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Swagger_Dagger
05/31/24 10:51:11 AM
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Bryan Cranston

Never done anything close to BB. "Your Honor" is absolute rubbish.

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Jaguar34
05/31/24 10:52:19 AM
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Didn't Downey win an award?

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tommybel89
05/31/24 10:52:19 AM
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Oppenheimer is a hell of a feather in his cap.

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Swagger_Dagger
05/31/24 10:52:49 AM
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LOL I forgot he was in Oppenheimer. Damn. Edited the OP.

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ToadallyAwesome
05/31/24 10:57:13 AM
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I feel like Andrew Lincoln had this happen. He was red hot on the Walking Dead. Left the show but I never saw him in much after that. And now he is back in the saddle with that too.

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Hayame_Zero
05/31/24 10:58:41 AM
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Adrien Brody after The Pianist

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masterpug53
05/31/24 10:59:01 AM
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Swagger_Dagger posted...
Bryan Cranston

Never done anything close to BB. "Your Honor" is absolute rubbish.

He co-starred in Best Picture winner 'Argo' and (naturally) had the single best line in the movie.

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Enclave
05/31/24 11:00:42 AM
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Yeah, don't write off Brian Cranston yet.

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05/31/24 11:02:26 AM
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TheGoldenEel
05/31/24 11:02:32 AM
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Brian Cranston is in the doing whatever the fuck he wants to do stage of his career

and he is excellent in Your Honor even if the show isnt that great

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Raikuro
05/31/24 11:14:46 AM
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Why is it when actors are extremely successful and don't even have to work anymore but still do for fun, it's considered a failure on their part.
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ClayGuida
05/31/24 11:21:38 AM
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Cranston got nominated for an Oscar for Trumbo.

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Cuticrusader09
05/31/24 11:28:46 AM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Brian Cranston is in the doing whatever the fuck he wants to do stage of his career

and he is excellent in Your Honor even if the show isnt that great

Dude is 68. He can retire if he wants to. No reason actors have to act until they die.

He had 2 great roles. Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle.

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HighSeraph
05/31/24 11:29:37 AM
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Most of the Friends cast

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GuerrillaSoldier
05/31/24 11:34:55 AM
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Weezy_Tha_Don
05/31/24 11:36:49 AM
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Jonathan Majors?

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ZevLoveDOOM
05/31/24 11:39:48 AM
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Rami Malek?

after Mr Robot ended, i havent seen him in anything else that's considered great...
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C_Pain
05/31/24 11:43:12 AM
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Most of the GoT cast

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theAteam
05/31/24 11:44:36 AM
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Cuticrusader09 posted...
Dude is 68. He can retire if he wants to. No reason actors have to act until they die.

He had 2 great roles. Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle.

Him and Aaron Paul have been traveling around hocking tequila for a few years now.

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Kaldrenthebold
05/31/24 11:45:40 AM
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Bryan and Aaron were both in It's Always Sunny last season.

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GuerrillaSoldier posted...
aragorn

Huh? Eastern Promises and A History of Violence were after LOTR. In fact looking at his history he has received more critical acclaim in the 2010's and present so this answer is incorrect.

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Rotterdammerung
05/31/24 11:45:57 AM
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
Rami Malek?

after Mr Robot ended, i havent seen him in anything else that's considered great...
He was in Oppenheimer.

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ClayGuida
05/31/24 11:59:34 AM
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
Rami Malek?

after Mr Robot ended, i havent seen him in anything else that's considered great...
Didn't he win best actor for Mercury?

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Boombam99
05/31/24 12:00:38 PM
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Jon Heder after Napoleon Dynamite
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TMOG
05/31/24 12:03:47 PM
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Ken Jeong had a good thing going with Community but now it feels like he just does reality shows and commercials for eye drops.
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Hayame_Zero
05/31/24 12:15:01 PM
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Boombam99 posted...
Jon Heder after Napoleon Dynamite
He had a slew of offers after Napoleon Dynamite, but turned a ton of roles down because he's a Morman and he felt they were too obscene.

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ironman2009
05/31/24 12:16:12 PM
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The entire Stark/Snow family except Ned

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TheGoldenEel
05/31/24 12:18:50 PM
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if youre talking about John Krasinski I thought Jack Ryan was a big hit plus he wrote and directed the Quiet Place movies

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JaiCSC
05/31/24 12:20:46 PM
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Get the obvious one out of the way Mickey Rourke.
The Wrestler is one hell of a performance, many argue he should have won the Oscar. Chewed the scenery in Iron Man 2 and then hasn't had a high profile role since. I hear he's difficult to work with too which probably didn't help.

