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6[[caption-width-right:350:Creator/RaulJulia's [[LargeHam ham]] and ''Film/StreetFighter''[='=]s [[SoBadItsGood cheese]] makes for one ''[[Memes/StreetFighter delicious]]'' combination.]]
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8->''"I figured if I was going to do this stupid movie, I might as well have fun and go as far over the top as I possibly could. All that eye-rolling and foaming at the mouth was me deciding that if I was going to be in a piece of shit like that movie, I was going to be the most memorable fucking thing in it. And I think I succeeded."''
9-->-- '''Creator/MichaelIronside''' on his role of '''General Katana''' in ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening''
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11Say you're an actor and a damn good one at that. You're hot stuff in Hollywood, with directors throwing money at your feet to be in their film. So you pick the one [[MoneyDearBoy that gets you the most cash]] or sounds the most promising in general. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong It'll all be fine, right?]] ''[[TemptingFate Wrong.]]'' You arrive on set to find what seems to be a film GoneHorriblyWrong, complete with SpecialEffectsFailure, [[DullSurprise horrible actors]], and a script with so much cheese and so many holes it might as well be printed on deli Swiss. What's a star to do?
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13Well, you have options. You ''could'' just say "ScrewThisImOuttaHere", storm off and refuse to associate with the film ever again, you ''could'' [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the project seriously]], and try with all your might to make it work... ''[[TakeAThirdOption Or]]'' you could unleash [[LargeHam The Hog]], [[MilkingTheGiantCow milk that great big heifer]] dry, and [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]] into a fine ''pulp''. If it's going to be a ''well-remunerated'' bad movie, you might as well enjoy yourself, eh? And who knows? You might even end up [[SoBadItsGood saving the film]].
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15After all... What could go better with all that cheese than a big slab of '''HAM?'''
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17You may notice that these performances tend to appear in tandem with ones that TookTheBadFilmSeriously if only because they are such obvious [[{{Foil}} Foils]] for each other. Also, compare OneSceneWonder; both roles/actors in these films play memorable, often over-the-top enjoyable performances and can make them one of the best parts of a film. Compare the SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery; the rule often applies to actors who know exactly when to serve up the Ham and Cheese.
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19Can overlap with QuestionableCasting and AwesomeDearBoy. Compare ChewingTheScenery, WagTheDirector. Contrast TookTheBadFilmSeriously.
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21'''NOTE:''' This is ''not'' for listing hammy roles in good or even decent works. For the ham without the cheese, see tropes such as LargeHam and IncomingHam for good alternates.
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24!!Examples:
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28[[folder:Advertising]]
29* ThoseWackyNazis had a series of propaganda ads called Liese Und Miese, in which [[RightWayWrongWayPair Liese, a patriotic woman, did things that were beneficial to Germany, and Miese, a traitor, did things like listen to foreign radio broadcasts and talk to spies.]] Miese was played by an actress who was secretly half-Jewish and deliberately made Miese extremely likable and entertaining.
30* [[MundaneMadeAwesome Listen in awe]] as Creator/GilbertGottfried tells us of Shoe-Dini! It's not just a shoehorn, it's a shoehorn [[RecycledINSPACE ON A STICK!!]]
31* The commercials for Advertising/{{Volvic}} mineral water featuring Tyrannosaurus Alan and George the Volcano, while animated pretty well, are just cheesy enough to reach MemeticMutation territory for {{YouTube Poop}}s, 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.
32-->"Come on, world! I'll have you for breakfast!"\
33"'''BIRDS!'''"\
34[[DoubleEntendre "I'm the daddy NOOOW!"]]\
35"Well done to '''REVIIIVE'''!"
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38[[folder:Anime]]
39* ''VisualNovel/DiabolikLovers'', in terms of its sadomasochism and the misogynist nature of the series, many are left disgusted at the fetishized abuse. That being said, it is generally agreed that the anime would have been less enjoyable if it wasn't for the overly dramatic voice acting in the English dub, particularly Creator/ChrisPatton's Ayato and Creator/MaggieFlecknoe's Yui. Given that ''Creator/SentaiFilmworks'' seems to have licensed it for contractual reasons, and the general reputation of the series, they seemed to have put as much intentional ham as they could, knowing it's not exactly an arthouse masterpiece.
40* The English dub of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is a glorious slab of glazed ham exactly for this reason. Not because it's a bad series, far from it, but given its reveling in some of the most suggestive dialogue and gross-out humour this side of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', they're all clearly having a blast, especially the two leads who take all the double-entendres and [[ClusterFBomb filthy lines of dialogue]] coming from the angelic divas as passionately as they can.
41** Case in [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] point, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiOyoyUYC4 here's the digest.]] May contain spoilers.
42* This seems to be the Creator/{{Funimation}} staff's method for dubbing [[PantyFighter fanservice-heavy anime]]. Knowing the audience isn't exactly watching for high drama, the actresses tend to indulge in the over the top sleaze and have fun with it. Creator/JamieMarchi is the most obvious example.
43** New Generation Pictures were the first to try this with ''Manga/IkkiTousen''. The cast and crew working on the dub knew how trashy the show was... and had a glorious time with it. The writing was very self-aware, and the performances were exaggerated to hell and back. Headline's very straight dub for Season 2 was really underwhelming in comparison. New Generation returned for Seasons 3-4 and the movie and went right back to their original hammy style.
44* Creator/FourKidsEntertainment English dubs are this. While their localization and licensing have been heavily criticized for their heavy censorship, it is generally agreed that the voice acting within 4Kids is seen as relatively high quality. In particular, Creator/DanGreen's name has become an internet meme thanks to his grandiose voice acting of Yami Yugi in the ''Manga/YuGiOh'' series (itself an example because 4Kids knew full well how ridiculous the premise was and frequently dipped into GagDub territory with the voice direction and one-liners). It should also be noted that many of the voice actors were paid ''higher'' than the typical union rates for anime voice work, hence why the voice actors were able to pull off such good performances despite the company's reputation of censorship.
45* ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'' suffers from a lot of the problems an adaptation of its source material's scope would come under (noticeable animation errors, rushed storylines, awkward pacing etc.). And yet one of the most widely praised aspects was the dub, as the dub actors (who for the most part reprise their roles from the game), inject the same charm into their characters that made them so beloved in-game while giving plenty of funny moments almost to GagDub levels. This is especially true for Creator/XanderMobus, who free to voice Joker with more than just short lines, goes all-out in playing Ren as both a suave and calculating Phantom Thief and dorky/snarky teenager, and it's a treat to hear.
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49* Creator/OrsonWelles as Unicron in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''. His final performance may have been voice-only in a rather silly kids' show [[TheMovie movie]], but ''damn'' if it wasn't the hammiest thing since pig roasts. Notably, being a PlanetEater, Unicron ''[[{{Pun}} actually chews]] on [[ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt the scenery]]''.
50-->'''PROCEED. ''ON YOUR WAY TO OBLIVION!'''''
51* Creator/EricIdle as [[spoiler:"Evil Martin"]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH2TimmyToTheRescue.'' Probably the best part about that movie.
52* Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as Lord Maliss in the ''Literature/SnowWhite'' animated knock-off ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfter''. Also Creator/EdAsner as his henchman, the owl Scowl.
53* Kenneth Mars as Voltor in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit.'' The script is garbage, but Mars is shamelessly over the top in every one of his lines, automatically making his role the most enjoyable.
54* Although the movie isn't awful, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'' has Pat Caroll as Morgana, Ursula's sister.[[note]]Caroll played Ursula herself in the first movie.[[/note]] Her EvilGloating in the climax is cheesy as hell, but her spectacular hamminess makes it very enjoyable.
55--> "Pathetic ''[[YouFool fools]]''! Watch and see how ''utterly'' '''''powerful''''' I can ''be''!!!"
56* 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 ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure''.
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60* Creator/RaulJulia just seemed to love this trope. If he had a reason to invoke this trope - ''any'' reason - he would. Hence why he is this page's image!
61** Pictured above: Julia as M. Bison in ''Film/StreetFighter''. He succeeded in completely stealing the show and both [[TropeNamer naming]] and [[TropeCodifier codifying]] an [[ButForMeItWasTuesday utterly awesome trope]]. All the more so because he was dying of cancer, and wanted his last roles to [[DyingMomentOfAwesome go out with a bang]] (as well as [[SoMyKidsCanWatch leave something for his kids to enjoy]]; they were fans of the video games). See the Best of Bison [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asDvjuiNNLw part one]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF1KKAs-RmY part two]] -- That's right, Youtube's not powerful enough to contain all that ham in a single video.
62--->'''Bison:''' ''You still refuse to ACCEPT... '''[[AGodAmI my godhood?!]] KEEP your own God! In fact, this might be a good time to PRAY to Him! [[Literature/TheBible For I beheld Satan]] as he FELL [[RollYourRs FRROM]] HEAVENNN! LIKE LIGHTNIINNNGG!!!'''''
63** He also did this in ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'' out of his support for public broadcasting (as seen on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'').
64** ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' too, but then, [[WorldOfHam the whole cast was hamming it up]] except for Creator/AnjelicaHuston, and that's probably because her character just didn't work that way - Morticia, just by virtue of sitting back and letting Gomez chew scenery, ends up being [[TheComicallySerious the funniest one]] by treating the silliness around her as perfectly normal.
65** 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 up.
66* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' gave us Creator/SteveMartin as the ACME Chairman (no name given), who was undoubtedly a Dr. Evil-esque parody of James Bond villains, combined with corporation owner (arguably based on the James Bond film ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''). While the film wasn't exactly the greatest Looney Tunes piece ever made (quite the opposite, according to critics), Martin just went all-out with his character. In some of the developer reels, they talked about how Martin genuinely liked being silly with his character so much he would even stay in character during breaks for no other reason than because he could. [[ThrowItIn Half the stuff they threw in because he ad-libbed it on the set]].
