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 | ||
T Pain | Freaknik:The Musical, Lottery Ticket | - Michael Prymula | ||
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 | ||
Tatyana Ali | Fresh Prince of Bel Air (TV) | Started singing as a kid; performed song "Make Up Your Mind" in a late-season episode of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air". During the final season of that show, she began preparing for an actual musical career, and finally released an album, 'Kiss The Sky', in 1998, at age 19. - Ed | ||
Taylor Swift | The Giver | as Rosemary - iceicebaby | ||
Taylor Swift | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hannah Montana: The Movie | - Rocky Mak | ||
Taylor Swift | Valentine's Day | - Michael Prymula | ||
Ted Nugent | Two episodes of "Miami Vice" | He played the abusive husband of Sheena Easton. - Opie M. | ||
Tiffany | Necrosis, The Isolationist, Mega Piranha | - Michael Prymula | ||
Tim McGraw | Friday Night Lights, Flicka | Excellent job as the abusive dad in Friday Night Lights - Jjscott | ||
Tim McGraw | The Blindside | A natural! - Amy | ||
Tina Turner | The Who's Tommy | Twitch, twitch, creek, twitch. It worked. - Missy MuMu | ||
Tina Turner | Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | She played Max's nemesis Auntie Entity in that movie. - Vic George | ||
Tip | Stomp The Yard, American Gangster, Takers | - Michael Prymula | ||
Toby Keith | Broken Bridges | Movie sucked. Awful acting. He should stick to singing. - Jessie W. | ||
Tom Petty | The Postman | Ok - Candace | ||
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 | ||
Travis Tritt | The Long Kill, Rio Diablo, A Holiday For Love | - 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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