all right
well let me show you how it’s done
here’s to the men who went from half an
hour weekly small screen stars to big
screen Hollywood hits welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 male TV
actors turned movie stars
I don’t like have any real interest in
you or anything for this list we’ll be
looking at men who became household
television name and then moved on to the
big screen during the commercial breaks
don’t worry the ladies appear on their
own list we also won’t be counting soap
opera roles nor will we be counting
actors who only appeared in a handful of
TV episodes or in only the last season
of a show such as Leonardo DiCaprio
we hate snubbing him but we feel like he
wasn’t on TV long enough to consider him
for this list you’ll get the recognition
someday leo
number ten woody harrelson Cheers
oh damn it woody I hate that thing maybe
you don’t understand how it works
it all started at a bar where everybody
knew your name and after the death of
show regular Nicholas Colasanto in 1985
Vick we’ve got a little problem down
here we all let woody Boyd step into the
bar boy I’m sorry Sam I just thought it
would attract new customers to the bar
when the series ended in 1993 our bar
tabs were closed and the actor went on
to star in numerous motion pictures let
me explain all right but the men’s rules
are very simple if you win you win if
you lose you lose but on no
circumstances do you ask for the money
back from comedies like white men can’t
jump to crime films like Natural Born
Killers and even taking on zombies in
Zombieland there was no way we wouldn’t
know this actor’s name ever again
[Music]
number nine Michael J Fox family ties a
surprise party for me from the family
portrait to that ending sha-la-la-la
there’s not a TV watcher from the 80s
who didn’t know this sitcom and its most
memorable character Alex P Keaney
by the time the final episode aired the
eldest Keaton son had already become a
Teen Wolf explanation and had made his
way back to the future
Jesus Christ doc you disintegrated I
start we’ve been watching him ever since
with each of his starring roles along
with his much welcome to return to
television in Spin City just like that
yeah isn’t it great
number eight Johnny Depp 21 Jump Street
yeah what’s up captain well the mystery
how to make a name for yourself have a
claw handed horror icon swallow you in a
bed and erupt into a fountain of blood
if that doesn’t work you can join the
police force over on 21 Jump Street but
do you want to get back to that desk at
headquarters what I want is for the
mayor to realize he can’t just plug some
new guy into a program like this I mean
who’s gonna run it you we now know this
particular actor for his numerous movie
roles throughout the years but before
Tim Burton got ahold of him I like to
wear women’s clothes and before the rum
yes even before the rum he was working
undercover at high schools as officer
Tom Hanson in some way speedy huh number
seven
Idris Elba the wire and Luther so where
would you rather die here or in a Jaeger
who doesn’t love an actor who can pilot
a Jaeger stand guard over B rust bridge
and take on the role of Nelson Mandela
but before all that happened this
london-born
actor was starring in the first three
seasons of HBO’s the wire I’m thinking
this is the worst part of the game man
best we do is break out even that gave
us a taste of him in the US and now we
can’t get enough whether he’s in the
Marvel Universe dominating the BBC as
John Luther or being rumored to be the
next James Bond I was sick I got better
I’m back etc number six Joseph
gordon-levitt third Rock from the Sun
I’m in command this particular actor was
in several movies and TV shows at a
young age but we still remember him most
on the small screen as Tommy Sullivan
the oldest alien in third Rock from the
Sun are you talking to me like I’m a
child you are a child I’m older than you
well now I’m bigger on this planet size
matters despite the characters age he
was given a teenage human body creating
an amusing contrast of a teenager
playing an adult alien pretending to be
a teenager you’re on the volleyball team
March yeah I am
I watched you jump up and down this
afternoon
you’re really good since then JG ELLs
grown up and moved to the big screen in
blockbuster hits like inception and the
Dark Knight Rises you should use your
full name I like that name
Robin but you’ll always be Tommy to us
but it’s okay I mean it’s more than okay
really okay number five Bruce Willis
moonlighting dropping ticket to the
police have you ever looked back to see
how your favorite action stars started
nothing says Christmas like eggnog and
John McClane but it’s hard to believe
that this badass started out as a
recording artist sorry we got
sidetracked we meant to focus on his
television career before this actor was
screaming yippie-ki-yay watching Haley
Joel Osment see dead people here’s how
it works I read your mind or appearing
in any of the dozens of movies he’s been
in he was playing a private detective
alongside Cybill Shepherd on ABC number
four Tom Hanks Bosom Buddies apartment
living can get expensive unless you
cross dressed as a woman and move into
an all-female hotel after your old
apartment is demolished at least that
was the case according to the 80s sitcom
bosom buddies you’ll see one day you’ll
meet a girl and bam it’ll feel like he
got hitting up face with a bag of
quarters
romantic we’re not sure what we’re
scratching our heads over the most the
fact that such a crazy plan actually
worked for two seasons or the fact that
