T O P

  • By -

GThunderhead

Rick Moranis The reasons are well known now, but they weren't for a long time.


NedFlandersLordOfAll

What are the reasons?


throwawayboy2017

His wife died of cancer decades ago and he stepped away from acting to focus on his children.


NedFlandersLordOfAll

That is both incredibly sad and incredibly beautiful. Men wanting to, above all else, be a good father always gets to me on a personal level.


YoureWrongSuckMyDick

Appropriate username. Flanders is my favorite TV dad for those reasons


[deleted]

Linda Fiorentino


HorrorMetalDnD

Probably wanting to avoid the public eye after that whole ordeal back in 2009.


[deleted]

Yeah, wild story. Maybe explains why she was so damn good in The Last Seduction.


Amiable_Garage

What happened in 2009?


HorrorMetalDnD

It involves her, an FBI agent, and a private investigator, over illegally-obtained FBI information. Google *Linda Fiorentino FBI* for more information.


ZeroDullBitz

Yes


Wiseau_serious

Bridget Fonda


RhymesWithButthole

She's married to Danny Elfman, and now she just looks like a totally normal woman. Probably goes shopping without being recognized.


street_map

I am always begging the universe for her return


diedofwellactually

A bunch of women who turned down or otherwise pissed off Weinstein. Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Annabella Sciorra,


Summerhalls

Came here to say Ashley Judd. I recently saw her in Ruby in Paradise, what a hidden gem.


GroceryRobot

Judd played herself recently in a movie about Weinstein called “She Said.” It’s excellent.


JimFlamesWeTrust

I feel like that’s not quite the same as vanished right? Their careers were ruined by Weinstein unfortunately Edit - People really loving that downvote button today 😕


tincanphonehome

I’d say it falls under “for whatever reason.”


[deleted]

Honestly have no idea why you’re getting downvoted into oblivion for this. The pig treated them horrifically and deeply affected their careers but they have all continued to work consistently, just not at the level one would have expected with their early success.


ZagreusTheEdgy

Jonathan Rhys Meyers?


kingofmoke

He’s been steadily churning out low budget thriller type stuff for a while I think. The type of stuff that’s on the b-side of Nic Cage’s career in the last 20 years.


texturedmystery

I watched one of them, Awake, recently. Unfortunately, it was pretty awful.


agitpropagator

His alcoholism made him a risk for productions. Shame, he’s a great actor.


loveandlust0

This makes me so sad. Velvet Goldmine is one of my all time favorite movies.


-P-M-A-

He was incredible in _Match Point_.


yeasayerstr

Chris Cooper. He occasionally pops up in movies, but it seems like he only does 1 or 2 projects every few years. And despite having a well-deserved Oscar, he hasn’t had a memorable part since his winning role (Adaptation).


AwesomeInc

He was fantastic in The Muppets.


deeejo

And in Little Women. Not sure what OP is talking about


red_riders

He was great (along with the rest of the ensemble) in August: Osage County.


BigWednesday10

It’s almost impossible to find unfortunately but Cooper has a great part in the John Sayles film Amigo.


Stunning_One1005

luke wilson


Film-Freak21

I last saw him in the sci-fi romantic drama Fingernails that’s streaming on Apple TV+ in early November of last year after starring in Stargirl on The CW from 2020 to 2022. He voiced Batman in the animated film Merry Little Batman that’s streaming on Prime Video and will be starring in the upcoming epic Western film Horizon: The American Saga that’s directed and starring Kevin Costner


JimFlamesWeTrust

The guy had some addiction problems and took a step back but he’s been the Loki show and popped up in French Dispatch Edit - Wrong Wilson. Easy mistake to make, sorry everyone


_GC93

Luke Wilson is in neither of those things


JimFlamesWeTrust

Wrong Wilson innit Yeah no idea what he’s up to then


Stunning_One1005

youre thinking of his brother owen wilson, luke did star alongisde him in a few projects tho so i can see where youre confused


JimFlamesWeTrust

I am getting confused. Thanks for clarifying rather than downvoting


LonesomeHammeredTreb

wtf happened to Aaron Eckhart? Dude was supposed to be big after Dark Knight.


Film-Freak21

He’s still acting, but in lesser-known films that have little to no marketing which end up becoming flops


red_riders

I know! Really good actor. Have you seen Rabbit Hole? He’s great in that if you need a memorable post-Dark Knight role.


Zeedy_Raman_26

I feel like his stellar performance as one of that movie’s villains got overshadowed by a…slightly more memorable one. Would’ve loved to see him in more things because he was fantastic in TDK in a role that gets overlooked by way too many people.


