

Chazz Palminteri

Most people will remember him from The Usual Suspects, but those who saw that movie when it came out and have not bothered looking at it again since, they will probably not remember him at all. Palmintieri is noteworthy in that he is possibly the most stereotypical Italian in Hollywood as far as his appearance goes.



Mercedes Ruehl

She was in the Fisher King, as Jeff bridges somewhat hot girlfriend, and won an Oscar for it. Going by her IMDB profile she has not done a whole lot since then, and now looks like an old lady who has had a lot of work done.



J. August Richards

The black guy from Angel. Probably not all that “successful” I guess, but it was a good show and he was not bad in it. Since he made the careers of both David Boreanaz and Nathan Fillion, I have to trust Joss Whedon’s judgment. Has not done a whole lot of consequence since Angel was canceled, possibly due to the issue surrounding that sign he’s holding in the picture.



Geena Davis

She commanded her own lead role in an action movie at that time, when action was king, and Renny Harlin, who she also married, was a sought after director. She was seen as a cross between Julia Roberts (“spunky” and smart the way many women see themselves), and also slightly sexy. She also did not look like a many other actresses.







River Phoenix

He was the Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Heath Ledger, and James Dean of his generation, with pretty much the same audience of hysterical young girls. Fairly good-looking and young. Further down the road, people will “rediscover” him, and you will have a resurgence in popularity the way you had with James Dean. Despite of a fair number of other movies, most will remember him for Indiana Jones and the last Crusade.



Annette Bening

Actually, very hot in some of her early movies, but apparently not hot enough for Hollywood and not a Streep-caliber actress so they couldn’t market her that way. Apparently she just this year started working hard again, but has been very selective with her roles since the 90s. You will see her in a bunch of movies after 2010.



Timothy Dalton

There are a lot of younger people who saw him for the first time in Simon Pegg’s Hot Fuzz. Nobody remembers that this was one of the James Bonds, mostly because his James Bond was boring and slightly emo.



Mimi Rogers

Former wife of Tom Cruise (before he was big) she was never exactly hot, or a particularly good actress, but definitely pretty, once upon a time. Never hugely famous, with no huge box-office hits to her name most will know her from minor roles in a few films that have been played over and over again on basic cable, like White Sands and The Doors.



Andie MacDowell

Remember Groundhog Day? Well, that was her last big movie, and basically, the movie that most people remember her for. She has been working steadily but it’s all been downhill from that. Basically, she was supposed to appeal to the same kind of people who like Julia Roberts but she was too pretty and did not possess Roberts’ screen personality.



Michael Keaton

Here is somebody who managed to score a series of legitimate box-office hits in the 80s and 90s despite not being all that good-looking or funny. He was like a white, quirkier, but unfunny Eddie Murphy. Now he mostly does voice work in animated movies.