[quadriplegicjon]

first guy i thought of as soon as I saw the thread title. I did like what dreams may come, but yeah after that he got stuck making shitty direct-to-dvd kids movies. baffling, really.

Yeah, I was always baffled by that. It felt like something had happened behind the scenes and he burned his bridges or something.

[The Hermit]

Thora Birch. Child Star, American Beauty and Ghost World, then boom career death. Getting too thin, blonde hair + nutty parents didn't help.

Well finally someone posted correctly... Poor girl, I wonder what she is doing now.

On another hand, there's an actress in Game of Thrones that used to do hardcore porn...

[FStop7]

Everybody from Friends and everybody from Seinfeld (except Larry David)

But all of those people were getting like $2 mil per episode each, so it's probably hard to give a shit when swimming in your olympic sized pool full of gold coins every morning.

[Raonak]

the Rock after Walking Tall till Faster,Other Guys and Fast Five

And GI joe.
And Fast 6
And Fast 7


I think he's gonna be ok.

[PSFan]

What big hit has Elijah Wood been in since LOTRs?

[pseudocaesar]

I kinda think Ray Liotta might qualify too. I mean the dudes been in hundreds of movies the past decade, but nothing of note really.. just really shitty b parts

What big hit has Elijah Wood been in since LOTRs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ

[Witchfinder General]

On another hand, there's an actress in Game of Thrones that used to do hardcore porn...

Wha? Who?

[daviyoung]

What big hit has Elijah Wood been in since LOTRs?

Surely the same can be said for most of the LOTR cast, except Orlando Bloom for Pirates. Doesn't matter about Elijah anyway, because he was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which is a better movie than any of the LOTRs.

[TheMan]

Ashley Judd - she was supposed to be the next Angelina Jolie.

wait...wasn't ashley judd around way before jolie became famous? i think it's more like angelina jolie became what ashley judd could have been.

[elitehebrew]

Wha? Who?

NSFW maybe/maybe not. Did a quick google for ya...

http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/0...rn-star#page/1

[Alrus]

Surely the same can be said for most of the LOTR cast, except Orlando Bloom for Pirates. Doesn't matter about Elijah anyway, because he was in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which is a better movie than any of the LOTRs.

Ian McKellen seems to be doing fine.

[daviyoung]

Ian McKellen seems to be doing fine.

The benchmark is 'big hit'.

[AlanzTalon]

I think he retired

yeah he is spending his money on race cars. Hard to hate on a guy for being a child star, cashing in a big contract then investing it properly so he never has to work a day in his life again.

[Finaika]

???

[richiek]

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Wins an Oscar in Jerry Maguire, and then destroys his career with shit role after shit role.

[industrian]

Costanzas boss(the funny one that never gave a shit) shot himself in the face, survived and made a 911 call. This call was released and he said that he shat his pants. Not making this up.

When you've had one leg amputated due to diabetes and have been told you might have to have the other one taken off, then I could see why you'd want to kill yourself.

[Feature]

This guy.

First time I've seen a receding hairline mohawk.

[Loxley]

* edit - damn it, beaten

[pseudocaesar]

[IG]http://a.fn.fncdn.com/images/content/j/201204022102/6nfJuB.jpg[/IMG] Cuba Gooding Jr. Wins an Oscar in Jerry Maguire, and then destroys his career with shit role after shit role.

What are you talking about he just went five rounds with Jon Jones for the UFC LHW title.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Ian McKellen? What? Some of the suggestions here are deeply weird. McKellen is like our greatest living stage actor who also decided to star in one of the most popular movies ever, practically on a whim. (See: Guinness, Sir Alec) Others are decades-long actors who likely semi-retired after making millions in their prime (Christopher Lloyd, the cast of Seinfeld, Richards' meltdown notwithstanding). And almost everyone else are A-list actors choosing whatever project they feel so inclined to act in, or not.

Wes Bentley is a great example of someone who seemed like the next big thing and then dropped off the face of the earth for a decade. But nobody churns out twenty blockbuster smashes in a row as a career except for Tom Cruise and Will Smith.

[Mr_eX]

Pretty sure the cast of Seinfeld were getting over $1 million per episode for the last few seasons. They don't have to do anything.

Elijah Woods

[BigDug13]

I think the problem is Hollywood, limited roles for black men, and the fact that Morgan Freeman has "older black guy" locked up, Denzel has "middle-aged black guy" locked up, and Will Smith has "younger "cool" black guy" locked up. Sometimes someone like Jamie Foxx gets a great role like Ray, but outside of that, what special roles has he had?

Cuba just has limited options because Hollywood doesn't do very many movies with a black lead. He won an Oscar playing a football player.

Cracked did a feature awhile back on Hollywood's issues and this was one of them.

[WascallyWabbit]

Well, let's see... LeBlanc is now on 'Episodes' on Showtime... where he plays a maniac version of himself. Aniston still does films... Horrible Bosses is the highlight of her career as a sex-crazed dentist that I need in my life. Cox has Cougar Town. Schwimmer... disappeared? I heard he was directing but I've no clue what he directs. Porn? Kudrow's vanished. Perry had Mr. Sunshine that was canceled. Dunno what he's up to now.

If I made as much money as they did I'd disappear onto some island with a beach and never be seen again

[sparky2112]

I'll go with my go-to: Clive Owen. Seriously, wtf? He was EVERYWHERE for a while there...