67--> '''Martin (voice steadily rising further into the speech)''': Here is your father, [[ChainedToARailway tied to these railroad tracks]], and here is the ACME Train of Death, right on schedule! You see, Mr. Drake, if the train of death doesn't kill him, then maybe those cr-r-rates of T.N.T. will, not to mention the [[AnvilOnHead two-ton anvil hanging over his head]], and-- oh look! That's the [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Pendulum]] of [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Doom]]! What is the Pendulum of Doom doing there!? '''I did not order the Pendulum of Doom! THAT'S [[NoKillLikeOverkill OVERKILL!]] ''GET RID OF IT!'''''
68* In ''Film/Godzilla1998'', Creator/JeanReno's Gallic disdain for American coffee, cigarettes, and doughnuts, along with his extreme competence, make him far and away the best thing in the movie. He's cheesier than a croque-monsieur, and yet his diet consists solely of scenery.
69* ''Film/TheCore'':
70** Had a cast of veteran actors, including big-profile stars Creator/AaronEckhart and Oscar winner Creator/HilarySwank. Yet Creator/StanleyTucci seems to have been the only person in it that was aware of the utter ridiculousness of the plot and thus provided a really campy performance. He is arguably the most entertaining thing in the movie. You can't necessarily tell from his performance, but Aaron Eckhart later admitted [[http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=7475&s=interviews in an interview]] that he could barely keep a straight face through most of his lines.
71--->"None of us could believe our eyes when we finally saw who else had been cast. These guys are all great actors; Creator/StanleyTucci, Creator/HilarySwank, Delroy Lindo, Creator/BruceGreenwood. We kind of all looked at each and said 'you too?' ... Stanley Tucci and I got to manhandle some nuclear bombs, and there were times we were laughing so hard that he almost literally went to the bathroom in his space suit."
72** The director himself gives as good as his cast in the DVDCommentary. It's either exquisite SelfParody, 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.
73* Creator/UweBoll is notorious for crapass movies, but the first ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}'' movie is actually ''somewhat'' bearable because of distinguished actor Udo Kier ([[Film/BloodForDracula who has a history with vampires himself]]).
74** Creator/BenKingsley was asked in a [[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1649293,00.html Time interview]]:
75--->'''Time:''' What were you thinking when you accepted a role in ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}''? It's hard to imagine someone so gifted not realizing what a terrible film that would be!\
76'''Kingsley:''' I don't know whether to be upset or flattered by that question. To be honest, I have always wanted to play a vampire, with the teeth and the long black cape. Let's say that [[AwesomeDearBoy my motives were somewhat immature for doing it]].
77* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'':
78** Creator/JeremyIrons, who manages to out-ham the entire cast and special effects department by virtue of his eyebrows alone. There is also his aide, Damodar (Bruce Payne), who manages to chew almost as much scenery as him [[ColdHam despite never raising his voice during the entire movie.]]
79** Creator/ThoraBirch however, TookTheBadFilmSeriously and her scenes with Irons are a sight to behold.
80* ''Film/{{Eragon}}'':
81** The [[Creator/GarrettHedlund guy who plays Murtaugh]] is clearly having the time of his life.
82** He's only in a few scenes, the title for the largest ham in ''Eragon'' has to go to Creator/JohnMalkovich, who, along with his silly over the top costume, emphasizes every single syllable and sound. The Podcast/RiffTrax for ''Eragon'' refers to John Malkovich as "the [[LargeHam ham's ham]]. He makes Creator/AlPacino look subtle."
83---> I suffer without my stone. DO...NOT...PROLONG...MY...SUFFERING!
84** Chris Egan had only a bit part as Roran, but managed to spin it into a starring role on the vastly superior but tragically short-lived ''Series/{{Kings}}'' alongside the legendary Creator/IanMcShane.
85* Irons and Malkovich 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.
86* Malkovich is pretty notorious for this on his own as well:
87** Malkovich got into the whole silly, OTT atmosphere in ''Film/ConAir'' as well. To the point where he's standing on the ramp of a plane in flight, holding a pistol to the head of a soft toy and yelling at an assault chopper.
88* Aasif Mandvi plays Admiral Zhao in ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' the same way he usually portrays himself on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' or other comedy-based productions. Thus, lines that were supposedly serious come across as hilarious when he reads them ("This is a SCROLL FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY!")
89* 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 up. 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.
90* Creator/EwanMcGregor in ''Film/TheIsland2005''. He also shows a bit of it in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels, although generally, he's just reading his lines, rather like Sir Creator/AlecGuinness did in the same role for the original film. He enjoys himself much better when fighting than when talking, really.
91* Creator/AlecGuinness in ''Film/Scrooge1970'' gives the most upbeat, sarcastic Jacob Marley performance in history. Even during the scene in HELL of all places, he's skipping around and milking every bit of ham he can out of his lines.
92%%* Creator/RichardBurton had an unnerving habit of combining this ''with'' TookTheBadFilmSeriously. ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'' may be the best example.
93* Creator/KirkDouglas as the title character Cactus Jack Slade in ''Film/TheVillain''. There is ''simply no way'' that he read that script (it's essentially a live-action [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Roadrunner cartoon]]) and expected it to be anything but a big, luscious, gooey block of Velveeta.
94* 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]]!
95** 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 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.
96* The Brazilian film ''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]]
97* Creator/AlanRickman's completely over-the-top, campy performance in ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. He must have realized the film was going to be critically killed because he signed onto the film on the condition that ''he get to play the part however he wanted''. Similar to Raul Julia above, he [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon also got to be a]] TropeNamer due to this film.
98* Creator/TildaSwinton in the not-really-critically-acclaimed ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' adaptation ''Film/Constantine2005''. 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 Swinton playing an insane, [[{{Bifauxnen}} androgynous]] angel with well-pedicured feet and [[WaifFu impressive martial arts skills]]...).
99* Some of Creator/PeterSellers' films from the early 1970s, when he desperately needed the work, most notably the unreleased-until-the-VHS era comedy-adventure ''Ghost in the Noonday Sun'' (1974). David Lodge, a friend, commented to Sellers biographer Alexander Walker "It was a case of the wrong people in charge of the right people." Luckily, Peter was playing a bedraggled pirate baddie, so he was free to be hammy and took the opportunity.
100* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'':
101** Creator/MaxVonSydow as Ming is a touch more restrained than many on this list, but definitely having fun with the part.
102** Creator/ChaimTopol as Zarkov is, ironically, a Jewish ham.
103** Both of them must have realized that you have to work hard to be remembered in a movie with '''Creator/BrianBlessed'''.
104* In ''Film/DemolitionMan'', Creator/WesleySnipes is having the time of his life as over-the-top bad guy Simon Phoenix.
105* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' movies have a history of this.
106** ''Film/BatmanForever'' has Creator/JimCarrey babbling about "brainwave manipulation", stating that his neon wardrobe keeps him "safe while he's jogging at night." Ham and cheese on rye. One gets the impression that Creator/TommyLeeJones was using the film as an excuse to enjoy himself as well - mostly [[HamToHamCombat trying to surpass Carrey when they share the screen]]. Case in point, the entire sequence involving the attack on Wayne Manor.
107** Creator/UmaThurman's performance in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. She clearly thought she was signing up for something good (Batman? And Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger are gonna be in it? Sounds awesome!) ...And then she got the script. And saw the sickeningly neon costumes. She plays Poison Ivy as a completely over-the-top villainess, and she's clearly having a fabulous time doing it. One of the very few saving graces of that movie. The same goes for Schwarzenegger, who admitted to hating the [[AnIcePerson Mr. Freeze]] armor [[DyeingForYourArt he had to keep wearing]]. He sure looks like he's having fun though.
108*** Really, most of the cast. The film ends up feeling like a giant prank on Creator/GeorgeClooney, who TookTheBadFilmSeriously.
109** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' was widely criticized for being overly dark and dreary. However, Creator/JesseEisenberg as Lex Luthor is the sole exception, portraying the character as completely insane and more akin to The Riddler. Needless to say, he's one of the few sources of humor in an otherwise extremely bleak and depressing movie, which is part of the reason his performance was criticized for being jarring and ill-fitting.
110* In ''Film/{{King Arthur|2004}}'', 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.
111* Creator/LaurenceOlivier in ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice1940'', complete with [[HollywoodCostuming period-wrong costumes]], [[DawsonCasting casting]] that had the lead actors ''twenty years older'' than their characters, and inexplicable plot alterations that turned it into a farcical shadow of the book. Olivier's Darcy was a [[SmugSnake smarmy, smirking]], effeminately fluttering [[TheDandy dandy]] whose only function was to be shot down repeatedly by Elizabeth. From Olivier, a performance that bad had to be an intentional piss-take.
112* Creator/ChristopherPlummer in the [[SoBadItsGood horror of hysterical proportions]] that was ''Film/{{Starcrash}}''. "IMPERIAL BATTLESHIP! HALT... THE FLOW... OF TIME!!!"
113* Creator/JamesMarsters as Piccolo and Creator/ChowYunFat as Master Roshi in ''Film/DragonballEvolution''.
114* Creator/DennisHopper in ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' seems to not want to waste any good acting on the movie.
115** Hopper must've known that ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck was gonna suck]]. I mean, with lines like: "AHM GONNA CUT OPEN HIS HEAD, AND AHM GONNA [[BrainFood EAT HIS BRAAAAAAAAAAIIIIN]]!!!!"
116* Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Balrog in ''Film/StreetFighterTheLegendOfChunLi''. He seems to be the only one in the movie aware of how bad the entire thing is, but is also the only named character who isn't [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously treating the whole thing as]] SeriousBusiness. Accordingly, he's the only character that looks like he's actually enjoying himself and shamelessly [[LargeHam hams up]] his ScaryBlackMan role.
117** There was Chris Klein, who was channeling two parts Creator/ChristianSlater and one part Creator/DavidCaruso in his portrayal of Charlie Nash.
118* Duncan pulls a similar performance as Kingpin in ''Film/Daredevil2003''.
119** This movie also gave us Creator/ColinFarrell in a Hamfully stunning performance as Bullseye, a giggling, frothing, leather-clad Irishman. You just know he's taking the piss the whole time.
120* 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 a ridiculous plot 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.
121* Creator/MichaelYork's performance in ''Megiddo: Film/TheOmegaCode 2'': what is otherwise a terribly acted, terrible special effect filled Christian BMovie becomes a SoBadItsGood laugh riot solely due to York playing his role as the Antichrist with record-breaking amounts of ham. You can tell he's enjoying himself immensely.
122* The Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger apocalypse flick ''Film/EndOfDays''. Despite the presence of Creator/KevinPollak 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.
123* ''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 have a mixed reception, Ian ''is'' genuinely [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously fond of his character and thus plays him the best way possible.]]
124--> "Palpatine is the only good thing about [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith the movie]] that's actually ''in'' the movie."
125--->-- '''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry Plinkett]]'''
126** This also applies to Palpatine’s reappearance in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', where, despite the film having a few glaring writing mistakes here and there (including not bothering to explain how he survived his supposed death in ''Return of the Jedi''), Ian still hams up his role, even stating he had to "contain himself" when he was approached with the offer to return to the role since [[AwesomeDearBoy he loves playing it that much.]]
127* The Film/TransformersFilmSeries is rather full of actors letting it loose, such as Creator/JohnTurturro in the first three movies, Malkovich hamming it up in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', Creator/StanleyTucci in ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' and Creator/AnthonyHopkins in ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight''.
128* Creator/KennethBranagh was clearly having a good deal of fun in the terrible 1999 rendition of ''Film/WildWildWest''. His hamtastic performance is the only really redeeming thing about that movie ([[MsFanservice besides]] Creator/SalmaHayek, and the great Music/ElmerBernstein scoring his final Western).
129* Komodo, the BigBad of ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue'' is... astonishing. Angus Macfadyen seems to spend the entire film on the verge of bursting into laughter, and frequently gives in. Wow. What was he on? Given that the same actor played the stoic [=DuPont=] in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' and Robert the Bruce in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' (both under a lot less makeup), he is clearly capable of turning in a subtle performance. Given what he had to work with, that is a ludicrous script starring some kid and a bunch of {{Undercrank}}ed kangaroos poorly ripping off the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles,'' he must've just decided to pop some E and go ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
130* Creator/SeanConnery as Sir August de Wynter in ''Film/TheAvengers1998''.
131* The ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' series has this trope in spades...
132** Sean Connery realized how much ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' was sinking into {{Sequelitis}}, and made his performance one big raised middle finger to the producers who brought his character BackFromTheDead so he could appear in the sequel.
133** Creator/MichaelIronside's portrayal of BigBad General Katana. The statement from him at the top of the page is quite possibly the most explicit admission of engaging in this trope in cinema history.
134** ''Highlander II'' also features John C. [=McGinley=] (who, by his own admittance, was channeling Creator/OrsonWelles) as TheDragon. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], in his commentary for his review of the film, stated that although he hated the film overall, he gave credit to [=McGinley=]'s performance.
135** ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' features Bruce Payne (who also hammed it up as Jeremy Irons' lackey in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'') as the main villain, Jacob Kell, who gives one of the most questionable performances of the entire series.
136--->'''Kell''': What's wrong? Don't you want to be [[AccidentalInnuendo inside me]]?
137** The Guardian acts ludicrously over the top in every scene he's in ''Film/HighlanderTheSource''. As [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] pointed out, every word out of his mouth is a wisecrack.
138* While Creator/ChristopherLambert wasn't this in ''Highlander'', he certainly made up for it when [[QuestionableCasting he got cast as]] Raiden for ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''. He and Creator/LindenAshby (Johnny Cage) were pretty much tossing the comedy ball back and forth for the whole film.
139** The same goes for [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation the sequel]], despite recasting nearly everyone, just about all the non-hero roles are played with zero regard for subtlety.
140* Creator/MusettaVander is notorious for this trope all over her filmography, and not just ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation''. If it's sci-fi/fantasy, there's roughly a 95% chance she'll exhibit any number of overacting tropes. If she's playing a villain, it's ''[[EvilIsHammy guaranteed]]''.
141* Creator/BrianCox seems to be the only cast member from ''Film/{{Troy}}'' who thinks "Ah, ItWillNeverCatchOn.", judging by his performance. "This is a man [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide drunk with power]]," he told an interviewer, "It's the best part in the ''film!"''
142** He is outdone by a fan of ''Film/{{Troy}}'' in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBrYq4Rg48 scene commentary]]: ''"The greatest battle of all time! MWHAHAHAHAHA!"''
143** Creator/BradPitt and Creator/OrlandoBloom had moments of this in ''Film/{{Troy}}''. Brad Pitt, fully capable of all ranges in performance, looks halfway comatose unless he's got a ShirtlessScene, in which case he turns into a LargeHam. Bloom is clearly out to lunch for half the movie and has fun with it when his character gets lines.
144* Creator/TerryCrews was the best thing in ''Film/{{Gamer}}'', a 2009 C-movie that never answered any of the interesting questions it didn't even realize it was asking.
145** Creator/MichaelCHall also had his moments of delicious hammy goodness, including an unexpected musical number.
146* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' is a [[GuiltyPleasure cheesy, stupid movie]]. ''Nobody'' took that film seriously, but Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/JosephGordonLevitt realize exactly what kind of movie they're in and have fun with it. The problem is that there's not much Hammy latitude for the good guys. Marlon--"''Whoo!''", Storm Shadow and Baroness actually seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, though. It's part of the reason why it's so fun.
147* In his long career, Sir Creator/ChristopherLee played this trope many times. An awesome actor, he nevertheless played ([[TypeCasting mostly villains]]) in many, many awful B flicks, and then [[RefugeInAudacity deliberately]] set his acting to [[LargeHam over-the-top mode]]. As a result, these movies often ended up into the SoBadItsGood zone, almost only because of him. It probably helps that he'll rarely flinch at any project offered him. He once did the narration for a Music/RhapsodyOfFire album, back when they were still called Rhapsody, and stated in the interview that he was told when he was young that a person should try everything in life, except murder and incest.
148* Creator/AlPacino, from iconic performances in classic films like ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', was widely believed to be one of the greatest actors in the history of film. Al [[Film/ScentOfAWoman "HOO-AH!!"]] Pacino, from oversized performances in films like ''Film/{{S1m0ne}}'', ''Film/{{Gigli}}'' and ''Film/EightyEightMinutes'', is widely believed to enjoy {{money|DearBoy}}. Ironically, it's the latter who won the Oscar.
149* ''EVERYONE'' in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'' but '''especially''' Creator/JohnLithgow. It's just one reason why it's such an awesome movie instead of forgettable.
150* Creator/UmaThurman and Creator/SteveCoogan seem to be the only actors having a blast in the otherwise bad and forgettable film adaptation of ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''. And it shows in their over-the-top but awesome performances.
151* Creator/NicolasCage's overacting is part of the reason for the humor in many scenes of the SoBadItsGood remake of ''Film/TheWickerMan2006''. He admitted in an interview that after finding out he was going to punch a woman while wearing a bear suit in it, it became impossible to take it seriously, and it shows in the film's much plentiful {{narm}}.
152-->'''Cage (as Edward Malus)''': Ah, no! [[MemeticMutation Not the bees!! NOT THE BEES!!!!]] AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!
153** Really pick almost any Nic Cage movie at random, he's made a career of overacting in implausible action movies that would be utterly forgettable if he wasn't ChewingTheScenery. A particularly infamous example is ''Film/{{Deadfall}},'' a very dull and mediocre heist thriller where everyone else, including Creator/MichaelBiehn and Creator/JamesCoburn, obviously couldn't be arsed to care and completely phones it in with a flat, lifeless performance. The acting ability the rest of the cast ''should'' have brought to the table, however, is still in the movie; it just all wound up crammed into Nic Cage's performance instead. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nN17X-OdGQ&t=9s Seeing is believing.]]
154* Completely by accident, Creator/JohnTravolta does this a few times in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''. It's accidental because [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously he thought the film was going to be great]], otherwise, he might have been doing that in every scene. Creator/ForestWhitaker, [[MoneyDearBoy on the other hand...]]
155* How about John Travolta '''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).
156* Creator/MichaelSheen, who joined the cast of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' to [[SoMyKidsCanWatch make his daughter happy]]. You can tell he's aware that he's in a film that caters almost exclusively to screaming tweens, none of whom will give him a second glance, and he hams it up magnificently.
157** He pretty much did it again for ''Film/TronLegacy'' -- his maniacal, campy Music/DavidBowie impersonation made him one of the great highlights and sources of comedy in an otherwise dreary, over-serious film.
158* Creator/RalphFiennes again in the ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' remake, playing [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] in that film. In the midst of a mostly negative review in the Washington Post, the review comments that "Fiennes' appearance provides a jolt. Arriving always with his head curiously fixed within a cloud of swirling black smog, he knows how to make an entrance. His part is surely the best in the movie, and he's clearly having fun."
159** Creator/LiamNeeson comes seriously close to out-hamming him, if not succeeding. Either way, the real clash in this movie is the HamToHamCombat both actors are clearly enjoying. '''RELEASE THE ''[[strike:KRAKEN]] LARGE HAM''!!!'''
