| 1 | [[ChewingTheScenery No scenery is left intact]] with [[LargeHam these guys]]! |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !!Actors/Actresses: |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Antonio Banderas]] |
| 8 | * How can you classify his work on ''Film/FourRooms''? |
| 9 | ** ''"Did they misbehave?"'' |
| 10 | ** The elevator scene. |
| 11 | * Also his portrayal of Franchise/{{Zorro}} is quite hammy. In particular, he gleefully chews the scenario whenever Alejandro gets drunk in ''Film/TheLegendOfZorro''. |
| 12 | -->'''Alejandro:''' ''[in the sequel]'' No one leaves my ''tequila worm'' dangling in the wind! |
| 13 | * In ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'': "These are ''my'' children. And I will find them '''MY WAY!!'''" |
| 14 | * Puss-in-Boots in ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''! |
| 15 | -->"'''''PUSS!''''' ''In boots...'' |
| 16 | ** From movie numero quatro: "[[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Feed me]]... if you dare!" |
| 17 | * It's almost impossible to beat him as Miguel, the AxCrazy killer in ''Film/{{Assassins}}''. Just look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPW2zwdhSc this]]! This is one of the biggest ChewingTheScenery scenes in cinema history. |
| 18 | -->'''Miguel:''' YOU BLEW IT! I AM STILL ALIVE!!! HAHAHA!!! |
| 19 | * Galgo from ''Film/TheExpendables3'', who might be low-energy compared to other Banderas performances but it's still hammy for [[MotorMouth how much he speaks]]. |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:John Belushi]] |
| 23 | * "Wild Bill" Kelso in the underrated WWII comedy ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''. |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''. Take the scene where Belushi finally comes face to face with Creator/CarrieFisher (aka the Chick With the Flamethrower) and throws himself on his knees to apologize: |
| 25 | --->'''Jake:''' Oh, please, don't kill us! Please, please don't kill us! You know I love you, baby. I wouldn't leave ya. It wasn't my fault!\ |
| 26 | '''Mystery Woman:''' You miserable slug! You think you can talk your way out of this? You betrayed me.\ |
| 27 | '''Jake:''' No, I didn't! Honest! I ran out of gas! I, I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from out of town! Someone stole my car! THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE! A TERRIBLE FLOOD! LOCUSTS! '''''IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!''''' |
| 28 | * How could we mention the good Mr. Belushi without talking about his most ludicrously over-the-top role ever: [[Film/AnimalHouse Bluto]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE Blutarsky]]! |
| 29 | --->TOGA! TOGA! |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:BRIAN BLESSED]] |
| 33 | One folder is simply not enough to contain the amount of [[ChewingTheScenery gnawed-on scenery]] provided by BRIAN BLESSED. [[SelfDemonstrating/BrianBlessed His self-demonstrating page]] will undoubtedly satisfy you if you seek the wisdom of BRIAN BLESSED. |
| 34 | [[/folder]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Kenneth Branagh]] |
| 37 | * Any of his own adaptations of Creator/WilliamShakespeare. |
| 38 | ** ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' being a prime example. |
| 39 | ** ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' is also notable. He plays Hamlet, and so we get to hear him do the speech on how actors should act and be a LargeHam during it; we get to see him saw the air while urging the actors not to. This makes that speech [[{{Narm}} more hilarious than was probably intended.]] It's made even better with Hamlet's father being played by [[Creator/BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]]. The scene with the two of them together is pure HamToHamCombat. |
| 40 | ** His speech in his own adaptation of Theatre/HenryV is especially good as he is ''supposed'' to be a LargeHam. The audience can see that Branagh is loving it - as Henry does in the play. It is incredibly powerful. |
| 41 | ** His 1930s-set [[TheMusical musical]] version of ''Theatre/LovesLaboursLost'' is ''full'' of hams, the biggest being Timothy Spall's Don Armado. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVVR4HP3_1U His Cole Porter bit must be seen to be believed.]] |
| 42 | ** Though in the 1996 film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'', he's actually very subtle and restrained as Iago. Knowing how hammy he usually gets when he does Shakespeare, this makes his performance incredibly effective. |
| 43 | *** No so much Ham, but some TRIFLES! |
| 44 | * Branagh was even hammier as Dr. Loveless in ''Film/WildWildWest''. "Don't yew just ''haaaate'' thay-ut song?" complete with 720 degrees of eye-rolling. |
| 45 | ** Loveless' VillainousBreakdown is so hammy, that even Creator/WillSmith backs up a bit: |
| 46 | --> "Ah am not an ''animal''! Ah am a '''visionary''', and ah am a '''genius''', and now AH AM ''''AGREH!''' And after I ''kill you'', ah swea' ah'm gonna boil you down for '''ax-ell grease'''! |
| 47 | * His performance in ''Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'', playing the titular character. His mother dies and he feels compelled to look up the ceiling shrieking "[[BigNo THIS MUST NOT HAPPENNNNNNN!]]" |
| 48 | * He even hams it up playing an American private eye in ''Film/DeadAgain''. |
| 49 | * And chews the scenery as an uptight government official in ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked''. |
| 50 | * Gilderoy Lockhart from ''Film/HarryPotter'', who even before he appears physically is clearly a ham - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L8fs156Y4E just check him on the cover of his book]]! |
| 51 | * Averted in some of his more recent dramatic roles, such as ''Series/{{Wallander}}'', ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'', and ''Shackleton''. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Steve Buscemi]] |
| 55 | * [[Film/{{Fargo}} I am through fucking around, drop that fucking ham!]] |
| 56 | * [[Film/ReservoirDogs You're acting like a first-year ham, I'm acting like a professional!]] |
| 57 | * [[Film/Armageddon1998 This is so much ham, it's freaky!]] |
| 58 | * [[Film/ConAir He's got the whole ham, in his hands...]] |
| 59 | * [[Film/{{Desperado}} Oh, this is damn good! Say, this is the best ham I've ever had!]] |
| 60 | * [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 NICE WORKIN' WITH YA!]] |
| 61 | * [[Film/TheBigLebowski Shut the fuck up]], [[PlayingAgainstType Donnie]]. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Nicolas Cage]] |
| 65 | * Creator/NicolasCage [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOCF0BLf-BM has become infamous for this.]] Even distributors make sure to promote his movies with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIxqEHzq0Xo "Nic Cage freakout clip"]]. |
| 66 | -->'''[[Series/LastWeekTonightwithJohnOliver John Oliver]]''': Wow. That's like a child on PCP opening birthday presents which he clearly hopes are full of more PCP. |
| 67 | * His entire performance in ''Film/GhostRider2007'' was full of ham, but the hammiest scene of all has to be the transformation. You know, raiiiiiiseeeeeeee fooooooottttt...... STEP! Raiiiiiiiiseeeeeee..... STEP! * MANIACAL LAUGHTER!!!!!!!* |
| 68 | ** [[Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance The sequel]] had him "SCRAPING AT THE DOOOOOOOR!" |
| 69 | * [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} THIS! IS MY MECCA!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! AHHAHAHAHA!!!!!]] |
| 70 | * Playing both Castor Troy and Sean Archer in ''Film/FaceOff''. '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-6qSGAIyk HALLELUJAH!]]"''' |
| 71 | * "[[Film/TheWickerMan2006 HOW'DITGETBURNED?]]''HOW'DITGETBURNED'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo HOW'DITGETBUUUUUUUUURNED?!?]]'''''" |
| 72 | ** "'''[[BeeBeeGun OH NO! NO, NOT THE BEES!!! NOT THE BEES!!! AAAAAAAAAAAGGGHH!!! THEY'RE IN MY EYES!!!]]'''" |
| 73 | ** '''''NO!!''''' ''I don't need anybody's damn permission!!'' I'm gonna search every inch of this town in the next three hours and anybody who interferes will be brought up on murder charges, you got that!? And you have ''my'' permission to stay outta the '''''FUCKING WAY!!!''''' |
| 74 | * In ''Film/KickAss'', he does an impersonation of fellow LargeHam god among men Creator/AdamWest. It is every bit as amazing as it sounds. |
| 75 | * How about his performance in ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' as Dr. Tenma? |
| 76 | -->"It's gonna make it Perfect. PERFECT!"\ |
| 77 | "Just get that ol' brain humming again... WHIIIRR!"\ |
| 78 | "YEEEEES!" |
| 79 | * "[[Film/MatchstickMen Have you ever been dragged to the sidewalk and beaten until you...]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM6X_wdZJaE PISSED! BLOOD!?]]" |
| 80 | ** ''Bull'''SHIT''', man!'' |
| 81 | * This gem from ''Film/{{Deadfall}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1fEnhawu_k&feature=related#t=1m51s SOMEONE'S GONNA KILL ME MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!]]. His entire performance in that film qualifies (and is noted as [[HamAndCheese probably the only good thing about the movie]]), including one of the most glorious {{Atomic FBomb}}s in film and some of the most hilarious {{Angrish}} ever, but that single moment crowns the entire thing. |
| 82 | * He's at his best in ''Film/TheRock'': |
| 83 | -->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-mGNSrnh0 How in the name of Zeus]]' ''BUTTHOOOLE'' did you get out of your cell?!?" |
| 84 | -->"What we say we cut the Chit Chat, A-HOLE?!?" |
| 85 | -->"Look, I'm just a biochemist. Most of the time, I work in a little glass jar and lead a very uneventful life. I drive a Volvo, a beige one. But what I'm dealing with here is one of the most deadly substances the earth has ever known, so what say you cut me some ''(deep-voiced)'' FRIGGIN' SLACK?!" |
| 86 | * [[Film/NationalTreasure "A toast? Yeah. To high treason. That's what these men were committing when they signed the Declaration. Had we lost the war, they would have been hanged, beheaded, drawn and quartered, and-Oh! Oh, my personal favorite-and had their entrails cut out and BURNED. So... Here's to the men who did what was considered wrong, in order to do what they knew was right... what they knew was right..."]] |
