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.
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