one of the stars would move on to be a
huge name in Hollywood we suppose life
is indeed like a box of chocolates you
never know what you’re going to get
number three Robin Williams Mork and
Mindy you’re right we are rather a dull
lot the white bread of the universe nanu
nanu mojo holux no no seriously was
there anything this actor couldn’t do we
all have that moment where he entered
our lives either as a giant blue genie
ten thousand years will give you such a
crick in the neck playing a crazy jungle
board game reciting Oh captain my
captain Oh captain my captain or well we
could go on for days Thank You boys
[Music]
thank you even with the long list of
movie roles we have to show love for his
early television work much like Joseph
gordon-levitt there was something about
his portrayal of a lovable non-human
character that made us lifelong fans
this is Mark signing off from Boulder
Colorado
until next week number two
Will Smith The Fresh Prince of bel-air
[Music]
now this next entry is all about how a
guy’s life got flipped-turned upside
down so we’d like to take a minute tell
you some things like how we wrapped move
to TV and the big screen don’t worry
we’re not gonna rhyme the entire time
not much needs to be said about one of
the coolest actors out there even with
the occasional hiccups in his
filmography you would be fighting as
immortal that’s rather extreme don’t you
think we always have and probably always
will love seeing the fresh prints in
action we’ll be right back with our
number one pick after these honorable
mentions
[Music]
we also from now on we’ll be using code
names you can address me as Eagle one
and code name been there done that
[Music]
thank you I love the theater and I gave
my word so I’m back in yeah I believe in
God man see I felt his power don’t you
think maybe you should slow things down
a little bit get to know each other
better
number one George Clooney er just get
his coat and swear up I’ll be right in
it was a tough call for the number one
pick but we had to give it to this guy
doctor’s orders dedicated my life
pediatric medicine while he did have a
short stint on Roseanne with your wife
40 hours a week it was his role as dr.
Doug Ross on ER that helped him rise to
fame nothing I did or could have done
was gonna change that while still
working on ER he had his first taste of
major Hollywood work and hasn’t left the
big screen ever since
for better or Batmen
[Music]
let’s end this with more ER clips whoo
that’s better I better get behind
already
French sure do you agree with our list
yeah yeah yes so which primetime actor
turned movie star deserves a round of
applause it wasn’t me
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com walk around a little
that wasn’t just hacking around
[Music]
well let me show you how it’s done
here’s to the men who went from half an
hour weekly small screen stars to big
screen Hollywood hits welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 male TV
actors turned movie stars
I don’t like have any real interest in
you or anything for this list we’ll be
looking at men who became household
television name and then moved on to the
big screen during the commercial breaks
don’t worry the ladies appear on their
own list we also won’t be counting soap
opera roles nor will we be counting
actors who only appeared in a handful of
TV episodes or in only the last season
of a show such as Leonardo DiCaprio
we hate snubbing him but we feel like he
wasn’t on TV long enough to consider him
for this list you’ll get the recognition
someday leo
number ten woody harrelson Cheers
oh damn it woody I hate that thing maybe
you don’t understand how it works
it all started at a bar where everybody
knew your name and after the death of
show regular Nicholas Colasanto in 1985
Vick we’ve got a little problem down
here we all let woody Boyd step into the
bar boy I’m sorry Sam I just thought it
would attract new customers to the bar
when the series ended in 1993 our bar
tabs were closed and the actor went on
to star in numerous motion pictures let
me explain all right but the men’s rules
are very simple if you win you win if
you lose you lose but on no
circumstances do you ask for the money
back from comedies like white men can’t
jump to crime films like Natural Born
Killers and even taking on zombies in
Zombieland there was no way we wouldn’t
know this actor’s name ever again
[Music]
number nine Michael J Fox family ties a
surprise party for me from the family
portrait to that ending sha-la-la-la
there’s not a TV watcher from the 80s
who didn’t know this sitcom and its most
memorable character Alex P Keaney
by the time the final episode aired the
eldest Keaton son had already become a
Teen Wolf explanation and had made his
way back to the future
Jesus Christ doc you disintegrated I
start we’ve been watching him ever since
with each of his starring roles along
with his much welcome to return to
television in Spin City just like that
yeah isn’t it great
number eight Johnny Depp 21 Jump Street
yeah what’s up captain well the mystery
how to make a name for yourself have a
claw handed horror icon swallow you in a
bed and erupt into a fountain of blood
if that doesn’t work you can join the
police force over on 21 Jump Street but
do you want to get back to that desk at
headquarters what I want is for the
mayor to realize he can’t just plug some
new guy into a program like this I mean
who’s gonna run it you we now know this
particular actor for his numerous movie
roles throughout the years but before
Tim Burton got ahold of him I like to