| 87 | * These [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkw-5htPw0 Japanese pachinko commercials starring him]] |
| 88 | * [[Film/{{Moonstruck}} I LOST MY HAND!]] ''I LOST MY PRIDE!'' |
| 89 | * Nic Cage knows this page exists, [[Film/TheSorcerersApprentice BECAUSE HE CAN READ MINDS!]] |
| 90 | * ''Film/VampiresKiss'': |
| 91 | ** He can even ham up ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68BjP5f0ccE&feature=related the alphabet]]''. |
| 92 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fvpyo2WuVY I couldn't think of a more horrible job if I wanted to,]] and you ''have'' to do it. You ''have'' to, or I'll ''fire you,'' do you understand?" Cage doesn't even have to raise his voice to be a ham! This was also the scene that [[MemeticMutation spawned]] the "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-dont-say You Don't Say?]]" meme. |
| 93 | * ''Film/MomAndDad'': |
| 94 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/G0FL7uUCGnU?t=24m36s Your motherfucking mother said to open this door!]] And ''motherfuckerrrs'', YOU'RE GOING TO '''OPEN''' THIS '''MOTHERFUCKING DOOR!'''" |
| 95 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/AQEniXsGS54?t=3m1s Oh yeah!]] You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out, you do the hokey-pokey, and you FUCKING WORK IT ALL OUT!" |
| 96 | ** Even his wordless acts are chock-full of pork in this one. Witness [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4bbQ3hAwM the memetic "Slap of God"]], so named because Cage appears to visibly achieve ''enlightenment'' going by his face before slamming his unfortunate victim's face into the floor. |
| 97 | * [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse "Sometimes I let matches burn down to my fingertips just so I can ''feel'' something! ''Anything!'' Urgh."]] |
| 98 | * [[Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent Just remember, he's Nick FUCKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOO-WHOO! Cage!]] |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Jim Carrey]] |
| 102 | * ''Film/LiarLiar'', source of [[LargeHam/{{Film}} the page image here]] (long story short: Creator/JimCarrey's character suddenly CannotTellALie; he tests it by trying to say a blue pen is red. HilarityEnsues!) has such gems as: "I HOLD ''MYSELF'' IN CONTEMPT! WHY SHOULD ''YOU'' BE ANY DIFFERENT?!" and this [[HilariousOuttakes outtake]]: |
| 103 | -->'''Swoosie Kurtz:''' Your Honor, I object!\ |
| 104 | '''Carrey:''' You would!\ |
| 105 | '''Kurtz:''' Overactor!\ |
| 106 | '''Carrey:''' Jezeb--! (''collapses in laughter as the entire "courtroom" bursts out'')\ |
| 107 | '''Kurtz:''' He [''indicating the director''] put me up to it! It wasn't my idea! He told me to do it!\ |
| 108 | '''Carrey:''' (mugging for the camera ''even though it's clearly not getting into the movie'') ...oh no! They're onto me! |
| 109 | * Count Olaf from ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004'' is a MasterOfDisguise, but also a LargeHam -- not just because Carrey plays him that way, but because within the story itself Olaf is supposed to be a LargeHam (although in the early books this film adapts, he's not yet a ''proper'' ham). There's also this [[HilariousOuttakes outtake]]: "But enough of recent history, let's go back in a TIME machine! ''[high voice]'' ''TIIIME machine, TIIIME machine''..." |
| 110 | ** Even better, try to watch him and Creator/MerylStreep out-mug each other. |
| 111 | * [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 The Grinch]]. And given Jim's wearing tons of make-up, yellow contact lenses, and dentures, it's simply a feat that his overacting surpasses the ''massive'' physical pain he was in. |
| 112 | * As Lloyd Christmas in ''Film/DumbAndDumber'': "We've got no ''food''! We've got no ''jobs''! Our pets' '''HEADS ARE FALLIN' OFF!!!!'''" |
| 113 | * ''Film/AceVentura''. "ALLLLL RIGHTY THEN!" |
| 114 | * ''Film/TheMask'' was a shy guy who got turned into a LargeHam by AppliedPhlebotinum. "Sssssssmokin'!" |
| 115 | * Carrey's acting in ''Film/BatmanForever'' was once described as "transcend[ing] considerations of good or bad acting into sheer weirdness". "Weird", in this case, means... well... ham. |
| 116 | -->"If knowledge is power, then [[AGodAmI A GOD... AM... IIIIIIIIIIII]]! ''({{beat}})'' [[LampshadeHanging Was that over the top?]] I can never tell!" |
| 117 | ** His character is the Riddler. It takes true talent to be accused of making ''the Riddler'' too hammy! |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheCableGuy'' |
| 119 | -->[[Music/JeffersonAirplane Don't you want somebody to love?]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNc9phYujWY Don't you need somebody to love?]] |
| 120 | * With ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', Carrey gets moments of ham in what's otherwise a more naturalistic part -- Creator/AndyKaufman, after all, loved creating and inhabiting LargeHam personas such as [[LoungeLizard Tony Clifton]] and the [[{{Heel}} Intergender Wrestling Champion of the World]], so the role(s) requires someone who understands the art of going over the top. This bled into real life, as he chose to remain in character(s) for the entirety of the shoot and was mentally spent afterwards, and the whole experience would warrant its own retrospective documentary years later (''Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond''). |
| 121 | ** The scene in which Tony Clifton is hauled ''literally kicking and screaming'' off of the Paramount lot by security guards deserves special mention: "You guys ever come to Vegas...''you're not getting in!''" |
| 122 | * ''Film/BruceAlmighty'': You know, the one where Jim Carrey becomes God (more "AGodAmI" for ya!). "[[SmiteMeOMightySmiter SMITE ME, OH MIGHTY SMITER!]]", etc. |
| 123 | -->"'''I AM BRUCE ALMIGHTY!!!!! MY WILL BE DONE!!!!!'''" |
| 124 | -->"It's a funny thing about pleasure. It can be quite...'''PLEASURABLE!'''" |
| 125 | -->"'''EROOOOOOOODIIIIIIING...''EROOOOOOODIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNG!!!'''''" |
| 126 | * ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'' had him in a natural role - a randy space alien with a talent for mimicry, at one point imitating James Dean out of nowhere, wailing "You're ''TEARING me aPAAAAHRT!!!'' |
| 127 | * He's [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Doctor Robotnik]] in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', and he goes full-on EvilIsHammy, complete with MilkingTheGiantCow. |
| 128 | -->"OOUUUUUGH! Give me a ''BIG! FAT!'' '''BREAAAAAAAK!!''''' |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:Tim Curry]] |
| 132 | * Watch Creator/TimCurry having far too much fun playing evil wizard Trymon in ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic''. |
| 133 | * [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow I'm just a sweet transvestite... From Transexual, Transylvaniaaaaa...]] |
| 134 | ** I see you shiver with antici... |
| 135 | ** [[AudienceParticipation SAY IT!]] |
| 136 | ** ...PATION! |
| 137 | * Enjoying himself, even under the tons of brilliant make-up and prosthetics, as the quite literal [[BigBad Evil incarnate]] in ''Film/{{Legend 1985}}'': "Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!" And what's more, he also manages to remain genuinely imposing and scary all through the whole hamned thing, to boot! "Every wolf suffers fleas. 'Tis easy enough to ''scratch!''" |
| 138 | * The MonsterClown Pennywise from ''Film/{{It 1990}}'', which is at times horrifying but often just enjoyable in how Curry is so over-the-top. |
| 139 | -->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGtNJ78hLr0 "Excuse me, sir! Do you have Prince Albert in a can? You do? Well, you better let the poor guy out! WUHAH! WUHAH! WUHAH!"]] |
| 140 | -->"Aww...come on, BUCKO! Don't ya want a ba-LOON?" |
| 141 | -->"They all FLOOOOOAT down here!" |
| 142 | -->"I am the eater of worlds...And of CHILDREN!" |
| 143 | -->"KISS ME, FATBOY!" |
| 144 | -->"Don'tcha want it? Don'tcha WANT IT? Don'tcha ya WANT IT? DON'TCHA WANT IT?" |
| 145 | -->"Beep Beep Richie!" |
| 146 | ** His EvilLaugh in particular touches both bases. |
| 147 | * As Cardinal Richelieu (what's up with Cardinals being such awesome characters?) in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', is what Tim Curry's all about: |
| 148 | -->'''Queen:''' I would rather die!\ |
| 149 | '''Richelieu:''' THAT CAN '''BE''' ARRANGED!!\ |
| 150 | '''Richelieu:''' All for one... and more for meeee! |
| 151 | ** Cardinals are awesome and [[TheStarscream usually evil characters for the same reason that viziers are]] (as Creator/TerryPratchett points out in ''Pyramids!''). Aside from some specific qualification tests during the initial interview, Narrativium radiation ensures that they are usually the power behind the throne, who wish to make sure that the throne is occupied by someone with all the ambition of a freshly-purchased gym sock. |
| 152 | * In a little-known but oddly enjoyable little film called ''Pass the Ammo'', Curry [[strike:shines]] ''glitters'' as a crooked evangelist. Let me repeat that: Tim. Curry. as...an ''evangelist.'' |
| 153 | ** An evangelist from the ''Deep South'' to boot. |
| 154 | * And he's the Lord Wizard in ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''. He even gets a very 1980s MTV-style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q music video.]] That lasts ''ten minutes''. |
| 155 | * He fails the Opening Line test in the film version of ''Film/{{Annie|1982}}'', where the first time he opens his mouth results not in an opening line, but a [[MeaningfulName Rooster's]] crow. |
| 156 | * [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest Oiiiilllll and griiiimmmmme! Poiiiiiissonn sluddddge! Dieeeessssel cloudss and noxxxiouss muck!]] |
| 157 | * Who's the best part of the otherwise forgettable ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin''? And who gets the [[VillainSong best song]]? Just guess. "Hope you can swim better than you can (mocking Hubie's stuttering) '''''t-t-t-TALK!'''''" |
