the whole cast of NORTHERN EXPOSURE !! not much exposure as of late!!

Thomas Haden Church, Lowell from Wings; Shelly Long, Diane from Cheers; Fred Savage, from the Wonder Years; Harry Anderson, from Night Court

I can tell you Frakes of STNG does not belong on this list. He has been working behind the camera very successfully ever since and has directed some 2 ST movies.

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David Duchovny. While Gillian Anderson has been in demand on both sides of the pond, David Duchovny hasn't had anything significant since The X-Files.

She has a policy of not showing her children in the media.

justfadingaway and I respect that!

To some of us, our dogs are our children and babies.

Dogs are better. At least they love you.

Those aren't dogs..they are some kind of fox.

It's a shame it's so hard to get into. But sure, also one of the best endings.

Yes, Underrated masterpiece

random dude The greatest show I have ever watched. And I watched it from start to finish on HBO as a teen. Cried my eyes out at the finale.

kay jay Ive never watched it. but I need a good series to get Into

Has the best finale of any TV show thus far. That last 10 minutes is incredible.

edvaira6891 that is very true. I have been surprised by how many shows I have seen Jonathan Frakes' name on. He is a very prolific director and producer as are many other trek alums.

Nyssa Mead Frakes is a skilled professional. I have read that actors/actresses like working with him.

edvaira6891 Ikr. Make that money and retire afterwards.

Frakes' third film after _Star Trek: First Contact_ and _Clockstoppers_ was the (shudders) American movie version of _Thunderbirds._ He was basically humilliated off the big screen after _TB_ tanked so badly (considering how unfaithful and distorted it was to the source material!), and was forced to direct mostly TV episodes and documentaries to keep his Hollywood career alive. (Also, gaining a lot of weight has no doubt impacted his viability for being cast in front of the camera too...) Like you said, most _ST_ actors usually fade into the background (which is true of _The Original Series_ cast as well, despite their iconic roles) after their tenures. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy (RIP), Patrick Stewart and LeVar Burton are really the only names I can think of that have successfully maintained public profiles; the rest have disappeared into minor roles (not that _ST_ has ever made a concentrated effort to cast big names to begin with), moved behind the camera, or left Hollywood altogether. (Avery Brooks was already a college acting/drama professor before he was cast for _DS9_ , and actually tele-conferenced a number of his classes while in-costume because of time constraints!)

Haven't several of the Star Trek actors also had success in voice-over work as well?

Ivan McGann BoB yeaa

Ivan McGann And just WHO forget his role in Stephen King's APT PUPIL🙃

This show he did Feed the Beast is alright too.. I wonder if it's getting a second season?

Ivan McGann he was great as Rob Kardashian

i love Band of Brothers, when i saw Schwimmer i was afradi i would think about Ross, bt after a couple of minutes you forget thats Schwimmer, and you just see a A Hole Drill Instructor.

Sam Pink the christmas special from black mirror was excellent too.

Sam Pink he was also in wet hot American summer

He was great as the drug-addled, Russian physician in "A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories," with Daniel Radcliffe.

Exactly. I feel like Hamm is the one that doesn't belong on this list. Sure, no other role will be as iconic for him, but he's worked steadily in a diverse range of projects since 2015.

in a couple months he's going to be in Edgar Wright's Baby Driver

CURAHEE

Andrew Lytwyn HI HOOO SILVER!

He was in Big Nothing, and directed Run Fatboy Run, also starring Simon Pegg.

I wouldn't really say it's a post TNG career... he started Reading Rainbow in 1983 while TNG started in 1987... though Reading Rainbow ended in 2006 while TNG ended in 1994, so we can simply say he had a more steady kind of success in his other major endeavor lol (Edit: fixed wrong TNG end year...)

I was gonna say the same thing, apparently Reading Rainbow doesn't count, because they made no mention of it here even though LeVar Burton hosted it for over 20 years. I grew up watching it too, and yeah, I still remember the theme song too! I remember one episode of RR featured a behind-the-scenes look at the set of TNG. I've seen Brent Spiner appear as a guest star in a few shows and I believe he's also doing some directing. Jonathan Frakes is now concentrating almost completely on writing and directing and that's why he is rarely seen in front of the camera anymore, but still very active in the industry.

Reading Rainbow is still going its just been taken online and that was through the efforts of Mr. Burton who I think has an executive position with the foundation/partnership. Hell, even Obama invited him to the WH for a RR press conf. I'd say LeVar has had a pretty good post-STNG career.

Agreed whilst he's not necessarily in a star role anymore I think the work he is now doing is much more important. There was a crowd funding project associated with the new version of Reading Rainbow a few years ago that was quite successful I believe and he was the frontman for that.

Reading Rainbow started years before TNG.

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She auditioned for Star Search long, long ago (the 80s version of American Idol). She had an amazing voice even as a child.

