you’ve seen them in movies and on TV but
the next time you see them just might be
in concert
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten actors who are unexpectedly good
singers she gave to me for this list
we’re looking at celebrities who became
famous thanks to their acting chops but
surprised us later on in their careers
by showing off a wicked set of pipes and
as the title suggests we’re excluding
actors who had a long reputation of
singing prior to Fame or actors who had
established singing careers prior to
acting sorry Neil Patrick Harris I can
break your heart with a word
if you don’t see a celeb or star you
think should be on the list be sure to
check out our first list of the top 10
actors who are unexpectedly good singers
I’m just a cleverest fella twas ever my
fortune to know number 10 Nicole Kidman
with countless nominations and wins of
Academy Emmy and Golden Globe Awards
this Australian beauty happens to be as
good a singer as she is an actress first
showing off her set of pipes in the 1986
Australian romantic comedy wind rider
Kidman went on to dazzle us with her
leading role as cabaret actress and
courtesan Satine in the musical Moulin
Rouge even off screen however her
talents have landed her duets with
English singer Robbie Williams and with
her current husband Keith Urban outdoors
we dropped
number nine brie Larson kind of like a
memorial while most of us may know her
from her performances in 21 Jump Street
Don John or her critically praised role
in short term 12 dedicated TV viewers
will recognize brie Larson in her roles
on shows like United States of Tara
she doesn’t know what else to do however
there’s a great voice to go along with
her pretty face which she showed off to
great effect as NV Addams in Scott
Pilgrim vs. the world
hey you crack – well shape-shift and
trick the past again
however she has also launched a separate
career as a musician having released
some hit songs after making a record
deal with Casablanca Records
number eight Antonio Banderas CJ Colvin
weba mom no I Roth Oh por que cambia
dark swarthy and ruggedly good-looking
Antonio Banderas has captured more than
a few hearts as the lead in films like
The Mask of Zorro Evita and assassins
however it’s perhaps when he uses his
vocal chords that he’s at his most
charming
ideally demonstrated in the intro to
desperado soy un hombre muy un rato que
me gusta lo mejor a mujeres no me falta
el dinero y el amor however with
appearances in concert and in musical
theater performing hits from the Phantom
of the Opera
Zorba and 9 Banderas has established his
flexibility and dexterity in using his
voice as his singing in Shrek 2 also
aptly demonstrated that goes gonna make
me number seven you and McGregor Kidman
isn’t the only one who impressed in
Moulin Rouge this Scottish actor and
tenor outdid himself when after
appearing in hits like Trainspotting and
Star Wars he showcased his delightful
tenor vocals in this popular 2001
musical hope you don’t mind I hope you
don’t mind that I put down in words
it wasn’t the first or last time he did
however his singing the year before in
Norah
and a few years after and down with love
to name a few
captivated us and his lively
contribution to classic musicals like
Guys and Dolls cemented him as a force
to be reckoned with
number six Johnny Depp even though this
legendary a list actor struck fame in
the late 1980s on TV and later on in
film for his incredible acting ability
it seemed like he just wasn’t born to
sing his vocals in the 1990 film
cry-baby were actually lent by musician
James Infeld
so the question remained he could act he
could play guitar but could he sing the
answer came with his mesmerizing singing
in the golden globe-winning Sweeney Todd
the Demon Barber of Fleet Street what is
on the bum you never know if it’s going
to run and he followed that up with some
noteworthy songs in his performance in
into the woods hello little girl what’s
your rush you’re missing all the flowers
the Sun won’t set for hours
number five Jackie Chan what it is a
good foe absolutely nothing no this
isn’t a mistake the Chinese martial
artist actor and cultural icon known for
his death-defying stunts is also a
popular singer all over Asia he was
educated at the Peking Opera School in
his childhood and has released 20
successful albums since the 1980s
performing in multiple languages
Oh baby shut up
bunch of juicers I’m not yeah
among other accomplishments he performed
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics sang an
Elvis tribute song on The Ellen
DeGeneres Show and released a Cantonese
version of one of the hit songs from
Disney’s Mulan number four Jonathan Rhys
Meyers
having acted in TV shows like The Tudors
and Dracula and films like The Mortal
Instruments City of Bones and
match-point this Irish actor and model
has been able to add another occupation
to his list of accomplishments singer
in fact for his role as
singer-songwriter Lewis Connelly in 2008
August Rush he even sang a few songs for
the soundtrack
