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Actors who failed to reach their potential

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    #32
    R P McMurphy
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    Ghandi, he was in that one film and was never seen again

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O8SgaDOock


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    #33
    LCD
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    Viggo Mortenson, really thought after Lord of the Rings would have a lot more lead roles.


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    #34
    Sad Professor
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    LCD wrote: »
    Viggo Mortenson, really thought after Lord of the Rings would have a lot more lead roles.
    But he's had loads of leading roles. The Road, A History of Violence, Hidalgo, Eastern Promises, Appaloosa. In fact, I think every role he has done since LOTR has been a leading role.


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    #35
    spank_inferno
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    agreed about Viggo.... with the roles he has taken he has mostly been top of the bill.

    He didn't move onto the popcorn blockbuster fare that Johnny Depp is constantly in now a days.

    Plus Viggo is as much devoted to his writing/photography etc.


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    #36
    Manchegan
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    Tom Berenger - from brilliant performances in Platoon and Someone to watch over me to straight-to-video limbo, more or less.

    Also, watch Linus Roache in Jimmy McGovern's Priest and explain why he's been criminally underused since.


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    #37
    JP Liz V1
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    Well death stopped quite a few actors and actresses

    As previously mentioned in this thread

    Tupac Shakur

    River Phoenix

    Corey Haim

    and also

    Brad Renfro

    Brittany Murphy

    Chris Penn

    Adrienne Shelly

    Heath Ledger
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    #38
    kiddums
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    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Well death stopped quite a few actors and actresses

    As previously mentioned in this thread

    Tupac Shakur

    River Phoenix

    Corey Haim

    and also

    Brad Renfro

    Brittany Murphy

    Chris Penn

    Adrienne Shelly

    Heath Ledger
    Don't forget Brandon Lee.
    Or you could argue that Bruce Lee never got to where he could have. Tho he did get pretty big.


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    #39
    JP Liz V1
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    After his performances in Terminator 2 and American History X - Edward Furlong should have been a huge star but alas it wasnt to be :(
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    who the fug
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    Tom Cruise, big box office (just seems to have been in a cruise and collect mode for the last twenty years) but very repetitive boring movies

    Molly Ringwold, just could never get rid of the teenage type casting


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    #41
    kiddums
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    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    After his performances in Terminator 2 and American History X - Edward Furlong should have been a huge star but alas it wasnt to be :(
    I can't name another good preformance from him.
    He even managed to play his role horribly in the poorly written crow movie he did.


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    #42
    JP Liz V1
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    kiddums wrote: »
    I can't name another good preformance from him.
    He even managed to play his role horribly in the poorly written crow movie he did.

    Animal Factory, Little Odessa and Pecker
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    #43
    pickarooney
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    Lisa Nicole Carson (Ally McBeal, ER) went from being the hottest woman on television to never working again.


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    #44
    Marty McFly
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    kiddums wrote: »
    I can't name another good preformance from him.
    He even managed to play his role horribly in the poorly written crow movie he did.

    He was also good in Pecker, and Detroit Rock City in his early career he had a real presence on screen. He had huge potential and I believe wouldve went on to been one of the all time greats had drugs and personal issues not taken over his life.


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    #45
    enda1
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    Massimo Troisi

    Anyone who's seen Il Postino (The Postman) will agree with me I'm sure.


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    #46
    Malmedicine
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    Devon Sawa always watchable in Final Destination, Idle hands and slackers and who can forget Stan but seriously fell by the wayside afterwards


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    ronoc 1
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    i always thought lance henriksen should have been a bigger star,he was great in aliens,near dark,and hard target,and even in small roles like terminator and the omen 2 he always seem to steal the movie.another one would be cary elwes,very charasmatic in princess bride and glory,but some how never got to the big time,its a shame he could have been this generations errol flynn.


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    #48
    Nolanger
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    Michael Moriarty - The Stuff, Q, and Bang the drum slowly. Great, offbeat actor who was too 'weird' for mainstream Hollywood.


