9 Times That Comedy Actors Failed At Serious Roles

5) Ashton Kutcher – Jobs

Making this list on a technicality more than anything else, nobody is claiming Ashton Kutcher is any kind of great comedian. But the fact is he’s been a comedy star for years now, bringing in some of the biggest comedy gig paychecks for both TV and film ever since he started out on That ’70s Show almost two decades ago. Arguably the funniest thing he’s ever done, though, is try and break into serious acting by playing the titan that is Apple’s Steve Jobs.

In fairness to Kutcher, he looks the part in Joshua Michael Stern’s Jobs (a hell of a lot more-so than Michael Fassbender does in Danny Boyle’s upcoming Steve Jobs). But physical resemblance and mimicry of body language alone cannot carry someone through a movie, especially not when the actor playing the part appears so incapable of suggesting depth. In a way, it’s a perfect summation of Kutcher: outwardly the package is impressive, but inside there appears to be nothing going on at all.