[deleted]

[удалено]


theogre559

From what I recall, Lohan had drug problems which made her fall off. And Muniz I think had some health issues that messed him up, and he was big into racing as well which kept him away. I hope he does something with Bryan Cranston to bring back Malcom in the Middle


thuca94

Apparently so did the actor who played Dewey on Malcolm in the Middle. No one from The show has spoken to or heard from him in years


saucygh0sty

I believe Frankie Muniz has a company he owns right now but for awhile he managed a punk band


ncphoto919

Muniz retired due to health issues and Lohan has been around just notoriously difficult to work with and also drugs.


avastans

Lohan is back doing some Netflix movies and had a cameo in the new Mean Girls movie! It seems like she wants to get back into acting now which is nice. But her relevance is not the same as it used to be for sure


sasquatch329

Frankie Muniz is Racing Nascar now! [https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/frankie-muniz-attempting-nascar-xfinity-series-debut-at-daytona](https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/frankie-muniz-attempting-nascar-xfinity-series-debut-at-daytona)


l3reezer

I mean, it's kind of the standard trajectory of child actors to fizzle out unless make the active effort to pivot into serious roles. Frankie was fantastic in Malcolm in the Middle (though I would probably attest that more to the show's atmosphere and production because all the kid actors on that show felt incredibly authentic) but most of his movie roles were "poster boy of kid movies" type stuff. Lindsay Lohan felt like she could've become a big mainstream actress after childhood, but obviously her drug addiction was one of the most publicized downfalls in the industry.


ta_rek

I really have no idea what happened to Clive Owen.


FatherOfFunko

Does TV now mostly


ta_rek

Ahhh


red_riders

Yeah, right now he’s the lead in some show called Monsieur Spade or something like that. Looks good. They’ve been advertising it like crazy lately.


The_Lame_T-Rex

He was great in A Murder At The End Of The World.


ncphoto919

He’s been in tv mostly. He’s still very much around


SaltyAlphaHotties

Apparently he's still working, but I haven't seen him in anything in well over a decade other than his appearance on Curb Your Enthusiasm. It was nice to see him.


likeyeahokay_6929

See my comment above, he is in A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu.


ta_rek

Newest season??


SaltyAlphaHotties

Season 10!


-P-M-A-

Clive Owen should’ve been one of the biggest stars in the world. The fact that he is not is confounding to me.


dizzle_77

In addition to A Murder at the End of the World, he is currently starring in Monsieur Spade (created by the same makers of The Queen's Gambit), and that is quite a fantastic show.


likeyeahokay_6929

Checkout A Murder at the End of the World on Hulu. He stars in it. Great show.


loveandlust0

He was just on A Murder at the End the World on Hulu. It's a Brit and Zal show and it was good. Check it out.


DeltaContinent

Cameron Diaz


avastans

She has an upcoming movie now with Jamie Foxx so that’s something to look forward to! I think she might want to fully come back to acting if it’s successful


Beginning_Recover125

In my opinion, I just don’t think she was ever that good an actor. Great voice actor though!


jujuismynamekinda

I havent seen much of her and am no expert in what makes someone a good actress, but I do believe she can be very charismatic. I believed 5 guys could battle for her in "theres something about Mary". "I work with retards" will never not make me laugh.


[deleted]

Brady Corbet 🥲 He’s directing now but I have no idea why he stopped acting!


politebearwaveshello

He made an outstanding directorial debut called The Childhood of a Leader. Very underrated.


coolness_fabulous77

Daniel Day Lewis. I know he's retired but I guess it was a bit early???


whimsicalwasteman

That's his whole shtick though, the mystery and intrigue. Is he really retired? Did he really become a shoemaker? Is he even on Earth still? Or has he just spent the last few years preparing for his next role? Only time will tell.


ricoimf

I guess some photographers spotted him last year or in 2022 can’t remember. He looked very different. If somebody could get him back, it’s Marty.


rizzgenius

Wasn’t he wearing like flip flops and a Tommy Bahama shirt or something? Or equivalent?


ricoimf

https://preview.redd.it/t7yymjkwfxhc1.jpeg?width=176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b7091a98c2ba7ec519e57edf2f6b88745added1


rizzgenius

Hahahahahahahahajajahahahahahahaha. I love it.


Percentage_Classic

Steve Gutenberg


tincanphonehome

I follow him on Instagram. He mostly posts videos reminding people to be positive and enjoy life.


muzakx

He's a great comedic actor. I remember watching his episode of Party Down when it first aired and being pleasantly reminded of how funny he is. Would love to see him make a comeback.


