10 Underrated Acting Performances By Athletes In Movies

10. Lance Armstrong - Dodgeball

Featuring Lance Armstrong in this category is a pretty bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.

Putting aside Lance Armstrong's doping scandal (for now) the man has truly achieved some incredible things in his life. At age 25 he overcame testicular, lung, brain and abdomen cancer, he later went on to win seven Tour De Frances and wrote numerous best-selling books. Most notably, however, he made a brief cameo in the 2004 smash hit Dodgeball: A True Underdog story.

In his scene, Lance Armstrong finds a dejected Peter LeFleur, played by Vince Vaughn, in an airport bar after ditching his teammates out of fear of losing to Globo Gym. Lance is sympathetic and says he nearly gave up too after being diagnosed with cancer but he didn't and instead, he won the Tour de France five times in a row with nothing but determination and hard work.

This scene hits differently with 2020 hindsight knowing that he was found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs during that time. The fact that he pulled off those lines with a straight face is god-tier acting and for that reason he makes the list.