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An actor whose fanbase exhibits a noticeably higher percentage of rabid devotion than what is typical of fandom in general, especially given the (usually small) size of said fanbase.
An actor whose fanbase exhibits a noticeably higher percentage of rabid devotion than what is typical of fandom in general, especially given the (usually small) size of said fanbase.


One tell-tale sign that you've got a [[Cult Actor]] on your hands lies in how well and to what degree they are known to the general viewing public: If someone is a [[Cult Actor]] you should expect to be met with either a blank stare or an endless stream of uncontrollable gushing about said person upon mentioning their name in conversation.
One tell-tale sign that you've got a '''Cult Actor''' on your hands lies in how well and to what degree they are known to the general viewing public: If someone is a '''Cult Actor''' you should expect to be met with either a blank stare or an endless stream of uncontrollable gushing about said person upon mentioning their name in conversation.


Also expect an alarming number of these actors' fans to actually think and act as if the actor really is the characters [[Hey Its That Guy|they're known for portraying]].
Also expect an alarming number of these actors' fans to actually think and act as if the actor really is the characters [[Hey, It's That Guy!|they're known for portraying]].


Hire enough of these and you have a better basis for a [[Cult Classic]] than any other method. Hire ALL of them and you have the ultimate [[Stoner Flick]]. (Or a [[Cult Soundtrack|viral video]] [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|remix]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzn9tLmGr4#t=0m6s anyhow].) Creators go on a different page. [[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] actors who ascribe to the beliefs of the [[Church of Happyology]]. Or actors who play a [[Cthulhu Mythos|follower of the Cthulhu Cult]].
Hire enough of these and you have a better basis for a [[Cult Classic]] than any other method. Hire ALL of them and you have the ultimate [[Stoner Flick]]. (Or a [[Cult Soundtrack|viral video]] [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|remix]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzn9tLmGr4#t=0m6s anyhow].) Creators go on a different page. [[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] actors who ascribe to the beliefs of the [[Church of Happyology]]. Or actors who play a [[Cthulhu Mythos|follower of the Cthulhu Cult]].
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=== Actors sometimes cited as having a "cult" reputation:\\ ===
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<small>Since there's no real way of measuring this, the following examples are highly subjective, of course.</small>


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{{examples|Actors sometimes cited as having a "cult" reputation}}
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Since there's no real way of measuring this, the following examples are [[YMMV|highly subjective]], of course.
* [[Woody Allen]]
* [[Woody Allen]]
* Sean Astin aka '[[Rudy]]'
* Sean Astin aka '[[Rudy]]'
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* [[Richard Belzer]] aka [[John Munch]]
* [[Richard Belzer]] aka [[John Munch]]
* [[Jack Black]]
* [[Jack Black]]
* [[Brian Blessed (Creator)|Brian Blessed]]
* [[Brian Blessed]]
* [[Humphrey Bogart]]
* [[Humphrey Bogart]]
* [[David Bowie (Music)|David Bowie]]
* [[David Bowie]]
* [[Marlon Brando]]
* [[Marlon Brando]]
* [[Jeff Bridges]]
* [[Jeff Bridges]]
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* [[Charles Bronson]]
* [[Charles Bronson]]
* [[Clancy Brown]]
* [[Clancy Brown]]
* [[Reb Brown]] (thanks to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' and [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]])
* [[Reb Brown]] (thanks to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' and [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]])
* [[Steve Buscemi]]
* [[Steve Buscemi]]
* [[Nicolas Cage]]
* [[Nicolas Cage]]
* [[Bruce Campbell]]
* [[Bruce Campbell]]
* [[David Carradine]]
* [[David Carradine]]
* [[Jackie Chan (Creator)|Jackie Chan]]
* [[Jackie Chan]]
* [[Lon Chaney]]
* [[Lon Chaney]]
* [[Lon Chaney]] Jr.
* [[Lon Chaney]] Jr.
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* [[Sonny Chiba]]
* [[Sonny Chiba]]
* [[Stephen Chow]]
* [[Stephen Chow]]
* [[John Cleese (Creator)|John Cleese]]
* [[John Cleese]]
* Coluche
* Coluche
* [[Jeffrey Combs]]
* [[Jeffrey Combs]]
* [[Kevin Conroy (Creator)|Kevin Conroy]]
* [[Kevin Conroy]]
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[Darren Criss (Music)|Darren Criss]]
* [[Darren Criss]]
* [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the United States, though this will most likely change after [[Star Trek (Film)|20]][[The Hobbit|13]].
* [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the United States, though this will most likely change after [[Star Trek (film)|20]][[The Hobbit (novel)|13]].
* [[Tim Curry]]
* [[Tim Curry]]
* [[Bud Cort]]
* [[Bud Cort]]
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* [[Bette Davis]]
* [[Bette Davis]]
* [[James Dean]]
* [[James Dean]]
* [[Louis De Funes (Creator)|Louis De Funes]]
* [[Louis de Funès|Louis De Funes]]
* [[Robert De Niro]]
* [[Robert De Niro]]
* [[Johnny Depp (Creator)|Johnny Depp]] (''before'' he went A-list)
* [[Johnny Depp]] (''before'' he went A-list)
* [[Marlene Dietrich]]
* [[Marlene Dietrich]]
* Divine
* Divine
* [[Clint Eastwood (Creator)|Clint Eastwood]]
* [[Clint Eastwood]]
* Marty Feldman
* Marty Feldman
* [[WC Fields]]
* [[W. C. Fields]]
* [[Nathan Fillion]]
* [[Nathan Fillion]]
* [[Judy Garland]]
* [[Judy Garland]]
* [[Janeane Garofalo (Creator)|Janeane Garofalo]]
* [[Janeane Garofalo]]
* [[Summer Glau]]
* [[Summer Glau]]
* [[Crispin Glover]] (one of the definitive examples of this trope.)
* [[Crispin Glover]] (one of the definitive examples of this trope.)
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* [[John Hurt]]
* [[John Hurt]]
* [[Eddie Izzard]]
* [[Eddie Izzard]]
* [[Samuel L Jackson]]
* [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
* [[Raul Julia]]
* [[Raul Julia]]
* [[Anna Karina]]
* [[Anna Karina]]
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* [[Burt Lancaster]]
* [[Burt Lancaster]]
* [[Laurel and Hardy]]
* [[Laurel and Hardy]]
* [[Bruce Lee (Creator)|Bruce Lee]]
* [[Bruce Lee]]
* [[Christopher Lee]]
* [[Christopher Lee]]
* [[Juliette Lewis]]
* [[Juliette Lewis]]
* [[Jet Li (Creator)|Jet Li]]
* [[Jet Li]]
* [[Traci Lords]]
* [[Traci Lords]]
* [[Peter Lorre]]
* [[Peter Lorre]]
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* [[Ron Perlman]]
* [[Ron Perlman]]
* [[River Phoenix]]
* [[River Phoenix]]
* [[Vincent Price (Creator)|Vincent Price]]
* [[Vincent Price]]
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Paul Reubens]]
* [[Paul Reubens]]
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* [[Ray Wise]]
* [[Ray Wise]]
* [[Mary Woronov]]
* [[Mary Woronov]]
* [[Sean Young (Creator)|Sean Young]]
* [[Sean Young]]


