re: Who is the best mult-genre star of all time?

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 3:51 pm to Cdawg

marky mark vs noel coward thunderdome

Posted by Leauxgan

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 3:51 pm to jojothetireguy

quote:
Will Smith

one of those super Real moments on TFPoB-A

Posted by Cdawg

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 3:57 pm to Kafka

quote:
marky mark vs noel coward thunderdome

can you give me any Academy accolades of each?

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:03 pm to Cdawg

quote:

can you give me any Academy accolades of each?

marky mark beat the shite out of a vietnamese shopkeeper

noel coward would've opposed him emigrating here in the first place and campaigned for quota restrictions

Posted by BS

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:04 pm to Cdawg

no mention of Kris Kristofferson yet?

Posted by LSU Fan 90812

A man more eviler than Skeletor.

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:04 pm to Cdawg

Conan O'Brien happens to be a damn good bluegrass guitar player, but I doubt you'd say that he's a star in that genre.

Terry Gilliam from Monty Python, as an animator director?

And wouldn't you mean, multi-media star? genre would be like horror vs comedy.

Posted by iwyLSUiwy

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:10 pm to LSU Fan 90812

Master P is getting the shaft in this thread.

Posted by Decatur

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:20 pm to Leauxgan

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Steve Martin gets a nod. Amazing comedian, a surprisingly good writer, and can play the bejeezus out of some bluegrass banjo.

Good one

I'd also include Woody Allen: writer, director, actor, author, playwright, clarinet player

Posted by theOG

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:24 pm to Tiger JJ

Shaq

/thread.

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Posted by JW

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 4:50 pm to theOG

tupac might have been on that path ....

will smith, nick cave, KK, Dwight Y are all good answers

Posted by lsusportsman2

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 5:12 pm to Tiger JJ

Yeah Elvis was a good actor, but I like Will Smith too.

Posted by baytiger

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 5:12 pm to theOG

quote:
Shaq

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His Genie could kick the shite out of Robin Williams'.

Posted by MmmBeer

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 5:15 pm to baytiger

Tim McGraw...though hhe hasn't done that many films.

Posted by coolpapaboze

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Posted on 10/5/10 at 5:17 pm to Leauxgan

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Steve Martin

Writes books
Writes magazine articles
Writes screenplays
Acts, sometimes in good movies and quite well
Can play the frick out of some banjo
Was, IMO, a great standup comedian

I'd go with Steve.

ETA: Woody Allen gives Steve Martin a run for his money, but loses points for the whole Soon Yi thing. Not because she's his stepdaughter, but because she has a face like a dinner plate.

This post was edited on 10/5/10 at 5:20 pm