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 | ||
Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born (2018) | She was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. - Sheila Oh | ||
Lady Gaga | The Muppets: Most Wanted | Besides singing "Poker Face", Lady GaGa appeared in The Muppets: Most Wanted (as a cameo) because Disney, the creators of Kermit the Frog and other Muppet characters, had signed her up to become as a big screen character. - Brandon Reina | ||
Lady Of Rage | Ride, Next Friday | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lance Bass | On the Line | He starred with Joey Fatone as a guy who meets a girl on a train, and like the whole movie is him trying to find her. It did have a few funny parts, and the 'N Sync song from this movie ("That Girl (Will Never Be Mine)") is awesome, but...meh. - wand erection | ||
Lars Ulrich | Hemingway & Gellhorn; Dave the Barbarian | Metallica's founding drummer portrayed Dutch documentarian Joris Ivens in the HBO made-for-TV biopic "Hemingway & Gellhorn". He also guest-starred alongside fellow Metallica co-founder James Hetfield in the Disney animated series "Dave the Barbarian". - Maryellen Larkin | ||
Lea Salonga | Annie, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables | Besides her singing career, Lea is also a Broadway veteran and has made film and television appearances both in her native Philippines and overseas. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011 for her work with The Walt Disney Company. - Maryellen Larkin | ||
Led Zeppelin | The Song Remains The Same | What's to say? The original was OK, given the times, but the NEW release will be most awesome! - ZepFan | ||
Lee Ving | Black Moon Rising, Clue, Flashdance, The Taking of Beverly Hills | Lead singer of the punk band Fear, he usually plays villians (no surprise). - Rock Maninoff | ||
Lemmy Kilmister | Curse Of EL Charro, Eat The Rich, Citizen Toxie:Toxic Avenger IV, Charlie's Death Wish | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lena Horne | Ziegfeld Follies, Cabin in the Sky, The Duke Is Tops, Broadway Rhythm, The Wiz | - kasumi | ||
Levi Stubbs | Little Shop of Horrors | Lead singer of the four tops, he did the voice of Audrey II in the Little Shop of Horrors movie. - ChuckyG | ||
Lil Jon | Boss'n Up | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lil Kim(Kimberly Jones) | Gang Of Roses, She's All That, Juwanna Man, Nora's Hair Salon, You Got Served, Superhero Movie, Those Who Walk In Darkness | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lil Romeo | Max Keeble's Big Move, Romeo, Don't Be Scared, Honey, Decisions, Still Bout It, Crush On You | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lil Wayne | Baller Blockin, Hurricane Season | - Michael Prymula | ||
Lil Zane | Finding Forrester, Dr. Dolittle 2, Fighting Temptations, Motives, Skeletons In The Desert | - Michael Prymula | ||
Linda Ronstadt | The Pirates of Penzance | Ronstadt would later do the Broadway Series of this film. - Paul Warren | ||
Lindsay Lohan | Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded, | I honestly don't like her at all. I thought "Parent Trap" wasn't that bad though. - Travis | ||
LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) | Wildcats, Krush Groove, The Hard Way, Toys, Deep Blue Sea, Any Given Sunday, Charlie's Angels, S.W.A.T., Last Holiday, NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) | Also in Rollerball, Halloween: H20 - Pan Am Jett | ||
Ludacris | Law & Order: Special Victim Unit, Max Payne, 2 Fast 2 Furious | Very famous for 2 Fast 2 Furious and as Darius Parker in Law & Order: Special Victim Unit - Rocky Mak | ||
Lulu | To Sir With Love | average actress with great singing voice - clifford rollins | ||
Lyle Lovett | Short Cuts, The Player, Pret a Porter, Bastard Out Of Carolina, Cookie's Fortune | The craggy-faced, lanky "new country" singer has made a 2nd career as a character actor, featured in many of Robert Altman's more recent films. - Agrimorfee |
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