| 158 | * He even hams it up in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' as Long John Silver. "Professional Pirate" is a particularly fun example. |
| 159 | ** And as Captain Hook in ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates''. |
| 160 | * [[Film/TheShadow "No one controls my mind, Shadow! There's a new world order coming, and I'm gonna be a king! A KING!"]] |
| 161 | * Speaking of which.... Ever see ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''? Forte has to be one of the only good things about that movie. Just listen to "Don't Fall In Love" and you'll see what the ham can do. |
| 162 | ** "[[MurderIsTheBestSolution Don't you see]]?! They '''CAN'T''' fall in love, [[InsaneTrollLogic if they're]] '''[[InsaneTrollLogic DEAD!!!]]'''" |
| 163 | * As well as a helping of finest FakeRussian ham in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''. "I'm escaping to THE '''ONE PLACE''' THAT HASN'T BEEN CORRUPTED BY CAPITALISM... '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZpcdp2v34&feature=youtu.be SPAAACE!]]'''''" |
| 164 | * There's also the short-lived 1997 sitcom ''Series/OverTheTop''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin As the title clearly indicates]], the show was about a character Tim played who just happened to be a LargeHam. |
| 165 | * Think about this: it's very likely that Curry was such a large ham, he was too hammy to be the voice of the Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. According to Creator/BruceTimm, it was more about Curry getting throat problems from doing the voice. In other words, he was so hammy ''it physically hurt him''. |
| 166 | * Then there's ''Film/{{Clue}}'', where he played the butler: |
| 167 | -->'''Wadsworth:''' That's what we're TRYING to figure out! We're trying to figure out who killed who, WHERE AND '''WITH WHAT!'''\ |
| 168 | '''Professor Plum:''' There's no need to shout.\ |
| 169 | '''Wadsworth:''' I'M NOT SHOUTING! ''(pause)'' All right I am! I'm SHOUTING, I'M SHOUTING, I'M SHOUT-- |
| 170 | * VideoGame/GabrielKnight is a very scary Ham. |
| 171 | * [[WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}} King Chicken! Buck, buck, buck!]] |
| 172 | * [[WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}} They called me mad, insane]], '''[[TheTriple WENDELL!]]''' |
| 173 | * "At last we meet, [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Mr. Ip--]]''[[WesternAnimation/TheMask kissssss]]''..." |
| 174 | * His hotel manager in ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork''. Even while not speaking, as only a mugging expert could [[https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/dazzlingmassivefiddlercrab replicate the Grinch's smile]]. |
| 175 | * Averted when he voiced [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins Arl Rendon Howe]] who manages to be one of his most repulsive villains. |
| 176 | ** He was saving it for his very last line: "Maker SPIT on you! I... DESERVED... moooore..." |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:DanYELL Day-Lewis]] |
| 180 | * ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'': |
| 181 | ** [[http://youtu.be/s_hFTR6qyEo?t=1m57s "My straw reaches ACROOOOOOOOOOSS the room...and starts to drink your milkshake. I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE! *slurp* ''I DRINK IT UP!''"]] |
| 182 | ** DRAINAGE! |
| 183 | ** The critics agree, as seen [[http://www.esquire.com/features/the-screen/danieldaylewis0108 here]] in ''Esquire'' magazine: "Acting is fine. But Creator/DanielDayLewis, now in ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', proves that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools overacting can be a lot more fun]]." |
| 184 | ** Throwing a napkin over his face and bellowing his lungs out at rival businessmen in a fancy restaurant. |
| 185 | * Aaaand in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' he is both a LargeHam and [[TheButcher a butcher]]!!! Heheheheh... oh God, that was terrible... |
| 186 | -->"I'll paint Paradise Square with his blood. TWO COATS! I'll festoon my bedchamber with his guts. And if you ever show yourself in the Five Points again, Mr. Tammany-fucking-hall, you will be dispatched by mine own hand. Help yourself to [[ChewingTheScenery some decent meat]] on your way out." |
| 187 | * [[Theatre/TheCrucible A]] '''fire''', a fire is burning! I '''hear''' the '''boot''' of LUCIFER, I see his '''FILTHY FACE'''! And it is '''my face''', and yours, '''Danforth'''! |
| 188 | ** SHE'S! A! '''''WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!''''' |
| 189 | [[/folder]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Benicio Del Toro]] |
| 192 | * His very debut was as a henchman in ''Film/LicenceToKill'', not a main Bond villain like the ones in [[Largeham/LiveActionFilms the folder here]], but still requiring some ham ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5rUWO1ZUQA "Don't worry, we gave her a nice ''honeymooooon''!"]]) |
| 193 | * [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas One of these days, I'm gonna toss a fucking ham in that place...]] |
| 194 | ** The Acid Scene in the hotel. About three minutes of pure {{angrish}}. |
| 195 | ** The phone call he makes to Lucy. Although that's mainly because his character is actually the one hamming it up here. |
| 196 | * Jackie Boy in ''Film/SinCity'' is fairly moderate...until his decapitated head starts talking to Creator/CliveOwen in the car. |
| 197 | * [[Film/TheUsualSuspects "Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker." "In English, please." "Hand me the keys, you fucking cocksucker, what the fuck???"]] |
| 198 | * He earns his OneSceneWonder credentials in TheStinger of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. He returns with more screentime and ham in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', and makes sure to milk everything out of his limited appearance in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Brad Dourif]] |
| 202 | * Pretty much anything he's in except ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' and ''Wise Blood''. |
| 203 | * ''Film/DeathMachine'', in which he plays the very, ''very'' LaughablyEvil villain. "Oprah? John, we are talking QUALITY HERE! WE ARE TALKING GERALDO!!! (and many more gems.) |
| 204 | * [[Film/ChildsPlay Chucky]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5_Q3JKOM8w of course.]] |
| 205 | * ''Film/AlienResurrection'': "You are ...a beautiful, beautiful butterfly." "Oh, look. A beauuutiful little baby (alien)." You should know, it has your jaw, Brad! |
| 206 | ** Few people know this, but his jaw actually has its own SAG card... it's a separate entity all its own. |
| 207 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrV_0lB_-kc His cackle]]. Goes well with the above entry. |
| 208 | ** Tears are often found to be leaking out of his eyes onscreen. |
| 209 | ** There's also his "Malkoviching", [[PunctuatedForEmphasis the art of strenuously over-enunciating every word]], as WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] pointed out in their ''Film/Dune1984'' riff. |
| 210 | * The amount of "talky villain-ness" as the Gemini Killer in ''Film/TheExorcistIII''. "Oh, I'm so sorry. Was I raving?" He even gave notorious ham Creator/GeorgeCScott a pause. Now that is something. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Will Ferrell]] |
| 214 | * GREAT ODIN'S BEARD! Did someone mention [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy Ron Burgundy]]? I'm in a glass case of emotion! |
| 215 | * [[Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby Help me, Jesus! Help me, Jewish God! Help me, Allah! Help me, Tom Cruise!]] |
| 216 | * ''Film/BladesOfGlory'' |
| 217 | * ''Film/KickingAndScreaming'' |
| 218 | * ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' |
| 219 | * ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' |
| 220 | -->''Doesn't anyone'' '''''notice''''' ''this? I feel like I'm taking'' '''''CRAZY PILLS!''''' |
| 221 | * [[Film/WeddingCrashers HEY MOM! CAN WE GET SOME HAM?!]] |
| 222 | * [[Film/TheProducers Guten tag hop hop! Guten tag clop clop!]] |
| 223 | * It's all in the PRESENTATION!: |
| 224 | -->'''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''': Oh, you're a villain alright. Just not a ''super'' one. |
| 225 | -->'''Titan''': Oh yeah? What's the difference? |
| 226 | -->'''Megamind''': [[strike:PRESENTATION!]] HAM! |
| 227 | ** While on Will Ferrell's animated villains, President Business from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie''. |
| 228 | --> It makes me just wanna pick up whoever's standing closest to me and just throw them through this window, and out into the infinite abyss of nothingness! I wanna do it so baaaad! |
| 229 | * His entire screen time of maybe 15 minutes at most, as fictional author and would-be director Eric Jonrosh, in the Epic Mini-Series parody, ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'', is nothing but this. |
| 230 | * [[Film/{{Elf}} SANTA! OH MY GOD I KNOW HIM!]] |
| 231 | * [[Film/OldSchool "WE'RE GOING STREAKIIIIIING!"]] |
| 232 | * His character in ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' is supposed to be a stoic idiot in contrast to Mark Wahlberg's HotBlooded, but Ferrell's ham still comes out at times ("And guess what, you've wandered into our school of tuna and we now have a taste of lion. We've talked to ourselves. We've communicated and said 'You know what, lion tastes good, let's go get some more lion'. We've developed a system to establish a beach-head and aggressively hunt you and your family and we will corner your pride, your children, your offspring. ") |
| 233 | --> GATOR'S BITCHES BEST BE WEARIN' JIMMIES! |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:John Goodman]] |
| 237 | * Chomping a number of scenes as Walter in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' especially when it involves [[BerserkButton marking it zero]]. |
| 238 | --> "This is what happens when you FUCK A STRANGER IN The ASS! Do you see what happens, Larry? DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS '''WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN. THE. ASS!'''" |