160* Many critics have said that Nicole Parker is the only part of a Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg "film" that's even remotely enjoyable to watch. Critics said that while her roles in ''Epic Movie'' and ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Disaster Movie]]'' consist of just dressing up like celebrities and other movie characters and delivering some very low-grade "jokes", she actually puts some effort in it, and overacts with a style to the point where she can almost get a laugh.
161* Creator/ChristopherWalken in ''Film/TheCountryBears''. It's one of Disney's mostly forgettable 'family films'. However, Walken's completely over-the-top performance as the [[VaudevilleVillain evil banker]] makes it a lot more tolerable.
162-->"THIS IS NOT OVAH! .....'''[+++BEARS!!!+++]'''
163** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1rkXYGK6Ls Just watch this.]] Congratulations, you've seen everything worth seeing in that movie.
164* Creator/GaryOldman in the film version of ''Film/LostInSpace''.
165** Consider this - he had Creator/JonathanHarris' incredibly over the top portrayal of Dr. Smith from the TV series to try living up to.
166* In ''Film/LesMiserables1998'', Creator/GeoffreyRush as Inspector Javert steals the show, and manages to be awesome despite his character being forced to play the villain instead of the original noble antagonist. But man, does he enjoy! And then he suddenly gives us that TearJerker ending.
167* ALL of the killers from low-budget satire/horror ''$la$her$'' hammed it up like pro-wrestlers (quite beautifully considering they were all non-actors). {{Justified|Trope}}, since they're entertainers as well as psychopaths, and play it to the hilt for their studio audience.
168* ''Film/TheATeam'': The main cast looks like they're having an absolute blast, especially Creator/LiamNeeson and Creator/SharltoCopley.
169** As well they should. If you watch an episode of [[Series/TheATeam the old show]], the original cast was having a blast, too (especially Creator/DwightSchultz as the original Murdock).
170** Creator/GeorgePeppard hams it up like crazy in this show, but his interviews after the show ended made it clear it was a perfectly miserable experience for him (especially his relationship with Creator/MrT which was fractured until just before his death).
171* ''Film/SLCPunk'' is a basic stoner movie, but Til Schweiger shows up as Mark, an unhinged wealthy European, and steals his scenes with this weird wild-eyed enthusiasm (as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZAjHrL3iHA here]]), even though he's not super-loud, like some examples on this list.
172-->'''Mark (brandishing a laser disc):''' Dere's a ''movie'' in dere! *smiles gleefully*
173* Creator/MichaelGambon's performance as Lt. General Leland Zevo in ''Film/{{Toys}}''. And getting hammier and hammier as the movie approaches its climax.
174* About 50% of the oeuvre of Creator/ChristopherWalken is this, especially since TheNineties. It is an article of faith in Hollywood that, if you have a real stinker of a movie, just give a supporting role to Walken, [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery and that'll be good for an extra two or three stars on]] Website/IMDb. And you know what? It's true.
175* Creator/AlecBaldwin tries his hand at this as the slimy bad guy in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''. Creator/MikeMyers tries as well, but...fails. Hard.
176* ''Literature/{{Congo}}'' was a book by Creator/MichaelCrichton without much comic relief to speak of. Then, in TheFilmOfTheBook, someone got Creator/BruceCampbell to show up for five minutes just so killer gorillas could throw human eyeballs at him and then slaughter him off-camera as he screams. Then they brought Creator/TimCurry in as a "Romanian Philanthropist" who is "[[VampireVords Travelink de vorld und doink goot!]]" - and the gorillas kill him too! Creator/DelroyLindo shows up too, asking for "More" money, calling Tim Curry a "Big Bag of Shit" and telling him to '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!]]''''' He stays home, so he doesn't get killed by gorillas.
177** And finally, Creator/ErnieHudson as the "GreatWhiteHunter" of the group though he "happens to be black!"
178** Don't forget Creator/JoeDonBaker screaming every other line.
179* Most of the halfway decent actors in films by Creator/BrunoMattei, Joe D'Amato, or any of their contemporaries do this. A great example being Gabriel Carrera's performance in ''SS Girls''.
180* Kenneth [=McMillan=] in Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/Dune1984''. It's quite impressive to be wearing a ridiculous fatsuit and covered in disgusting oozing boils, and still have your actual performance turn out to be the most memorable thing about your character. Is it any wonder the man drank himself to death a few years later?
181** ''"I want you to'' squeeeeze ''this part in the film!'' Squeeeeze and squeeeze ''until the role is sucked dry! Give me SPICE!"''
182* Creator/PaulGiamatti is ''clearly'' having fun in ''Film/ShootEmUp''. Also in the Tim Burton ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' film.
183* ''Film/{{Hook}}'': Creator/DustinHoffman was clearly having a ball playing the titular character. To this day, he actually likes having "Hook" as a nickname for himself.
184* Did you think Creator/KevinSpacey as Lex Luthor in (the largely perceived disappointment) ''Film/SupermanReturns'' would phone in a subdued performance? [[MemeticMutation WRONG!]]
185* Much of the severely reduced budget for ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' apparently went to the actors' salaries to get them to return to the series after the TroubledProduction of ''Film/SupermanII'', and Creator/GeneHackman was one of the actors in question. But he still has a ball as Lex Luthor, with lots of fun villainous one-liners. He pulls double duty as the voice of all-brawn, no-brains baddie Nuclear Man and his grunts and roars have this trope written all over it. As the Nostalgia Critic/Linkara joint review points out, it's funny to imagine what must have gone on in the recording studio.
186* Kate Nauta in ''Film/Transporter2''. It's pretty clear from her line delivery and facial expressions that once she read the script (which calls for her character, [[TheDragon Lola]], to spend half her screentime wearing a soaking-wet negligee, disheveled hair and runny eye makeup while dual-wielding pistols and gunning down all manner of individuals), she decided to take it as far as she could, and she looks to be the only person not to deliver the cornball material in a serious manner.
187* Music/{{Aaliyah}}, Stuart Townsend and Vincent Perez all seem fully aware of how silly ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' is, and they all look like they're having a great time chewing on the scenery. Townsend and Aaliyah in particular really go to town with it, making ridiculous overblown gestures and milking relatively mundane lines to the point where it's damn near hilarious.
188* Rob Arbogast in ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mailman_(film) The Mailman,]]'' a lame thriller that borders on being softcore porn. As [[http://moria.co.nz/horror/mailman-2004.htm one review]] put it - "Rob Arbogast plays the role of the mailman with a maximum degree of cocky taunting sleaziness that goes way beyond professionalism into a clear relish for the part."
189* A rare intentional case, Creator/ChrisCooper's villain in ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' is written with over the top ham, and you can tell that he's having a ball with it.
190* Creator/MichaelCaine in Creator/OliverStone's ''The Hand''. This is one of the many reasons why this movie is considered SoBadItsGood.
191* The [[Film/Spawn1997 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]].
192* Although most of the cast of ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' seems to be invoking this trope, Creator/FamkeJanssen is playing it to the hilt as the [[BigBad head witch]].
193* ''Film/AlienResurrection'' is often considered one of the sillier entries in the ''{{Franchise/Alien}}'' franchise, and has Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/JEFreeman and Creator/BradDourif invoking this trope.
194* Most of the cast of ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' seem to get into hamming it up or playing their roles in a tongue-in-cheek manner.
195* 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'', 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.
196* ''Film/BladeTrinity'' was unquestionably the low point in the series. It did, however, give us this exchange:
197-->'''Drake:''' Blade...are you ready to die?\
198'''Blade:''' I was born ready, muthafucka!\
199'''Drake:''' ..."Motherfucker". I like that...
200* Gordon Currie portrayed TheAntichrist like this in the original ''Literature/LeftBehind'' movies.
201-->'''Fred "Slacktivist" Clark''': Gordon Currie, who plays [[BigBad Nicolae Carpathia]] like he's auditioning for the role of ''[[Creator/TimCurry Tim]]'' Curry.
202* Creator/PiperLaurie in the 1976 version of ''Film/{{Carrie|1976}}''. Upon reading the script, she believed that the film was a BlackComedy due to how over-the-top her character, Carrie's [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] mother [[MyBelovedSmother Margaret]], was, to the point where director Creator/BrianDePalma at one point had to pull her aside to remind her that they were, in fact, making a serious horror film. It still didn't stop her from hamming it up and laughing hysterically between takes. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It ultimately turned out well for everybody involved]], as her performance was the reason why Margaret White became one of the most terrifying villains in horror movie history. The kicker? She ''[[http://www.npr.org/2013/10/18/236234923/carrie-had-the-power-but-mom-had-the-scary-going-on still]]'' thinks the film is a BlackComedy.
203* Creator/DaneDeHaan hams it up as Harry Osborn in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', even before he becomes the Green Goblin.
204* ''Film/InTheNameOfTheKing'' has Creator/RayLiotta as the villainous Gallian, gloating about declaring himself king of the orcs - er, Krug, and Creator/MatthewLillard as the slightly less villainous Duke Fallow, whose drunkenness is overplayed to ridiculous extents. This served as a contrast to Creator/JasonStatham, who plays the hero as though his most emotionally affecting experiences cause mild flatulence or a faint headache, and Creator/RonPerlman, who mostly limits his acting to pretending he gives a damn.
205* In ''Film/JupiterAscending'', Creator/EddieRedmayne clearly enjoys himself as Balem, with his borderline CampGay demeanor and his SuddenlyShouting moments. All three of the Abrasax siblings are hammy in their own way - Balem's rage is certainly matched by Kalique's seductive pout and Titus' earnest deceit.
