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how pathetic so he never did anything big other than family matters?


i cant think of anything i ever saw him in except family matters and now raven's home. talk about losing your career early in your career.

this is really strange. what happened to this guy?

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Hollywood has hundreds of thousands of actors, millions more want-to-bes.

That ANYONE lands a good paying gig and becomes famous is really against all odds.

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He has big bug eyes so there's a clue.

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Actually, it is hardly unusual that an actor only gets one big role during their lifetime.

And if your big role was as iconic as Steve Urkel, it will be hard to hit it big again. Only a lucky few manage that.

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He was on a couple episodes of Psych. I thought he did a fine job. I'm surprised he couldn't find more work, but maybe he's happy living off his residuals.

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In Big Fat Liar he played a parody of himself and made jokes about how much money he made "wearing those suspenders"

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i always think, if you had success on a project that came out in the 80's and never had success like that ever again it doesn't matter because the 80's is the only decade that really matters.

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Jaleel's decade of success was the '90s though.

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true, but i figured i would include him as successful in the 80's since the show started in '89 and spun off from an 80's. i actually feel 75-95 is probably the best time to be alive and to have been successful. it's a downward slope after that.

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He's not pathetic and he works with THE BIG SHOW on Netflix!!!

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No surprise to see you posting that someone is a loser. However, an actor with this resume is in the 95 percentile of successful actors.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924918/

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I don't think he's pathetic. That's a little harsh and perhaps ignorant to say. He probably makes a decent living from Family Matters royalties. Maybe he doesn't feel the need to take on many roles. He left his mark on popular culture history. If that was your goal and you tried for it your whole life and never made it as an actor, that might be considered pathetic.

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try to think of an icon like jaleel who never got anything close to this show you can;t do it bc jaleel is the only one. at least fred sdavage had the show working afer the wonder years, you know what i mean about this? jaleel is pathetidc bc being that big on a tv show an never getting anything at all of any poularity or success at all means you gave up bc you aren't a good actoe he's the one hit wonder od acting.

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