| 239 | * Taking up very, very large chunks of screen as Pope Sergius in ''Film/PopeJoan''. |
| 240 | * ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'' |
| 241 | -->'''"[[MoneyDearBoy IT'S AAAAAAAALLL ABOUT THE MONEY BOYS!]]"''' |
| 242 | * He's mostly subdued in ''Film/{{Fallen}}''... until Azazel possesses him, complete with singing "[[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Time Is on My Side]]" |
| 243 | * ''Film/BartonFink''. Madman Mundt. "[[MadnessMantra I'll show you the life of the mind.]]" |
| 244 | * [=LaMonte=] T Montgomery in ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie''. He even puts on an over-the-top act when the main character's best friend stings him on the behind. |
| 245 | -->"THE VENOM! THE VENOM IS COURSIN' THROUGH MAH VEINS!" |
| 246 | * Wait, no [[Film/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]? |
| 247 | -->"WIIIILMAAAAAAAH, I'M HOOOOOOOOOOMMMMME!!" |
| 248 | * A voice acting role in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction '' had Goodman voice BoisterousBruiser Hound, [[https://youtu.be/AUUwBIMsOro taking no prisoners.]] |
| 249 | -->I'm like a fat ballerina who takes scalps and slits throats! |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Jonathan Harris]] |
| 253 | * The late, truly great Creator/JonathanHarris, who ''built'' his reputation on hamming it up. Who is he you ask? You know him best as Dr. Smith from ''Series/LostInSpace'' and that's really all you need to know. Although you should also know him pretty well as Manny, the praying mantis, in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''. I dare you, no really, ''I. DARE. YOU.'' to come up with a ''better'' actor who has taken the LargeHam and honed it, perfected it, nay! taken it to ''the pinnacle'' of the art form! Seriously, he was such a master of it because he could take any role and imbue it with such over-the-topness, ''without making it silly'' until it was unforgettable. You love him and you know it. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:Charlton Heston]] |
| 257 | * ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''! "IT'S A MAAAAAAADHOUSE!", "THEY BLEW IT ALL UP! GODDAMN YOU ALL!" etc... |
| 258 | * [[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] [[ItWasHisSled IS ]] [[HumanResources PEOPLE!!!]] |
| 259 | * He spent a good chunk of ''Film/BenHur1959'' in a no-holds-barred HamToHamCombat with [[BoisterousBruiser Sheik Ilderim]]. |
| 260 | * ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' is hardly kosher with all the ham Heston slings around. |
| 261 | ** "THE LORD OF PORKS WILL DO BATTLE FOR US! BEHOLD HIS MIGHTY HAM!" |
| 262 | * [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 "YOU have deCEIVED ME!"]] |
| 263 | * From ''Film/{{Alaska}}'': I want that BEAR! |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Jeremy Irons]] |
| 267 | * Creator/JeremyIrons in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'', possibly a result of [[HamAndCheese being the only actor in the movie who realized how silly the whole thing was]] - and [[MoneyDearBoy just going with it]]. |
| 268 | -->"LEEEETTTTT THEEEIRRRR BLOOODDDD '''RAIIINNNN''' FRRROOMMM THE '''SKKKYYYY!'''" |
| 269 | -->''[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic "I've turned myself into a human vibratoooorrrr!"]]'' |
| 270 | -->"You don't like that, do you? GOOOOOOD! I could USE every OOOOUNCE of your RAAAGE! Hathathathathata!" |
| 271 | * He was also pretty hammy in ''Film/{{Eragon}}'', probably for the same reason, though he was still the best actor in the movie. |
| 272 | -->"Mind the little bones. Hate to see you ''choke''." |
| 273 | * Irons and [=DeVito=] both hammed it up on ''Series/SesameStreet'' in cameos during the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVtWXtSKJ9I Put Down The Duckie]] |
| 274 | * From Creator/RogerEbert's review of ''Film/TheTimeMachine2002'': "[Guy] Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. [[HamAndCheese Irons at least knows what kind of movie he's in, and hams it up accordingly]]." |
| 275 | * To complete Irons' hammy villains, [[Film/DieHardWithAVengeance Simon Peter Gruber]] (he had to honor being cast as Creator/AlanRickman's brother...) and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] ("That was today? Oh, I feel simply ''awful!''"). |
| 276 | * There's also his role as Tiberias in ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven''. Take this scene in which he promptly tells all of the knights in the room to shut up when King Baldwin demands to speak. |
| 277 | -->'''Tiberias''':'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AXe5lh0RPw SILEEEENCEEEEEEEEE!]]''' |
| 278 | * ''Series/TheBorgias''. Among the hammier moments, he threatens, PunctuatedForEmphasis, to excommunicate an entire city. (Although there [[WorldOfHam he's not the only ham]], just the largest. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Samuel L. Jackson]] |
| 282 | * In one of Sam Jackson's earliest film roles: "[[Film/DoTheRightThing YO! HOLD UP! TIME OUT! TIME OUT! Y’ALL TAKE A CHILL! YA NEED TO HAM THAT SHIT OUT!! And that’s the double truth, Ruth!]]" |
| 283 | * [[strike:Sam]]'''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson HAM]]'''[[Creator/SamuelLJackson uel L. Jackson]] in ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane''. The film would only be half as [[SoBadItsGood enjoyable]] if he played his role "straight". But if he did, we wouldn't have the classic line, '''"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!"''' Adding the word "motherfucking" to a sentence has just about become Jackson's catchphrase, to the point where he overuses the word multiple times in ''Film/DjangoUnchained.'' |
| 284 | * "'''WHAT'''! [[Film/PulpFiction Does Marsellus Wallace look like]]?!" |
| 285 | ** "And you ''WILL KNOW'' my name is '''THE LORD!''' When '''''I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON THEE!'''"'' |
| 286 | ** "You ready to blow? Well, I'm a mushroom-cloud-laying motherfucker, motherfucker! Every time my fingers touch brain, I'm Superfly TNT! I'm the [[Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone Guns of the Navarone]]! IN FACT, what the FUCK am I doing in the back?! YOU the motherfucker should be on brain detail! We're fucking switching. I'm cleaning the windows, and YOU picking up this nigga's skull!" |
| 287 | ** "'''DO THEY SPEAK [[strike:ENGLISH]] HAM IN WHAT!?'''" |
| 288 | * Creator/FrankMiller must have demanded that Jackson play [[BigBad The Octopus]] in ''Film/TheSpirit''. He then [[IncomingHam flew right in]] [[ToiletHumour swinging a toilet]] and proceeded to [[ChewingTheScenery chew the whole plain damn weird movie]] to greasy, [[HamAndCheese cheesy]] bits! "NO'''[[strike:EGG]] HAM'''... ON MY '''''FACE!''''' Not a glob." |
| 289 | ** Creator/FrankMiller has a habit of Hamming up his characters, the most (in)famous example probably being "[[Comicbook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder I'm the GODDAMN BATMAN]]". Other examples include "CHILDREN! Pull on your tights, AND GIVE THEM HELL!" In fact, ''Comicbook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' is probably the hammiest graphic novel ever written, easily venturing into SoBadItsGood territory. |
| 290 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles WHERE! IS! MY! SUPERSUIT?!]] |
| 291 | * "[[Film/JackieBrown Ham! When you absolutely must chew every piece of scenery in the room, accept no substitutes!]]" |
| 292 | * [[Film/ATimeToKill "YES THEY DESERVED TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!"]] |
| 293 | * [[Film/DieHardWithAVengeance "Look, if you have to shoot me, then you go ahead and you shoot me! But I HAVE! To answer! THIS! PHONE!" all right?"]] |
| 294 | * ''Film/DeepBlueSea'' was a crappy movie, but Jackson was hilarious in it. That's mainly why his [[DeadStarWalking death scene]] is so hilarious. |
| 295 | * Averted in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' until he has to deal with the most horrifying villain in the film: [[SleazyPolitician the politicians]]. |
| 296 | -->'''Nick Fury:''' I recognize the council has made a decision, [[SophisticatedAsHell but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.]] |
| 297 | * ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', where he has a blast playing a Bond-like villain full of himself who says everything with a lisp. |
| 298 | * "[[Film/KongSkullIsland It's time to show Kong that HAM is King!]]" |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Michael Keaton]] |
| 302 | * He does an admirable job in the ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' as [[OneSceneWonder Dogberry]]...in fact, he's also a ham of great distinction in much of his work. |
| 303 | * One word: ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. Just [[SpeakOfTheDevil don't say it]] [[TheScottishTrope three times]]. |
| 304 | * And Film/JohnnyDangerously. |
| 305 | * [[Film/MrMom Half ham, full ham, whatever it takes...]] |
| 306 | * Film/GungHo |
| 307 | * Surprisingly, he averts this as ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''. Even his Bruce Wayne is subdued. Except when he wants to get nuts. |
| 308 | * The superhero hamminess came back with an interest in ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance''. Both [[AdamWesting the actor famous for playing a superhero]] and [[TalkingToThemself the superhero split personality]]. Not to mention [[spoiler:''shooting himself in the face!'']] |
| 309 | * [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 "Barbie! Not the Nehru!"]] |
| 310 | * [[Film/SpidermanHomecoming "'I'm the Shocker! I shock people!' What is this, Pro Wrestling?"]] |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Harvey Keitel]] |
| 314 | * [[Film/ReservoirDogs Shit...You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.]] |
| 315 | * [[Film/ReservoirDogs You're gonna be okaaaaaaaay......say the fuckin' words you're gonna be okaaaaaaay...]] |
| 316 | * [[Film/FromDuskTillDawn I'm a mean, mhm mhm servant of God.]] |
| 317 | * [[Film/PulpFiction So, pretty please, with sugar on, clean the fucking car.]] |