He did play villain. He played Robert KarTRASHian in the O.J. mini-series. KarTRASHian helped get O.J. off a double murder rap and also spawned the KarTRASHian whores (well, at least Kim and Kourtney).

Shawn Moore he was great playing the douchebag drill instructor in Band of Brothers.

radrobd I can't argue with you on the fact that the Kardashian's are horrible slits but to be fair i think the real Robert Kardashian regretted helping OJ. Also it seemed like he was the only one on the defense side who wanted to know who did kill them if it wasn't OJ.

Shawn Moore Would like to have seen him run amok and have had Dexter put him down eventually. LOL

Plus the syndication deals they all have are valued around 500 million.

Some of those actors don't know better than to move out of New York City or Hollywood where a restaurant will charge $7 for a cup or bowl of tomato soup when they could get a whole meal for that price elsewhere. Also real estate in those places is ridiculously high is part of reason they go broke. Of course some of them gamble and buy cars and houses for friends and family not realizing their career might end at anytime with no warning so are use to a big income that does not last. Mike Tyson the boxer made over $300,000,000 and went bankrupt because he never learned how to budget and save money.

Allow me to correct that for you - "It's a Looper video, it was not researched at all." It's basically a list of people they haven't heard of for awhile, not ones whose careers were ruined.

Very accurate..they are like the web version of trash mags like Star & OK magazine

Agreed. Actors can step out of the spotlight for any number of reasons. For example, Lauren Ambrose fronts an awesome ragtime band and is on Broadway now. How would we know which roles have or haven’t been offered them since? I feel sort of insulted on the behalf of the actors mentioned, but I’m sure they’re doing fine as it’s not exactly fair to say that success has eluded them.. obviously.

@@VerdeeMusic Correct. When you have a huge hit on your hands and money to play with, it's usually a choice about whether or not to accept a role. I was thrilled she finally accepted the role of Dorothy on Servant and made brief appearances in Yellowjackets. It's not that their career was destroyed, it's that after those bigger roles, you have the power to say no and focus on what you want to focus on. But she's always been a presence on TV here and there over the years, and she's been active on Broadway.

There have been talks about a reboot for over ten years now, WB must be allergic to money not to do it already. On the other hand, the TV landscape have never been this savage in TV history. Any show that is average get dumped because the top shows pull that much of the audience time. Alf, Fresh Prince and Millenium would never survive after one season today.

Did you watch "Ringer" in 2011-2012?

Me too, Kristy Swanson was so funny and corn. That movie was awesome.

I've always loved Kristy. She's also great in "The Chase" and "Higher Learning".

... pandering to fans, but that scene with Buffy and Satsu - you know what i mean - done with taste and i allow it.

Connor notyerbidness hahahahahahaha

Correct.

Lacey Noel was pretty amazing. One of the few shows I’ve watched every single episode of. Lauren was perfectly cast

and Claire is headed to Broadway in the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady!

Curtis Martin Yes! She started previews a couple of weeks ago. Officially opens April 19th.

It’s annoying that it’s not well known

She also starred in 4 seasons of Servant, and she brought such a spirit to that role, it was a pleasure to see her acting on TV again. Apple really botched their advertising for Servant by attaching it too much to M Night's name. He directed a few episodes, but it was written entirely by other people. The subject matter is interesting, it keeps a sense of humor even about such a dark concept, and it was just amazing to watch. I avoided it for 4 years because of how Apple advertised it. I finally broke down last year and watched it because of Lauren, and I was so glad I did. She really did a great job in that role. I also enjoyed her all too brief appearance in Yellowjackets. A lot of these actors and actresses are still out there, they're just not starring. But they're there, and every time they show up it's a treat.

Well, it's Black Mirror. You can't really go wrong in Black Mirror, but yes he was excellent.

I loved him in that role. He was great!!!

I loved him as the scientist in Independence Day

and headed to Broadway as Eliza in My Fair Lady

@@curtismartin2866 And played Dorothy Turner on Servant for 4 seasons. I watched that show just to see her on TV again. It's sad that the streaming services have saturated every possible market so much. If that show had come out 15 years ago, it would have been primetime and classic. It still was for me, though. She also popped up in Yellowjackets and has two more shows/movies coming out soon. So glad to see her back on the screen - any screen is fine, small, big, Apple+, anywhere she lands is great.

The question is it a variation on his Don Draper character? Seems like the only requirement for that to work (for Looper's argument) is that the character is a handsome guy played by Hamm.

I don't see Jon Hams role in Baby Driver as being very much like Don Draper..I think he's doing ok considering it has only been a few years..He has done a few starring and some assembly work so far but he'll do ok, I think.

