James Roday's been in the game for a long time, and he is a successful actor in that he regularly gets work and makes a living, which is a tough standard to get to like anyone who's ever tried knows, especially while they're making coffee on the side. But as far as getting over as a famous actor, Roday's had a lot more strike outs. In fact, Psych has been his only critical and commercial success, as well as his most popular role.

Before he found his way to Psych, he was just doing a lot of small parts, cameos, and independent movies like Rolling Kansas, where he plays a t-shirt salesman looking for a hidden forest of marijuana with his two brothers, the National Lampoon comedy Repli-Kate, in which Roday portrays a scientist who clones his dream girl by accident and teaches her the ways of dudes.

Post-Psych, it's been much the same. Roday's been stuck playing small supporting roles like Billy Prickett in the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie. And with a résumé like that, it's hard to convince directors that casting him higher would be in their best interest.