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20 Celebrities Who Are No Longer Remembered, Ranked

Some of the finest actors in history have gone on to become Hollywood has-beens. Nobody can deny that these performers have made significant contributions to cinema (many of them starring in some of the greatest films ever produced), yet they've lately become big stars in big flops. Do you require illustrations? Will Smith in After Earth, or Harrison Ford in Cowboys & Aliens.
These performers didn't start as unknowns, yet it's difficult to think of a recent film in which they have excelled. You'll also come across lesser-known celebs who were formerly well-known singers, comedians, and other entertainers. "Whatever happened to actors like... Brendan Fraser and Rob Schneider?" you might wonder.
There have been actors who once wowed crowds but are now despised. They're comedic actors who starred in dramas and then weren't funny anymore; serious actors who starred in comedies and then sought to keep the joke going; some get involved in lawsuits; and actors who have lost their credibility by being constant tabloid fodder. Whatever the cause, these once-famous actors have become 'kryptonite' at the box office.
Which Hollywood actors are no longer relevant? Which artists are past their prime? This list of no longer celebrities is intended to allow people to vote for the celebrities who no one cares about anymore. Scroll down to check out the list of unpopular actors and celebrities below and vote for your favorites!

#1 Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage is the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang and was born in Long Beach, California. His father is Italian, while his mother is Polish and German. Cage changed his name early in his career to establishing his own identity, and by the late 1980s, he had a long list of great and unique parts under his belt.

#2 Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby is a well-known entertainer and comedian across the world. On July 12, 1937, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born to Anna Pearl (Hite), a maid, and William Henry Cosby, Sr., a US Navy sailor. Cosby entered the Navy after ninth grade and completed high school via correspondence. Later, he accepted an athletics scholarship at Temple University and supported himself by working at a bar, where his easygoing demeanor and amusing banter with the patrons led to recommendations that he attempt stand-up comedy. This he did, and Carl Reiner, the great director, quickly found him.

#3 Joshua Duggar

Joshua Duggar is the son of Jim Bob (a former Arkansas state legislator) and Michelle Duggar. On September 26, 2008, he married Anna Keller and is expecting a baby, Mackynzie Renée, on October 18, 2009.

#4 Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. was born in The Bronx, New York, on January 2, 1968. In the Tom Cruise-Cameron Crowe film Jerry Maguire, Cuba was cast as an arrogant yet devoted football player in 1996. (1996). The film was a box office triumph, and Cuba won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance. Cuba has maintained a hectic schedule since Jerry Maguire (1996), playing a variety of parts opposite many of Hollywood's top performers. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.


#5 John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an actor and singer from the United States. Travolta moved to New York City after dropping out of school and got roles in the touring company of Grease and on Broadway in Over Here!, performing the Sherman Brothers' song "Dream Drummin'." He then relocated to Los Angeles for work reasons.

#6 Steven Seagal

Steven Frederic Seagal is the son of Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher, was born in Lansing, Michigan. Ovitz sensed star potential in the intimidating Seagal. In the late 1980s, the high-octane action movie genre was in full swing, and Seagal's debut film, "Above the Law," was a hit with action enthusiasts and earned positive critical reviews.
Seagal's movie office popularity has dwindled since his halcyon blockbusters of the mid-'90s. He is slowly fading into the past.

#7 Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Marie Jenner was born in Mount Kisco, New York, on October 28, 1949, and grew up in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Jenner announced her transition as a trans woman in April 2015, and her new name was announced in July. I Am Cait, a reality television series about her gender transition, aired from 2015 to 2016. She's been dubbed the world's most well-known transgender lady. Jenner is a transgender rights activist, although her views on transgender issues have been criticized by many other trans and LGBTQ+ activists.

#8 Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase was born Cornelius Crane Chase in Lower Manhattan, New York, on October 8, 1943. When he was two years old, his grandma gave him the nickname "Chevy." Chase was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1976 and subsequently went on to have a successful film career. His deadpan comic skills are evident in all of his flicks. Unfortunately, his career deteriorated in the 1990s, and the public also gradually forgot about him.

#9 Meg Ryan

Meg Ryan is a blond-haired, blue-eyed actress who is of Ruthenian, Polish, Irish, and German descent ("Hyra" is a Ruthenian surname, and "Ryan" is her maternal grandmother's maiden name). Meg started performing under the name Meg Ryan. In 1981, she made her big-screen debut in George Cukor's final picture, Rich and Famous, playing Candice Bergen's daughter (1981).
She acted alongside Tom Hanks in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), in which she portrayed three characters: DeDe, Angelica, and Patricia. She reunited with Tom in the critically acclaimed Sleepless in Seattle (1993), for which she received another Golden Globe nomination. Meg earned the Harvard Hasty Pudding Award for "Woman of the Year" in 1994, and People Magazine named her one of "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1994."

