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Current famous movie actor that has never acted in TV?

posted 5 years ago by orangeflava (1926)
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Looking for an actor that has been in the business for a while not a newbie. All the ones that immediately come to mind (Clooney, Roberts, Washington, Damon, Smith, Dicaprio, etc.) have acted in some TV show with the exception of Tom Cruise. Anyone know why? Has he ever express interest in doing a show?

Even legends like Deniro and Pacino have done TV. Can anyone think of some other top tier career actors that have not done TV?

[–] TalkinPikchorBox (2250) 5 years ago

Who is smith?

[–] ColumboKate (5788) 5 years ago

Will Smith 🤷‍♀️

[–] TalkinPikchorBox (2250) 5 years ago

He did fresh prince. 😝 that was his start after rap.

Edit haha i thought you were op

[–] ColumboKate (5788) 5 years ago

😄

[–] orangeflava (1926) 5 years ago

Yes the fresh prince himself. Been watching that show on HBOMax and its still hilarious

[–] Redsfan001 (6220) 5 years ago

Tom Cruise hit the big time fast.

Had a mediocre debut in the movie All the Right Moves (1983)

Major stardom followed Risky Business (1983) and he never looked back.

There was a much more defined wall that separated movie stars and TV stars in the 1970's and 1980's. It was harder to make the jump successfully from TV to movie stardom.

That is why many of us were shocked when Bruce Willis made the jump, so many didn't (see Tom Selleck).

[–] ColumboKate (5788) 5 years ago

Yeah, as an 80s kid if a 'film star' did a tv show it was so weird. It just made us all think how their career must have bombed if they were on a show. It's the other way round now. I suppose with all the streaming sites it's better for their careers to have a huge show they a part of than one random film.

I recently saw an episode of Murder She Wrote with George Clooney lol.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 5 years ago

Cruise is almost certainly the most prominent. He and his ego even turned down a guest slot on The Simpsons twice, yet he accepted a cameo in an Austin Powers sequel.

[–] TimMC (9143) 5 years ago

It was a smart move.

[–] orangeflava (1926) 5 years ago

ha i didn't know he turned down the simpsons. ego indeed.

[–] Who (5146) 5 years ago

Christian Bale ?

[–] orangeflava (1926) 5 years ago

Bale is the closest so far! But this "Heart of the Country" show in the 80s puts him out of the running, methinks.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 5 years ago

He also did one or two TV plays in the early 90s - I remember one, a murder-mystery with Denholm Elliott. Nothing for a long time, though.

[–] Artisan (3464) 5 years ago

They either graduate from TV into movies or are demoted into TV when their popularity fades, Charlie Sheen being a good example of that. Cruise has maintained enough popularity to keep away from TV for now anyway.

Then you have actors like Michael J Fox who have gone back and forward between the two mediums.

Stallone has never done TV.

[–] tsrt (1177) 5 years ago

Cameron Diaz never really did.

[–] orangeflava (1926) 5 years ago

upon checking she did voices for cartoons but no live action tv. that's a good one!