Top 10 Actors Who Stopped Acting During Their Peak

These actors hit their peak and decided to call it quits. For this list, we’ll be looking at actors who quit acting at or near the height of their careers. Our countdown includes Rick Moranis, Cameron Diaz, Gene Hackman, and more! Which of these actors do you wish would return? Let us know in the comments!

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[trinaq]

My heart goes out to Jennette McCurdy, Alexa Nikolas, Bryan Hearne, Drake Bell, and the countless other Nickelodeon child stars who were traumatised during their time on the network. I hope that they're keeping better in their adulthoods.

[trinaq]

I don't blame Mara Wilson for stepping away from acting, since she'd recently lost her mother to cancer, and deserved a chance to be a child. Her parents kept her grounded, not letting her child stardom go to her head, and she penned a really articulate piece on why child stars tend to grow up into messed up adults.

[emilyholasek]

Props to Rick Moranis. We respect his decision to prioritize his kids and still love him after all these years.

[winnmiller]

Don't really think Gene Hackman left at his 'peak?'

Think he just had a GREAT career and wanted to maybe retire.

[kamsismith]

Rita Hayworth as she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when doctors mistook it for her excessive alcohol use. Same with Veronica Lake who retired to become a waitress as a result of her alcoholism.

[kevinlongman]

Frankie Muniz had a stroke that almost killed him.

[MrGeekFreek]

What about Alison Lohman? She was in a bunch of good movies throughout the 2000s like Big Fish, Where the Truth Lies, Matchstick Men and my favourite of hers Drag Me To Hell. She was cute girl next door type of actress and I miss her. She now teaches at an acting school.

[introvertsrock]

Should do
Actors who been working for decades who are loved but were never huge stars

[criminalmindsgirl]

Cameron Diaz's peak was the 90s/early 2000s. By the time she retired in 2014, she really wasn't making any box office hits

[samuelcollantes]

Happy wednesday night, Phoebe, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

[BFA]

Alison Lohman, Jack Nicholson and Greta Garbo. Being John Malkovich was a black comedy, not a drama.

[marialuisamoraes]

Don't Julia Stiles deserves a spot in this list too?

[janellerod]

What about Julianna Rose Mauriello who played Stephanie on Lazytown season 1-2

[BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! 8:35 Now that I remember where is Cameron Diaz? @.@

[matthewbaduria]

Rick Moranis is a comic genius, and his movies have stood the test of time, Honey I Shrunk The Kids is one of my favorites, I watch it every time, and Ghostbusters is the most watched movie on Halloween. he was great.

[octaviosanchez]

Please do top 10 best tom kenny voice roles

[TragicallySharp]

The way that actor grabbed the kiss on his cheek from a little Shirley Temple and put it in his mouth was disturbing!! 😂

[vselwmd]

What about Dolores Hart? After costarring with Elvis several times, as well as being one of the leads in Where the Boys Are, she left Hollywood to enter a convent. Now she is 85 and is known as Mother Dolores Hart.

[JasonC]

I'm sorry but the character who grew up in MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE was Dewey not Malcolm. Malcolm started as whiny and self absorbed and stayed that way, but Dewey went from "strange" little kid to musical child prodigy now that's growth. Eric Per Sullivan was the real star of the show

[conniescharre]

Where is Greta Garbo? Heck, they even made a movie about her reclusiveness call “Garbo Talks”.