#10 Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres, the Emmy-winning talk show host, was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She began touring nationwide in the early 1980s and was declared the funniest person in America after winning a competition sponsored by Showtime. This led to bigger opportunities, including her debut appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in 1986.
DeGeneres has also established herself as an award show host. In 1996 and 1997, she presented the Grammy Awards, as well as the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2001 and 2005. She got the pinnacle TV awards to show role in February 2007, presenting the Oscars, which she repeated in 2014.

#11 Soulja Boy

DeAndre Cortez Way (born July 28, 1990) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur better known by his stage name Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, or simply Soulja Boy. His debut single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2007. Starting in September 2007, the track was self-published on the internet and went on to become a number-one hit in the United States for seven non-consecutive weeks. The way was ranked number 18 on Forbes' list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings of 2010 on August 17, with earnings of $7 million for the year. Even though his fame has gone so far, it seems like no one remembers him anymore.

#12 Chris Brown

Christopher Maurice Brown is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and entrepreneur who was born on May 5, 1989. Brown is one of the best-selling musicians in the world, with over 193 million albums sold worldwide. He's also tied with Bruno Mars for the highest digital single sales among R&B musicians in the United States. Brown has received several prizes over his career, including a Grammy, eighteen BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, and thirteen Soul Train Music Awards. Brown has the most Billboard Hot 100 entries (106), more than any other R&B performer in history, according to Billboard. Brown was also placed third among Billboard's top R&B/Hip-Hop musicians of the decade for the decade of the 2010s, behind Rihanna and Drake, who were ranked second and first, respectively.
Brown has also tried his hand at acting. In 2007, he made his feature film debut in Stomp the Yard and guest-starred on the television show The O.C. This Christmas (2007), Takers (2010), Think Like a Man (2012), Battle of the Year (2013), and She Ball are among Brown's other projects (2020). Despite his celebrity, it appears that no one remembers him any longer.

#13 Mel Gibson

Columcille, Mel Gerard Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, on January 3, 1956. Mel worked on stage and starred in a couple of TV series after graduation. He was eventually cast in the films Mad Max (1979) and Tim (1979), alongside Piper Laurie. The low-budget Mad Max made him famous throughout the world, and Tim earned him an Australian Film Institute award for Best Actor (equivalent to the Oscar). In 1995, he won two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for his performance as "Sir William Wallace" in Braveheart. He went on to star in films including The Patriot (2000), Ransom (1996), and Payback (1999).

#14 Rob Schneider

Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director who was born on October 31, 1963. Schneider began his career as a stand-up comedian and a veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1975). He went on to star in feature films such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), The Hot Chick (2002), and Grown Ups (2010).

#15 Andrew Dice Clay

Andrew Dice Clay was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, on September 29, 1957. He is an actor and producer who has worked on films such as The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), Blue Jasmine (2013), and A Star Is Born (all chevaliers). chevaliers (2018). Since February 14, 2010, he has been married to Valerie Silverstein. Kathleen Monica and Kathleen Swanson were his former wives.

#16 Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 3, 1961. His wit and sense of humor set him apart from his Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School peers. Murphy was offered a contract for the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players of Saturday Night Live (1975) when he was 19 years old, where he used his comedic abilities to impersonate African American figures and create some of the show's most memorable characters, including Velvet Jones, Mr. Robinson, and a disgruntled and angry Gumby. Murphy has experienced the Hollywood lifestyle with controversy, criticism, scandal, and the adulation of millions across the world for his abilities, despite having grown up a lot since his fast-lane ascension as a superstar in the 1980s.
From 1993 through 2006, Murphy was married to Nicole Mitchell Murphy. Murphy is the father of eight.

#17 Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, on March 19, 1955. Bruce Willis is a well-known actor and musician who is recognized for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters in action movies. He has acted in films that have made over $2.5 billion in total.
Willis was married to actress Demi Moore for thirteen years, and the couple had three kids together.

#18 Jerry Springer

Gerald Norman Springer (February 13, 1944) is an American broadcaster, journalist, actor, producer, former lawyer, and politician who was born in the United Kingdom. Between September 30, 1991, to July 26, 2018, he presented the tabloid talk program Jerry Springer, and in 2015, he launched the Jerry Springer Podcast. Springer has been hosting the courtroom show Judge Jerry since September 2019.

#19 Goldie Hawn

Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born in Washington, D.C. on November 21, 1945, and reared in Takoma Park, Maryland. Goldie began taking ballet and tap dancing classes at the age of three, and at the age of ten, she performed in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's "The Nutcracker." She operated and directed a dance school at the age of 19, after dropping out of college with a theater major. She was a professional dancer before entering the film industry.

#20 Abby Lee Miller

Abby Lee Miller is the artistic director of Pittsburgh's Abby Lee Dance Company. She started the business in 1980. Dance Moms features both her and her studio (2011). Maryen Lorrain Miller, Abby's mother, managed a dance class in Penn Hills where she learned to dance.
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