Actors and Actresses who fell off the face of the planet

[Incarnadine]

How about Michelle Trachtenberg?

After Buffy ended she looked like the one with the most potential to break out, but not much ever happened. Looking at IMDB, after Gossip Girl she really only has a few bit parts and guest appearances to her credit.

 

[childeroland]

She has a new upcoming sitcom or something called 'Save the Date.' I forget which network.

 

[Rowsdower!]

It is kind of strange that whenever someone brings up Brandon Routh it is accompanied by the word poor like he had something terrible happen to him.

Yeah, seriously. If you look at it a different way, he's one of the luckiest people alive. He got a huge payday and got to star in his dream role despite minimal experience and no acting ability. He's the Matt Flynn of actors.

Plus he also has a smokin' hot wife (who is a much better actor than he is).

 

[chamber-music]

Yeah, seriously. If you look at it a different way, he's one of the luckiest people alive. He got a huge payday and got to star in his dream role despite minimal experience and no acting ability. He's the Matt Flynn of actors.

Plus he also has a smokin' hot wife (who is a much better actor than he is).

I agree. Routh was a jobbing TV actor who struck gold landing the lead role as one of the most iconic superhero character roles in the world. Just because you play Superman it doesn't mean you are guaranteed a life time supply of leading men movie roles.

Routh is doing fine with regular TV roles. Routh is no worst off than Dean Cain and Tom Welling

 

[Senator Pleasury]

I agree. Routh was a jobbing TV actor who struck gold landing the lead role as one of the most iconic superhero character roles in the world. Just because you play Superman it doesn't mean you are guaranteed a life time supply of leading men movie roles.

Routh is doing fine with regular TV roles. Routh is no worst off than Dean Cain and Tom Welling

Well, I remember that no Superman actor (maybe Cavill's the exception?) has made a great acting career after being Superman.

 

[Rowsdower!]

That's true, but most of the other actors who have played Superman were at least steadily working actors before landing the role, either on TV, film or theater.

Routh had hardly been in anything; he landed the role because he spilled coffee on himself and Singer thought he looked like Reeve.

 

[dark_b]

we dont know if he wanted to be in more movies. maybe he didnt want all the attention.

 

[Octoberist]

When I said poor Brandon Routh, I meant Poop Brandon Routh.

 

[zeroapoc]

Maria Pitillo

That poor girl from Godzilla '98

 

[Octoberist]

Even though he pops in and out of things here and there, but what about Cary Elwes?

Why wasn't he a bigger star after The Princess Bride? I never understood it. He had the looks and charisma.

 

[Senator Pleasury]

That's true, but most of the other actors who have played Superman were at least steadily working actors before landing the role, either on TV, film or theater.

Routh had hardly been in anything; he landed the role because he spilled coffee on himself and Singer thought he looked like Reeve.

Well, I don't know what reeve did before STM but I do know he was chosen because the idea was to get someone nobody would know.

And yes, Routh looking like Reeve got him the role as this was supposed to be the same Superman, like Reeve looking like Superman did it for him.

 

[jonathancrane]

Fisher Stevens.

Aside from an ep of Law & Order, pretty much vanished after Early Edition (edit: I had almost forgotten his entertaining Californication appearance.) He's a good actor--I wish he was in some more mainstream projects.

 

[Teelie]

Even though he pops in and out of things here and there, but what about Cary Elwes?

Why wasn't he a bigger star after The Princess Bride? I never understood it. He had the looks and charisma.

The Princess Bride did modestly in the theaters. It's certainly gained a following on home video but that wouldn't translate to anything in the 80's/90's for an aspiring actor.

 

[Maximus One]

Fisher Stevens.

Aside from an ep of Law & Order, pretty much vanished after Early Edition (edit: I had almost forgotten his entertaining Californication appearance.) He's a good actor--I wish he was in some more mainstream projects.

He was on LOST. Last time I've seen him though

 

[Quasimod0]

Even though he pops in and out of things here and there, but what about Cary Elwes?

Why wasn't he a bigger star after The Princess Bride? I never understood it. He had the looks and charisma.

He was fantastic on the few episodes of Psych that he was in.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

The Princess Bride did modestly in the theaters. It's certainly gained a following on home video but that wouldn't translate to anything in the 80's/90's for an aspiring actor.

He hung around for awhile after that in stuff like Glory, Twister, and Liar, Liar

Since then he's pretty much been reduced to small roles on television.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Well, I remember that no Superman actor (maybe Cavill's the exception?) has made a great acting career after being Superman.

For what it's worth, Reeve is in one of my favorite episodes of Tales From the Crypt.

In regards to Routh, I think Marvel should give him a look if they ever include Wonder Man in their films.

 

[Panthro]

Alison Lohman's been MIA for a while. I heard she pulled a Bridget Fonda and gave up Hollywood for motherhood.


Character actor Everett McGill, best known for his work as part of the unofficial David Lynch Stock Company (Stilgar in Dune, Big Ed Hurley on Twin Peaks, the Straight Story) as well as evil villains (License To Kill, Under Siege 2, The People Under The Stairs) and a caveman (Quest For Fire - opposite Hellboy!) - disappeared after the 90s, his last known acting role being on TV's "J*A*G", rumor has it he runs a recording studio in Arizona now with his wife. Dude had a strong screen presence but he was never able to escape playing bad guys and 2nd bananas (Quest For Fire being one of his few, maybe his only, leading role); one has to wonder if that's why he left the profession, or if.

 

[georgec]

Jason Scott Lee

I thought he would become a major action star after films like Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Mortal Kombat. How I thought wrong.

 

[Octoberist]

He hung around for awhile after that in stuff like Glory, Twister, and Liar, Liar

Since then he's pretty much been reduced to small roles on television.

It's not that he doesn't get steady work. That's not my point. It's the fact he could've been a leading man and a big star..but it just didn't happen.

 

[Hulk1968]

we dont know if he wanted to be in more movies. maybe he didnt want all the attention.

Routh was also in "Scott Pilgrim VS the World" as one of the 'seven evil ex's')

As for Michael Keaton (from the first page) he has a role in the "Need for Speed" movie coming out on March 14th.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Jason Scott Lee

I thought he would become a major action star after films like Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Mortal Kombat. How I thought wrong.

He wasn't in Mortal Kombat.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

He hung around for awhile after that in stuff like Glory, Twister, and Liar, Liar

Since then he's pretty much been reduced to small roles on television.

ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS t:

 

[Teelie]

Great movie. Wish Mel Brooks was still doing movies like that.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

He wasn't in Mortal Kombat.

Yep that was Robin Shou.