Whether solo or with his band The Police, Sting has won many fans, and plaudits, across a decades-long music career. But his performances in films have been memorable for different reasons. When he played the red-haired villain in David Lynch's 1984 sci-fi film "Dune," he only had a few lines but will forever remembered for his laughable acting — and fighting — performance.

With the scandalous love song "Je t'aime… moi non plus," in which the French pop crooner details his explicit liaisons with actress Jane Birkin, Gainsbourg made worldwide headlines. For his acting excursions, Gainsbourg is far less known. In the gangster movie "Cannabis - Angel of Violence" he plays a contract killer. The film flopped. Gainsbourg has only ever been praised by music critics.

Luciano Pavarotti also seemed very out of place on the big screen. In 1982, the Italian appeared in his (thankfully) only film role. In "Yes, Giorgio" he inevitably played an opera singer. After the opera legend loses his voice, he is treated by a pretty doctor and falls in love. Unconvincing, said the critics. He was later nominated for a "Golden Raspberry" for worst performance.

The Spanish singing sensation Enrique Iglesias (far right) ventured into celluloid in 2003 when he appeared in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" as a mariachi band member caught up in international espionage. But alongside Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe and Salma Hayek, the singer's star did not shine. Apart from guest appearances in two TV series, Iglesias has since avoided the silver screen.

In 1982, the singer Nena tried her hand at acting, playing a bored high school graduate who wants to escape her small town and join a young interloper on his motor scooter. The film was panned by the critics, and Nena luckily got her musical breakthrough a year later with the single "99 Luftballons," which became a worldwide hit.