Top 20 TV Stars Who Left Fame Behind

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@WatchMojo Ай бұрын

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@devingiles6597 Ай бұрын

Honorable mentions: Lauren Taylor - She was the star in the Disney Channel sitcom, Best Friends Whenever. Hillary Duff Jeanette McCurdy Jennifer Stone Rowan Blanchard

@DerekDolcy Ай бұрын

😊gm ah no u haven't

@lindamagagula7476 Ай бұрын

Taylor Momsen Hilary Duff

@userLongHairedGIRL Ай бұрын

WatchMojo, can you please do a list on Top 10 Most CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED ACTORS that don't get enough spotlight? Here's the list of Actors and Actress you should really start talking about instead of doing the same people over and over again because honestly? It's getting annoying! So here's my list... 10: Julianne Nicholson 9: Gil Bellows 8: Matt Murray 7: Warren Christie 6: Iliy Ray 5: Lydia Paxton 4: ? 3: Bill Paxton 2: Tyler Matthew Young and 1: James Paxton I cannot stretch this enough but you guys don't talk about Bill Paxton at all! Sure he wasn't as popular, famous, or overrated as some other big named celebrities but he's an Actor who deserves more credit and I think it's very rude of you not to even pay tribute to him, so I highly recommend you guys doing this list right now!

@THANATOS-PRIME Ай бұрын

When I was growing up, I had a bit of a crush on Jeanette McCurdy, but after reading her book twice, I gained a newfound respect for her, and don’t blame her at all for leaving business behind with the exception of some podcast appearances. Would love to meet her one day and get her autograph on my copy of her book.

@WatchMojo Ай бұрын

Jeanette McCurdy has such a compelling story, and it’s great to see how she’s found her voice beyond acting. Her honesty in that book really resonates with a lot of fans. If you did get to meet her, what’s one question you’d love to ask her?

@THANATOS-PRIME Ай бұрын

@@WatchMojo I’d ask, how does she feel knowing her book resonated with so many people and actually helped some of them overcome their own traumas?

@emperora9 Ай бұрын

Was just talking about this earlier.

@The_onset_tutor Ай бұрын

Danica Mickeller is doing hallmark movies.

@Jamal-bl7yh Ай бұрын

Robert Townsend Star Of My Favorite WB Sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995-1999) and Comedy film Meteor Man (1993) he's super underrated I miss him also The Five Heartbeats (1990) was a good movie

@Jeremiah_Rivers76 Ай бұрын

Jennette McCurdy did the right thing by leaving her Nickelodeon days behind her, and while she only hints at Dan Schneider, exposing him in her memoir _I’m Glad My Mom Died,_ whose title is quite suggestive in the fact that it’s something I dare not say, was a brave move.

@redvince5627 Ай бұрын

Didn’t they just do this list like a week ago? I’m getting major Deja Vu vibes here…

@chelseacanales8763 Ай бұрын

Good thing it’s not just me who thinks that

@williebelcher9303 Ай бұрын

Yes they did this last week

@s.g2344 Ай бұрын

It was only a top 10 and it was actors but this list is just tv stars but yeah ...... 😅😅😅😅

@BlackHatCinephile Ай бұрын

🥉

@TiagoNomad Ай бұрын

Ah, Danica McKellar… my first Hollywood crush. Love her. 😄

@irawilliams343 Ай бұрын

Fame isn't just worth it if your privacy, dignity and mental health are on the line.

@Chalky. Ай бұрын

There's only so many times you can remix essentially the same lists before people start noticing.

@smedleyx Ай бұрын

I tried to read a paper that Danica McKellar co-authored, but it was about 8 floors over my head. Wonderful to see any celebrity taking interest in STEM fields. I can imagine inactive actors with a satisfying day job now enjoying the occasional acting gig now, with little of the stress inherent in long-term TV series. ~ just remembered: from one of my favorite shows Parker Lewis, I understand the memorable Troy Slaten went into law.

