# How many obese actors have shed huge amounts of weight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622 "2014-04-08T08:28:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/41 "2014-04-08T20:56:54Z")
Bruce Campbell I don’t know if he’s kept it off, but he probably lost a hundred pounds a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/42 "2014-04-08T22:23:48Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > [Horatio Sanz](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/24/snl-alum-horatio-sanz-dro_n_146143.html), from SNL. Has he kept it off? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/43 "2014-04-08T22:47:26Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Bruce Campbell > > I don’t know if he’s kept it off, but he probably lost a hundred pounds a couple of years ago. The evil dead Bruce Campbell? When did he get that fat? Will Sasso from MadTV (and family guy) lost a lot of weight a few years back. I have no idea if he kept it off. [Before](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/Claypool1/meat1.jpg) [After](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm7FOO0-6Ps) On the subject, usually an actor or actress looks better thin than fat. Except Jonah Hill, he looks better fat IMO. He looked 20 years older when he was thinner. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/44 "2014-04-08T23:10:42Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > The evil dead Bruce Campbell? When did he get that fat? Sometime after Bubba Ho-tep and before starting work on Burn Notice. It looks like he was in a couple of cameos between those two points, so someone might be able to pin it down further. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/45 "2014-04-08T23:13:12Z")
Not a huge swing [but Alec Baldwin](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.popeater.com/media/2009/12/alec.jpg) has swung (it appears) about 40-60 lbs up and down (possibly more) at various times. William Conrad of the early 70’s show Cannon was [much thinner in his younger days](http://jaydeanhcr.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/186837.jpg). I’d say he was easily [80-100 lbs heavier when he played Cannon.](http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/71/7148/YKVM100Z/posters/william-conrad-cannon-1971.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/46 "2014-04-08T23:13:55Z")
Lisa Lampanelli lost a lot of weight in the last couple of years. She actually looked awful for a little while after the weight loss, but she’s looking better now. Maybe some surgery or just her body adjusting. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/47 "2014-04-08T23:47:06Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Has he kept it off? [Here’s a video from June 2013](http://windycitylive.com/episodes/SNLs-Horatio-Sanz-and-actor-Paul-Sorvino/9136111). Looks good. The pic with Natasha Leone on [his IMDB page](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3006386176/nm0764445?ref_=nm_phs_md_1) is from December-ish, looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/48 "2014-04-09T02:18:21Z")
The comedian Gabriel Iglesias has (so far) lost over 100 pounds and is still losing. Granted, he still is well over 300 pounds but that’s pretty impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/49 "2014-04-10T06:50:13Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Then there’s Kirstie Alley, who is sort a of a whole list by herself. Maybe she could share it with Oprah. [And she’s back, for a buck.](http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/04/08/kirstie-alley-jenny-craig-weight-loss-spokesperson/) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/50 "2014-04-10T13:03:11Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > The evil dead Bruce Campbell? When did he get that fat? > > Will Sasso from MadTV (and family guy) lost a lot of weight a few years back. I have no idea if he kept it off. > > [Before](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/Claypool1/meat1.jpg) > > [After](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm7FOO0-6Ps) > > On the subject, usually an actor or actress looks better thin than fat. Except Jonah Hill, he looks better fat IMO. He looked 20 years older when he was thinner. I believe Sasso gained at least some of it back. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/51 "2014-04-10T21:06:46Z")
Kirsten Vangsness (Garcia) from Criminal Minds has lost an incredible amount of weight in the ensuing years of the show. I will be interested to see a flashback episode of the show and how they portray her larger self in the early years of the show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622.md?page=2)