206** Jupiter's uncle is a beautiful slice of {{Lzherusskie}} ham. [[OneSceneWonder YOU DO NOT! TREAT! YOUR COUSIN! LIKE CHICKEN!]]
207** Creator/SeanBean and Creator/ChanningTatum are both having a lot of fun playing grizzled military men.
208* ''Film/NoHoldsBarred'' is a {{Narm}}-heavy star vehicle for Wrestling/HulkHogan, released in 1989. It's basically Hulk being an InkSuitActor and playing the same AllAmericanFace he already was, with a plot about a CorruptCorporateExecutive trying to sign him to his fledgling network. It failed to make Hogan into a prominent leading man in Hollywood, since Hogan's acting skills were... let's say, limited. But the villain of the movie, Zeus, was played by Tom "Tiny" Lister, who establishes himself as a WrestlingMonster with huge, incoherent screams, chest-beating, lazy, googly eyes and absolutely NoIndoorVoice. He's easily the most entertaining performance in the film, simply for how insane he acts nearly every time he's on screen.
209* Little more needs to be said about ''Film/Troll2'' - it's infamous for its insanely poor quality. Amongst the cast, which was made up of no-name actors thinking they were going to be extras, only Deborah Reed stood out as the villain, Creedence Leonore Gielgud. Given little proper direction by the Italian directors, she simply opted to [[ChewingTheScenery bite huge chunks out of the scenery]] through her entire performance.
210* Creator/VincentPrice just ''loved'' this. He was a terrific actor with quality material, but never took himself too seriously. He livened up a number of B-grade films, not all of them horror movies. 1955's ''Son of Sinbad'', in which he plays Omar Khayyam, is a case in point.
211* ''Film/{{Pan}}'' is widely criticized for being a boring, ClicheStorm-riddled OriginsEpisode that completely misses the point of the original source material. However, even the negative reviews give credit to Creator/HughJackman's portrayal of Blackbeard, whose LargeHam tendencies is both entertaining and menacing at the same time.
212* Creator/JamesDoohan is overplaying things just a tad in ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', best exemplified in the scene where - in the midst of [[PrideBeforeAFall talking about how he knows the ship like the back of his hand]] - he hits his head on a doorframe and does a hugely over-sold collapse to the ground.
213* One of the few enjoyable parts of ''Film/MaxKeeblesBigMove'' is Larry Miller's relentless scenery chewing.
214-->'''Principal''': ''CEASE!''
215* The 1964 adaptation of ''Literature/LordJim'' is pretty boring... until you meet Creator/EliWallach's [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 Calvera]]-like Arab overlord "The General", a lisping, mincing man with an awful buzzcut, who struts around in a black vest, pretty much having the time of his life.
216* The execrable Creator/SylvesterStallone erotic thriller ''Film/TheSpecialist'' has only one saving grace, Creator/JamesWoods [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv1l_wTQxqE as one hell of a]] SmugSnake villain.
217* ''Film/{{Rampage|2018}}'', for a video game movie that's also a [[{{Kaiju}} giant monster one]], takes itself too seriously, and the cast follows suit (including Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, [[SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery but he is playing by his strengths]]). There are three exceptions: Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan as a {{smug|snake}} [[TheMenInBlack man in black]] with a cowboy drawl, hamming up every single time he appears on-screen (and [[http://ew.com/movies/2018/04/13/jeffrey-dean-morgan-rampage-walking-dead/ Morgan added]] that once the director gave him free reins, he had to “embrace the ridiculousness of it all.”); Jake Lacy as a fraidy HarmlessVillain who's constantly mugging and panicking (the scene where he and Morgan are together [[HamToHamCombat is a sight to behold]]); and Malin Akerman as Lacy's sister, a smarmy CorruptCorporateExecutive [[CardCarryingVillain who knows whatever she's doing is evil]] and is not afraid to act sultry and mean.
218* 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). It says a lot that despite the films' reception, Spider-Man fans were still excited to find he'd be [[spoiler:crossing over into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse]].
219* Someone informed Travis Fimmel and Ben Foster in ''Film/{{Warcraft}}'' that this was the best option to take if you found yourself in a video game adaptation. Fimmel as Anduin Lothar brought a very LargeHam, while Creator/BenFoster as the villain Medivh paired it with perfectly aged Cheese. Paula Patton as Garona TookTheBadFilmSeriously which makes the UnfortunateImplications sex scene with Lothar go down reasonably well despite the FridgeLogic. This is a film best enjoyed with a bottle of your favorite GargleBlaster and good friends, whether you've played ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' or not.
220* Most of the actors involved in ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' knew precisely the level of quality they were dealing with and decided to have as much fun with it as they possibly could. Exceptions were Creator/RobertVaughn, who was [[MoneyDearBoy only there for the paycheck]], and Creator/SybilDanning, who -- as always -- [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously took the bad film seriously]].
221* Though now a beloved CultClassic, ''Film/HocusPocus'' isn't exactly high-quality cinema. In fact, it was a dud in its initial release--some estimates say that it lost Disney upwards of sixteen million dollars--and critics savaged it. However, the leads Kathy Najimy, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, and ''especially'' Creator/BetteMidler are obviously having the absolute time of their lives in their [[EvilIsHammy hammy roles]] as three wicked witches out to suck the souls from the children of Salem. Between constant SuddenlyShouting moments, [[FountainOfMemes endlessly quotable]] and cheesy lines ("Pull over! Lemme see your driver's license!"--said by Midler as she rides a broomstick alongside a car), and a full-scale musical number that [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment comes out of nowhere]], barely has any relevance to the plot, and is clearly only there to [[TheCastShowoff give Midler a chance to show off her amazing pipes]], it's not hard to see why the movie is so fun. Over the past twenty-five years, the leads' performances have elevated the film to a cherished place in the Disney Canon, with ABC Family running it in October and a special new show--the "Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular"--being created for Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom during the Halloween season.
222* Kevin [=McCarthy=] in ''Film/GhouliesIIIGhouliesGoToCollege'' is obviously aware of exactly what kind of film he's stuck in and that he's about the only spot of dignity in it, so he has tremendous fun with his part.
223* Even people who love the ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' series will admit they're not exactly ''commedia dell'arte'', but if there's one genuinely enjoyable aspect to them, it's Lieutenant (later Captain) Thaddeus Harris. His hammy, JerkAss DrillSergeantNasty persona and [[TheComicallySerious desperate attempts to maintain dignity]] in spite of the protagonists' antics make him a perfect LoveToHate comic foil in the better movies and pretty much the sole bright spot in the [[{{Sequelitis}} bad ones]].
224* Creator/AnneHathaway’s performance of The Grand High Witch from ''Film/TheWitches2020'' is very hammy and over the top, especially in scenes where she is supposed to be scary and threatening, with her moments of SuddenlyShouting and TrillingRs.
225* Under normal circumstances, ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2'' would be seen as B-movie schlock that wouldn't warrant any mainstream attention, but throw in one Eric Freeman who treats the role of Ricky as seriously as a pest controller would treat a ladybug, and the film is a cheesy experience worth remembering.
226-->[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k "GARBAGE DAY!"]]
227* ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'' is widely considered the worst in the series. Yet some entertainment can be found in Music/BustaRhymes clearly having the time of his life (a highlight is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ7IK9cY4D0 him talking down Michael Myers, while wearing The Shape's mask]], no less, mistaking him for an imitator - and Michael accepts his request to leave instead of knifing him on the spot!).
228* Almost none of the actors from ''Film/TheRoom2003'' knew how to handle their roles, aside from Creator/GregSestero and Kyle Vogt [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously Taking the Bad Film Seriously]] with their roles as Mark and Peter respectively, which already made the film [[SoBadItsGood memorably bad]] on its own. That said, there's one actor who adds the extra [[LargeHam ham]] to the cheese sandwich, being Dan Janjigian playing the role of drug dealer Chris-R. In the short minute and a half that he's on-screen, he ''absolutely'' [[ChewingTheScenery Chews the Scenery]] by threatening to blow Denny's brains out with a pistol for not having his drug money, and his role was ''so'' passionate, that the other actors were outright ''scared'' of Janjigian, thinking he was actually ''that'' violent.
229** Janjigian pulled off the rare feat of combining this trope with TookTheBadFilmSeriously since despite being the ''only'' person in the cast who ''wasn't'' a professional actor (he was a motivational speaker who did the role as a favor to his roommate) went as far as to read up on Uta Hagen and Stanislavsky (the latter one of the codifiers of MethodActing) and kept character even off camera.
230* The only ([[MemeticMutation unironically]]) 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.
231* ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' is generally considered the weakest part of the franchise, and to only have one redeeming feature; Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Silver is 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. When he returned in the SequelSeries ''Series/CobraKai'', the writers had him explain that he was out of his mind on cocaine the whole time to retroactively justify his cartoonish, cackling villainy.
232* 1995's ''Film/JudgeDredd'' was ravaged by critics and largely ignored by audiences, but it has its fans partly due to the sheer insanity of its main villain, portrayed in such an over-the-top style by Creator/ArmandAssante that the viewer is left to wonder if the actor really ''is'' crazy. The scenery's also chewed by Creator/RobSchneider, who provides a nicely frantic comic foil to the deadpan Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/JurgenProchnow for the unsubtle role of Judge Griffin, Creator/JamesRemar as the raging Block Warlord, and Christopher Adamson as the memorably grotesque Machine Angel (of course, when you're playing a cannibalistic cyborg, you don't exactly want to play him as "reserved").
233* ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' is a not-very-stealthy StealthParody of action movies, but everything clicks once you realize that it's all played for laughs. Like ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', everyone just rolls with the zaniness, but the big draw of this film is watching Creator/KurtRussell and Creator/JamesHong engage in glorious ham-to-ham combat.
