Top 10 Movie Stars Whose Career Was Saved By TV Shows
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These movie stars saw new career success once switching over to TV! For this list, we’ll be discussing actors whose stardom and/or career was revitalized or even increased once they began appearing on television shows. We’ll be including Ron Perlman, Mandy Moore, Rob Lowe, Alec Baldwin, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder, and more. Join WatchMojo as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Movie Stars Whose Career Was Saved By TV Shows.

#10. Chris O’Donnell
#9. Ron Perlman
#8. James Spader
#7. Mandy Moore
#6. Rob Lowe
#5. Christian Slater
#4. Kiefer Sutherland
#3, #2 & #1: ????

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15 COMMENTS

    • Top Ten Star Trek (of all series) actors who have successfully branched out beyond acting… as in attain wealth/popularity outside of acting.

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    • PLUS YOU GOT YOUR FACTS WRONG ON RON PERLMAN CARRER!
      HE FIRST GOT SUCCESS IN THE 80S BEFORE HE APPEAR IN TV IN THE LATE 80S WITH BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WHICH WON HIM A GLODEN GLOBE AND GOT HIM A EMMY NOM!

  1. You forgot Beauty and the Beast. Ron Pearlman was Vincent, a.k.a. THE BEAST. He was basically a title character, and the show was a hit. If anything, he was a hit on tv first.

  2. The one thing that always impresses me about WatchMojo is their ability to find scenes/lines which respond to or build upon the narrator’s comments. May not be too difficult, but certainly time-consuming.

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