| 318 | * [[Film/TheDuellists Lah!]] |
| 319 | * He appears only in one scene of ''Film/GetShorty'', but still fits. |
| 320 | * (After learning no case was opened on the Declaration of Independence being stolen because "the information wasn't credible") [[Film/NationalTreasure How 'bout now?]] |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Udo Kier]] |
| 324 | * ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'' |
| 325 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwHjLMLdnf8 "To know DEATH, Otto.... you have to fuck LIFE... in ze gallbladder."]] |
| 326 | ** "Oh no! No! Katherine! My... my WIFE! Ze mother of my CHEEL-DREN! You have KILLED HER, on account of him! My SISTER! My BEAUTIFUL SISTER! YOU KILLED HER!" |
| 327 | * ''Film/BloodForDracula'' |
| 328 | ** "Ze BLOOD of zese WHOOORES is KILLINK ME!" |
| 329 | * He gives an excellent ColdHam performance as the Soviets' lead psychic Yuri in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'', and especially its addon ''Yuri's Revenge'' where he has much more screentime due to having [[DragonAscendant taken over]] as the game's BigBad. |
| 330 | * [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated "I am the smartest criminal parrot in the world!"]] |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Christopher Lloyd]] |
| 334 | * Pick a film with Creator/ChristopherLloyd, any film with Christopher Lloyd. He even manages to produce terrifying ham in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. "Remember ''me'', Eddie?! When I '''''killed'' your brother,''' I talked '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis just! LIKE!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS]]!!!'''''" |
| 335 | * "[[Film/BackToTheFuture1 1.21 GIGAWATTS!]]" |
| 336 | ** [[PunctuatedForEmphasis EIGHTY-EIGHT! MIIIIIILES! PER HOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUR!]] |
| 337 | ** [[CatchPhrase "GREAT SCOTT!"]] |
| 338 | * '''[[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock I CAN EVEN OUTHAM SHATNER!!!]]''' (Kirk's response: I... have... had... enough of your HAMMING!) |
| 339 | * A-hem: '''[[Film/SuburbanCommando I WAS]] ''[[TheseTropesWereFrozenToday FRO-ZEN]]'' [[MemeticMutation TODAY!!]]''' |
| 340 | * [[Series/{{Taxi}} The eternal question: "What does a yellow light mean?"]] |
| 341 | * Curiously toned down in ''Film/{{Clue}}'', which features the likes of such hams as Tim Curry and Eileen Brennan. |
| 342 | * [[Film/Piranha3D "The piranha you've been fighting! They're only THE BABIES!" and "This particular type of HAM went extinct TWO MILLION YEARS AGO!"]] |
| 343 | ** And in the sequel: "The piranha! They're learning to WALK! ON LAND!" |
| 344 | * [[WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp '''WHARE'Z THE LAAAAAAAAAMP?!''']] |
| 345 | * [[Film/TheAddamsFamily "My name is Fester. It means 'to rot.'"]] |
| 346 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'', he is unleashing ham while moving like a puppet. |
| 347 | ** SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, LEONARD! |
| 348 | * Even in a dead even tone, like his guest appearance on ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', he can ham it up. |
| 349 | ** (after a big fight scene in a hospital secure wing) [[ComicallySerious Well, looks like we got here just in time.]] |
| 350 | * An episode of ''Series/AmazingStories'' is about a pair of teenagers who decide to kill their English teacher, who is played by our dear Mr. Lloyd. If his over-the-top performance as Mr. Beanes ([[Series/MrBean no relation]]) wasn't enough for you, the kids realize their mistake and try to resurrect him but accidentally tear the needed photo of him in half at the neck. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome So yes,]] he spends half the episode carrying his head as he chases them around, all the while threatening them with school work and flinging [[{{Pun}} family-friendly]] head-related puns as fast as he can. Which, this being Christopher Lloyd, means he's chewing the scenery like it was made of Laffy Taffy. The episode ends with a fantastically {{narm}}y [[TheReveal reveal]] where [[spoiler:zom-Beanes responds to the question "are you okay" with "Well... ''actually''... I have ''a '''bit''' of a... '''SORE THROAT! [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHAHAHA]]!!!"''''' while he takes off his scarf to show the line of stitches around his throat]]. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:John Malkovich]] |
| 354 | * [[Film/{{Eragon}} "I ''suffer without my stone.'' DO NOT ''prolong my suffering...''"]] |
| 355 | * [[Film/BurnAfterReading "No. No, I'm sorry, I don't know the number to, uh, my savings account because believe it or not I don't spend my entire day sitting around trying to memorize the fucking numbers to my fucking bank accounts! Moron!"]] |
| 356 | * [[Film/Red2010 "Frank, I never thought I'd say this again. I'm getting the pig!"]] |
| 357 | * [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon "Come on people! Yes, a workmate died, but looking out the window is not going to bring him back!"]] |
| 358 | * [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 Oh mighty Arkleseizure, thou gazed from high above.]] |
| 359 | * [[Film/ConAir "Make a move and the bunny gets it!"]] |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Malcolm McDowell]] |
| 363 | * [[Film/AClockworkOrange There's a strange man, munchy-wunching lomticks of ham...]] |
| 364 | * [[Film/TankGirl Ham and POWER!!!]] |
| 365 | * [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark I am a British person!]] |
| 366 | * [[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt Have you had dental surgery in the past 24 hours?!?]] |
| 367 | * [[Film/BlueThunder Time to play Follow-My-Leader.]] |
| 368 | * [[Film/StarTrekGenerations They say Ham is the fire in which we burn.]] |
| 369 | * Mr. Linderman in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', who even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LVRbaH3Qo8 delivering an inspiring speech]] can't help but get carried away. |
| 370 | * As Metallo in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': "LAAAAST ''STOP'', EVERYONE! LAAAAST ''STOP!''" |
| 371 | * [[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} JOHN HAM... sorry, HENRY EDEN]] |
| 372 | * They started this WorldOfHam... [[Film/{{Doomsday}} THEY CAN BURN IN IT!]] |
| 373 | * "I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night! Although I have taken the form of Gaius Film/{{Caligula}}, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a Ham!" |
| 374 | * On Billy Sherwood's all-star tribute to Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', Malcolm sings ALL of "The Trial." And it is as awesome as it sounds. |
| 375 | * This is the ham... (ahem)[[Film/{{Halloween 2007}} These are the eyes of a psychopath.]] |
| 376 | * ''Film/MilkMoney'': I'm going to the SO'-'OP! |
| 377 | * A large helping of ColdHam as [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Death]]. |
| 378 | -->"I'm going to eat your soul, shit it out, and use it to smother your fucking girlfriend to death." |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Ian McKellen]] |
| 382 | * '''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing YOU]]''' '''[[YouShallNotPass SHALL NOT PASS]]!!''' |
| 383 | * Magneto is very theatrical, specially that scene in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' where he's drugged. |
| 384 | -->YA SHOULDA KILLED ME WHEN YA HAD THE CHANCE!! |
| 385 | ** Even his snarking is full of ham. |
| 386 | --->The Professor trusted you were smart enough to figure this out on your own. He gives you more credit than I do. |
| 387 | ** Followed by some rare ''wordless'' hamming in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', where Magneto lives out the secret fantasy of anyone who's ever been caught in traffic. |
| 388 | * [=McKellen=] giving directions on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhEL0ioJwKQ#t=1m58s changing a flat tire.]] |
| 389 | * ''Westernanimation/FlushedAway'' had him as villain Toad, and it is a thing of beauty. |
| 390 | -->He's a madman! Run away, run... [swallows a fly] Pardon me, my fly's undone. |
| 391 | * In a movie so [[WorldofHam stuffed full of pork it practically oinks]], his performance in ''Film/ColdComfortFarm'' tasted of roasted suckling pig, slathered with lard, wrapped in bacon, and lightly salted with Hickory flavored Bacon Salt. |
| 392 | -->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5evsxRdkJw FOR I TELL YE THIS! THERE'LL BE NO HAM IN HELL!!!!!!!!!]] |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Jack Nicholson]] |
| 396 | * Aside from ''Film/AboutSchmidt'', if there's a role that requires bombast and hamminess, Creator/JackNicholson will be there. |
| 397 | ** ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'', where he does a guy just pretending to be nuts, but pulling it off easily. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI_4HtIJYDM Just witness him doing a baseball play-by-play]]. and more, probably not. |
| 398 | ** ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'' has Jack as basically the Devil incarnate, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oAg1ER6HKw and it's a thing of beauty]]. |
| 399 | ** [[Film/Batman1989 This town needs an enema!]] |
| 400 | ** [[Film/AngerManagement I SAID OVEREASY! [pause] Now, why did I do that?]] |
| 401 | ** "[[Film/TheShining HEEEEEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!]]" |
| 402 | ** "[[Film/AFewGoodMen YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!]]" That makes him a {{Trope Namer|s}} ''[[YouCantHandleTheParody twice]]''. |
| 403 | ** *slap* '''[[Film/{{Chinatown}} I SAID I WANTED THE TRUTH!]]''' |
| 404 | ** In ''Film/TheDeparted'', he is playing probably his most hammy role ever. ''Especially'' the now-famous "I smell a rat" scene. Within the course of the scene, he does all of the following: a SpitTake onto an elaborate drawing of a swarm of rats, ''setting part of said drawing on fire'' only to put it back out in a few seconds, making some truly ''bizarre'' facial expressions, tiptoeing around like a cartoon character, and finally, dramatically ''sniffing'' Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio's character. Oh, and later in the movie, he whips a giant purple dildo out of his pants and starts shaking it in Creator/MattDamon's face. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Richard O'Brien]] |