Ginger Jesus yea

says the kid who liked the best fidget spinner trickshot

Ginger Jesus Yeah me and my sister binged watched them the other week lmao

I use to whack it whenever Matthew Lillard was on screen.

Matthew Lillard is in the Twin Peaks continuation.

Well... Not really. Aside from them both looking classy on the outside.

ASciFiBuff Yass

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That's who Adam Reed would love to see play Archer if there was ever a live version, he has publicly said so.

No he is too old. Henry Cavill or Mathew Bomer. Cyril = Jason Bateman. Pam = Rachel Wilson. Barry = Armie Hammer. Krieger = Damien Lewis. Lana/Cheryl can be played by their voices.

aherowon003 Playing Superman has destroyed every single persons career who played him.

Michael Lewis You mean destroy their life?

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Brandon Routh is doing surprisingly well.

I don't think they are counting life behind the camera as Frakes has taken far more directing roles over the years. Though I think the 3 of his Trek co-stars have all done work within the realm of voice acting as well as appearances in other Scifi properties I think Spinner has been in more IPs.

she was on Las&Order SVU. She played the lawyer tha defenda the psychopath that kidnapped Olivia

Robert Nightshade Yup, a foxy gal. I have to watch more "six feet under" now🙂

I remember seeing her in Can't Hardly Wait. When did she get so hot?

+Jinxxed0 She got 'hot' when she started on Six Feet Under. It may be the longer hair style that does it.

Lauren Ambrose is a total FOX 🦊

Not to mention all those royalties, since that show is still on the air.

They must have listened because they cast her in Servant (A show I watched just for her and ended up loving). They cast her in season 2 of Yellowjackets, too. She was nominated for a Grammy and Tony Award as well for My Fair Lady in 2018. So she's had a busy few years. I'm so glad she came back to work on TV. I wonder if she prefers the Broadway to television.

Courtney Cox was in Scream or Scream 2 at least one of the Scream movies which is her most memorable movie role I am aware of was also in Zoom with Tim Allen but that was one of the few Tim Allen movies that flopped, not successful like his Santa Clause movies.

Agreed, after Friends ended the 3 guys kind of disappeared. David Schwimmer did 2 films with Simon Pegg Matt LeBlanc is in the new Top Gear but it's absolute garbage without the original presenters. Haven't even seen Mathew Perry since The Whole Ten Yards..

I'll agree that Jason Alexander is a "fantastic comedic actor" if you tell me that they meant "totally overrated and unbelievable character actor" when they used the phrase. What tripe would Jason Alexander have to offer after Seinfeld? Maybe there's some space for him in the Kardashian family...

I think he did some episodes of the Private Eye Show- Mannix. I also remeber guest starring on other shows as well.

Fun fact. Did you know that Gene Hackman was the original choice to play Mike Brady in "The Brady Bunch"? If what you said is true, then imagine how many roles Hackman would have not been able to do if he was stuck playing Mr Brady.

Wasn't Robert Reed Gay?

Stefanie Mago Sarah herself would disagree, she wanted to leave the show after the 3rd Season ended and hated playing Buffy after the show left highschool

Yes he was, so was everyone. There's little to fault in that show.

True

rockthestrand Then don't feel sorry for them.

I guess they aren't satisfied with their millions!

RustyX2010 I don't think it's just about the money, as a young actor a person wants to grow in their profession, not have it peak in their 20s or 30s.

And why should they be different than anyone else in this country ? No one else has a guaranteed job for the rest of their lives .

I highly doubt Lauren Ambrose made $10 million for her time on Six Feet Under.

doggotbitm except bryan cranston has had around 3 or so movies and 3 tv shows after breaking bad and just remember it's only been 4 years. he's even been directing movies and shows. So I would say bryan hasn't lost his mojo but Aaron Paul has only been in a few things in comparison so it depends on how you look at it.

Yeah they tried to make Aaron Paul a movie star but he flopped in Need For Speed movie. He knew that he's not movie star and went back to TV. He has a show "The Path" not bad actually.

Bryan Cranston has actually had his share of successful movies since...although nothing he'll ever do will ever equal Walter White. And Aaron Paul has had some success with indies and his show The Path. He may never be A list but who cares?. Nothing either will do will ever equal BB but how many people ever even reach that level of success? They'll both be able to work as long as they want.

Aaron Paul works best as supporting cast as he just doesn't have the presence to take a leading role.

Cranston was nominated for an Oscar!

Neil Forbes that was long before star trek

I know that, I was just pointing out that Burton did have a profile as an actor before the version of Star Trek in which he appeared. I just said it because probably too many people had forgotten Burton's role in that late-1970s mini-series.

fearreavers would you like to buy some potatoes?

Hate Friends. Absolute crap!

friends is way too overrated.

supbrotv Recently heard that the primary cast of Friends still getting roughly 22 million a year in residuals. They ain't hurting.