30 Actors Who Had All That It Takes For An Amazing Career, But Destroyed It Themselves

Then why is this here? Making the conscious decision to quit acting is not "squandering" a career.

He has no business being on this list

Doesn't belong in this list. He did the right thing.

So you say he "destroyed" a career. Rather than built a life or loved a family. Nice, skewed priorities.

He can still work whenever he feels like it. It was all his choice - he raised his kids and enjoyed his money. A few years ago, a prominent DJ in Toronto, Roger Ashby retired. Rick Moranis has worked with him as young DJs back in the 70s. Rick called in as part of the retirement celebrations and was hilarious. He didn’t seem to have any regrets or plans to take on work, although he had offers.

I always enjoyed her movies. I think she's a very entertaining, talented, and versatile, actress who can easily become adaptable to the character that she's playing at that moment. I hope she returns to films as well.

She's doing just fine from what I read.

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Now she has a kid... so let's see what the generational trauma has next

She also wasn't that great of an actress.

After the breakup in 2012 she was in *a ton* of movies and TV projects, but both her choices and her performances were questionable to say the least. The only movie barely decent was Logan Lucky, where she had a minor role. IMHO she is not good enough nor unique enough to stand among the competition.

I thought she wasn't in it bc she didn't do a good job w/the first one.

That CULT he is in was the problem.

I've enjoyed most of her movies from her early years. Eta that I haven't seen anything with her in it since before she met TC with the exception of the first Batman movie.

He's very good in Chaplin before that.

It’s encouraging to see someone turn around like this.

He doesn't belong here. He's totally redeemed himself and made an awesome comeback. He is the poster child for redemption not squandered careers.

Three years before Iron Man he was the lead in the absolutely fantastic Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

RDJ and I would chat in Facebook years ago before he had to lock down his account due to trolls. He's a genuinely kind and intelligent person who made some bad choices. He's an inspiration for anyone trying to overcome a difficult life and rising above it.

Squandered? Dude died right after his greatest role. Is dying considered squandering now?

Such an incredibly talented young man with a haunted soul. I hope that his soul has since known peace.

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Wtaf here man?! Sort your sh*t out!!

Love him, but he did not squander anything!

She put herself in the corner 😥

She had back problems from being in a car accident along with Matthew Broderick, that somewhat limited her movements and casting choices. But most importantly, she already built herself a bad reputation for unpleasing attitude on set and slacking off: Grey got her breakout roles through her parents (a Broadway producer and a TV actress), and while on set for Red Dawn and Dirty Dancing she required intensive coaching. She had a huge clash with Patrick Swayze, a notorious perfectionist, because she came on set late and unready, repeatedly messing up takes, and was quick to call in her stunt double for things that would not have required it.

She actually looks better now.

She looked so cute before, I liked her nose the way it was. Hollywood is creepy.

I feel so sad for him. He was let down by every adult in his life. His ‘tutor’/girlfriend was a predator who groomed him and then went on to teach in a high school after causing a lifetime of trauma to him.

A child star becomes a troubled adult. A sadly frequent story.

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the reason you don't give kids large paychex

Was it just me or was he just too over-the-top-trying-so-hard-to-be-cool in CSI? For me, it was just cringe at times, and I stopped watching because of that. I didn't know he was famous or anything and just expected that after his 'oh-so-cool' stint on CSI he would never be hired again. Except for maybe a spoof of CSI where everybody is over-the-top cool. That might work. He'd have to dial it down a bit though, even then.

I never thought he was much chop to begin with.

When he was on the original CSI, in the crossover episode that introduced his character before CSI: Miami began, I liked him in the role. Unfortunately, he was so arrogant that he apparently decided, a la Alan Alda in MASH, that whatever he said is what the producer/director should do, and if they didn't listen to him, that was a them problem, not a him problem. He still hasn't figured out that he's his own worst enemy.

He let his overnight popularity from "NYPD Blue" go to his head. Thought he was too big for TV and thought he was gonna become a big leading man in Hollywood, so he bailed on the show. Sad, because Detective John Kelly was a great character.

That's only the tip of the iceberg, google his family, the entire clan is insane

Watch the documentary - he's frightening!

Aww geez, now I have to look him up. C'on google...

Alright, but the wrestler .. excellent movie

Wasn’t just boxing that ruined his face, he ripped off a dope dealer…

Watching "The Pope of Greenwich Village" always makes me sad. To see him and a young Eric Roberts do such amazing work.