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    #49
    fluke
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    Michael Keaton - Yes he was Batman, and rightly turned down Batman 3 because of the camp direction it was taking, but I often feel like he has a lot more to give, he nailed the angst of Batman/Bruce Wayne, and was hilariously ott in Beetlejuice. Anything he's been in since (except Toy Story 3) hasn't really made the most of him, or more often it has been down to his poor choices.


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    #50
    irishh_bob
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    abouttobebanned wrote: »
    I'll be laughed at...

    But I always thought Chris O Donnell had potential. He just mad some awful decisions.


    no , just no , o donnell like brendan frazer is a terrible actor

    to answer your question OP

    i think the most obvious example is mickey rourke


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    #51
    Gulliver
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    Scott Bakula was great in Quantum Leap. At the time I thought he'd make the jump to the big time, maybe even be the go to guy for sci-fi/action films. But no, he gets lead role on Enterprise and plays it as an unlikeable, gurning, scenery-chewing gimp. I seriously doubt the writers wrote Archer that way.


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    bnt
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    Blade Runner has already been mentioned, which made me wonder what happened to Sean Young after that. She was in a few decent roles, but got a reputation as being difficult to work with.

    I remember that Edward Burns was tipped for stardom after The Brothers McMullen, and Spielberg cast him in Saving Private Ryan. His career kinda petered out after that, but he now writes, directs, produces and acts in smaller films.

    I've been a little disappointed that Lisa Kudrow hasn't done more, for family reasons - I thought she was the best thing about Friends, and films like Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and The Opposite of Sex showed she has quite a range.

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    #53
    Richard Dower
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    Malmedicine wrote: »
    Devon Sawa always watchable in Final Destination, Idle hands and slackers and who can forget Stan but seriously fell by the wayside afterwards

    He's been doing stellar work on Nikita! :)


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    Richard Dower
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    Sarah Roemer - AMAZING actress!!!!!!!, wow!...have you seen her Emmy worthy work on The Event?, or dare i say Eagle Eye.....or the astounding acting featured in Fired Up!

    Trasesty she's not reached her gong worthy potential!!


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    #55
    Dempsey
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    Johnny Drama :pac:


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    #56
    krudler
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    bnt wrote: »
    Blade Runner has already been mentioned, which made me wonder what happened to Sean Young after that. She was in a few decent roles, but got a reputation as being difficult to work with.

    She's also seemingly batsh1t crazy, turning up for the audition for Batman Returns dressed as Catwoman probably tipped the scales that way and killed her career :pac:


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    #57
    tony1kenobi
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    Dempsey wrote: »
    Johnny Drama :pac:


    He'll blow up when Johnnys Bananas comes out.


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    #58
    pickarooney
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    bnt wrote: »
    I've been a little disappointed that Lisa Kudrow hasn't done more, for family reasons

    Do you mean you're related to her or have I picked that up wrong?

    Bakula is still doing OK. His short appearance in Chuck was brilliant and Men of a Certain Age is pretty good from what I've seen.

    Is it fair to list actors who died early like Massimo Troisi? I'm sure I'm not the only one that thought Maria Grazia Cucinotta had great things in front of her.


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    Renn
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    saintsaltynuts wrote: »
    Paddy Considine(Dead Mans Shoes)

    Great in The Bourne Ultimatum. And My Summer of Love. And he's been in good things before that too. So no.


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    #60
    Sad Professor
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    krudler wrote: »
    She's also seemingly batsh1t crazy, turning up for the audition for Batman Returns dressed as Catwoman probably tipped the scales that way and killed her career :pac:
    She desperately wanted that role. Not to take anything away from Pfeiffer, but I actually think Young would have made a very good Catwoman. Burton's version anyway.


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    #61
    dark crystal
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    Kathleen Turner seems to have all but disappeared now, but I used to love how she could mix sultriness with a great knack for comedy. Always reminded me of the great comediennes from the 30's or 40's.

    As far as I know, she had to start taking steroids for arthritis, which pretty much ruined her looks. I guess without those, Hollywood didn't have much use for her anymore. She ended up playing Chandler Bing's father in friends, for gawd's sake!

    Shame, as I thought she was rather a unique actress, with a wide range.


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