@Satin_Strawberry Ай бұрын

I loved me some Parker Lewis Can't Lose...

@Miss_Cherry Ай бұрын

Literally only came for Johnathan Taylor Thomas. He was my childhood boyfriend in my head.

@theanimeguy13ify Ай бұрын

Not to mention, Frankie Muniz recently appeared on unscripted shows like "Name That Tune" and "I Can See Your Voice," as well rare appearances on scripted shows such as "Criminal Minds". We still need to see Frankie Muniz popping up as a contestant in later seasons of "The Masked Singer," but he doesn't know when yet. BTW, other TV stars who left fame behind did we missed: Jorge Garcia Zachary Ty Bryan Ian Somerhalder Orlando Brown Caroline Sunshine etc.

@davethebrave. Ай бұрын

I can't believe that Brid Menler is one of the few people who turned away from celebrity life for noble cause

@ADRgman Ай бұрын

I already knew this stuff about her cuz my friend’s brother graduated from USC w/ her

@devingiles6597 Ай бұрын

WatchMojo, you forgot to mention the former iCarly actress Jeanette McCurdy. I feel so sorry for her after the bad things Dan Schneider did to her and have her acting career destroyed. Good thing that she is a novelist now.

@patrickcutter6811 Ай бұрын

Didn’t she have that book I wish my mother was dead or something?

@nah....6151 Ай бұрын

An older example that comes to mind is John P Navin Jr. Anyone who watched tv in the early to mid 80s would be able to recognize him. He was the "go to" teen actor for a few years and made memorable appearances on Cheers (the first patron in the pilot who Sam refuses to serve because he's underage), Silver Spoons, The Facts Of Life and Gimme A Break before getting his own starring role in Jennifer Slept Here. He also made some movie appearances in Taps, Losin It and as the bop your bologna kid in Vacation. After working steadily as a teen he left acting practically overnight and moved back east. He keeps an incredibly low profile with only a couple photos to surface of him as an adult, from what I read he owns a catering business in Jersey now and rarely tells people that he was that kid on Cheers and Vacation

@melancholycat3978 Ай бұрын

I remember his Facts Of Life episodes, as well as his movies. 😊

@island_girl Ай бұрын

I remember him! Specially because I had a classmate that could've been his twin! 😂

@WWChampion16 Ай бұрын

I remember the producers of Fuller House wanted Mary-Kate and Ashley to reprise their role of Michelle but turned them down. So they had the cast on the show comment on Michelle's absence and looked at the camera.

@STLUCIANIDOL91 Ай бұрын

For the most part, I’d they these people have accomplished a lot and should be proud of where they’re at today.

@ColorfulBallerina Ай бұрын

It's not a coincidence that most of these former actors had careers as children. Working as a child takes away their childhood. I'm conflicted about watching TV shows and movies with kids in them.

@Lyca31 Ай бұрын

When my sister was little (around 1980, UK) she loved CHiPs so she wrote to 'Ponch and Jon' and just addressed the fan letter to Ponch and Jon, Californian Highway Patrol, CHiPs, America. Anyway, she got a lovely letter back from Erik Estrada, and a ton of signed pictures from the set and lots of other bits of memorabilia.

@BrainDamage922 Ай бұрын

I heart Whinnie Cooper too!!! She's such a nice chick! A sweetheart!

@Gor85 Ай бұрын

I'm glad they left fame behind. They live normal,relaxed lives. That's good. So nice to see Stacey Keann😁Dana's sister. Angud was perfect in Two and a Half Men😁It's good he left. Danica McKellar did great too.Very high education,very smart. So nice Jonathan was young Simba😁Jack Gleeson did great too. Frankie Muniz does great too. His wife too. Nice olive oil shop. Returned to hear. Good video

@samuelgalea7679 Ай бұрын

Not sure if left as the roles dried up and no offers followed ..

