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As you sit and watch old movies or TV shows, you might wonder about some of your favourite
characters.
What are they up to now?
And why did they disappear from the spotlight?
You might be as surprised as I was to learn that some of them walked away from Hollywood
to work every day jobs or pursue other passions.
Now, some of these “basic jobs” might still be considered a dream job for some people
like me, but let’s remember that we come from very different worlds.
Let’s get started with today’s list of Top 10 Famous Actors Who Work Basic Jobs.
10.
Starting off our list at number 10 is Dylan Sprouse.
You would know him and his twin brother Cole Sprouse from the Disney Channel’s The Suite
Life of Zack & Cody, and then all their other Disney appearances after that.
At the height of their career, it was reported that they were earning $40,000 per episode.
In 2011, the twins pulled away from the public eye in an ordinary fashion.
In 2013, some customers were startled at a coffee shop in the East Village when Dylan
Sprouse was pouring lattes and craft beers.
Turns out that Dylan went on to study at NYU which is where he developed a passion for
brewing.
He did an internship for some time at a Brooklyn bourbon distillery, and has a passion for
mead in particular.
He is now running his own brewery which he added into the William Vale Hotel in Williamsburg,
called the All-Wise Meadery.
During an interview with Vanity Fair in 2018, he refers to acting as a commission type job
and says that the meadery provides a stable paycheck.
He also admitted that he often gets compared to his brother Cole Sprouse who landed a lead
role as Jughead in the hit TV series Riverdale.
When asked about he said: don’t tell my brother, but I’ve only seen the first episode.
9.
At number 9 is Danny Lloyd.
For decades, horror fans have been asking author Stephen King: what happened to that
kid actor from the shining?
Well I’m here to give you the un-scary truth… he became a pig farmer and a science teacher.
The actor at the time was only 5 years old and now he’s in his 40’s, married, and
a father of 6.
In 2013 he did his first episode since he was a kid with Daily News where he opened
about his normal life.
He said that people don’t recognize him when he goes out in public.
He explains that he did continue acting but ended up giving up when he was a teenager.
He said: We kept trying for several years….until I was in high school and I stopped at about
14 with almost no success.
Danny says he enjoyed being in the movie, but went on work at a local wal-mart and drove
a tractor on a hog farm.
Now, he teaches biology at a community college outside of Louisville.
He watched The Shining for the first time when he was 16, with a group of friends, and
says he wasn’t spooked.
8.
Swiping the number 8 spot is Nikki Blonsky, also known as Tracy Turnblad from Hairspray,
starring alongside Zac Efron and John Travolta.
The musical film came out back in 2007 which marked her first onscreen acting role.
After that, you might have watched her in the short-lived ABC Family series HUGE.
Since then she booked smaller roles here and there, but it wouldn’t be enough to support
someone as a full time income.
In 2011, the actress did an interview with E and said that she worked at a shoe store
in New York City and was later on hired as a cosmetologist at a hair salon.
She went on to get her cosmetology license and she began working part time as a hair
stylist and makeup artist in between auditions.
She tweeted out that she works these jobs to pay the bills but will not lose sight of
her dreams.
7.
Taking the number 7 spot is Jennie Garth; the successful actress whose career first
started back in 1990 when she landed a lead role on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210.
As the years went on, her acting career continued all the way until 2014.
Since then, the actress has booked some smaller projects every 2 years, but was unable to
have acting as her full time career.
She turned her focus onto building a business of her own.
On May 3rd, 2017 she launched her business MomGiftBox.com which she described as: an
online subscription box of products to indulge, inspire, and paper moms with every purchase
benefiting a charity.
In 2018, she collaborated with Dune Jewelry and launched Travelling Heart Collection.
She is now a full time owner of TheGiftBox.com which is an online-based gift subscription
service for everyone, not just moms.
It was recently announced that her hit show Beverly Hills 90210 was coming back and she
was able to reprise her role.
It’s weird that acting has actually become her side-job now; she takes on acting projects
whenever she can.
In the last 3 years she has only booked 2 other smaller projects.
6.
In at number 6 is Peter Ostrum, also known as Charlie Bucket in the original 1971 Willy
Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
The child actor was just 12 years old when he was selected to play the role.
He really enjoyed working on the film, as he said in interviews, but he decided not
to sign a three-film contract when the movie was over.
When he returned home from filming the movie, he says he grew an interest in horses and
was interested in becoming a veterinarian one day.
Which is why he went on to Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984 to
receive his certificate.
Later on in 2005, he moved to New York with his life and two children, and as of 2018
he works out of the Countryside Veterinary Clinic where he mainly works with horses and
cows.
As for acting, he says that he wanted to live a normal life and had declined reporters and
interviews for a long period of time.
He said: I wanted people to judge me on who I was, not what I’d done.
He even said that sometimes in his childhood he lied and told people that it was his brother
in the movie, not him.
