabrielByrne's Satan. He is all too aware that he is in a bad film, and swaggers through it like a drunken rock star. His character's introductory scene (after being possessed by {{Satan}}) involves him walking out of a restaurant's bathroom, making out with his possessee's date while copping a feel, then blowing up the restaurant for no reason and doing an UnflinchingWalk out of the flames. The director reported near-fights among the female extras over who would get to kiss Mr. Byrne.

* Creator/EricIdle as "Evil Martin" in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh 2.'' Probably the best part about that movie.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' gives us Creator/IanMcDiarmid's [[EvilIsCool performance]] as [[MagnificentBastard Emperor Palpatine]], even in the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', which earned a much better critical reception than the prequels later did. [=McDiarmid=] pulled off the impressive feat of securing ''three more blockbuster film roles'' with a LargeHam performance in that film. In the prequels, he was clearly having a grand old time playing a [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing]], EvilOverlord with [[MemeticMutation UNLIMITED POWAAAAAAH]]. He not only gained critical acclaim for his performance as Palpatine, but he is remembered as having perhaps the best performance in the entire prequel trilogy. He was also by a long shot the most consistently [[DullSurprise emotionally expressive]] actor in the prequels. It helps that, although the prequels as a whole havea mixed reception, Ian ''is'' genuinely [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously fond of his character and thus plays him the best way possible.]]

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash Timelash]]": [[Series/BlakesSeven Paul Darrow]] gives a performance that has to be seen to be disbelieved. He later said that this was revenge for Creator/ColinBaker's LargeHam tendencies when he appeared on ''Series/BlakesSeven'' as Bayban the Butcher.

* The commercials for Volvic mineral water featuring Tyrannosaurus Alan and George the Volcano, while animated pretty well, are just cheesy enough to reach MemeticMutation territory for [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop [=YouTube=] Poops]], and this can be largely attributed to Creator/MattBerry's performance as George. He makes proper use of NoIndoorVoice, turning George into a LargeHam with a ton of {{Catchphrase}}-worthy lines.

* The [[{{Film/Spawn}} film adaption]] of ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' is considered lackluster at best, with a weak story and special effects that looked old when it was released in the '90s. Among all this however is Creator/JohnLeguizamo, who seemed to realize what he was acting in, and hammed up his scene-stealing role as [[MonsterClown The Clown]]/[[OneWingedAngel The Violator]].

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' is yet another outstanding example of a cult game with really spotty voice acting, made worse by the main characters, especially Xelha and Lyuude, being the worse of the lot. The one exception is Walter Roberts as Emperor Geldoblame, whose [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing]], [[LargeHam larger-than-life]] performance perfectly encapsulates the raging, insane megalomania of the maniacal ruler of Alfard.

* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos'' is yet another outstanding example of a cult game with really spotty voice acting, made worse by the main characters, specially Xelha and Lyuude, being the worse of the lot. The one exception is Walter Roberts as Emperor Geldoblame, whose [[ChewingTheScenery scenery-chewing]], [[LargeHam larger-than-life]] performance perfectly encapsulates the raging, insane megalomania of the maniacal ruler of Alfard.

''[[TemptingFate Wrong]]''.

You arrive on set to find what seems to be a film GoneHorriblyWrong, complete with SpecialEffectsFailure, [[DullSurprise bad actors]] and a worse script. So what do you do? You could go "ScrewThisImOuttaHere", storm off and refuse to associate with the film ever again, you could [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the film seriously]], try with all your might to make it work...''or'' you could unleash [[LargeHam The Hog]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow milk the giant cow]] dry, and [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] into ''dust''.

* Franchise/SpiderMan, [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]! Creator/GeorgeTakei [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUrQWsUjTA should be Spider-Man!]]