Hollywood is an interesting blank space . It is where dreams are created , superstars are born and many of today ’s slap-up movies are made . However , on the other hired hand , it can be a very ruthless place . The pic and boob tube diligence are very trimmed - pharynx . One wrong move , footfall or action can break a career in the wink of an centre .
While there is no official Hollywood “ blacklist ” per se , there are a number of people whose life history seemed to settle off a cliff , and not because of a deficiency of natural endowment . A public freak - out , being unmanageable to work with or being anti-Semite and/or homophobic are just some of the many reasons why people can be blacklisted . And then there are the more recent revelation that some actresses had their careers torpedoed as a result of turning down the unwanted improvement from some of the most powerful man in Hollywood — a very disturbing realisation for many of us . Here are 16 actors and actress who have essentially been blacklist by most of Hollywood , and why .
16. Kirk Cameron
Kirk Cameron generate his introduction into Hollywood at a new age , as he was a child star and appeared in many dissimilar TV display and photographic film . He is best screw for his role as Mike Seaver in the situation comedy " Growing nuisance " for seven seasons , but also come along in film " Like Father Like Son " and " Listen to Me . " However , Kirk Cameron is scarcely known as an actor anymore and more known these days for his radical Christian views . He verbalize all daytime long about his belief toward religion , homophile and more , which has led to him being fundamentally blacklisted from Hollywood . Whether he is doing interviews on TV show or societal media , Cameron can not keep his spiritual views and beliefs to himself .
15. Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser was a vast star in the late ' 90s and early 2000s , seem in films such as " bedazzle " and " The Mummy . " However , Fraser ’s roles started to become less frequent as the 2000s wore on , and the actor blames an showdown with the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as the reason for his blacklisting .
agree to Fraser , he was sexually assaulted by Philip Berk at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2003 and claims that because he resisted , the HFPA has seldom invited him back to the Golden earth ever since ( Berk denies Fraser ’s version of upshot , lay claim in his 2014 memoir that he pinched Fraser ’s behind as a joke ) . Fraser admits that other element may be at looseness for his decreased piece of work volume , but still feels that his encounter with Berk was a significant ingredient . “ The phone does arrest ringing in your vocation , and you set off ask yourself why . There are many reasons , but was this one of them ? I think it was , ” he say .
14. Roseanne Barr
A outspoken supporter of Donald Trump ’s administration , actress and comic Roseanne Barr is one of Hollywood ’s most controversial human body but her straight-from-the-shoulder political Twitter rants finally function a step too far in May 2018 when she wrote a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett , a Senior Advisor to former President Barack Obama . Though Barr afterward deleted the tweet and issued an apology , ABC promptly scratch the " Roseanne " bring up the very same mean solar day , with the company ’s president labeling her remarks,”abhorrent , repugnant and inconsistent with our values . ” While it ’s still a slight too other to tell , it ’s hard to see Barr getting offer many function in the time to come following her modish public scandal .
13. Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren started her vocation as a fashion mannequin in her early twenty but got her big break in Hollywood after being give away by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock . Hedren would go on to star in two of Hitchcock ’s films – the suspense thriller " The skirt " ( 1963 ) and the psychological play " Marnie " ( 1964 ) – but relations between the twain shortly turned ugly .
Hitchcock reportedly made a issue of intimate rise towards Hedren , who readily turned him down and told the movie maker that " Marnie " would be their last movie together . An infuriated Hitchcock menace to bankrupt her calling and refused to release Hedren from her contract and prevented her from getting study for two year before finally sell the contract in 1966 . Fortunately , Hedren ’s acting career eventually find and she by and by became a vocal animal right activist as well .
12. Mo’Nique
Mo’Nique , whose full name is Monique Angela Hicks , is a comic and actor who first gained attention for her endure - up shows and for playing Nicole “ Nikki ” Parker in the UPN series " The Parkers , " which run from 1999 to 2004 . However , Mo’Nique ’s biggest break came in 2009 , when her use - playing an scurrilous female parent in Lee Daniel ’s film " Precious " earned critical praise and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . However , since her large win for " Precious , " Mo’Nique ’s film and boob tube roles have mostly dry out up and the actress claimed in a 2015 audience withthe Hollywood Reporterthat it was because of how she handled the 2010 Oscar movement for Precious .
According to Mo’Nique , Precious music director Lee Daniels confirmed as much to her in a speech sound call , stating that Hollywood had blackball her because she “ did n’t play the game . ” In a subsequent consultation , Danielsgenerally confirmedMo’nique ’s office , state , “ Her demand through Precious were not always in line with the run . This soured her relationship with the Hollywood community . ”
11. Isaiah Washington
Washington has been a Hollywood ex-serviceman for many years and has dozens of unlike video and motion-picture show credits to his name . Despite his many roles , the one he is known the expert for is unquestionably his theatrical role as Preston Burke in " Grey ’s Anatomy . " However , he was let go from the show ( and essentially blacklist by Hollywood ) after using a homophobic slur about a castmate . He also used the slur again after the show win a Golden Globe , which was the nail in the casket . While he still works from time to meter ( and has a resort character on " The 100 , " he is n’t working nearly as much as he could have been .
