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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.

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Comments & Submittor Name
Tab Hunter Damn Yankees "Young Love was a #1 hit for him in1957. Was a much better actor than singer - Barry Disbrow
Talking Heads/David Byrne Stop Making Sense and True Stories Stop Making Sense has been praised as one of the greatest concert films ever made. (I agree, too.) Directed by Jonathan Demme, its a cool concert movie. True Stories was Byrne's attempt at directing a movie, which is set in imaginary Virgil, Texas. -HeadsFan - HeadsFan
Tammin Sursok Home And Away, The Young And The Restless She shot into prominence as Danni Sutherland on Home & Away. After her character was written off, she launched her singing career. Now she is as Colleen on The Young And The Restless. - Rocky Mak
Taryn Manning (Boomkat) Hustle and Flow, 8 Mile, Drive I've only seen her on "Drive", but her interactions with Melanie Lynskey were very good. - Brian Kelly
Taylor Swift CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hannah Montana: The Movie  - Rocky Mak
Tim McGraw Friday Night Lights, Flicka Excellent job as the abusive dad in Friday Night Lights - Jjscott
Tina Turner Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome She played Max's nemesis Auntie Entity in that movie. - Vic George
Tina Turner The Who's Tommy Twitch, twitch, creek, twitch. It worked. - Missy MuMu
Toby Keith Broken Bridges Movie sucked. Awful acting. He should stick to singing. - Jessie W.
Tom Waits Coffee and Cigarettes, Domino Great acting, played parts that fit him well - Jeffrey DeVilliers
Tone Loc Car 54 Where Are You?, Freedom Strike, The Code Hunter, They Crawl, Titan A.E., Heat, Blank Check, Surf Ninjas, Posse, Poetic Justice, Rhapsody   - Michael Prymula
Tupac Shakur Juice, Above The Rim, Poetic Justice, Gang Related, Bullet, Gridlock'd An excellent actor who will truly be missed. - Michael Prymula

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