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TMOG
05/31/24 12:22:11 PM
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JaiCSC posted...
Get the obvious one out of the way Mickey Rourke.
The Wrestler is one hell of a performance, many argue he should have won the Oscar. Chewed the scenery in Iron Man 2 and then hasn't had a high profile role since. I hear he's difficult to work with too which probably didn't help.
Wasn't he the one who ripped his own costume off after his performance on The Masked Singer because he immediately realized what a stupid pain in the ass it was?
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tommybel89
05/31/24 12:29:51 PM
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Mickey Rourke seems like a guy who was on a huge trajectory in the 80s but it never paid off with a mainstream breakout.

For current guys, how about Hemsworth? It seems like everything after Thor has been a failure to launch him into another franchise or career path.

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creativerealms
05/31/24 12:30:49 PM
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Pretty much anyone whose career started with Game of Thrones. Many of them looked to be "the next big name" got attached to an established franchise and than crashed and burned.

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Ricemills
05/31/24 12:32:16 PM
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tommybel89 posted...
For current guys, how about Hemsworth? It seems like everything after Thor has been a failure to launch him into another franchise or career path.

He's in Furiosa

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tommybel89
05/31/24 12:35:00 PM
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Ricemills posted...
He's in Furiosa
I know, but he's never had a breakout movie with him as the main star after Thor (that I can recall).

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tommybel89
05/31/24 12:35:41 PM
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creativerealms posted...
Pretty much anyone whose career started with Game of Thrones. Many of them looked to be "the next big name" got attacked to an established franchise and than crashed and burned.
Yeah, the 2 Stark girls fizzled out in the X-Men franchise together.

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creativerealms
05/31/24 12:40:28 PM
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Ricemills posted...
He's in Furiosa
Which while a great film is sadly a huge failure at the box office

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Hayame_Zero
05/31/24 12:43:46 PM
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tommybel89 posted...
I know, but he's never had a breakout movie with him as the main star after Thor (that I can recall).
Extraction on Netflix and its sequel. They're mediocre, but the first movie was the most-watched original film in Netflix history.

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specialkid8
05/31/24 12:56:48 PM
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Damn near everyone from any major show. You've got stuff like GoT and Lost that were the absolute biggest things at the time and introduced a bunch of hot new actors whose careers want almost nowhere afterwards.

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tommybel89
05/31/24 12:58:30 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Extraction on Netflix and its sequel. They're mediocre, but the first movie was the most-watched original film in Netflix history.
Well that's something at least!

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Shadow_Don
05/31/24 1:00:26 PM
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tommybel89 posted...
I know, but he's never had a breakout movie with him as the main star after Thor (that I can recall).

Not sure how successful it was but Rush was really good

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bigblu89
05/31/24 1:02:51 PM
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Cranston won a SAG Award, TWO Tonys, and THREE Golden Globes after Breaking Bad ended.

All for different roles.

His career "crashing" is better then most actors peaks.


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SomeLikeItHoth
05/31/24 1:06:52 PM
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Josh Hartnett in Pearl Harbor

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sabin017
05/31/24 1:08:16 PM
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Some people can't escape defining roles, especially long run ones on TV.
Jeffrey Donovan should've had more success after Burn Notice, that was an extremely demanding role to play.

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tommybel89
05/31/24 1:10:35 PM
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Cranston is also old enough that he will do whatever passion project dramas he wants forever. He's not lining up to be the NEXT GUY. He's not competing with Gosling, Reynolds, Chalamet, Butler, etc.

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littlebro07
05/31/24 1:11:42 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
Jonathan Majors?

This technically although his peak role didn't even get to finish properly

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DrizztLink
05/31/24 1:11:59 PM
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sabin017 posted...
Jeffrey Donovan should've had more success after Burn Notice, that was an extremely demanding role to play.
Isn't he on Law and Order nowadays?

That's probably the steadiest paycheck in acting.

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MangaBroski
05/31/24 1:20:10 PM
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C_Pain posted...
Most of the GoT cast
To be fair, none of the younger characters were played by great actors. Maisie Williams was the best of them, and she at least was getting roles, albeit none as good.

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Swagger_Dagger
05/31/24 1:25:55 PM
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People saying Game of Thrones aren't too bright. It's an ensemble show. There was no real "star."

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DaxNovalis
05/31/24 1:27:36 PM
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David Caruso returned to his TV role after a failed movie career.
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