10. Mel Gibson
While he made a triumphant getting even as a director withHacksaw Ridgein 2016 , Mel Gibson is still for the most part blacklisted from Hollywood sieve . I doubt we see him playact that much at all going forward . Gibson was a very successful and popular actor and manager throughout the fourscore , 90s , and 2000s . However , Gibson had some very public junkie - outs that damaged his life history beyond realisation . After a inebriated drive incident , he choke on a gargantuan anti - Semitic rant , which made Brobdingnagian headlines all over the world . It has been over a 10 since the incident and some fans have forgive him . But many people , especially the Hollywood elite , will never block the thing he has said and done .
9. Cee-Lo Green
Cee - Lo Green induce his scratch as a melodious human activity and has been in the industry since the mid-1990s . However , it was n’t until his strike song “ F**k You ” get out in 2010 , which peaked at No . 2 on the Billboard chart , that he became more of a family name . Green parlayed this success into being a judge on " The Voice " and getting his own goggle box show . However , some very insensitive tweets on the topic of rape and homophobia led him to essentially be blacklist completely . He recede his telecasting show , his berth on " The Voice , " and even many of his scheduled concert gigs did n’t want him to show up anymore .
8. Thora Birch
As a child , Thora Birch was in a short ton of notable pic and many of us still check her in " Hocus Pocus " every Halloween . She evolved from a child mavin to a bona fide star in the late nineties and early 2000s . However , with how hot her calling started , why is she not a openhanded genius now ? Well , one hearsay blow around is she has been blacklisted due to her Church Father and manager reportedly physically peril a Centennial State - star , which quickly got her fired . While she has recently returned to acting a little here and there , she will never go on to be the star that many thought she would .
7. Jim Caviezel
Jim Caviezel was a decently known actor in the late 1990s , but one purpose , in particular , put him on the map . Whether it was good or unfit for his life history is still up for debate . Caviezel starred as Jesus Christ in the 2004 motion picture " The Passion of the Christ , " which was directed by Mel Gibson . The R - rat recap of Jesus ’ last Day was financially successful but caught a ton of flak for being controversial and overly wild . Even before filming , Caviezel was told by Gibson that he might get shun from Hollywood thanks to this function . Turns out he was right . While he has had some small and recurring roles here and there , there is no doubt that his persona as Jesus turned some citizenry off from hiring him again .
6. Sondra Locke
This is a bit of an older case than others on this list , but there is no doubt Sondra Locke was blacklisted for quite a while . Locke made her film first appearance back in the former 1960s and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in her very first role in " The Heart Is a solitary Hunter . " She go in to star in many other photographic film over the next few years and was a talented theatre director too . She was date Clint Eastwood for a long time and when the yoke become through a mussy breakup in 1989 , she found herself essentially blacklisted from many of the different studios in Hollywood . Most people trust that Eastwood used his considerable sensation power to will her out in the cold . This lasted for about a decade and when she did in conclusion return to even work , her career was never able to get back to where it once was .
5. Charlie Sheen
In condition of public breakdowns , there are none majuscule than Charlie Sheen . Once a talented role player and one of the highest - paid TV actors on the planet , Sheen is now mostly call up for his drug - induced and very public freak out a few years back — remember “ # winning ” and “ tiger blood ? ” He turn a loss his occupation on " Two and a Half Men " ( which paid him almost $ 2 millionper episode ! ) and was seen as a mankind who had distinctly turn a loss his marble after tenner of crapulence and drug . While he has worked a petty bit since most companies still desire to avoid Sheen and his ridiculous prank like the plague .
4. Vince Vaughn
A little over a decennium ago , Vaughn was one of the busy and most successful actor in Hollywood . He star in many classic comedies and was popular with fan for being a quick - witted and loveable guy . However , as of recently , he has n’t been nearly as dynamic in Hollywood . It seems like his prime as an actor has long since passed him by . His blacklisting has been more elusive and is mainly due to his own limited compass as an actor and his political views . While there ’s nothing wrong with being a conservative , when you publicly say that there should be guns in all schools to keep mass shootings , that is something that studios might desire to distance from . He has also proven to be unable to stand out in any role that is a cockamamy comedy ( probably co - star with Owen Wilson ) , as see by his time of year on HBO ’s " rightful Detective . "
3. Stacey Dash
2. Rose McGowan
While she has n’t been an angel throughout her career ( make some insensitive remarks at times ) McGowan did n’t merit to be blacklisted in the fashion she has been . McGowan is in all probability best know among her fans for her five - year long tally on the TV serial " Charmed . " After the events of 2017 , though , many the great unwashed now know her as one of the masses who helped to out the disgusting bit of Harvey Weinstein . He allegedly sexually outrage her in the former nineties . While she did n’t military press commission , they reportedly settled out of court . Since then , Weinstein has reportedly tried to blacklist her from Hollywood and bury the picture show she has been a part of . It ’s definitely been a while since McGowan has been offered any form of lead role in something big .
1. Katherine Heigl
Only a few years ago , Katherine Heigl was a leading lady and was extremely sought after for a wide ambit of different roles . However , have you noticed she has n’t been act in any high - profile roles recently ? Well , it ’s no fortuity . Heigl is reportedly fabulously difficult to operate with . call into question handwriting , refuse to leave her trailer , and farcical press are just some of the many complaints about her in Hollywood . Her many requirement do n’t help . All in all , her report seems to have stopped her from getting many character she may have been considered for .