| 408 | * [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "They didn't like me! THEY NEVER LIKED ME!!!"]] |
| 409 | * [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "Say goodbye to all THIS. And hello to... obLIVION!"]] |
| 410 | ** Goodbye, all this! Hello, oblivion! How's the wife and kids? |
| 411 | *** Your wife, my kids! |
| 412 | *** Your dog, my puppies! |
| 413 | * "I remeeeeeembeeer doing the TIIIIIME WAAAAARP!" |
| 414 | ** It was a senSAATION! |
| 415 | *** '''LIKE YOU'RE UNDER SEDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATION!''' |
| 416 | *** '''''LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!!!!!''''' |
| 417 | * [[Series/TheCrystalMaze "Tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the Crystal Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome!"]] |
| 418 | * ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'': |
| 419 | --> '''Xilus:''' I'LL NEVER TOLERATE IT WHEN MAGES TRESPASS in '''MYYYYYYYYYY''' GUILD!!!! |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Gary Oldman]] |
| 423 | * Creator/GaryOldman certainly showed potential in ''Sid and Nancy'', but he wouldn't come into his own as a real ham until ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', where he served up an intense, hissing slice of Romanian pork product. (It is not laughing MATTAAAAA!) We got a second course in ''Film/TrueRomance'', with Drexl the dreadlocked pimp ("It ain't white boy day is it?"). But his peak was undeniably ''Film/TheProfessional'': |
| 424 | -->'''Stansfield:''' Bring me everyone.\ |
| 425 | '''Benny:''' What?\ |
| 426 | '''Stansfield:''' '''''[[VillainousBreakdown EEEEEVERYYYYONEEE!]]''''' |
| 427 | * Things calmed down for a couple of years until ''Film/TheFifthElement'', where weapons dealer Zorg somehow became a used car salesman channeling Ross Perot. He then hit another high point in ''Film/AirForceOne'', where castmates appear to be genuinely afraid. Whether this was just good acting or fear that he was about to go into cardiac arrest is unknown. He even managed to ham it up in two episodes of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', though this appears to have been the end of the ham ... for now. |
| 428 | ** End of the Ham? ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar I THINK NOT, COMRADE! FOR THE MOTHERLAAAAAAAAAAAAND!]]'' |
| 429 | * Even when he was singing, he hammed it up! "[[WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot Years from now no one will bother/To recall your good king Arthur/BECAUSE ALL OF THIS... WILL BE MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!!]]" [[ThePowerofRock Cue heavily electronic orchestral rock anthem.]] |
| 430 | * [[Film/HarryPotter Sir]][[{{Pun}} iusly]]! (though the only scene where Oldman lets it loose in ''Harry Potter'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtY9YJ5KfqM his reveal]]. And [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090531123540/harrypotter/images/a/a0/Prisoner_of_Azkaban_-_Sirius_Black.gif his]] WantedPoster) |
| 431 | ** HE DID HIS WAITING! TWELVE YEARS OF IT! IN AZKABAN! |
| 432 | * [[Film/TheDarkKnight ALL DAT WAS LEFT IN DA VAULT WAS MARKED BILLS!, THEY KNNNEW WE WERE COMING!]] |
| 433 | * [[Film/LostInSpace SPIIIIIIIIIDERS!]] |
| 434 | * His performance as Usefulnotes/WinstonChurchill in ''Film/{{Darkest Hour|2017}}'' was as large and hammy as the real deal. No wonder he won an Oscar. |
| 435 | * Pretty much '''EVERYTHING''' Gary Oldman's been in. So far the biggest exceptions are the shockingly subtle acts as Lee Harvey Oswald in ''Film/{{JFK}}'' and George Smiley in ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''. |
| 436 | * His performance as [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]] can be fairly subdued, but he does get his moments of hamminess. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc74bU6w0tk Here's Oldman hamming it up in the recording studio]] |
| 437 | --> "Part of you here, part of you there, and part of you ''waaaaaaaaaaaay'' over there, STAINING THE WALL!" |
| 438 | [[/folder]] |
| 439 | |
| 440 | [[folder:Al Pacino]] |
| 441 | * Creator/AlPacino has been delivering Large Ham performances for, oh, the past decade or two. Some particular gems: |
| 442 | ** ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'' ("If I were the man I was five years ago I'd take a FLAME-THROWER to this place!" "HOO-AH! I'm just getting warmed up!") - after being passed over for numerous Oscars, he finally got one for this movie due to the hammy speech at the end. He's stuck with the formula since. |
| 443 | ** ''Film/{{Heat}}'' ("cause she's got a... GREAT ASS! And you got your head... ALL THE WAY UP IT!" [[note]]A ThrowItIn, to boot.[[/note]] "I had COFFEE with [=McCauley=]... HALF AN HOUR AGO!") |
| 444 | ** The trailer for ''City Hall'' has all the ham you need. "I choose to FIGHT BACK!!!!!1111one... until this city is a palace again!" |
| 445 | ** Pacino as Big Boy Caprice in ''Film/DickTracy'' is a ham large enough to choke Godzilla. |
| 446 | --->"I'm looking for ''generals'' ... and what do I get? '''''foot soldiers!'''''" |
| 447 | ** As the Devil in ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', Pacino would only take the part if he got to do a ten-minute rant in the film's climax. Upon hearing that, the producers must have looked at each other, shrugged, and said; "Do whatever the hell you want, Al!" Cue Satan Breaking The Fourth Wall as he dips a finger into holy water, boiling it. |
| 448 | --->"'''HE'S A TIGHTASS! HE'S A SADIST! HE'S AN ''ABSENTEE LANDLORD''!!''' WORSHIP THAT?! '''NEVER!'''" |
| 449 | ** In ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'', practically every line of spoken dialog by Tony Montana is Ham, and the movie wouldn't have been half as good without it (though that probably goes for all of Pacino's roles) |
| 450 | --> '''"SAAAAAAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEEEEEEND"''' |
| 451 | ** ''Film/AndJusticeForAll'' - Al ends the movie with an epic bit of courtroom hamminess: "My client, the Honorable Henry T. Flemming should GO RIGHT TO FUCKING JAIL!!! THE SON OF A BITCH IS GUILTY!" (lots of ranting then follows) |
| 452 | *** Including the following, which is guaranteed to show up in any career montage for Pacino: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oo-gF3bwFI&feature=endscreen&NR=1 You're out of order! You're out of order! THE WHOLE TRIAL IS OUT OF ORDER!]]" |
| 453 | ** ''Film/AnyGivenSunday'' definitely lets him ham his way. Special moment [[RousingSpeech at the end]]: "WE '''''CLAAAAW''''' WITH OUR FINGERNAAAIIILS FOR THAT INCH!" |
| 454 | ** In ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Thirteen]]'', Willy Bank is nothing but ham topped with bacon under a layer of fried pork chops. Every scene he's in has him yelling or browbeating someone, and when he's not, he's still incredibly full of himself. |
| 455 | --->'''Reuben:''' (heartbroken after finding out Bank renamed their casino after himself): You changed the name.\ |
| 456 | '''Bank:''' I LIKE IT BETTER. DON'T YOU? (walks away laughing while Reuben collapses from heart attack) |
| 457 | *** Or when ThePlan is being executed under his nose without him being any the wiser. |
| 458 | --> "EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM (the security center), EMPTY YOUR POCKETS NOW!" |
| 459 | ** He was pretty low-key as Michael Corleone in ''Film/TheGodfather'' Parts I and II, back in the early '70s, but years later in Part III, he went full ham, especially in the scene during the thunderstorm where Michael is having a diabetic attack. |
| 460 | [[/folder]] |
| 461 | |
| 462 | [[folder:John Rhys-Davies]] |
| 463 | * "[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk ...they're diggin in the wrong place!]]" |
| 464 | * "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Nobody tosses a dwarf!]]" |
| 465 | * "[[VideoGame/{{Freelancer}} You are not in Rhineland, you are IN MY SHOP!]]" |
| 466 | ** "TROPHIES! HA HA!"? |
| 467 | * Though more understated than his live-action role, his turn as The Narrator in the Updated Release version of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV'' still is rather hammy |
| 468 | * [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants "YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!"]] |
| 469 | * [[Film/Aquaman2018 "You can take my army, you soft-bellied slug, but you WILL NEVER HAVE MY ALLEGIANCE!"]] |
| 470 | [[/folder]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | [[folder:George C. Scott]] |
| 473 | * He was a master at saving the ham for ''just the right moment'', for maximum effect. |
| 474 | * In the desert battle in ''Film/{{Patton}}'', he spends most of it just watching, calmly observing the whole thing. Then when it's clear his troops are winning, comes the immortal, "Rommel, you MagnificentBastard, I read your ''BOOOK''!" |
| 475 | ** Interestingly enough, George Patton's daughters said that Scott nailed Patton's personality so perfectly, they felt like they were actually watching their father on the movie screen. Does that make George Patton a ham? (especially in light of the fact that the movie actually DOWNPLAYS some of the more crude and vulgar catchphrases that he was famous for). |
| 476 | ** Maybe the real-life Patton was a hammier ham than George C. Scott? After all, those pearl-handled revolvers were not exactly Army regulation. |
| 477 | *** They're ''[[InsistentTerminology ivory]]''[[InsistentTerminology -handled]]. [[BerserkButton Only a New Orleans pimp would carry pearl-handles.]] |
| 478 | ** That jingoistic speech at the beginning of the movie? It's fairly closely paraphrased from an even more over-the-top speech that Patton actually gave. |
| 479 | * Also in ''Film/TheHustler1961'', "You owe me MONEY!" |
| 480 | * Similarly, ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder''. "I didn't make it all the way through third grade for NOTHING!" |
