History HeAlsoDid / Film

* While mostly known for her work in anime dubs and video games, Creator/CheramiLeigh also [[Series/NineOneOne had]] [[Series/NCISLosAngeles a]] [[Series/FridayNightLights few]] [[Series/WalkerTexasRanger roles]] [[Series/TheDeepEnd in]] [[Film/NotCool live action works from time to time.]]

* While mostly known for her work in anime dubs and video games, Creator/CheramiLeigh also had a few roles in live action films up until 2014.

* Eric Allard, special effects artist, associate producer of ''Film/ShortCurcuit 2'' and second-unit director of ''Film/ClassOf1999'' is not only the one of the minds behind the now (in)famous ''Advertising/EnergizerBunny'' commercial campaign. But is responsible for contributing to several of Ride/UniversalStudios Florida's attractions, including the [[StuffBlowingUp firey climax]] of ''Jaws: The Ride'' and the Slime Geyser that stood outside [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon Studios]] until its closure in 2005.

* Eric Allard, special effects artist, associate producer of ''Film/ShortCircut2'' and second-unit director of ''Film/ClassOf1999'' is not only the one of the minds behind the now (in)famous ''Advertising/EnergizerBunny'' commercial campaign. But is responsible for contributing to several of Ride/UniversalStudios Florida's attractions, including the [[StuffBlowingUp firey climax]] of ''Jaws: The Ride'' and the Slime Geyser that stood outside [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon Studios]] until its closure in 2005.

* Creator/MarkHarmon, the son of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, had a decent UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball career of his own, as the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in 1972 and 1973.

* Creator/HollyGauthierFrankel, the voice of ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'', was a burlesque performer for a while, marking a strange ''reverse'' case of BleachedUnderpants.

* Creator/MichaelBay got his start in Hollywood directing music videos. One of the more infamous is the BeastAndBeauty ConceptVideo for Music/MeatLoaf's "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)," making this both the fakest-sounding fact and the only option upon re-watch, as it features early elements of what would become Bay's signature style. Namely, an obsession with sunsets, stuff blowing up and getting smashed, and chase scenes.

* Creator/JeffGoldblum first found fame as an actor, but as a teen he was a good enough jazz pianist to find work performing in nightclubs in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Over the years his piano skills were occasionally worked into his movie and TV roles; by TheNewTens he had a weekly gig at the Rockwell club in Los Angeles performing with his band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra when he wasn't busy with acting work. They released their first album of standards in 2018 and it sold so well that their ''second'' album arrived the following year.

* Veteran character actor Wings Hauser pursued a singing career in TheSeventies under the name Wings Livinryte, releasing [[OneBookAuthor one album]] on Creator/RCARecords, which included a CoverVersion of Music/RandyNewman's "You Can Leave Your Hat On".

* Creator/MartinMull first gained notice as a comedic singer-songwriter (sometimes described as being like a LighterAndSofter counterpart of Music/RandyNewman). He released 7 albums in TheSeventies, and has had a couple of compilation albums of his work. Even before that, though, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and has been a prolific painter as well.

* Jerry Nelson, a puppeteer for Franchise/TheMuppets, was also a talented singer and songwriter who also played guitar and ukulele. He recorded an album called ''Truro Daydreams'', released in 2009. Also, before joining the Muppet team, he had a few minor/walk-on roles on TV shows in TheFifties and TheSixties like ''The Defenders'' (a speaking role) and ''Naked City'', as well as some commercials around that time ([[http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/nelson1.shtml "I think one was a roll-on deodorant"]], he claims). In addition, it has been theorized that he voiced Pete and Paganini for Creator/{{PBS}}'s P-Pals bumpers. While this can neither be confirmed nor denied, he ''did'' have a voice acting role on ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', in 2002.

* John Schneider and Tom Wopat, the two leads of ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', were both successful CountryMusic singers in TheEighties, with the former even having four #1 hits. Schneider also appeared in the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Film/GrandHotel'' in 1991.

* Creator/SylvesterStallone is more than a muscle-packed action film actor. Many of his films from TheSeventies and TheEighties border on one-man shows: He wrote the script, produced them, directed them and played the lead role. He is also almost solely responsible for the ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' sequel ''Film/StayingAlive'' for which his brother Frank provided half the soundtrack.

* Creator/StephenTobolowsky is also a writer and director, mainly writing plays and directing theatre, but he's directed some short films and one full-length feature (the 1988 comedy ''Two Idiots in Hollywood''), and helped Music/DavidByrne with the script for ''Film/TrueStories'' (though Byrne ended up rewriting it himself, but credited Tobolowsky to make the film look like less of a VanityProject). In his teen years back in TheSixties he was in a short-lived GarageRock band called A Cast of Thousands which also included a similarly-young Music/StevieRayVaughan on guitar.

* It's fairly well-known that Creator/ChristopherWalken trained as a dancer before he focused full-time on acting. More obscure is that he worked as a lion tamer in a circus at one point, or that he had a busy career as a child actor on television in TheFifties (still billed as Ronnie Walken at that point in his career), or that among his early stage credits, he originated the role of King Philip in ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter'' on Broadway (Creator/TimothyDalton played the role in the movie).

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Johnstone Justine Wanger]] (''née'' Johnstone) was a Ziegfeld Follies dancer and SilentMovie actress in the 1910s and TheRoaringTwenties. After she quit acting, she enrolled at Columbia University, where her research on plants impressed her instructor enough that she was invited to join the team that developed the modern intravenous slow-drip technique. Later on she became a noted pathologist and endocrinologist, investigating such varied topics as syphilis, hibernation, and artificial resuscitation.

* Neil Jordan, director of Oscar winning dramas like ''Film/TheCryingGame'' and ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', made the comedies ''Film/HighSpirits'' and ''We're No Angels'' in TheEighties.

* Creator/ChuckLorre had a long music career before hitting it big as a TV producer with ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' and ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. He did lots of work on the NewWaveMusic scene in TheEighties as a musician, songwriter and producer (including writing [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry's]] solo hit "French Kissin' in the USA"), then switched to music work on animated shows, composing the memorable theme for ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' and co-creating the Cats & Co. segments and characters on ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats''.

* Creator/SamMendes is known to film fans for directing such varied works as ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' and ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', but he was a big-name theatre director long before he turned his talents to film -- the revival of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' in TheNineties that made Alan Cumming famous? That was his work. He ''still'' directs for the stage today, and as an example of his range, he went from ''Skyfall'' directly to the 2013 West End musical ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' and then to a new staging of ''Theatre/KingLear''!

* Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller is perhaps best known for his role in the ''Film/{{Tarzan}}'' film series. However, prior to that role, he had won five gold medals in swimming at the Olympic games.

* Many ''Franchise/StarTrek'' alumni have made the jump to the director's chair. Creator/JonathanFrakes has directed episodes of ''Series/BurnNotice'', ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', ''Series/PersonsUnknown'', ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' and ''Series/CovertAffairs'', as well as a couple of episodes of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' (including the sci-fi themed ep named, "The Final Frontier"); Robert [=McNeill=] has directed many episodes of ''Series/{{Chuck}}''; and Roxann Dawson has directed ''Series/TheCloser''. Dawson also has an incredibly prolific career as a TV Producer.

* Creator/DanaiGurira, best known for playing Michonne on ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' and Okoye from ''Film/BlackPanther'', is also an acclaimed playwright whose work has been performed on Broadway.