Big high calibre movie superstars like Kevin Spacey and Matthew McConaughey have found their way to serious TV roles, while TV stars are getting new breaks playing lead roles in hit movies. Hollywood giants like George Clooney and Jennifer Aniston started with roles from the television.
Recently, there are new faces on the big screen that came from TV shows. Here are some of the TV actors who made it big in the Movies lately:
- Chris Pratt. The Parks and Recreation star totally stole the show as Star Lord in the summer Marvel blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy . There is no news, however, if he will still be on TV or pursue his career as a movie star.
- Kristen Bell. The Deadwood star became a Disney Princess as she voiced Anna in Frozen . She also starred in Veronica Mars, which had a successful movie reboot this year.
- Shailene Woodley. Before she landed in two of the most successful movies this year including The Fault in Our Stars and Divergent , she used to be in The O.C ., a teen drama TV show that was so popular back in the 2000s. But what really propelled her to the movie industry, was her groundbreaking performance in The Descendents with George Clooney.
- Jason Segel. He is in the TV hit show How I Met Your Mother and he landed on a hit movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall . Now, his Sex Tape with Cameron Diaz only shows his film career is going great.
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