| 481 | ** "Home, home on the range! Where critters are tied up in chains! I ''cut through their sides'' and ''rip off their hides'', and the next day I do it again! '''''EVERYBODDAY!!!!'''''" |
| 482 | * He also, at Kubrick's urging, made quite the snack of ''Film/DrStrangelove''. |
| 483 | ** The overacted scenes [[ActingInTheDark were supposed to be practice takes.]] Mr. Scott was not happy to see himself hamming it up on the big screen. |
| 484 | * ''Film/{{Hardcore}}''. '''TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!''' |
| 485 | * ''Film/TheExorcistIII''. The '''I BELIEVE''' speech was off the charts, even for Scott. |
| 486 | -->'''Kinderman:''' Yes, I believe... I believe in death. I believe in '''disease'''. I believe in injustice and inhumanity and torture and anger and hate... I believe in murder. I BELIEVE IN PAIN. I believe in cruelty and infidelity. '''''I believe in slime and stink and every crawling, putrid thing... every possible ugliness and corruption, YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! I BELIEVE...''''' in you. |
| 487 | -->"There is a ''carp'' in my bathtub, father. Swimming. Up. And down. Up. And down. And I ''hate'' it." |
| 488 | -->"WE'RE ''FINE''!" |
| 489 | -->"WILL YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" |
| 490 | -->"It is ''NOT'' in the file! It is NOT!" |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[folder:Quentin Tarantino]] |
| 494 | * [[Film/ReservoirDogs Lemme tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.]] |
| 495 | ** That's a lot of dicks |
| 496 | * [[Film/PulpFiction When you came pulling in here, did you notice a sign out in front of my house that said "Dead Nigger Storage"?]] |
| 497 | * [[Film/{{Desperado}} "He's thinkin' about the ham, he's thinkin' about the ham, he's thinkin' about his dick. Dick ham dick ham dick ham dick ham dick ham dick ham dick ham."]] |
| 498 | * [[Film/FromDuskTillDawn "How's your hand, Rich?" It hurts like a fucking son of a bitch, thanks for asking, Seth!]] |
| 499 | * [[Film/LittleNicky WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!]] |
| 500 | * [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} You gave me some wood, now I'm gonna give you some FUCKING wood!]] |
| 501 | * In ''Sleep With Me'': "'You can ''RIDE! MY! TAIL!! ANYTIME!!'' 'YOU CAN RIDE! ''MINE!!''" |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:John Turturro]] |
| 505 | * [[Film/MillersCrossing I CAN'T DIE...OUT HERE IN THE WOODS...LIKE A PRESSED HAM!!!]] |
| 506 | * [[Film/BartonFink I'm a writer, you monsters! I create! I create for a living! I'm a creator! I am a creator! This is my uniform!]] |
| 507 | * [[Film/TheBigLebowski Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass, and pull the fookin' trigger 'til it goes "click."]] |
| 508 | * [[Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou DO NOT SEEK THE HAM!]] |
| 509 | * [[Film/QuizShow Tune in and watch Herb Stempel get fed to the Columbia Lions! Tune in and watch Charles Van Doren eat his first kosher meal, this week on 'Twenty-One!']] |
| 510 | * [[Film/DoTheRightThing Take your ham and get the fuck back to Africa.]] |
| 511 | * [[Film/BrainDonors You're excited? Feel these nipples!]] |
| 512 | * [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen "ONE HAM! ALONE! BETRAYED BY THE COUNTRY HE LOVES!"]] |
| 513 | ** [[Film/Transformers2007 "You see this??? This is a 'Do-Whatever-I-Want-And-Get-Away-With-It' Badge"]] |
| 514 | [[/folder]] |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [[folder:Hugo Weaving]] |
| 517 | * Agent Smith in ''Film/TheMatrix'' is so hammy he doesn't ''need'' a ham-related pun! "Humans...are a '''virussss'''...a dis'''ease'''...and ''we'' are the cure!" |
| 518 | ** Even more in the sequels ("''Misss''ter Anderson! Surprised to see me?" and "Smith will suffice"). |
| 519 | ** "This is '''MY''' WORLD! '''MY WORLD!''' |
| 520 | * As Elrond in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Evil was allowed to enDURE]]." |
| 521 | * They had their money's worth with him as Red Skull: '''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger YOU]] [[VillainousBreakdown ARE]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVmBAd76kak FAILIIIINGGGG!!!]]''' |
| 522 | * [[Film/VForVendetta Beneath this mask is more than flesh]]; beneath this mask there is a ham, Mister Creedy — and ''hams are'' '''''bulletproof!''''' |
| 523 | * [[Film/CloudAtlas Old Georgie]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45g7ikQzes "No un'scapes the tru tru"]] |
| 524 | * Special mention to [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Megatron]], where he manages to out-ham most of the cast while supposedly ''phoning it in'': "You still fight for the ''WEAK''! ''That'' is why ''YOU '''LOSE!'''''" |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[folder:Other Hams on the Menu]] |
| 528 | * French actor Creator/LouisDeFunes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceHnmLffF3w These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiBhoDlSRM&feature=related videos]] are filled with his ham. |
| 529 | * Italian comedian Totò. |
| 530 | * R.J. Fletcher, the main villain in ''Film/{{UHF}}'', is a truly monumental ham. The performance was so over the top that, according to Music/WeirdAlYankovic, veteran actor Kevin [=McCarthy=] had a very difficult time keeping a straight face. |
| 531 | --> "This community means about as much to me as a festering bowl of dog snot!" |
| 532 | * The entire Barrymore family are the original Large Hams. Example: Creator/JohnBarrymore in ''Film/TwentiethCentury'' (1934): '''I CLOSE THE IRON DOOR ON YOU!''' |
| 533 | ** Their prominence is all the more impressive considering [[OlderThanTelevision it was an age]] when being a Large Ham was practically a ''requirement'' to appear in movies. |
| 534 | ** Except Creator/DrewBarrymore, who has a tendency to underplay things. Averted in her directorial debut ''Film/WhipIt'', in which she, cast in the minor role of [[BoisterousBruiser Smashley Simpson]], has a grand time chewing the scenery and shamelessly stealing every scene she's in - and the film is better for it. |
| 535 | * Creator/BillyCrystal loves to scream. A lot. |
| 536 | ** [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 Now put that thing back where it came from or so help me... Oh, hey. We're rehearsing a - a scene for the upcoming company play called uh, Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me. It's a musical.]] |
| 537 | ** [[Film/AnalyzeThis Well, what I think you should do... is stop whining about this pathetic loser. You are a tragedy queen! "Oh, Steve doesn't like me!" "Steve doesn't respect me!" Oh, who gives a shit? GET A FUCKIN' LIFE!]] |
| 538 | * Creator/RobertDeNiro as Max Cady in ''Film/CapeFear''. His Captain Shakespeare of the movie adaptation of ''Film/{{Stardust}}'' belongs here as well -- that can-can REEKS of ham (and you can just tell he loves every second of it). |
| 539 | ** If [[spoiler:Robert Bloody De Niro doing a can-can in a pink dress isn't the prime cut of all hams, watch it after ''Film/Ronin1998'']]. |
| 540 | ** Fearless Leader in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle.'' "GEEETTTT TTHHHEEEMMMMM!!!!!!!" |
| 541 | ** As UsefulNotes/AlCapone in ''Film/TheUntouchables'', particularly during his VillainousBreakdown. |
| 542 | * Robert Preston. ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', ''Victor/Victoria'', ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''... |
| 543 | * Creator/JamesRobertsonJustice. A Ham so Large, he was Creator/BrianBlessed and Creator/JohnRhysDavies combined, in virtually every single role he performed (''including'' the cheese commercials!). |
| 544 | * ANY movie John Agar is in. And watching him is like getting hit in the face OVER AND OVER by a large ham. |
| 545 | * Creator/RupertEverett is incredibly hammy. Highlights include [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 Dr. Claw]] ("Claw, just one name... like Music/{{Madonna}}"), Prince Charming from the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' sequels, and that CrowdSong-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IlzGRBnino propelling scene]] in ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding''. |
| 546 | * Creator/MarlonBrando in some of his films. |
| 547 | ** Creator/MarlonBrando started dishing out large servings of ham almost as soon as he started getting lead roles. |
| 548 | ** [[Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire Stellaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!]] |
| 549 | ** And if he wasn't hammy, it's likely because he simply didn't give a damn (the Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}} movies) |
| 550 | *** A role for which he didn't even bother memorizing his lines. He had cue cards taped all over the set so that every time he's on-screen, he is just reading lines. |
| 551 | * Let's not give Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, a.k.a. "The Rock" a free pass. From ''Film/TheRundown'' to ''Film/{{Doom}}'', hammy till the cows come home. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's pretty hilarious in every single case (the best being ''Film/BeCool'', especially his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQjEiXNuYik "acting showoff"]]). |
| 552 | -->Can you SMEEEEEELL what The Rock is COOOOKIIIIING?! |
| 553 | ** Yes, and it's a big thick ham steak, wrapped in bacon and stuffed into a suckling pig with a can of Spam in its mouth. Served on a plate of pork chops. |
| 554 | ** The Rock's mother didn't like him using the word "ass" (during his general promo about "turn[ing] that sumbitch sideways and sticking it straight up your candy ass!")... so one time, he changed it to "straight up... your '''RECTUM'''." |
| 555 | ** His work in the masterful ''Film/SouthlandTales''. "I'm a pimp... and pimps... don't. Commit. Suicide." |
| 556 | ** In ''Film/TheScorpionKing'' he proves you can ham up gestures. |
| 557 | ** ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' downright has "Smoldering Intensity" as one of his character's traits. And [[Film/JumanjiTheNextLevel the sequel]] helps Johnson's ham by forcing most of his early screentime to be a Creator/DannyDeVito impression! |
