These Former Actors Left Hollywood to Follow Entirely New Career Paths

4. Charlie Korsmo

• Formerly From: What About Bob?
• Currently: A law professor
• Net Worth: $500,000*

A famous kid actor named Charlie Korsmo made an appearance in the Disney comedy What About Bob? After that, he made the decision to pursue a more academic career, though he continued to make infrequent film appearances; most recently, he played William Lichter in the 1998 movie can Hardly Wait.

Korsmo made the decision to leave his Disney days behind and enroll in law school. In 2000, he graduated from MIT with a physics undergraduate degree. Six years later, he graduated with his J.D. from Yale Law School. He has experience in both politics and the EPA. He currently teaches corporate and corporate finance law at Case Western Reserve University.

5. Geena Davis

• Formerly From: Thelma & Louise
• Currently: Documentarian
• Net Worth: $30 million*

Former model and actress Geena Davis. She made her acting debut in the 1982 film Tootsie, which launched her career. The thriller The Fly, in which she subsequently starred, served as her debut. She gained international fame thanks to her part in Beetlejuice. She kept acting, but in the 1990s, her career slowed down. Viewers may be able to remember her Disney-produced, short-lived talk show The Geena Davis Show.

Davis left Disney and moved into directing and business. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media was her own venture, which she started. Her Institute promotes more women in the media, both on and off-screen. Additionally, Davis used her connections in the business world to raise money for the 2018 film This Changes Everything.

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6. Angus T. Jones

• Formerly From: Two and a Half Men
• Currently: Management at a media company 
• Net Worth: $15 million*

On the program Two and a Half Men, Angus T. Jones played one of his most well-known roles. When he was five years old, he landed his first role as a child actor in the 1999 movie Simpatico. Also, the 26-year-old appeared in The Rookie, George of the Jungle 2, Bringing Down the House, See Spot Run, and The Christmas Blessing.

Jones decided to join the private sector after declaring his retirement, even though Two and a Half Men and his other works are still available to watch on websites like Amazon and Hulu. He works with Tonite, a multimedia business that funds and creates a variety of communications services.