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237* ''Series/TwentyFour'' had its very lackluster seventh season that was part of a multiple-season AudienceAlienatingEra where one of the primary memorable scene stealers was Creator/JonVoight as Jonas Hodges, an over-the-top CorruptCorporateExecutive that had little to no trouble chewing the scenery whenever he showed his face in a scene. Not too shockingly, after Hodges was taken out of the picture the majority of the fans felt that the rest of Season 7 [[SeasonalRot completely nosedived]].
238* In ''Series/Batman1966'', Victor Buono loved appearing on the show as King Tut since cutting loose and being a LargeHam with the overacting was practically a job requirement.
239%%* Christien Anholt as Eon in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Ben 10: Race Against Time]]''.
240%%* Everyone in ''Series/TheCape''. EVERYONE.
241* While Creator/DavidCaruso is known for being a somewhat pretentious asshole, he is really over the top as ''Series/CSIMiami'''s Horatio Caine. He said that the script forced him to do it initially, as in early episodes of the first season he appears to be more humane. Later on, he's made of ham and cheese, and his performance... [[GlassesPull *shades on*]] is damn tasty. '''''[[MemeticMutation YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!]]'''''
242* Peter Dickson, the famous Voiceover Man of shows such as ''Series/TheXFactor'' and ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'', is well known and loved for his overdramatic voiceovers, most brilliantly amplified [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTKNRSZspQ in a BBC comedy bit]] where he does the voice at home to a long-suffering wife.
243* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
244** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E7TheCelestialToymaker The Celestial Toymaker]]" was a script heavily hampered by NoBudget conditions and the fact that the plot's central point had been made impossible by copyright disputes, leading to much of the story being basically {{Padding}}. On the other hand, Creator/MichaelGough chews on the scenery hand over fist and is obviously loving the opportunity to be an over-the-top, hammy villain. He even takes the script seriously in some places to deliver some surprisingly intense interactions with the Doctor.
245** Professor Zaroff in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]" is likely this. Most fans (and the cast and crew) find "The Underwater Menace" hokey, nonsensical and generally stupid, but Joseph Fürst played Zaroff so outrageously over-the-top and with so much ChewingTheScenery that he becomes an entertaining and memorable villain (although the interview with Creator/AnnekeWills on the [[MissingEpisode reconstruction audio]] suggests that she thought he TookTheBadFilmSeriously, and that she and Troughton would constantly make him repeat his line "NOTHINK IN ZE VORLD CAN SHTOP ME NOW!!" to laugh at him ''and he never realized they were mocking him'').
246** Elisabeth Sandifer thought that Creator/PatrickTroughton, as the Doctor, was hamming it up out of boredom in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]", a story that most people find excruciatingly boring:
247--->Forced to do a scene in which the central joke is the use of the "number nine pill"[[note]]a 1960s military prescription laxative[[/note]] to create a bomb, he gives up all pretense of playing the Doctor and simply begins trying to clown the script into submission in a desperate attempt to make it even remotely watchable. You can frankly see the will to live just drain out of his eyes.[[note]] This is slightly inaccurate — the "number nine pill" line wasn't scripted and was an adlib from Troughton, although the reported desperation is there.[[/note]]
248** Patrick Troughton spends a lot of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E6TheSpacePirates The Space Pirates]]", a rather convoluted story in which he has virtually nothing to do, hamming it up as much as he can get away with. This involves a lot of TookTheBadFilmSeriously, as he plays his scene where he nearly kills everyone perfectly and terrifyingly straight but also involves him extending his vowels as far as he can while trying to look clever in front of Zoe.
249** Creator/TomBaker was, according to the special features on "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]", specifically ''cast'' for this — as the future of the show at that point was uncertain due to the lead actor and entire production team changing (and there had been several attempts to kill the show off), the casting director's brief was to find someone who was "a very good actor" and "so charismatic that he is fun to watch even when nothing else is".
250** Before Tom Baker got to the point where he could [[WagTheDirector change lines in the script]], he tended to really overact stupid lines of dialogue or unfunny jokes he would have to say — usually delivering them by [[AsideGlance fixing the camera with his eyes]] and overacting the line with a contemptuous "can you ''believe'' I am saying this shit?!" expression, as if asking the audience to laugh at the show itself. This draws a lot of attention to the clunkers, unfortunately, but pushes at least a few of them into SoUnfunnyItsFunny.
251** Creator/TomBaker and Creator/ElisabethSladen hated everything they had to say in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E4TheAndroidInvasion The Android Invasion]]", and so rewrote all of their dialogue together. Both of them are clearly having a lot of fun.
252** Both Sladen and Baker (especially) have an absolutely wonderful time overacting their way through the [[OutOfCharacterMoment incredibly out-of-character]] and cynically [[RecycledScript recycled]] audio drama ''Dr. Who and the Pescatons''. Tom Baker delivers his bad lines with an audible smirk, comes up with all sorts of fun ways of interpreting a "generic Doctor"-type script to fit the Fourth Doctor's character and even bursts out into song at one point.
253** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime The Invasion of Time]]" had NoBudget, catastrophic SpecialEffectsFailure, enforced LighterAndSofter tone, truly awful BBCQuarry sets, a mediocre script hinging on an "event" most people wouldn't care about and a very angry Tom Baker who felt that his show was imploding and [[CreatorBreakdown was struggling with his personal life]]. The kicker is that the script required him to [[ObfuscatingInsanity act like an insane megalomaniac]], which he pretty much was even out-of-character at that point. The result is the biggest, loudest, most swivel-eyed and self-indulgent overacting a Doctor has ever been responsible for, with much of his dialogue [[AsideComment openly addressed to the camera]]. Depending on how funny you find him, it's either making a washout story hilariously watchable or the worst thing in his whole tenure.
254** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E3TheCreatureFromThePit The Creature from the Pit]]" features SpecialEffectFailure, NoBudget, [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign a kindly monster that happens to look like a giant cock and balls]], and Tom Baker cracking himself up by cramming as many knob jokes and [[NoYay fellatio innuendos]] into his performance as possible.
255** The 1979 story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon The Horns of Nimon]]". Despite Graham Crowden's legendary chewing of scenery, there was plenty of the set left for other actors to dine on. One of the other characters — the co-pilot, played by Malcolm Terris — has the catchphrase "WEAKLING SCUM!" that he delivers in increasingly over-the-top pantomimic ways. Even more delicious is that during his death scene, he overacts so spectacularly that his trousers visibly split. According to ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'', "'''''WEAKLING SCUM!!!'''''" ''wasn't even in the script'', Terris came up with it all by himself. Pop him between two slices of bread and you'd have a ham and cheese sandwich you could use to beat a bear to death.
256** Creator/ColinBaker: no matter how awful the Sixth Doctor's attitude (and Baker's personal life at the time) got, his truly marvelous overacting always made up for a lot.
257** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E5Timelash Timelash]]": Creator/PaulDarrow 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.
258** Creator/KateOMara 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.
259** Creator/RichardBriers openly admitted that he took his role in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E2ParadiseTowers Paradise Towers]]" to have the opportunity to act badly.
260** Creator/EricRoberts seemed to be doing this as the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]].
261-->'''The Master''': ''(in full Gallifreyan robes)'' I always '''drezz''' for the occasion!
262** The Sycorax Leader ''and'' Creator/DavidTennant in his debut role as the Tenth Doctor during "[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion The Christmas Invasion]]". Killer Santas and killer Christmas Trees meet a bellicose alien who wants to sell humanity into slavery. When he meets Ten, it results in HamToHamCombat. And when the Sycorax Leader is practically frothing at the mouth, Ten decides to mock him and takes the ham through the ceiling.
263--->'''Sycorax Leader:''' ''[growling]'' I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!\
264'''Tenth Doctor:''' ''[bellowing outrageously]'' '''''RIIIII DOOON'T KNOOOOOOOWWW!!!'''''
265* The entire cast of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' was painfully aware of the show's caliber, and often turned to this trope for solace. Jim Backus still managed to stand out.
266* Creator/BronsonPinchot in ''Literature/TheLangoliers''. Yes, believe it or not, ''[[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Bronson]] [[Series/PerfectStrangers Pinchot]]'' can actually turn the ham up even more.
267** Not to mention Creator/DeanStockwell, who appears to be channeling Shatner.
268* In the later seasons of ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'', Creator/BDWong can occasionally be seen doing this with some of Dr. Huang's increasingly silly MisterExposition[=/=]CaptainObvious dialogue.
269* Barbara Kellerman is clearly doing this in Creator/TheBBC TV version of ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', playing the White Witch as an over-the-top villainess in a performance similar to Creator/FayeDunaway's in ''Literature/MommieDearest'' and Creator/UmaThurman's in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. Her overacting is hysterical, such as her BigNo to Edmund.
270* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
271** Creator/RobertCarlyle manages the rare feat of being both this ''and'' TookTheBadFilmSeriously due to the dual nature of his character Rumplestiltskin. One moment he's giving a heart-wrenching performance as a {{tragic villain}}, only for him to chew the scenery for all it's worth as the Dark One in the very next scene.
272** In a series which has been suffering from SeasonalRot, many found the over-the-top performances of Rebecca Mader as [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Zelena]] and Creator/GregGermann as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hades]] to be the only saving graces of the fifth season.
273* Creator/BarbaraGoodson (Rita's English voice), Jason Narvy (Skull), Paul Schrier (Bulk), and Creator/RobertAxelrod (various monsters, Lord Zedd) clearly get a kick out of their roles in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
274** One interesting example from the series is the character of Divatox from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' and ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. In ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', the latter part of the ''Turbo'' season, and all of ''In Space'', she was played by Hilary Shepard Turner in this manner. For many fans, she was all that made any of ''Turbo'' watchable. But for the first 60% or so of that season, she was away on maternity leave and replaced by Carol Hoyt. Carol took the role much more seriously, which came across as rather boring and generic. Most fans still prefer Hilary's version and were happy to have her back.
