Blind Item #12
This A- list actor from an acting family has been acting since he was a tween. It took him a bit to be the highest on the list in the family. All of you know him. Dual threat. Multiple hit shows. Multiple hit movies. He has been hitting the coke hard and not coming home to his wife at night. Not a Baldwin. Think younger.
Maybe Jason Bateman? Was Justine ever higher on the list than him?
ReplyDeleteGive the guy a break. He smirked his way through Teen Wolf Too, we don’t know if Mark Holston has his way with him
DeleteYeah, wasn't she on Family Ties before he was acting?
ReplyDeleteDavid Arquette
ReplyDeleteDamon Wayans Jr.?
ReplyDeleteOne of the Skarsgards?
ReplyDeleteI like Natalie's answer!
ReplyDeleteJason Ritter
ReplyDeleteSean Astin?
ReplyDeleteI think @sandybrook got it,it took forever for him to be a big star,you would think that he was past the drug period. Probably one of those people who are better off trying to get to the top.
ReplyDeleteNah cheesegrater it looks like they were starting around the same time, but she did really well with Family Ties and won awards, so maybe they still fit.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Josh Brolin?
ReplyDeletePoor Bateman. Ya know what they say about 50, its the age men lose their minds and women find theirs.
ReplyDeleteHas Kieren or Rory overtaken McCauley Caulkin?
ReplyDeleteAll of the Culkins have been acting since before the tween years, but due to his critical acclaim on Succession I'd say Kieran has over taken Mac at least professionally even though thanks to Home Alone he (MC) will always be more famous.
DeleteA lot of these people arent that much younger than the Baldwins.
ReplyDeletemaybe that's why the 3rd season of ozark is taking so long...
ReplyDeleteI thought Jason Bateman for this too.
ReplyDeleteJason Bateman was my first thought
ReplyDeleteKieran Culkin fits.
ReplyDeleteCan't see Batemen as dual threat or as having a coke problem. He seems too anal retentive. I know he has done movies but nothing stands out that I consider would make him dual threat.
Kieran also has a new baby, so I could see the stress getting to him. But is he A-?
ReplyDeleteDave Franco
ReplyDeleteExcept for Josh Brolin, no one on the list is A-.
ReplyDeleteJason Bateman was a teen actor in a show called Valerie in the 80's.
ReplyDeleteI also doubt it is Jason Bateman, he seems to have his shiz together as a longterm professional entertainer.
ReplyDeleteJoaquin Phoenix?
ReplyDelete@ JT isn't dual threat tv and film? Bonafide following with ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and previous shows and now OZARK and has done a ton of comedy movies as supporting then lead. That's a dual threat.
ReplyDeleteI think this is Bateman because he languished a long time before finally really hitting it big.
Also he DID start the same time as his sister... he was on SILVER SPOONS.
Both Bateman and Kiernan are probably A list... Kiernan is up for a Golden Globe. Bateman has been everywhere and OZARK Is a huge hit. But Culkin was acting WAY before he was a tween. I think Jason was probably 11/12 on SILVER SPOONS as Derek.
ReplyDeleteJason Bateman was born in 1969 and started working in 1980. Bateman has been married since 2001 and his kids are older. I think if a new baby was at home, ENTY would have mentioned that.
ReplyDeleteSo, I would say Jason Bateman over Kieran Culkin because while he is on a hit show and has a famous last name...I still would put him at B+.Because Bateman is much more recognizable with his movies and Ozark and Arrested Development.
I think Jason Is often a very one note actor in the sense I feel like he plays himself in everything (comparing him to Bryan Cranston and James Galdolfini in similar shows) , but, regardless, I hope he get help. This time of the year can be tough.
Melissa's guess.. Joaquin Phoenix +1
ReplyDeleteThe Joker sealed the deal for the public at large and got him over the River Phoenix hump.
But, Joaquin has never had any hit tv shows that he led is all like this blind states. Not that it really matters lol but that is why I do not think this is Phoenix .
ReplyDelete@kiki71 - I always thought Enty meant dual threat as being a bankable star in more than one medium. There are plenty of actors that have done Movies and TV and/or Broadway,but I wouldn't call them dual threat because they don't have the immense fame to get people into the theater or in-front of their TVs to watch the shows. Bateman has done movies but never carried a movie on his own that I can recall. If Enty does mean dual threat as anyone who has done TV and film and/or broadway, then that is a very generous to call that actor a "threat" .
ReplyDeleteNot Bateman. His career eclipsed his sister's long ago.
ReplyDeleteHis father-in-law is Paul Anka! Anka would have him disappeared
if he went rogue ... ever hear Anka's post-show rant at his band?
Classic, better than Buddy Rich's.
I was thinking Joaquin also ... he is a director, so double threat.
I don't believe he and Rooney Mara are married, though.
The "shows" confused me though, he did do television long ago.
Maybe it's a different kind of show. Theater? Music? Puppets!?
Sean Astin?
Scott Caan?
Oliver Hudson?
Don't know if this is Jason Bateman. Hasn't been clean and sober since his 20s?
ReplyDeleteThot and Melissa - it's definitely not Joaquin! He isn't married, and is a really good guy with excellent integrity / internal moral compass. He's also cleaning up his act and is even trying to quit smoking, he's definitely not caning drugs.
ReplyDeleteSeconding Dave Franco
ReplyDeleteDave Franco as higher status than James? Nah.
ReplyDeleteBateman fits way better than any of the others.
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