Surprising Career Arcs

[smokey78]

had no clue that was THE Ryan Gosling who did young Hercules! WOW!

Like how Heath Ledger was in that clan series as a warrior

[Elendil's Heir]

Tom Hulce had a great comic turn as a nerdy college student in Animal House, and then was a brilliantly manic Mozart in Amadeus, and an endearingly no-goodnik wastrel son in Parenthood, and then... pretty much nothing, as far as I know. Really thought he was going places.

[nogravity]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Tom Hulce had a great comic turn as a nerdy college student in Animal House, and then was a brilliantly manic Mozart in Amadeus, and an endearingly no-goodnik wastrel son in Parenthood, and then... pretty much nothing, as far as I know. Really thought he was going places.

You just aren't looking in the right place.

[CalMeacham]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Tom Hulce had a great comic turn as a nerdy college student in Animal House, and then was a brilliantly manic Mozart in Amadeus, and an endearingly no-goodnik wastrel son in Parenthood, and then... pretty much nothing, as far as I know. Really thought he was going places.

He played Victor FRankenstein's friend, Henry Clerval, in Kenneth Branaugh's version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, one of the few relatively faithful adaptations. Seeing him there in his early 19th crentury garb (a nit after the real Mozart's death) made it feel as if Mozart was slumming it in Ingoldstat.

[tullsterx]

Originally Posted by salinqmind

Marky Mark Wahlberg. From a life of juvenile crime (including taking some guys eye out) - to rapper - to underwear model - to a very busy actor. What are the odds???

. . . and Director, Producer. . . Writer? Probably.

[johnpost]

Originally Posted by CalMeacham

That doesn't do justice to Mr. Welles. He started long before Citizen Kane -- he did intriguing Shakespeare productions, went on to Mercury Theater on the Air (of which War of the Worlds was only one part), and was the voice of The Shadow. ....

he and Agnes Moorehead are well known for being in The Shadow though they did those character for the earliest and shortest time period of that show.

[johnpost]

John Dehner was an animator at Disney, he drew content in Fantasia and Bambi. he went on to being a radio actor with lots of character roles though best know for the main characters in Have Gun — Will Travel and Frontier Gentleman. he was a character actor in movies and tv.

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by nogravity

You just aren't looking in the right place.

Originally Posted by CalMeacham

He played Victor FRankenstein's friend, Henry Clerval, in Kenneth Branaugh's version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, one of the few relatively faithful adaptations. Seeing him there in his early 19th crentury garb (a nit after the real Mozart's death) made it feel as if Mozart was slumming it in Ingoldstat.

Thanks! Glad to hear he's still plying his trade.

[thinksnow]

I like to get a chuckle looking at the OG rappers now doing TV and movie work as either cops or kid-comedies:
Ice-T & Ice Cube come to mind.

(Already mentioned was the Fresh Prince, who wasn't as hard core as the above examples.)

[Elendil's Heir]

Mark Hamill's getting to play another bad guy: http://geekout.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07...irl/?hpt=hp_c2

[It's Not Rocket Surgery!]

Originally Posted by thinksnow

I like to get a chuckle looking at the OG rappers now doing TV and movie work as either cops or kid-comedies:
Ice-T & Ice Cube come to mind.

That reminds me - one of those Ice Cube family movies, The Longshots, was directed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst!

[Ibn Warraq]

Originally Posted by twickster

Heh.

Another great role for Karas -- Jim Garner's gay bodyguard in Victor/Victoria.

I remember that one. And for those who don't remember, he played a very non-stereotypical gay man.

Can anyone imagine any of the NFL players from the 80s or 90s who would have been willing to play a gay man in a movie complete with kissing another man on the lips and a bedroom scene?

[sco3tt]

I was surprised to learn during Google I/O a couple of weeks ago that Tim Quirk, lead singer of one of my favorite 90s bands Too Much Joy, is now Google's Head of Global Content Programming for Android.

I've resisted posting this one, since he's not really an actor in keeping with the rest of the thread, but I suppose appearing in MTV videos is a form of acting.

[phxjcc]

What?
No Jamie Lee Curtis?

Daughter of Hollywood Sweethearts
Scream Queen
Hot Babe
Hot Wife
Hot Mom
Titled/Landed Gentry of England

[jayjay]

Originally Posted by phxjcc

What?
No Jamie Lee Curtis?

Titled/Landed Gentry of England

Pfft. Married into it...at least she picked a barony that went to 11...

[Annie-Xmas]

Bob Saget went from being a filthy mouth stand up comedian to a star of the sacchrine sitcom Full House to host of America's Funniest Videos to making the dsocumentary film The Aristocrats.