going back in time he also sang in his
role as fictional popstar Brian Slade in
one of his earliest film roles in velvet
goldmine somebody call me Sebastian
number three Seth MacFarlane
although you may best know him as the
creator actor and voice behind films
like a million ways to die in the West
and Ted as well as shows like Family Guy
you probably didn’t know that he is also
a talented pianist and singer who was
instructed by the same coaches who
trained Barbra Streisand and Frank
Sinatra while ou will grow from the
first hello
he has since performed at quite a few
concerts and signed a record deal with
Universal Republic Records his debut
studio album was even nominated for a
Grammy
number two Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley is no stranger to fame
the talented and versatile English
actress started acting on TV as a child
and later made her debut in film where
she’s appeared in period dramas science
fiction film noir and comedies I ready
for the last act to take us step
it was only in 2014 however that most of
us realized that she has quite the
wicked pipes as heard in the hit musical
drama begin again where she starred
opposite Mark Ruffalo
you don’t have to be so sweet I know who
we are going to make however nightly
fans will remember her singing in 2008’s
the edge of love and even Pirates of the
Caribbean
3
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions I cannot tell
we came all this way but now comes a day
to that gay refrain of a happy working
song singing without fail otherwise beat
toilets
hot red burning on the side of your face
you feel the blood rush to your cheek
tears to fill your eyes number 1 Robert
Downey jr. what so proudly we hail’d at
the twilight’s last gleaming are we ever
glad this multi-talented actor and
producer made his legendary comeback in
addition to dazzling us in the 80s and
90s and as iron man in the new
millennium his fantastic voice
is one of the best to come out of
Hollywood
gobby watching
his role in the hit show Ally McBeal was
perhaps some of his best work with his
renditions of River and every breath you
take
Kirsten you take Bobby watching though
his vocals in 1993’s heart and souls his
concert with sting and his singing on
the 2004 musical album the futurist are
also memorable never seen me you believe
me do you agree with our list having to
get a majority
what actors surprised you with their
golden voices all the snow is small for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com the hands-on me
the next time you see them just might be
in concert
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten actors who are unexpectedly good
singers she gave to me for this list
we’re looking at celebrities who became
famous thanks to their acting chops but
surprised us later on in their careers
by showing off a wicked set of pipes and
as the title suggests we’re excluding
actors who had a long reputation of
singing prior to Fame or actors who had
established singing careers prior to
acting sorry Neil Patrick Harris I can
break your heart with a word
if you don’t see a celeb or star you
think should be on the list be sure to
check out our first list of the top 10
actors who are unexpectedly good singers
I’m just a cleverest fella twas ever my
fortune to know number 10 Nicole Kidman
with countless nominations and wins of
Academy Emmy and Golden Globe Awards
this Australian beauty happens to be as
good a singer as she is an actress first
showing off her set of pipes in the 1986
Australian romantic comedy wind rider
Kidman went on to dazzle us with her
leading role as cabaret actress and
courtesan Satine in the musical Moulin
Rouge even off screen however her
talents have landed her duets with
English singer Robbie Williams and with
her current husband Keith Urban outdoors
we dropped
number nine brie Larson kind of like a
memorial while most of us may know her
from her performances in 21 Jump Street
Don John or her critically praised role
in short term 12 dedicated TV viewers
will recognize brie Larson in her roles
on shows like United States of Tara
she doesn’t know what else to do however
there’s a great voice to go along with
her pretty face which she showed off to
great effect as NV Addams in Scott
Pilgrim vs. the world
hey you crack – well shape-shift and
trick the past again
however she has also launched a separate
career as a musician having released
some hit songs after making a record
deal with Casablanca Records
number eight Antonio Banderas CJ Colvin
weba mom no I Roth Oh por que cambia
dark swarthy and ruggedly good-looking
Antonio Banderas has captured more than
a few hearts as the lead in films like
The Mask of Zorro Evita and assassins
however it’s perhaps when he uses his
vocal chords that he’s at his most
charming
ideally demonstrated in the intro to
desperado soy un hombre muy un rato que
me gusta lo mejor a mujeres no me falta
el dinero y el amor however with
appearances in concert and in musical
theater performing hits from the Phantom
of the Opera
Zorba and 9 Banderas has established his
