15 Actors Who Pursued Unexpected Paths: Where Are They Now?
![15 Actors Who Pursued Unexpected Paths: Where Are They Now?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/1/8/761918_320x180.jpg)
While it can be a dream for someone to become a successful actor or performer, it doesn't have to be a lifelong dream. Either due to no longer getting cast in other roles or just plain being sick of “the business,” several actors have moved on to other career paths and interests after their 15 minutes (or 15 years or more) of fame have clocked out. Several people change jobs multiple times throughout their lifetime, why not stars of television and film?
The Wonder Years' Winnie Cooper became a math genius. Malcolm in the Middle ended up in the middle of the olive oil industry. You won't believe what Barney the Dinosaur has been up to since the show ended. Let's just say that he takes “I love you, you love me” to a more spicy level.
Here are a few factoids that tell you about what some well-known actors and performers have been up to since they've left the spotlight.
![Tom Selleck farms avocados on his ranch. He bought a 63-acre ranch in the '80s, and used 20 acres for an avocado farm that he tends to himself. CRACKE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/3/761933.jpg)
Source: 5 Celebrities You Had No Idea Quit Fame For Normal Jobs
![od Olive Oils & Vinegars Olivetree he Frankie Muniz now runs an olive oil business. He and his wife bought the high-end olive oil brand Outrageous Oli](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/4/761934.jpg)
Source: 5 TV Actors Whose Lives Got Way Weirder After The Show Ended
![Shirley Temple became a U.S. ambassador (twice). She was appointed the ambassador to Ghana in 1974, and in 1989, she became the ambassador to Czechosl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/1/761931.jpg)
![The actor who played Heroes' Hiro Nakamura went into game development. Masi Oka created his own company, Mobius Digital Games, which released The Oute](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/9/761929.jpg)
![VICO HOULIHAN Loke TS Baar Rc -1l HOULIHA' CALA Ublft Peter Weller is now an art historian. He got a Master's in Roman and Renaissance Art from Syracu](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/6/761926.jpg)
Source: The 7 Most WTF Post-Fame Celebrity Careers, Old Dominion University
![The Barney the Dinosaur actor became a Tantric sex teacher. David Joyner has his own tantric massage studio, which caters exclusively to female client](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/8/761928.jpg)
![After winning 2 Oscars, Glenda Jackson spent 23 years in the British Parliament. She returned to TV and theater acting at the age of 80.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/4/761924.jpg)
Source: New York Times, The Guardian
![Chunk from The Goonies became a successful lawyer. Jeff Cohen graduated from UCLA Law and went into media law, founding his own firm in Los Angeles.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/2/761932.jpg)
![The Mathlete guy from Mean Girls is now a professional calligrapher. Calligraphy started as a childhood hobby for Rajiv Surendra, and turned into a ca](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/1/761921.jpg)
Source: Letters In Ink, IMDB
![Pirates of the Caribbean actor Michael Enright went to fight ISIS. In 2015, after watching video of journalist James Foley's beheading by ISIS, he lef](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/5/761925.jpg)
Source: The Independent
![Drake Bell (from Drake & Josh) moved to Mexico and got a new name. He's now Drake Campana (Spanish for Bell), and he put out a new album, Sesiones e](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/3/0/761930.jpg)
Source: Comicbook.com
![Jim Belushi is now an Oregon pot farmer. He still performs, but he's trying to devote more time to his 93-acre property, saying I've been getting tot](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/3/761923.jpg)
Source: PDX Monthly
![The priest who played Father Dyer in The Exorcist became a sexual abuser, according to his former student. The student accused Father Dyer of abusing](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/0/761920.jpg)
Source: Rolling Stone
![The voice of Charlie Brown got five years of jail time. 1 NOT YO RE NELECT CHA RLIE BRO YOR Peter Robbins, who played Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/7/761927.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
![DANICA MCKELLAR KISS My MATH Danica McKellar became a math expert. After she was done playing Winnie on The Wonder Years, she enrolled at UCLA and maj](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/2/2/761922.jpg)
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