Famous Career Gaps (Actors/Actresses)

Before the Gap
1962 - 1982
Lawrence of Arabia
Becket
What's New, Pussycat
How to Steal a Million
The Lion in Winter
Goodbye Mr. Chips
The Ruling Class
The Stunt Man
My Favorite Year

The Gap
1983 - 2003

After the Gap
2004 - 2008
Troy
Venus
Ratatouille
Stardust
The Tudors (TV)

Before the Gap
1987 - 1993
Empire of the Sun
Newsies
Swing Kids

The Gap
1994 - 1999

After the Gap
2000 - Present
American Psycho
Equilibrium
The Machinist
Batman Begins
Rescue Dawn
The Prestige
3:10 to Yuma
The Dark Knight
Public Enemies
The Fighter
the Dark Knight Rises
American Hustle

Before the Gap
1985 - 1992
The Goonies
The Young Riders (TV Show)

The Gap
1993 - 2006

After the Gap
2007 - Present
American Gangster
Planet Terror
No Country for Old Men
In the Valley of Elah
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Milk
True Grit
Gangster Squad
Labor Day

Before the Gap
1951 - 1962
A Streetcar Named Desire
Viva Zapata!
Julius Caesar
The Wild One
On the Waterfront
Guys and Dolls
The Young Lions
The Fugitive Kind
Mutiny on the Bounty

The Gap
1963 - 1971

After the Gap
1972 - 1979
The Godfather
The Last Tango in Paris
The Missouri Breaks
Superman
Apocalypse Now

The Gap
1980 - 1993

After the Gap
1994 - 2001
Don Juan DeMarco
The Brave
The Score

Before the Gap
1981 - 1984
Altered States
ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Firestarter

The Gap
1985 - 1995

After the Gap
1996 - Present
Scream
The Wedding Singer
Never Been Kissed
Charlie's Angels
Donnie Darko
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
50 First Dates
Fever Pitch
Whip It

Before the Gap
1975 - 1981
Welcome Back Kotter (TV)
Carrie
Saturday Night Fever
Grease
Blow Out

The Gap
1982 - 1993

After the Gap
1994 - 2009
Pulp Fiction
Get Shorty
Phenomenon
Face/Off
Primary Colors
The General's Daughter
Swordfish
Ladder 49
Hairspray
Taking of Pelham 123

Before the Gap
1964 - 1970
Fall of the Roman Empire
The Sound of Music
Inside Daisy Clover
Waterloo

The Gap
1971 - 1994

After the Gap
1995 - Present
Delores Claiborne
Twelve Monkeys
The Insider
A Beautiful Mind
National Treasure
Syriana
The New World
Inside Man
Up
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
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The Last Station
Beginners
The Tempest
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Before the Gap
1964 - 1977
Zulu
The Ipcress File
Alfie
The Italian Job
Get Carter
Sleuth
The Man Who Would Be King
A Bridge Too Far

The Gap
1978 - 1987

After the Gap
1988 - Present
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Blood and Wine
Cider House Rules
Quills
Austin Powers in Goldmember
The Quiet American
Batman Begins
Children of Men
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Harry Brown
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises
Now You See Me

Before the Gap
1951 - 1962
Mary Tyler Moore (TV)
Roots
Lou Grant (TV)
Daniel

The Gap
1984 - 2002

After the Gap
2003 - 2009
Elf
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV)
Up

Before the Gap
1968 - 1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
O Lucky Man
Excalibur

The Gap
1982 - 2005

After the Gap
2006 - Present
The Queen
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
State of Play
The Last Station
The Debt
The Tempest
Red
Monsters University

Before the Gap
1980 - 1987
Heaven's Gate
Body Heat
Diner
Rumble Fish
Year of the Dragon
9 1/2 Weeks
Angel Heart
Barfly

The Gap
1988 - 2002

After the Gap
2003 - 2010
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Man on Fire
Sin City
Domino
The Wrestler
Iron Man 2
The Expendables

Before the Gap
1965 - 1978
Darling
Dr. Zhivago
Fahrenheit 451
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Don't Look Now
Shampoo
Heaven Can Wait

The Gap
1979 - 2003

After the Gap
2004 - Present
Troy
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Finding Neverland
Away From Her
Red Riding Hood
The Company You Keep

