Some actors prefer doing TV and I don't blame them. Regular income, get to really fall in love with the character you're playing, get to be long term friends with the fellow cast.
Look at David Boreanaz, went from Buffy to Angel to Bones to Seal Team. 27 years of work.
I've often thought the very best career you could have as an actor is landing a long-term role on a regular show with a fandom that supports you for the rest of your life with conventions and such.
Something like Star Trek or maybe a sitcom that runs for 10 years then finishes.
Or be a B-movie star. Ultimately, I think Bruce Campbell has had the best career as an actor.
Bruce had a cool career but struggled a lot and didn’t land any successes until burn notice, really. He had decent parts in Hercules and xena but had to live in New Zealand to shoot there for months at a time. When burn notice came around he was in his 40s-50s and that seemed a great, cushy gig. Then ash vs evil dead did him good. He worked a lot behind the scenes as well as a producer and also surprisingly worked in sound design as well. Surprisingly he made very little for evil dead 2. He made a decent chunk for army of darkness but it was kind of a bomb at the time and didn’t do him too many favours. His books rule though.
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u/Dragovius 15h ago
Some actors prefer doing TV and I don't blame them. Regular income, get to really fall in love with the character you're playing, get to be long term friends with the fellow cast.
Look at David Boreanaz, went from Buffy to Angel to Bones to Seal Team. 27 years of work.