| 558 | ** Really, any wrestler-turned-actor is going to run into this as a rather understandable result of originating from the WorldOfHam that is professional wrestling, Wrestling/HulkHogan being possibly the UrExample. |
| 559 | * Creator/VincentPrice is another classic example. |
| 560 | ** For a particularly thick slice, check out one of his own particular favorites: Professor Ratigan in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. |
| 561 | ** Justified in ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'', where his character is a murderous actor. A HAMMY murderous actor. |
| 562 | ** His monologue at the beginning of the song ''Black Widow'' by Music/AliceCooper is nothing short of hamtastic. Same goes for his rap in Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller''. |
| 563 | ** In ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'', Price chews the scenery ''without even opening his mouth''. |
| 564 | ** Price was always the right side of ham though, as his passion for acting and captivating voice and mannerisms helped him stop becoming cheesy. |
| 565 | ** He also played Egghead in the '60s ''Series/Batman1966'' series, delivering a fine meal of ham and eggs. |
| 566 | ** In ''Film/HisKindOfWoman'', Price plays an Creator/ErrolFlynn-style movie star who, when confronted with real mortal danger from mobsters, gets a huge rush from it, and leaps into the fray shouting out Shakespeare with extra ham - he even wears a thespian cape! |
| 567 | * Creator/JoanCusack: |
| 568 | ** In ''Film/SchoolOfRock'', although Creator/JackBlack outhams her in that film. |
| 569 | ** Also, Joan Cusack as the nanny in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''. ''Don't I deserve love... '''and jewelry'''? |
| 570 | --->"That's not what I wanted! That's not who I ''was''! I was a ''ballerina''! '''GRACEFUL'''! '''DELICATE'''!" |
| 571 | ** How was Jessie introduced in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''? |
| 572 | --->'''''YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!''''' |
| 573 | * Creator/JackPalance could go from quiet, breathy ham to loud, bombastic ham in the blink of an eye. |
| 574 | * Listen up, you primitive screwheads! Creator/BruceCampbell is a LARGEHAM! He starts off as a DeadpanSnarker, top-of-the-line. You can find this in lines like "Groovy". That's right, then this sweet actor from Royal Oak, Michigan gets 110 bucks worth of ham. He's got a hyperactive jawline, walnut brown eyes, and a hair ham trigger. So when shopping for ham, [[Franchise/EvilDead Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart. GOT THAT?]] |
| 575 | ** Also, the only Sci-Fi original movies that are even close to bearable are the ones with Bruce Campbell in them, specifically for this reason. |
| 576 | ** His performance as an elderly Elvis in ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' is a slightly subdued version. |
| 577 | ** Sort of lampshaded in ''Army Of Darkness'', where one character asks if everyone in the future is as much of a loudmouthed braggart as he is. |
| 578 | ** Creator/SamRaimi gave him cameos in each film of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. The first two (a wrestling announcer and a theater usher) are short and constrained. But as a French maître d' in the third, he chews scenery and [[OneSceneWonder easily steals the scene]]. |
| 579 | ** Most of his covers in ''Series/BurnNotice'' are usually of the annoying American variety or high-class suit and tie coupled with a heavy serving of ham. |
| 580 | * Creator/ChristopherLee. |
| 581 | ** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing A great]] [[strike:EYYYE]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings HAM. LLLLID LESS. Wrrreaaathed in FLLLAAAMMME.]] |
| 582 | ** [[Film/SleepyHollow1999 Constable Crane!!!]] [[Film/SleepyHollow1999 This is a song that we have heard from you more than once!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdR4sA0MwEw A cameo appearance that is memorable.]] |
| 583 | * Creator/PeterSellers knew a thing or two about being this in many of his films. |
| 584 | ** Prime cuts of ham include the title character in ''Film/DrStrangelove'' and Dr. Fritz Fassbender in ''Film/WhatsNewPussycat'' (arguing with his wife: "Is ''she'' prettier than you? ''I'M'' prettier than you!"). And ''Chief'' [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Inspector Jacques Clouseau]] was good for five films' worth of this, especially as he drove Herbert Lom's hapless Dreyfus to the (hammy) edge of sanity. |
| 585 | ** Creator/StanleyKubrick, making ''Film/{{Lolita}}'', gave Sellers plenty of room to improvise, so his part as Claire Quilty grew much larger than planned, apparently bothering star James Mason in the process. |
| 586 | ** Speaking of Chief Inspector Clouseau, in ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther'', when he disguised as a "Salty Swedish Seadog" complete with a peg leg and inflatable parrot, his mangling of the sea shanty "Dead Man's Chest" climaxes in a really hammy manner deviating from the true lyrics even more than first three lines: |
| 587 | -->Sixteen chests on a dead man's rum\ |
| 588 | Yo-ho-ho in the bottle of the chest\ |
| 589 | Drink to the devils and done for the rums\ |
| 590 | '''HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!''' |
| 591 | * Creator/{{Mako}}: |
| 592 | ** The Wizard played by Mako in ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' is a humming ball of ham in a seaweed outfit, while [[MeaningfulName Thulsa Doom]] manages to be completely mesmerising, yet hammy as well. "Steel isn't strong, boy...'''flesssh''' is stronger." |
| 593 | --->Contemplate this... '''on the tree of woe.''' |
| 594 | --->'''Mako''': '''"BETWEEEEEN THE TIME WHEN THE OCEANS DRAANK ATLAAANTIS...''' AAAND the rise of the sons of Aryas... there was an age undreamed-of. AND ONTO THIS, CONAN! Destined to bear the jeweled cwown of [[strike:[[MemeticMutation Kahlifonia]]]] Aquilonia UP...PON A TROUB...BLED...BROW. It is I, his KWONICLER who ALONE can tell thee of his saga. '''LET ME TELL YOU OF THE DAYS OF HIIIIIIIGH AD-VEN-TUUUUREE!!!!"'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZY2mRG5mzg]] |
| 595 | ** '''[[AwesomeMusic/{{Film}} DUN DUN DA-DUN, DA-DUN, DA-DUN, DA-DUN!]]''' |
| 596 | ** Speaking of Mako, '''[[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack AKU, THE SHAPESHIFTING MASTER OF DARKNESS!]]''' |
| 597 | ** Do you know why he is called the Dragon of the West? Here's a hint: It's not because he's WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender. |
| 598 | * Creator/GeoffreyRush, [[http://thedissolve.com/news/4609-geoffrey-rush-goes-for-final-quarter-of-egot-by-st/ singled out]] by Creator/NathanRabin as a "shameless ham", who won an Oscar for [[Film/{{Shine}} "a real-life person who was essentially a collection of hammy tics and actorly mannerisms"]] and an Emmy for "in a bit of egregious scenery-chewing, he played not only the famous acting chameleon Creator/PeterSellers but also, in fantasy sequences, a number of people in Sellers' life". A large portion of the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' folder [[LargeHam/LiveActionFilms here]] is highlighting how carried away Rush gets playing Captain Barbossa. |
| 599 | * Creator/JohnLithgow in nearly everything he's done since the '90s, including his role in ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' as Dick Solomon: |
| 600 | -->"I'm GORGEOUS!" |
| 601 | ** ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'', where he is a criminal mastermind trying to find 100 million dollars, but finding plenty of ham. |
| 602 | ** John Lithgow? You mean [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Dr. Emilio Lizardo]] himself? [="CURSE-A YOU BANZAI!"=] |
| 603 | ** 1985's ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie''. "FOR '''FREE'''?!?!" |
| 604 | ** ''Film/Bombshell2019'' has Lithgow as Roger Ailes, who not only was a [[FatBastard really large]] ham but as full of himself as possible. |
| 605 | ** [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 "I WILL HAVE ORDER! I WILL HAVE PERFECTION!]] [[KilledMidSentence I WILL HAVE--"]] |
| 606 | * Creator/VictoriaPedretti, due to her background in theater, her expressive facial features, and her high energy can devour scenery as well as a 20-year veteran. Either of her characters in the ''Haunting'' series are prime examples. |
| 607 | * Starting with his breakout role in ''Film/HighFidelity'', Creator/JackBlack always plays the BigFun personified in any movie he gets, except for when he's the romantic lead (''Film/ShallowHal'' and ''Film/TheHoliday''). Even animated, as the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' trilogy can attest (along with a secondary but still hammy role in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge1''). Highlights include ''Film/SchoolOfRock'', as Black brings in all the ham of rock n'roll, and ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', where he plays a teenage girl! |
| 608 | * Creator/WoodyHarrelson in most of his roles, such as the mad conspiracy theorist in ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', the overtly enthusiastic Tallahassee in ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' (great examples are his frustration whenever he can't find a Twinkie in the first, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGutumux1s him imitating Elvis]] in [[Film/ZombielandDoubleTap the sequel]]), and a serial killer turned supervillain in ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' (which even has [[https://youtu.be/uCLIMHRed_o?t=245 an impromptu Johnny Cash parody]]). |
| 609 | * Creator/AdamSandler, before ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights''. |
| 610 | --->'''I LOOKED AT MY ASSHOLE IN THE MIRROR TODAY. IT BLEW MY F***IN' MIND!''' |
| 611 | * Creator/MattFrewer hams it up in most of the roles he's done, from ''M-M-M-Series/MaxHeadroom'' to ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' (the not-quite-SoBadItsGood 90's TV movie). |
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