275* The BBC documentary series ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'' focuses less on documentation and more on ridiculously dramatized re-enactments of famous artists throughout history. Particularly notable is Creator/AndySerkis as Vincent van Gogh.
276* In ''{{Series/Smallville}}'', Callum Blue's AxeCrazy portrayal of [[KneelBeforeZod Zod]] is pretty much the only redeeming thing in the atrocious [[AudienceAlienatingEra season nine]].
277* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' has lots of this, being such a LongRunner.
278** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has [[Recap/StarTrekS2E23TheOmegaGlory "The Omega Glory,"]] which has a climactic scene where Captain Kirk reads ''the Constitution'' to HumanAliens, who just happened to independently develop one just like Earth's United States. Creator/WilliamShatner didn't care for this particular episode, so he just hammed it up mercilessly, resulting in one of the most uniquely ''Shatner'' moments ever put on tape. Just the way he says "WE... the PEE-ple..."
279** [[Recap/StarTrekS2E6TheDoomsdayMachine "The Doomsday Machine"]] is an interesting case. Guest star William Windom thought the episode "seemed kind of silly, with the planet eater and the spaceships", and acted as though he was playing in a cartoon. He wound up giving the episode the energy and emotional depth it needed, and it's now one of the more popular episodes of the original series.
280** On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E10OurManBashir Our Man Bashir]]" forced the main cast to act out the roles in Dr. Bashir's Film/JamesBond holosuite program. Creator/AveryBrooks, in the role of an intentionally campy OmnicidalManiac Bond villain, wolfed down the scenery and went back for seconds.
281** As does Creator/NanaVisitor, who in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_fXKgyaQg interview]], said she was in heaven because her Bond girl role called for a [[FakeRussian comically terrible Russian accent]] and coming out of a wall on a round bed.
282** Over in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': You are Creator/PatrickStewart. You have a dodgy script that isn't likely to be filmed very well for an episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E16Masks Masks]]". You also have a prop with a distinctly phallic shape. What do you do? a) Try manfully to turn in a good performance; b) Sleepwalk through the episode or c) Hold the prop with its base right in front of your crotch, emphasize the words that make the best euphemisms in that scene, and make Creator/JonathanFrakes [[{{Corpsing}} crack up ]]?
283** Speaking of ''Next Generation'': an early episode, [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor "Code Of Honor,"]] gained infamy in the fanbase for its use of DarkestAfrica stereotypes to represent the Ligonians as an alien race. ''None'' of the regular cast members have [[OldShame anything good]] to [[CreatorBacklash say about this one]], especially Creator/JonathanFrakes who wanted it pulled from syndication. At the very least, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, playing the Ligonian leader, Lutan, has tons of gusto as the villain, one of the episode's few redeeming features.
284--->'''Lutan:''' Then you shall have NO treaty, NO vaccine, and ''NO'' Lieutenant Yar!!
285** Season 7 has [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E13SubRosa "Sub Rosa,"]] a ''ghost story'' where Beverly Crusher falls in love with a "ghost" hidden inside her deceased grandmother's lamp. The episode is infamous among fans for its sheer strangeness, even ridiculousness, by ''Star Trek'' standards. Gates [=McFadden=] is a little more unhinged and less reserved than her performances usually are, likely as a result of having to spend several long shots all by herself reacting to a disembodied voice. [=McFadden=] still [[CreatorBacklash openly mocks this episode ]] to this day.
286** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' provides an InUniverse example with the ShowWithinAShow holoprogram ''The Adventures of Captain Proton'', specifically designed by Tom Paris to be as over-the-top as possible.
287** Speaking of ''Voyager,'' there's the infamous [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold "Threshold"]] where Tom Paris breaks the warp 10 barrier, and is somehow everywhere in the universe at once. [[ContrivedCoincidence He winds up right back at the ship, somehow,]] and the aftereffect of this experience causes Tom to become allergic to water. Then, in Sick Bay, he ''pulls out his own tongue'' and slowly turns into what can only be described as a salamander-like creature, which the Doctor says (with a straight face) is the future of human evolution(?). Absolutely none of the science in this episode makes a lick of sense, and even big fans of the show still treat this episode as one of the worst episodes in the whole franchise. Tom Paris' actor, Robert Duncan [=McNeill=], didn't get too many [[ADayInTheLimelight focus episodes,]] so he still made the most of it and spent his transformation sequence acting his heart out, going stir-crazy and shouting as loud as he ever has in the series.
288* ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' is best known as a [[NoBudget cheap]] ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' knockoff, and has lots of flaws, [[Horrible/LiveActionTV as detailed here.]] However, the late Ed Gilbert, playing the BigBad, Emperor Gorganus, goes [[LargeHam all out]] with his crappy role, to the point that his scenes are probably the best things in the show.
289* The cast of Canadian Musketeer series ''Series/YoungBlades'' used to veer madly between narm-tastic attempts to [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously take the bad show seriously]], and bouts of outrageous tongue-in-cheek ham. The latter approach was a lot more successful, as it was often damn hilarious to watch and caused the series to tip over into SoBadItsGood territory. Creator/RobertSheehan (King Louis XIV) was probably the only cast member with Ham and Cheese as his default setting - his camp and outlandish performance was easily the most entertaining part of the show.
290* 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. 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.
291* Brenda Dickson was clearly hamming it up as the original Jill Foster Abbott in ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', almost resembling an over-the-top parody of a bitchy soap opera villainess, especially during her clashes with Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmlSAwFRjF4 It must be seen to be believed.]]
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295* Music/BobDylan's line in "Music/WeAreTheWorld" has been described by ''Salon'' podcaster Chris Molanphy as "Bob Dylan's [[SelfParody hilarious Bob Dylan impression]]".
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299* Intentionally embraced by ''Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted'' as part of its scenery-chewing lowbrow humor.
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303* While being a LargeHam is in the job description, special mention should go to Wrestling/DustyRhodes. Many wrestling observers saw his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the 1980s as shameful, as it involved him dancing around the ring in a polka-dot suit and getting his head stuck in toilets. Rhodes, however, has since said that was the most fun he had as a wrestler since he didn't have to worry about booking duties and backstage politics like he did in WCW.
304** For that matter, his sons. Wrestling/{{Goldust}} has won numerous "worst character of the year" awards, but he goes so over the top in his portrayal and voice that it's such a joy to watch. And for [[Wrestling/CodyRhodes "Dashing" Cody Rhodes]]...well...just hit him in the face. You can clearly see how much fun he has in his responses.
305* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] seemed to be trying to top him during his later appearances.
306* Wrestling/ChrisJericho has made a career out of trying to out-do them both.
307* After Wrestling/HulkHogan's star vehicle, ''Film/NoHoldsBarred'', was released in 1989, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon was eager to promote the film on television, so he brought in Tiny Lister, who played the WrestlingMonster Zeus in the film, to continue playing Zeus on WWF TV. If you're thinking that sounds nonsensical, it was. For his part, Lister's appearances as Zeus were filled with the same incoherent screams, chest-beating and googly eyes that he did in the film.
308* In the early 90s, after Wrestling/{{Demolition}} split up, they needed something new for Smash, aka Barry Darsow, to do. He wound up becoming the Repo Man, a guy in a Lone Ranger mask and a crusty old trench coat who would "repossess" the belongings of ordinary schmucks and wrestlers alike. Silly as the gimmick was, Darsow, for his part, ''completely'' sunk his teeth into this gimmick, cackling like a ''Series/Batman1966'' villain, snooping around with exaggerated double-takes, and just playing everything as over the top as possible. The Repo Man gimmick only lasted from late 1991 to early 1993, but it's a longtime favorite of the gang at Website/{{WrestleCrap}}.
309* In a similar vein, Lanny Poffo as The Genius. A talented, dexterous wrestler who was doing flips and high-flying stuff before it was truly appreciated, he was saddled with a cheesy heel gimmick in the late 80s where he would read condescending poetry before each match, [[InsufferableGenius while wearing an academic dress and mortarboard hat]]. To say Poffo made the most of it would be putting it mildly: he wound up playing the gimmick as [[{{Camp}} campy and flamboyant as he possibly could]].
310** And then years later they pretty much gave the same gimmick to Damien Sandow and he managed to make it even campier.
311* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels used this to do a TakeThat to Hulk Hogan when backstage politics led to him getting buried in a match. Michaels, rather than try to turn in the normal top-tier performance you're supposed to try for a PPV, spent the whole match [[http://gifcrap.com/d/1258-1/Shawn+Michaels+overselling+for+Hulk+Hogan.gif flying around the ring]] in ways that would make a RagdollPhysics programmer think he was overdoing it. You can also count on this whenever Michaels teams up with Wrestling/TripleH (rarely these days, unfortunately) in D-Generation X. Wrestling/{{WWE}} is so intrinsically absurd anyway that you tend to [[SeenItAll get used to all the folderol]] and usually manage only a mild chuckle - but DX will make you laugh right out loud. ''Uncontrollably''.
312* [[Wrestling/WadeBarrett Bad News Barrett]]. While it isn't enough to redeem the gimmick in some fans eyes, he ''clearly'' enjoys it.
313* "Broken" Wrestling/MattHardy. Think eccentric millionaire mixed with Professor Moriarty and a fair bit of ComplexityAddiction. He clearly enjoys the gimmick because it's almost entirely of his own design.
314* Wrestling/BrayWyatt post-[=WrestleMania=] 35 came back as...a Mr. Rogers-like children's show host. The concept may have been strange at first, but it's clear that Bray absolutely ''revels'' in his role, being so over the top in his portrayal that it's hilarious...[[SubvertedKidsShow until he reveals]] his DarkSecret to the world.
