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 look at the 8 actors that have starred in 12 movies that I have seen.

Jamie Lee Curtis

My first experience with the former teenage scream queen was likely in the first Halloween, the franchise that is responsible for 1/3 of the films on this list.  The frequency of my watching her films has slowed down significantly in the 21st century, though my last experience with her was just 3 years ago when I saw You Again.

Morgan Freeman

The first film I saw starring Morgan Freeman was the Kevin Costner vehicle Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.  Starting in 2000, he put together a 6 year streak that covered 8 films.  My biggest Freeman years were 2000, 2005, and, my most recent experience with him, in 2008, when I saw both Wanted and Evan Almighty.

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman first entered my movie consciousness when I saw the original Christopher Reeve Superman.  My biggest Hackman years were 2000 and 2003, when I saw 2 of his films.  Hackman has mostly retired at this point, so the odds are that the last film I saw of his, Runaway Jury in 2012, will continue to be his last.

Corey Haim

My first experience with Corey Haim was likely 1986’s Lucas.  I had seen 6 of his films by the time I graduated high school.  The quality of his movies, along with this life, spiraled downward after that.  My biggest Haim year was 2000, when I saw 3 of his films, none of which likely ever saw the inside of a movie theater.  My final Haim film was 1993’s Just One Of The Girls, which I saw in 2004.  Haim passed away in 2010, so he is not likely to be moving up this list anytime soon.

Gwyneth Paltrow

The first starring role of Gwyneth Paltrow’s that I saw was The Pallbearer, back in 1997.  That started a 7 year streak that came to an end in 2003 after I saw Shallow Hal.  That streak included 4 films in 1999.  The most recent film of hers that I’ve seen was last year’s Iron Man 3.

Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn splashed on to the scene in 1996’s Swingers, which I saw in 1998.  Since then, he has been fairly consistent, with me seeing a film of his either every year or every other year.  In fact, I hadn’t gone more than a year without seeing one of his films until his current dry spell, dating back to 2011, when I saw Psycho and The Dilemma.

Mark Wahlberg

The former leader of the Funky Bunch first moved over to movies with Fear, in which he costarred with the next star on the list, in 1996.  There have been 3 years since where I have seen multiple Wahlberg flicks, most recently in 2011.  The last film of his that I saw was in 2013, when I watched Ted.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon crashed in to my movie going consciousness in 1996 with two entries, the aforementioned Fear and Freeway.  A 6 year streak started in 1999 and finished in 2004 with the sequel to Legally Blonde.  The last time I saw one of her films was in 2009, when I watched 2008’s Four Christmases.