@Gor85 Ай бұрын

@@samuelgalea7679 some left. smart decision

@samuelgalea7679 Ай бұрын

@@Gor85 nahh they didn’t leave. Offers dried up after their peak. Which is okay Especially considering how most are seen as their “child/ young adult” persona it’s hard to follow that up. Every artist wants to receive credit for what they do and recognition for their passion. Why would you even put something out there if your intention isn’t for that piece of art to be viewed by as many. It’s very unlikely artists leave on their own accord lol we are notoriously needy and love attention

@island_girl Ай бұрын

@samuelgalea7679 Danica has countless of movies from The Hallmark Channel. She never really stopped acting.

@Gor85 Ай бұрын

@@island_girl nice

@anniebunny722 Ай бұрын

I’m actually surprised not to see David Caruso here. He hasn’t done ANYTHING since CSI: Miami ended.

@BrizzyBrake Ай бұрын

Drake bell, not only was he in movies, in the early 2000s maybe 90s but living out in Mexico doing music

@Denis-89 Ай бұрын

If you played someone as universally hated as Joffrey Baratheon I would quit acting too.

@FrauMuemmelmann Ай бұрын

the author of the novels congratulated him on portraying the character so aptly that everyone now hates him.

@mrscrappz1063 Ай бұрын

Number 4 is completely wrong. The kid from the Tim Allen show actually disappeared from Hollywood after he got into a relationship with a woman in her 30's while he was only 15 years old. She tried to have a kid with him sometime around his seventeenth birthday, but found out she couldn't have kids when she wasn't getting pregnant. She had taken so much advantage of him over the span of like 4 to 5 years. I think things got complicated when he no longer resembled the cute slender teenager he once was, along with the Hollywood movie running out. It's a sad story, but they made a whole documentary about it.

@stephaniesmith1086 Ай бұрын

No you are wrong, that was the younger brother Taran Noah Smith not Jonathon Taylor Thomas. Taran was 17 and married a 32 year old, he also sued his parents. You have the kids mixed up. The kid who olayed oldest brother has had multiple run in with the law. Jonathan was the only one who basically had no issues just didn't want to be a star anymore and wanted an education. You have them mixed up

@patrickcutter6811 Ай бұрын

@@stephaniesmith1086thank you for clearing it up.

@stephaniesmith1086 Ай бұрын

@patrickcutter6811 no problem, seems like childhood fame messes with a lot of kids. It's sad how much turmoil they go through later in life.

@patrickcutter6811 Ай бұрын

@@stephaniesmith1086 for sure. Seeing the stuff that came out with Nickelodeon, lord only knows what she went through. Easy for people to pile on her with how she looks. But safe to say, she’s been through a lot since the picture on the left. 😔

@rymyguy23 Ай бұрын

That’s a completely different actor

@roxannemoser Ай бұрын

I loved Jamie Walters. He was a great musician.

@gankuverymuch Ай бұрын

Dylan Sprouse was recently in the Carpenter Brut music video for their song “The Widow Maker”

@alichaikoski Ай бұрын

What’s with the click bait pic of JTT? Your vids are great WM, NO CLICKBAIT!!!

@shelbaaaay100 Ай бұрын

What about Haley Joel Osment?

@EvoIIICE9A Ай бұрын

Take a shot every time she says "titular"

@Panwere36 Ай бұрын

No. This should be labeled: *_Top 20 Stars Who Were and Are More Than A Pretty Face_*

@manoftheusajones5147 Ай бұрын

TOP 10 Wayne Knight Roles

@frayhua9716 Ай бұрын

He's best known as Newman on Seinfeld.

@andreabrookeotismoon2016 Ай бұрын

I had Jonathan Taylor Thomas posters all over my bedroom and closet doors in my preteen/early teen years. I loved him so much.

@grantj1803 Ай бұрын

Danielle Fishel is now a director having recently joined Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. She co-hosts Pod Meets World with two of her co-stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong, and they participate in various fan conventions.

