# Movie careers that petered out while you were looking the other way.

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**Created:** [June 1, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-careers-that-petered-out-while-you-were-looking-the-other-way/834858 "2019-06-01T01:59:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-careers-that-petered-out-while-you-were-looking-the-other-way/834858/41 "2019-06-02T02:11:41Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> What’s Michael (Batman, Beetlejuice) Keaton been up to lately?

Plenty. In addition to Birdman and Spotlight, he was just in Dumbo, and Spider-Man Homecoming.

He really doesn’t belong in this thread. 😕

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**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-careers-that-petered-out-while-you-were-looking-the-other-way/834858/42 "2019-06-02T02:32:06Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> What’s Michael (Batman, Beetlejuice) Keaton been up to lately?

The Other Guys was a good flick.

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**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-careers-that-petered-out-while-you-were-looking-the-other-way/834858/43 "2019-06-02T04:30:12Z")

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Hayden Christiansen comes to mind. He played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels and made two or three films afterward. Then he kind of disappeared.

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**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-careers-that-petered-out-while-you-were-looking-the-other-way/834858/44 "2019-06-02T05:08:22Z")

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> [@Moriarty](#):
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> Rick Moranis just walked away from Hollywood to raise his kids after his wife died.

If you suddenly quit at the height of your career, does it really count as “petering out”?

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