Before the Gap
1969 - 1978
Midnight Cowboy
Catch-22
Deliverance
Coming Home

The Gap
1979 - 1994

After the Gap
1995 - 2009
Heat
Mission: Impossible
The Rainmaker
Enemy of the State
Varsity Blues
Pearl Harbor
Ali
The Manchurian Candidate
National Treasure
Transformers
Four Christmases
24 (TV)

Before the Gap
1966 - 1981
El Dorado
Brian's Song
The Godfather
Funny Lady
A Bridge Too Far
Thief

The Gap
1982 - 1990

After the Gap
1991 - 2008
Misery
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Program
Bottle Rocket
Mickey Blue Eyes
The Way of the Gun
Elf
Las Vegas (TV)
Get Smart

Before the Gap
1970 - 1987
Catch-22
Badlands
The Cassandra Crossing
Apocalypse Now
Gandhi
The Dead Zone
Wall Street

The Gap
1988 - 1999

After the Gap
2000 - Present
The West Wing (TV)
Catch Me if You Can
Bobby
The Departed
Talk to Me
The Way
The Amazing Spider-Man
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Before the Gap
1988 - 1999
Beetlejuice
Heathers
Edward Scissorhands
Dracula
The Age of Innocence
The House of the Spirits
Reality Bites
Little Women
The Crucible
Girl, Interrupted

The Gap
2000 - 2008

After the Gap
2009 - Present
Star Trek
Black Swan
Frankenweenie
The Iceman

Before the Gap
1993 - 2001
Dazed and Confused
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Good Will Hunting
Armageddon
Shakespeare in Love
Dogma
Boiler Room
Pearl Harbor

The Gap
2002 - 2008

After the Gap
2009 - Present
State of Play
The Town
The Company Men
Argo
To the Wonder

Before the Gap
1961 - 1981
Splendor in the Grass
All Fall Down
Bonnie and Clyde
The Only Game in Town
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Shampoo
Heaven Can Wait
Reds

The Gap
1982 - 1989

After the Gap
1990 - 1998
Dick Tracy
Bugsy
Bulworth

Before the Gap
1982 - 1997
Night Shift
Mr. Mom
Johnny Dangerously
Beetlejuice
Batman
Pacific Heights
Batman Returns
My Life
The Paper
Jackie Brown

The Gap
1998 - 2005

After the Gap
2006 - Present
Cars
Post Grad
The Other Guys
Toy Story 3
RoboCop

Before the Gap
1989 - 1993
Doogie Howser MD

The Gap
1994 - 2003

After the Gap
2004 - Present
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
How I Met Your Mother
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Smurfs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Before the Gap
1971 - 1982
The Last Picture Show
Bad Company
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Heaven's Gate
Tron

The Gap
1983 - 1997

After the Gap
1998 - Present
The Big Lebowski
The Contender
K-Pax
Seabiscuit
Tideland
Surf's Up
Iron Man
Crazy Heart
Tron: Legacy
True Grit

Before the Gap
1985 - 1998
Cheers (TV Show)
White Men Can't Jump
Indecent Proposal
Natural Born Killers
Kingpin
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Wag the Dog
The Thin Red Line

The Gap
1999 - 2006

After the Gap
2007 - Present
No Country for Old Men
Battle in Seattle
Transsiberian
Semi-Pro
Seven Pounds
The Messenger
Zombieland
2012
The Hunger Games
Seven Psychopaths
Now You See Me
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Out of the Furnace

Before the Gap
1966 - 1978
A Man for All Seasons
Morgan!
Blow-Up
Isadora
The Sea Gull
Mary, Queen of Scots
Murder on the Orient Express
Julia

The Gap
1978 - 1991

After the Gap
1992 - Present
Howard's End
The House of the Spirits
Mission: Impossible
Mrs Dalloway
Deep Impact
Girl, Interrupted
The Pledge
Nip/Tuck (TV)
Venus
Atonement
Letters to Juliet
The Whistleblower
Coriolanus
Foxcatcher

Before the Gap
1986 - 1993
Stand By Me
The Lost Boys
Young Guns
Flatliners
A Few Good Men
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
The Three Musketeers

The Gap
1994 - 2000

After the Gap
2001 - Present
24 (TV Show)
Phone Booth
Monsters vs. Aliens
Melancholia
Touch (TV Show)

Before the Gap
1982 - 1994
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Terminator
Commando
Predator
The Running Man
Twins
Total Recall
Kindergarten Cop
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
True Lies

The Gap
1995 - 2009

After the Gap
2010 - Present
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Escape Plan