@conkyvsricki4710 Ай бұрын

the malcolm in the middle kid was young joe dirt! that is a HUGE role

@rocketrockinit Ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤ miss them.

@BlackHatCinephile Ай бұрын

🏆🥇

@Oracle428 Ай бұрын

Drinking game: take a shot every time you hear the word "Titular" when watching a mojo video (seriously, pick a video - any video)... by my count, this video would have been worth 4 shots (did i miss any)? 🤣🤣🤣

@annearly3200 Ай бұрын

Jamie Walters was dumped by hollywood because fans could not separate the actor from the character he played on 90210. But these same ppl will say a child as young as 5 knows thier gender.

@JuanEnriqueFloresJr Ай бұрын

Yep. His career was dead after that.

@annearly3200 Ай бұрын

@JuanEnriqueFloresJr These were mostly teenage girls and young women. That could not seprate TV from real life. But we have people saying that children as young as five know thier gender.

@RhaegarTargaryen1st Ай бұрын

@@annearly3200"These were mostly teenage girls and young women." You sank your own sad anti-trans nonsense. There is a *_huge_* difference between a teenager/young woman and a 5 year old! A teenager and adult most certainly knows their own gender. Nice try.

@JuanEnriqueFloresJr Ай бұрын

@@annearly3200 Bingo. Well said sister 😉.

@nah....6151 Ай бұрын

a real shame because he was absolutely gorgeous

@josh72456 Ай бұрын

I know from the list Erik Per Sullivan, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, Nikki Blonski, Angus T Jones, Amanda Bynes, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jack Gleeson and Frankie Muniz.

@kennethcarter6403 Ай бұрын

No Cameron Diaz ?

@frayhua9716 Ай бұрын

She made a Hollywood Comeback recently stars in Back in Action her first movie in 10 years and this is the third movie that she reteams with Jamie Foxx .

@BurnLikeAFlame 2 күн бұрын

She's known more for movies, not TV. Read the video title.

@fredricclack7137 Ай бұрын

Hairspray: JTs Best Role!

@shaliseshaw9385 Ай бұрын

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@AndreaDoesYoga Ай бұрын

📺 Wow, fame isn't for everyone indeed! 🚶‍♀️

@tylergoodman3560 Ай бұрын

The price of fame isn't for everyone. 🎉

@StanHalen1936 Ай бұрын

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@tylergoodman3560 Ай бұрын

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@CarlyCarly1636 Ай бұрын

They forgot Macaulay Culkin ⭐️

@RhaegarTargaryen1st Ай бұрын

This list refers to TV Stars not movie stars. *_Yes, I know Macaulay had a few television roles but he is mainly known as a movie star._*

@nah....6151 Ай бұрын

Mac still acts occasionally though, he was on American Horror Story a few years ago

@COMPFUNK2 Ай бұрын

Since when was Jon Gosselin a superstar?

@frayhua9716 2 күн бұрын

How Jimmy Walker best known as JJ Evans on Good Times who's the shows big hit after it was cancelled he was wasn't popular anymore.

@matthewbaduria Ай бұрын

Kirk Cameron, pretty much dropped off the map, after Growing Pains, he became mostly a good Christian, but Saving Christmas bombed it never caught on, I wish he could do both Sitcoms and Dramas but he became a lightning rod for scandals. In the last decade.

@jeronmortensen9160 Ай бұрын

Frankie Muniz had it rough as a young adult. He suffered mini-strokes a lot and suffered memory loss. As a result, he doesn't remember a lot of his time on Malcolm in the Middle.

@wshutson0304 Ай бұрын

Danielle Fishel has aged like fine wine!😍😍😍

@kmorrison7785 Ай бұрын

Jack Gleeson is playing Puck in the new Sandman series.

@COMPFUNK2 Ай бұрын

Speaking of Step by Step, Christopher Castile (Mark Foster) left Hollywood to become a high school history teacher.

