Music Trivia -> Singers Who Act -> P
All too often, a performer gets it into their head that now they've reach some margin of fame in a band, they can also act! Some make the leap ok like Will Smith, others like Vanilla Ice are best left forgotten.
Name | Notable Song Credits | Comments & Submittor Name | ||
| Patrick Stump | Law & Order | Stump played 'Marty Dressler' in the episode 'Darkness'. I think he was pretty good. - Amanda | ||
| Patti Page | Elmer Gantry, Dondi, Boys' Night Out | Like Connie Francis, a pop superstar of the Baby Boomer era who appeared in some largely forgettable films. At least she had a minor hit with the title song from "Boys' Night Out." But her real contribution to American pop culture remains her music. - Chris | ||
| Patty Duke | Valley of the Dolls | "Don't Just Stand There" would have been a disaster except for the heroics of the sound engineers who were able to cover up her obvious lack of singing talent. Subsequent releases would fall far short of her success with her first hit record. It is a good thing that she didn't quit her day job with the "Patty Duke Show" to become a full-time pop singer. - Barry Disbrow | ||
| Paul McCartney | All the Beatles films and "Give My Regards To Broad Street". | None of the Beatles would be considered master thespians. - beegles | ||
| Paul Simon | One Trick Pony | - oldsongs | ||
| Phil Collins | Miami Vice, Buster | Along with having alot of his songs played throughout the series, he played in an episode called "Phil the Shill". Was also in a movie about a bank robber in the star role. - Brad Johnson | ||
| Phil Collins | Buster | I was surprised more by his cursing than his acting. - britrock | ||
| Placebo | Velvet Goldmine | Brian Molko of Placebo appeared briefly in Velvet Goldmine, as the lead singer of 'The Flaming Creatures', a glam rock band, covering T-Rex's '20th Century Boy'. Steve Hewitt, Placebo's Drummer, also played in The Flaming Creatures, and Stefan Ostall appeared as Polly Small's bassist. - MissPie | ||
| Pras | Mystery Men, Feel the Noise, Turn It Up, Mutant Chronicles | Not that good of an actor or rapper IMO - Michael Prymula | ||
| Prince | Purple Rain; Under The Cherry Moon | His Purpleness did a good job playing basically himself once--but not twice. - Agrimorfee |
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