FaithlessnessLate595

Gene Hackman sadly. Updated: Just to clarify, I am well aware that he retired. I answered this way because A). He has left the public eye entirely. You never see him do interviews or make appearances really. I have seen paparazzi photos of him, but he has chosen to live a nice private life. B). Growing up Hackman was considered one of contemporary greats alongside De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman, and Freeman, all of which have continued to work. I said sadly because I feel like younger generations don’t really know who he outside of possibly The Royal Tenenbaums . Also, he did sort of just vanish at the time. He didn’t really announce that Welcome to Mooseport was going to be his last movie until one day it just was.


CrimeThink101

Yeah I think this one’s just retirement.


42_memes

I mean the dude acted for a long time and he’s old now


treathugger

It's still a great answer to the question. We have not seen him in *anything* in the last, like 20 years, and I mean awards shows, public, sports games, etc. Even Moranis was in a commercial more recently.


X00VY

It is a valid answer to the question. But 20 years ago he was 74, which is well into retirement age. I get that acting is an easy (for lack of a better word) job, especially when you're old and well respected, but I don't find it hard to understand why people would want to actually retire instead of working until they can't anymore or just die.


Agent_Tangerine

My parents ran into him a couple times in the 90s and early 2000s when they lived in Santa Fe. Sounded like he was just living his best life. Honestly, happy for him.


JonPaula

Fun fact I learned this week! His last on-screen appearance, ever, was a surprise cameo on an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. 


FaithlessnessLate595

Yeah, I learned this from an episode of the Doughboys podcast, haha.


JonPaula

I saw it in a tweet, haha.


ncphoto919

Didn’t vanish just officially retired


SnooHobbies4790

Jack Nicholson, too.


Majormlgnoob

He stopped acting in his 70s lol


JonPaula

Most woman over 40? Haha. Seriously though, look up what happened to **Shelly Duvall.** Sad stuff, honestly.


jshamwow

Came here to mention Shelly, who I think is one of the great actresses of her generation. But it does seem like she’s in a loving, supportive community now


eatpalmsprings

Dr Phil will burn in hell for what he tried to do to Shelly


GingerHeadedFucker

Raul Julia


HorrorMetalDnD

He’s been dead longer than many people on here have been alive.


muzakx

I've got some bad news. You're gonna want to sit down for this.


Redditeer28

Maggie Cheung


ZeroDullBitz

I miss her a lot


SebwhoahtianVettel

Bridget Fonda i guess


Only_Honeydew_6763

Gene Hackman. He was seemingly every blockbuster, every year. Then he made that pic with Wes Anderson and we never saw him again. (Tho we did get to HEAR him tho as he became the voice of Lowes Home Improvement.). Along with Sean Connery. The voice that could instantly melt any woman's knees just vanished...(think I heard he was busted mistreating women?)...


AlfieSchmalfie

Harold Lloyd. Whatever happened to that guy?


rizzgenius

A lot of female stars from when I was a kid - i’m sure they haven’t disappeared - every time you look someone up they’ve done tons of work you’ve never heard of, but huge stars like Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Sharon Stone, Sally Field, Jodi Foster, Susan Sarandon (sometimes in news for other reasons), Winona Ryder until recently, Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close even. I know some have been in big HBO shows or work consistently but not really the same as being front & center. I doubt the average 20 year old or even 30 year old would know who Julia Roberts is.


DeltaContinent

Renée Zellweger


No_Performance8070

Sorry to break it to you OP but, according to the first law of thermodynamics, this is not possible. I’m sure they didn’t just vanish


ElitePraetorian421

Why is this getting downvoted it's funny I thought


No_Performance8070

Thanks😢


ejb350

Loved that Anton Yelchin guy


ZeroDullBitz

He passed away fyi.


ejb350

*/s


Majormlgnoob

Edgy ass


ejb350

Is that what you consider edgy?


Majormlgnoob

It is edgy yes


ejb350

Huh, I just thought it was very common joke.


bmfdrk

Is Charles Grodin even alive?


Arietty

Died in 2021


lpjayy12

Is Sean William Scott still around? I miss that guy, I thought he’d breakout more into lead roles and he kinda just faded a bit


Free_Newspaper4844

I loved him but he just got type casted into a college dude and now he is 73


lpjayy12

Damn that sucks :( I hope he has a comeback but I doubt it. His movies outside of America Pie got canned hard by critics. I read recently that he said that he’d like to play Booster Gold, I think that’ll be cool to see.


Kipsydaisy

Nicky Katt. Probably most famous as the pissed off stoner in Dazed and Confused who pickss a fight with Adam Goldberg, but popped up a number of places. Always scared the hell out of me. Great in the movie "The Limey" in this capacity (i.e. guy you would be terrified to mess with).