@cuddyfox6973 Ай бұрын

David Faustino has not been on TV as often since he was Bud on Married... With Children.

@Snake4390 Ай бұрын

....Rick Moranis, anyone?????

@frayhua9716 Ай бұрын

His last movie appearance as Barney Rubble from The Flintstones.

@DerekDolcy Ай бұрын

😊❤️i loved amanda bind on what i like about u

@leroymc2 Ай бұрын

I don't think John Gosselin walked away from fame as much as fame walked away from him

@johndaman6322 Ай бұрын

Avery Brooks

@joshuarosen8080 Ай бұрын

Crystal Bernard should be one of

@scottlenjenkins410 Ай бұрын

I always thought JTT looked alot like Val Kilmer

@scottlenjenkins410 Ай бұрын

I worked with gary colemans wife at Wal-Mart and was in the same bowling league. In payson utah His wife was psychotic and rude af and he got mad one time at the bowling alley during a tournament because my friend joe "cheech" linan won an award that said something like "biggest character" or something lame like that and gary started yelling and throwing crap around. He was a jerk. I was still nice to him whenever coming across him because i know his life sucked and his parents sucked even worse. I helped him find pepto bismol at Wal-Mart like a week before he died. A lot of people in payson and santaquin didn't know who he was i think he liked that aspect.

@tcmaddox Ай бұрын

These days Margo Robbie is the most famous blonde Aussie

@scottlenjenkins410 Ай бұрын

@carlyceleski6797 Ай бұрын

Why didn’t they bring up Erik per Sullivans rap career?

@davidcomtedeherstal Ай бұрын

Justin Berfield was missed in this video, he ceased acting like his series-brothers.

@allforugod Ай бұрын

"leading fame behind" huh? Some of these were blackballed because of scandal. Y'all at WM are so generous. Unless someone is a conservative of course.

@KLAdams-vl8on Ай бұрын

Should reality stars count?🤔

@whereistrip Ай бұрын

Please do one on underground rap artists!!!!

@Dupontman627 Ай бұрын

Muniz is a NASCAR driver

@Corman7088 Ай бұрын

~~COULDN'T RESIST stopping by to comment&say "How pathetically sad must one be that even w/25M subscribers. Still feel the need to create thumbnail clickbait?"

@adrienneoliver3825 4 күн бұрын

There are other descriptive words to use other than "titular".

@RagnamanEXE Ай бұрын

Seems like angus t jones basically got a bit arrogant and bad mouthed the show that fed him and ended up wanting to act again later down the line. Probably took a second look at the income he no longer got much like Charlie Sheen.

@motherstation Ай бұрын

I heard a loud humming sound during your narration. Couldn't watch the video

@KLAdams-vl8on Ай бұрын

Major Payne

@pca9041 Ай бұрын

Too bad you forgot about Bobby Sherman.

@glassdragonmedia Ай бұрын

I love meade! One of my favorite alcoholic beverages. Pretty sure it was all the rage with my ancestors, too, lol.

@1gman858 Ай бұрын

"already proved" sounds childish. I guess that"s where we are headed. *click* anything else.

@hellenochola2941 Ай бұрын

Fame left them behind they didn't leave the fame

@Serialberto82 Ай бұрын

Ha ha. You went through all the trouble to highlight actual actors and in the bunch, Jon Gosselin. Wtf did he do besides wake up in his own home??? 😂😂

@teddyroberts308 Ай бұрын

Wrong on this leopard gecko keeper. Short, yes, fat, no, a man, no.

@jorgeadairramos7469 Ай бұрын

Hello good morning 😮😮😮

@suzunakuraki3747 Ай бұрын

What about Bronson Pinchot?

@nah....6151 Ай бұрын

he just appeared in the new Beverly Hills Cop movie, he still works, just at a slower pace than he did in the 80s and 90s and is into flipping homes now, but he still pops up now and again on tv