=== Other cult media personalities: (comedians, voice actors, etc.) ===
{{examples|Other cult media personalities: (comedians, voice actors, etc.)}}
* [[Lenny Bruce]]
* [[Lenny Bruce]]
* [[George Carlin]]
* [[George Carlin]]
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* [[Peter Cullen]]
* [[Peter Cullen]]
* [[Dick Gregory]]
* [[Dick Gregory]]
* [[Mark Hamill (Creator)|Mark Hamill]]
* [[Mark Hamill]]
* [[Bill Hicks]]
* [[Bill Hicks]]
* [[Andy Kaufman]]
* [[Andy Kaufman]]
* [[The Kids in The Hall]]: Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson
* [[The Kids in The Hall]]: Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson
* [[Don La Fontaine]] aka 'Mr. Voice'
* [[Don LaFontaine]] aka 'Mr. Voice'
* [[Jerry Lewis]]
* [[Jerry Lewis]]
* [[Rik Mayall]]
* [[Rik Mayall]]
* [[Spike Milligan]]
* [[Spike Milligan]]
* [[Monty Python]]
* [[Monty Python]]
* [[Conan O Brien|Conan O'Brien]]
* [[Conan O'Brien]]
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Richard Pryor]]
* [[Brother Theodore]]
* [[Brother Theodore]]
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[[Category:Index of Exact Trope Titles]]
[[Category:Index of Exact Trope Titles]]
[[Category:Audience Reactions]]
[[Category:Audience Reactions]]
[[Category:index]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Cult Actor]]
[[Category:Cult Actor]]
[[Category:Trope]]

Latest revision as of 15:09, 14 February 2018

That "tears in the rain" bit? He made that up himself.

An actor whose fanbase exhibits a noticeably higher percentage of rabid devotion than what is typical of fandom in general, especially given the (usually small) size of said fanbase.

One tell-tale sign that you've got a Cult Actor on your hands lies in how well and to what degree they are known to the general viewing public: If someone is a Cult Actor you should expect to be met with either a blank stare or an endless stream of uncontrollable gushing about said person upon mentioning their name in conversation.

Also expect an alarming number of these actors' fans to actually think and act as if the actor really is the characters they're known for portraying.

Hire enough of these and you have a better basis for a Cult Classic than any other method. Hire ALL of them and you have the ultimate Stoner Flick. (Or a viral video remix, anyhow.) Creators go on a different page. Not to be confused with actors who ascribe to the beliefs of the Church of Happyology. Or actors who play a follower of the Cthulhu Cult.

Actors sometimes cited as having a "cult" reputation

Since there's no real way of measuring this, the following examples are highly subjective, of course.

Other cult media personalities: (comedians, voice actors, etc.)
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