He goes on to say that sometimes he misses acting, but his life as a vet has also been
his dream for many years.
5.
Half way through at number 5 is Sarah Michelle Gellar, known for many of her roles but mainly
for playing Buffy Summers in the TV hit Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
She took home 5 Teen Choice Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for her role; she was recognized
as one of the greatest female characters in U.S Television.
After the show ended in 2003, she continued to book roles in movies and other TV series,
but over some time her acting career slowly died down.
Looking at her credits, it doesn’t seem like acting was her full time career over
the past 5 years.
That’s probably because in 2015, she co-founded a company called Foodstirs: a food crafting
brand.
Her time and attention began going towards food and cooking and in 2017 she released
her own cookbook called: Stirring Up Fun With Food.
Her company Foodstirs has been a huge success; in 2018, the brand got a deal with Starbucks
to carry Foodstirs mug cake mixes across 8000 of its stores.
She continues to work on her Food business but also makes appearances on television,
so she hasn’t completely given up acting; it’s just not her full time gig anymore.
4.
Alright guys, at number 4 is Mara Wilson, aka Matilda, the girl who we all envied as
kids because we wish we had her magical powers.
The movie Matilda was a 1996 classic and is still talked about to this day, with people
doing the Matilda challenge all over Youtube.
People began to dance around and pretend to make objects move.
The challenge went viral and the actress actually reacted to some of them online.
*insert clip 1:05-1:15* Mara Wilson was a child star and faced a lot of fame at a very
young age, and she decided to quit the business just a few years after Matilda was released.
She continued on, trying to live a normal life and found a passion for writing.
She started writing young adult novels and even some screenplays.
In 2013, during an interview she was asked if she would return to acting.
Her response was: No, I don’t think so.
I do act sometimes in friends’ projects but when I do, it’s just for fun.
It is actually a hobby got me now.
We haven’t seen her on the big screen in a long time, but you can hear her voice in
Big Hero 6: The Series.
Writing is her passion now and she continues to work on screenplays and upcoming novel
ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH7u4JD85V0&t=531s
3.
Taking over the number 3 spot is Jeff Cohen, famously known for his role as Chunk in The
Goonies.
The classic movie came out in 1995, and he continued his acting career up until 1991.
When asked why he left the industry, he cracks jokes saying that puberty forced him into
early retirement as a child actor.
He explains that as he got older, finding work was a lot more difficult.
Once acting was out of the picture, he found a passion for law and attended the University
of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
The former actor went on the become a lawyer and in 2008 he was named one of the top 35
executives under 35 years of age.
He continues to be a successful lawyer and says that acting has benefited his legal career
because it makes him more empathetic for his clients and less academic.
2.
At number 2 we have Chris Owens.
Back in 1999, the actor made a name for himself by playing Chuck Sherman, aka The Sherminator,
in the hit comedy movie American Pie.
He reprised the role for all the films and even in the spin-off American Pie Presents:
Band Camp.
Outside of the franchise he had other success in shows like 7th Heaven and The Mentalist.
However, his career faded and he was off the Hollywood radar for a number of years.
In 2014, New York Daily News reported that he was working as a waiter in a restaurant
in California.
In the interview he said: Life doesn’t always go the way you planned.
I love acting and this job lets me stay in the fight.
The good news is, the article helped him book two small film roles after it was published.
Since then, he’s been able to pop up in a few things here and there like an episode
on Criminal Minds back in 2016.
But, like the rest of us, he said he has to work jobs that pay the bills.
1.
Taking our number 1 spot is Frankie Muniz, who you might know him as Malcolm from the
classic TV series Malcolm in the middle.
The show ran from 2000-2006 and is basically what put him on the map in the acting world.
He did other movies like Big Fat Liar, Agent Cody Banks and Sharknado.
He had a wildly successful career, his acting resume is stacked with a number of different
credits.
Which is why I was so stunned when I read an article headline saying: Frankie Muniz
trades acting for olive oil.
I’m sorry what?
There’s no way that’s real.
I thought it was some weird meme or something, but turns out it’s very much real.
His acting isn’t his main focus anymore, although you will see him popping up in some
projects once in a while.
Turns out him and his fiancée, Paige Price, own an olive oil shop called Outrageous Olive
Oils & Vinegars, in old town Scottsdale.
If you go, you will spot a familiar face sitting behind the register.
The now 32 year old says: we had been customers at the store before and we just knew we liked
the product and we wanted to do something together.
Now, it’s become our lives.
The former actor who was once practically drowning in fame, money, and success says
that he’s found a new passion: payroll.
He said: I love doing payroll.
I love doing anything with the financials.
I’m a numbers guy, so this has been like a dream come true for me.
Who would’ve thought?
Alright, there’s out list for today.
Pretty much every one of these jobs is still like a dream job for me but whatever.
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