wear women’s clothes and before the rum
yes even before the rum he was working
undercover at high schools as officer
Tom Hanson in some way speedy huh number
seven
Idris Elba the wire and Luther so where
would you rather die here or in a Jaeger
who doesn’t love an actor who can pilot
a Jaeger stand guard over B rust bridge
and take on the role of Nelson Mandela
but before all that happened this
london-born
actor was starring in the first three
seasons of HBO’s the wire I’m thinking
this is the worst part of the game man
best we do is break out even that gave
us a taste of him in the US and now we
can’t get enough whether he’s in the
Marvel Universe dominating the BBC as
John Luther or being rumored to be the
next James Bond I was sick I got better
I’m back etc number six Joseph
gordon-levitt third Rock from the Sun
I’m in command this particular actor was
in several movies and TV shows at a
young age but we still remember him most
on the small screen as Tommy Sullivan
the oldest alien in third Rock from the
Sun are you talking to me like I’m a
child you are a child I’m older than you
well now I’m bigger on this planet size
matters despite the characters age he
was given a teenage human body creating
an amusing contrast of a teenager
playing an adult alien pretending to be
a teenager you’re on the volleyball team
March yeah I am
I watched you jump up and down this
afternoon
you’re really good since then JG ELLs
grown up and moved to the big screen in
blockbuster hits like inception and the
Dark Knight Rises you should use your
full name I like that name
Robin but you’ll always be Tommy to us
but it’s okay I mean it’s more than okay
really okay number five Bruce Willis
moonlighting dropping ticket to the
police have you ever looked back to see
how your favorite action stars started
nothing says Christmas like eggnog and
John McClane but it’s hard to believe
that this badass started out as a
recording artist sorry we got
sidetracked we meant to focus on his
television career before this actor was
screaming yippie-ki-yay watching Haley
Joel Osment see dead people here’s how
it works I read your mind or appearing
in any of the dozens of movies he’s been
in he was playing a private detective
alongside Cybill Shepherd on ABC number
four Tom Hanks Bosom Buddies apartment
living can get expensive unless you
cross dressed as a woman and move into
an all-female hotel after your old
apartment is demolished at least that
was the case according to the 80s sitcom
bosom buddies you’ll see one day you’ll
meet a girl and bam it’ll feel like he
got hitting up face with a bag of
quarters
romantic we’re not sure what we’re
scratching our heads over the most the
fact that such a crazy plan actually
worked for two seasons or the fact that
one of the stars would move on to be a
huge name in Hollywood we suppose life
is indeed like a box of chocolates you
never know what you’re going to get
number three Robin Williams Mork and
Mindy you’re right we are rather a dull
lot the white bread of the universe nanu
nanu mojo holux no no seriously was
there anything this actor couldn’t do we
all have that moment where he entered
our lives either as a giant blue genie
ten thousand years will give you such a
crick in the neck playing a crazy jungle
board game reciting Oh captain my
captain Oh captain my captain or well we
could go on for days Thank You boys
[Music]
thank you even with the long list of
movie roles we have to show love for his
early television work much like Joseph
gordon-levitt there was something about
his portrayal of a lovable non-human
character that made us lifelong fans
this is Mark signing off from Boulder
Colorado
until next week number two
Will Smith The Fresh Prince of bel-air
[Music]
now this next entry is all about how a
guy’s life got flipped-turned upside
down so we’d like to take a minute tell
you some things like how we wrapped move
to TV and the big screen don’t worry
we’re not gonna rhyme the entire time
not much needs to be said about one of
the coolest actors out there even with
the occasional hiccups in his
filmography you would be fighting as
immortal that’s rather extreme don’t you
think we always have and probably always
will love seeing the fresh prints in
action we’ll be right back with our
number one pick after these honorable
mentions
[Music]
we also from now on we’ll be using code
names you can address me as Eagle one
and code name been there done that
[Music]
thank you I love the theater and I gave
my word so I’m back in yeah I believe in
God man see I felt his power don’t you
think maybe you should slow things down
a little bit get to know each other
better
number one George Clooney er just get
his coat and swear up I’ll be right in
it was a tough call for the number one
pick but we had to give it to this guy
doctor’s orders dedicated my life
pediatric medicine while he did have a
short stint on Roseanne with your wife
40 hours a week it was his role as dr.
Doug Ross on ER that helped him rise to
fame nothing I did or could have done
was gonna change that while still
working on ER he had his first taste of
major Hollywood work and hasn’t left the
big screen ever since
for better or Batmen
[Music]
let’s end this with more ER clips whoo
that’s better I better get behind
already
French sure do you agree with our list
yeah yeah yes so which primetime actor
turned movie star deserves a round of
applause it wasn’t me
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com walk around a little
that wasn’t just hacking around
[Music]
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