Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime.  The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since.  So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at all of the actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of May 30th.

Today, we continue with the 11 actors that have starred in 11 movies that I have seen.

Jim Carrey

I first encountered the rubber faced comedian in his breakout film, 1994’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.  For a while there, Carrey became one of the biggest stars in the world.  I took in 2 films featuring him in 1997, 1999, and again in 2008.  Then, a funny thing happened and Jim Carrey wasn’t much of a star anymore.  The last film I saw him in was back 2009, when I saw the previous year’s Yes Man.

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas made his first impression upon my movie-going consciousness with 1989’s War of the Roses.  My big Douglas year was 1995, when I saw him in Basic Instinct, Disclosure, and 1978’s Coma.  Things have been quiet for Douglas here in the 21st century, with the last film of his that I’ve seen, The Sentinel, was in 2006.

Woody Harrelson

In 1992, I headed to the theaters to see White Men Can’t Jump, where I first encountered Woody Harrelson in film. 7 of Harrelson’s films came between 1992 and 2000, after which there was a long lull.  Harrelson came back in to my world in 2008, then added 2 more in 2010.  2011 was the last time I saw one of his films, 2009’s Defendor.

Anne Hathaway

Like most of America, I first saw Anne Hathaway back in 2003 in The Princess Diaries.  In the intervening 11 years, she has been a steadfast presence on my movie (or television) screen, including 3 films in 2005 and 4 in 2009.  In 2011, I saw my last starring vehicle starring Hathaway, 2010’s Love And Other Drugs.

Katherine Heigl

Katherine Heigl burst on to the scene in 1994’s My Father, The Hero, which I took in the following year.  She dropped off my radar, went through puberty, and came back in 1999.  After achieving television stardom, she leaped back to the big screen in a big way in the mid-2000s, including 4 films in 3 years between 2006 and 2008.  The last time I saw a Heigl starring vehicle was 2011, when I took in both Life As We Know It and Killers.

Helen Hunt

I first came across Helen Hunt back in 1987’s Project X.  She racked up 9 of her 11 films between 1994 and 2006, when I last saw her in a starring role in A Good Woman.

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones first showed up on my screen back in 1993 in The Fugitive.   My big Tommy Lee Jones years were 1997 and 2000, when I saw him in 2 films per year.  2013 was the last time I saw him in a film, the latest entry in the Men In Black trilogy.

Al Pacino

My first experience with Al Pacino was in 1997, when I saw him in City Hall.  I splurged on his films in 2000 and 2001, when I took in 5, including The Godfather and The Godfather II.  My last Al Pacino film was back in 2008, when I saw the previous year’s 88 Minutes.

Wesley Snipes

Like Woody Harrelson, I first saw Snipes in 1992’s White Men Can’t Jump.  By the end of 1994, he was up to 5 films, including 3 in 1994 alone.  The Blade trilogy gave him a boost in the 21st century, with the final entry of that trilogy being the last film of his I’ve seen, all the way back in 2005.

Julia Stiles

1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You was my first exposure to Julia Stiles.  She has been a steady presence since, spacing her 11 films out over the past 15 years.  She did manage to score multiple films in both 2001 and 2006.  My last film experience with her was 2003’s Carolina, which I saw last year.

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland’s first starring role that I saw was in 1990, when I rented Flashback.  In the year’s since, I have mostly seen him as a television star, thanks to his role as Jack Bauer on 24.  The last starring role of his that I saw was in 2008’s Mirrors, which I saw in 2009.