315* When The Sheepherders left the territories for the WWF, they were repackaged as the Bushwhackers. Much to the despair of those who followed them around the territories, they went from hardcore icons with several brutal matches to their name, to bumbling idiots who licked fans and bit opponents. And yet Luke and Butch got really into their roles, making them HouseholdNames in the Golden Age of the Federation. Part of why they got into it is attributed to a) similar to Wrestling/DustyRhodes, wanting a break from all the blood they spilled in the territories and b) being very popular with the kids, which at that time meant ''plenty'' of merch sales.
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319* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' is, arguably, an enforced version of this. The plot and writing are so completely ridiculous that anything less than [[LargeHam extreme doses of B-movie overdramatics and yelling]] would've ruined the charm. This is a Japanese game with NoExportForYou - yet it is ''entirely in over-the-top English'' and '''recorded by people who speak English natively''' for a game '''''released only in Japan'''''.
320** Until it got rereleased on PC, Playstation 4, and X-Box One as Metal Wolf Chaos XD.
321* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
322** Out of the train wreck that is ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Sonic '06]]'', Creator/DanGreen's ''gloriously'' [[EvilIsHammy over-the-top performance as Mephiles the Dark]] is easily the most enjoyable part of the game.
323** The series in general has Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. While the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Adventure]]''-to-''[[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Heroes]]''-era and [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] voice actors were much criticized, Deem Bristow and Creator/MikePollock respectively stood out in doses of [[NarmCharm awesomely cheesy]] ham and memorable catchphrases. In fact, when Sega finally gave in to fan complaints and replaced the 4Kids actors in 2010, Pollock – by far the most popular and least criticized of the cast – was the only one of the bunch to keep his job.
324** The Deadly Six from ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' were not the best villains, ranging from boring to flat to even offensive - so voicing Zavok, basically [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]]-Lite, probably wasn't easy for Creator/TravisWillingham. Still, he gave it his all, and Zavok is one of the more memorable members of the Deadly Six because of it.
325* Sir Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies) plays the ghost of 16th-century knight Sir William Hawksmoor in ''VideoGame/GhostHunter''. Whether he's threatening the heroine, "I ''want'' '''FLESH'''", performing Creator/WilliamShakespeare on a high-school stage (yes, seriously), giving orders to the ghost of a killer who died in the electric chair, pleading for his unlife with an unseen Parliament, or negotiating with modern day military, it's pure Ham and Cheese.
326** He's not the only one. Creator/RobPaulsen, Joe Morton, Andre Sogliuzzo, Michael Cochrane, and Veronica Hart are all chewing the scenery at one time or another, including a ghostly high school librarian breaking into the school song.
327* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', it is quite clear that Creator/DCDouglas was having a good time as Albert Wesker.
328-->'''Wesker:''' Complete. ''Global. '''SATURATION.'''''
329** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p52-QBTXZyM QUITE clear.]]
330** Such a good time that he kept finding [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLL90q3as4M hilarious]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxNviCGLoI new]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjoVHG-H3TQ ways]] to be Albert Wesker long after the game was completed.
331--->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDuvyuuVERc At last]], [[Funny/{{Jimquisition}} I shall become the number one Boglin boy.]]"
332* ''VideoGame/GrandiaXtreme'' isn't particularly well-remembered or well-liked, but it's worth it alone just to hear Creator/MarkHamill ham it up so hard that it [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries makes]] his [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum work]] as ComicBook/TheJoker seem subdued.
333* Creator/ChristopherWalken ''again'' as Detective Magnotta in the early-nineties InteractiveMovie adventure game ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9xiZoIiTJHw#t=97s His performance]] could best be described as Walken doing a bad impression ''of himself''. It's '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFKylgGk73I un-fucking believable]]!'''.
334* The entire point of ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'' was to get as many good actors as possible in on the project (none of them are A-listers, but Creator/KellyHu, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/JonathanPryce, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/PeterStormare, and Creator/JKSimmons are all respected character actors with decent, if perhaps not glowing, resumés), and have them [[HamToHamCombat competitively chew scenery]]. The end result is comparable to pizza in it's cheesy, ham-laden glory.
335* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
336** ''Final Fantasy VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'':
337*** ''Dirge of Cerberus'' is a bad game with a bad story and an AudienceColoringAdaptation of ''Final Fantasy VII'', but it also cast Creator/PaulEiding as a giggling, howling gothic-horror themed mad scientist who has survived after his death by downloading his body into the internet, something that it's hard to argue wouldn't improve basically any work of media.
338*** Cast as a [[{{Expy}} ripoff]] of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Sniper Wolf]] and given nonsensical dialogue to read, Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn takes it through the ceiling with sinister cooing, yelling and OrgasmicCombat moans in one of the most deliciously silly Russian accents burned to a disc.
339** Due to the magic of ProductPlacement, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' was forced to include a sidequest where the characters must go on a journey to find quality ingredients to top a delicious, great-tasting Nissin Cup Noodle®. The English voice actors recorded two readthroughs - one sincere, one ultra-sarcastic and bored, as if the characters can't understand why they're saying these stupid things. The sarcastic take is used in the eventual game.
340* ''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 narrating the [[OneSceneWonder intro]]:
341-->''"In the [[DarkerAndEdgier grim darkness]] of the far future, there is only... '''[[ForeverWar war]]'''."''
342* ''VideoGame/OnlyTheBraveCanRescueTheKidnappedPrincess'' is a generally forgettable children's adventure game, but Sir John Standing provides a memorable performance as [[AdiposeRex the King]], a hammy FatBastard who he clearly had a blast playing. His performance was a major part of why the character's musical number, "[[OdeToFood I Love My Food]]," briefly became a popular YouTubePoop source in 2010.
343* Unlike the [[VideoGame/HotelMario other]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames games]] done by Animation Magic, VideoGame/IMMeen has one extremely enjoyable actor, who has the fortune of appearing more than anybody else. That being Peter Berkrot, voicing the titular character himself, I. M. Meen. There's never a moment where Meen ''isn't'' ChewingTheScenery, and sweet Jesus, ''[[EvilLaugh that LAUGH]]''.
344* While ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' is remembered as a beloved [[Platform/PlayStation PS1]] classic, its voice acting... [[DullSurprise isn't.]] However, out of the cheesy mess that is the directionless voice acting, one shines above the rest, being Michael Guinn as the role of {{Dracula}}. His insanely [[LargeHam hammy]] performance opposed to the flat deliveries of every other actor has gone down in infamy as complete NarmCharm, with his three opening quotes ''alone'' reaching [[MemeticMutation meme levels]].
345-->"It was not by my hand that I am once again given flesh. I was called here by... ''[[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable HUUUMANS]]'', who wish to pay ME tribute."\
346"Perhaps the same could be said of ALL [[TakeThat religions]]."\
347"What is a MAN?! A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! ''HAVE AT YOU!''"
348* ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' is one of the ''most'' infamous examples of directionless voice acting, with [[DullSurprise flat]] and [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable misspoken]] deliveries all around. The only one who seems to know what he's doing is Jeremy Felton as Double, who captures [[SplitPersonality both of his personalities]] of a meek and mild-mannered sidekick, as well as a psychotic, megalomaniacal assassin with tact and grace. Of course, his performance has ''just'' enough [[LargeHam ham]] to it that it doesn't ''quite'' fall under TookTheBadFilmSeriously.
349* ''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 worst 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.
350* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'': While most people find the English dub of the Wii game {{Narm}}y, you have to admit that Creator/JBBlanc and Dave Mallow are having a lot of fun as Ghadius and Joka respectively. Ghadius does some dramatic speeches about how [[StrawNihilist he sees the world as worthless]], and tops them off with some truly magnificent {{Evil Laugh}}s. Joka fully embraces his role as a VillainousHarlequin, keeping a silly and clownish, yet still menacing, tone of voice throughout the game.
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354* "ComicBook/SpiderMan, [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]! Creator/GeorgeTakei [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUrQWsUjTA should be]] [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man]]!"
355* The ''Jupiter Ascending'' WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic review depicts a League of Good Actors Who Gave One Bat Shit Crazy Performance ([[OverlyLongName LOGAWGOBSCP for short]]) made of one-time Ham and Cheese actors.
356* InUniverse in the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' Decemberween special "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - the Hot Jones Hi-Jack!" As with most [[StylisticSuck Dangeresque productions]], every character is either [[BadBadActing a horrible actor]] or they TookTheBadFilmSeriously, as with [[BigBad the King of Town as Perducci]] and [[FemmeFatale Marzipan as Sultry Buttons.]] Not the case with Homestar Runner, who evidently got really into his role as "Stingy Relenque," French-Canadian smuggler and Decemberween-themed bad guy, and [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist hammed it up]] with a most ''[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail outrageous]]'' French accent that gets so thick he needs subtitles at one point!
357* ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'': LetsPlay/ProtonJon is fully aware that nearly nobody likes Big the Cat's sections in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', so what does he do to compensate? Turn Big into a PsychopathicManchild, screw around the hub worlds and levels [[{{padding}} as much as possible]], and perform the [[GoodBadBugs craziest glitches imaginable]], all while imitating Big's SimpletonVoice. Not only did this make Jon's segments as Big the most popular parts of the series, it actually ''[[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed Big as a character]]'' for many viewers.
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361* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Bratz}}'' cartoon is considered SoBadItsGood at its best, but Creator/WendieMalick's gloriously hammy performance as main villain Burdine Maxwell dominates every scene she's in, and is the main reason why the fans LoveToHate her.
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365->''"[[Creator/JeremyIrons Use every ounce]] of [[Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000 your rage!]]"''

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