And Matthew Perry just did a stint on The Good Wife and has *another* sitcom coming to NBC. Btw, his Mr. Sunshine was GREAT, so screw all of you who didn't watch it.

[Patryn]

To everyone saying Elijah Wood: You DO know he has an FX series that's currently running that's well reviewed, right?

My own suggestion would be Alicia Silverstone.

[Sol..]

Really? I mean, I love Fast Five, but let's not ignore the 10 years before that. He was supposed to be a huge star after TF&F and XXX

He does enough of the blockbusters to remain relevant and fund all the little side projects he likes to do. He's not your typical meat head.

Well, let's see... LeBlanc is now on 'Episodes' on Showtime... where he plays a maniac version of himself. Aniston still does films... Horrible Bosses is the highlight of her career as a sex-crazed dentist that I need in my life. Cox has Cougar Town. Schwimmer... disappeared? I heard he was directing but I've no clue what he directs. Porn? Kudrow's vanished. Perry had Mr. Sunshine that was canceled. Dunno what he's up to now.

lol kudrow has a show on showtime. I think it sucks, but it keeps on chuggin' along.

[Fritz]

NSFW maybe/maybe not. Did a quick google for ya... http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/0...rn-star#page/1

Just stating that I have a lot of respect for her.

She did everything to escape her super conservative small-town parents and has dealt very well with the shitstorm when her "career" in porn was brought to daylight over here.

[Stet]

A lot of actors that people think "disappeared" are actually performing quite regularly on stage, which is probably what they wanted to do in the first place.

[Fritz]

A lot of actors that people think "disappeared" are actually performing quite regularly on stage, which is probably what they wanted to do in the first place.

Does he?

[poppabk]

Meg Ryan. She was huge in the 80/90's, guaranteed to be a huge star, instead she hasn't done anything of interest in years.
Sleepless in Seattle seemed to be the beginning of the end, it cemented her cutesy love interest role and she killed her career trying to escape it.

[Sanjay]

Hey I just noticed this show Veep also has

Anna Chlumsky who was in My Girl
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001043/

[GQman2121]

Matthew Perry (Friends) and Michael J. Foxx have both been on The Good Wife recently. Also, a ton of the Wire cast has had various roles on the show.

[GQman2121]

Meg Ryan. She was huge in the 80/90's, guaranteed to be a huge star, instead she hasn't done anything of interest in years. Sleepless in Seattle seemed to be the beginning of the end, it cemented her cutesy love interest role and she killed her career trying to escape it.

It's probably because she went off and fucked up her face. I mean, seriously, her face is fucking jacked up now.

[daviyoung]

Hey I just noticed this show Veep also has Anna Chlumsky who was in My Girl http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001043/

So this is what The Thick of It USA turned into.

[Flink]

michelle trachtenberg did okay for herself, first going over to buffy, then on to teenish movies like eurotrip (which is the last thing i've seen her in)

She was great in Mysterious Skin!

[Kinyou]

He could be Jesse's stand-in in Breaking Bad.

I've been saying that since day one. It would be so awesome if the give him some small role in Breaking Bad.

On another hand, there's an actress in Game of Thrones that used to do hardcore porn...

I was really glad that this didn't prevent her from getting a role on the show

[AlexMogil]

Why do I see no Val Kilmer on this list?

[Like the hat?]

Rupert Grint

[teruterubozu]

Why do I see no Val Kilmer on this list?

Because he actually had a career in the 80s/90s and not just "a hit".

[FairyD]

Hey guys remember me?

[ScOULaris]

Guess so:

What a cunt. This world sucks.

[GQman2121]

Hey guys remember me?

Has an Oscar and was recently, that's right, on The Good Wife.

[Kinyou]

What a cunt. This world sucks.

I'll just assume that you're talking about that random twitter dude....

[Talon]

Val Kilmer really fell off a cliff pretty quickly in the mid-90s.

[tino]

An actor has a hit and then disappear after a few turkeys is the norm for actors.

What amaze me are some actors who were in so many big movies and still couldn't secure decent B-list careers afterward.

My favorite example is Orlando Bloom. Look at the movies he had been in between 2001 - 2007.

3 LotR movies
3 Pirates movies where he was arguable the leading man.
Kingdom of Heaven, holy shit this is a fucking masterpiece.

I know he tried a couple romantic comedy leading man and failed. But he should be able to get in decent B action movies. And yet he can't get work in any movie you have heard of. Amazing!

[Mr. B Natural]

I saw Michael Keaton on 30 Rock and did a double take.

[RawPower]

Jaleel White. He tried to do a show after Family Matters ended, but it got cancelled after a few episodes. He's the classic typecast victim, along with Gary Coleman (but that's another story).

[Aguirre]

Oh wait.. you mean a different kind of hit

coffee all over my monitor. thanks.

i'd say kevin costner after waterworld (i liked that movie, too)

[Sickboy007]

An actor has a hit and then disappear after a few turkeys is the norm for actors. What amaze me are some actors who were in so many big movies and still couldn't secure decent B-list careers afterward. My favorite example is Orlando Bloom. Look at the movies he had been in between 2001 - 2007. 3 LotR movies 3 Pirates movies where he was arguable the leading man. Kingdom of Heaven, holy shit this is a fucking masterpiece. I know he tried a couple romantic comedy leading man and failed. But he should be able to get in decent B action movies. And yet he can't get work in any movie you have heard of. Amazing!

Next up, the Hobbit movies.

[JumpingTheGun]

Shannon Elizabeth. One and done basically after her nude scene in American Pie.