flexibility and dexterity in using his
voice as his singing in Shrek 2 also
aptly demonstrated that goes gonna make
me number seven you and McGregor Kidman
isn’t the only one who impressed in
Moulin Rouge this Scottish actor and
tenor outdid himself when after
appearing in hits like Trainspotting and
Star Wars he showcased his delightful
tenor vocals in this popular 2001
musical hope you don’t mind I hope you
don’t mind that I put down in words
it wasn’t the first or last time he did
however his singing the year before in
Norah
and a few years after and down with love
to name a few
captivated us and his lively
contribution to classic musicals like
Guys and Dolls cemented him as a force
to be reckoned with
number six Johnny Depp even though this
legendary a list actor struck fame in
the late 1980s on TV and later on in
film for his incredible acting ability
it seemed like he just wasn’t born to
sing his vocals in the 1990 film
cry-baby were actually lent by musician
James Infeld
so the question remained he could act he
could play guitar but could he sing the
answer came with his mesmerizing singing
in the golden globe-winning Sweeney Todd
the Demon Barber of Fleet Street what is
on the bum you never know if it’s going
to run and he followed that up with some
noteworthy songs in his performance in
into the woods hello little girl what’s
your rush you’re missing all the flowers
the Sun won’t set for hours
number five Jackie Chan what it is a
good foe absolutely nothing no this
isn’t a mistake the Chinese martial
artist actor and cultural icon known for
his death-defying stunts is also a
popular singer all over Asia he was
educated at the Peking Opera School in
his childhood and has released 20
successful albums since the 1980s
performing in multiple languages
Oh baby shut up
bunch of juicers I’m not yeah
among other accomplishments he performed
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics sang an
Elvis tribute song on The Ellen
DeGeneres Show and released a Cantonese
version of one of the hit songs from
Disney’s Mulan number four Jonathan Rhys
Meyers
having acted in TV shows like The Tudors
and Dracula and films like The Mortal
Instruments City of Bones and
match-point this Irish actor and model
has been able to add another occupation
to his list of accomplishments singer
in fact for his role as
singer-songwriter Lewis Connelly in 2008
August Rush he even sang a few songs for
the soundtrack
going back in time he also sang in his
role as fictional popstar Brian Slade in
one of his earliest film roles in velvet
goldmine somebody call me Sebastian
number three Seth MacFarlane
although you may best know him as the
creator actor and voice behind films
like a million ways to die in the West
and Ted as well as shows like Family Guy
you probably didn’t know that he is also
a talented pianist and singer who was
instructed by the same coaches who
trained Barbra Streisand and Frank
Sinatra while ou will grow from the
first hello
he has since performed at quite a few
concerts and signed a record deal with
Universal Republic Records his debut
studio album was even nominated for a
Grammy
number two Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley is no stranger to fame
the talented and versatile English
actress started acting on TV as a child
and later made her debut in film where
she’s appeared in period dramas science
fiction film noir and comedies I ready
for the last act to take us step
it was only in 2014 however that most of
us realized that she has quite the
wicked pipes as heard in the hit musical
drama begin again where she starred
opposite Mark Ruffalo
you don’t have to be so sweet I know who
we are going to make however nightly
fans will remember her singing in 2008’s
the edge of love and even Pirates of the
Caribbean
3
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions I cannot tell
we came all this way but now comes a day
to that gay refrain of a happy working
song singing without fail otherwise beat
toilets
hot red burning on the side of your face
you feel the blood rush to your cheek
tears to fill your eyes number 1 Robert
Downey jr. what so proudly we hail’d at
the twilight’s last gleaming are we ever
glad this multi-talented actor and
producer made his legendary comeback in
addition to dazzling us in the 80s and
90s and as iron man in the new
millennium his fantastic voice
is one of the best to come out of
Hollywood
gobby watching
his role in the hit show Ally McBeal was
perhaps some of his best work with his
renditions of River and every breath you
take
Kirsten you take Bobby watching though
his vocals in 1993’s heart and souls his
concert with sting and his singing on
the 2004 musical album the futurist are
also memorable never seen me you believe
me do you agree with our list having to
get a majority
what actors surprised you with their
golden voices all the snow is small for
more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com the hands-on me
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