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 the most prolific actors that have starred in the movies that I have seen in the second half of the first decade of the new millennium, the 2000s.
2006
| Last Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Scarlett Johansson | 5 |
Scarlett Johansson ties Tori Spelling and Maria Ford for the record of most films seen in a single year by starring in An American Rhapsody, Match Point, The Island, A Good Woman, and Scoop.
2007
| Last Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Bruce Willis | 3 |
Bruce Willis returns to the top of the heap for the first time since 1985 with his starring turns in Alpha Dog, Live Free Or Die Hard, and 16 Blocks.
2008
| Last Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Robert Downey Jr. | 4 |
Robert Downey Jr. returned to leading man status in a big way in 2008, culminating in his roles in Gothika, Tropic Thunder, Charlie Bartlett, and, of course, Iron Man.
2009
| Last Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Zooey Deschanel | 4 |
| Anne Hathaway | 4 |
The ladies took over in 2009, with Zooey Deschanel and Anne Hathaway tying for the top spot with 4 films apiece. Deschanel appeared in Yes Man, (500) Days Of Summer, The Happening, and The Go-Getter. Hathaway made her mark with Rachel Getting Married, Bride Wars, Becoming Jane, and Passengers.
2010
| Last Name | Films |
|---|---|
| Amy Adams | 4 |
| Nicolas Cage | 4 |
| Mila Kunis | 4 |
A 3 way tie for first place, with 4 films apiece for Amy Adams, Nicolas Cage, and Mila Kunis. Adams got things going with her roles in Julie & Julia, Leap Year, Sunshine Cleaning, and Standing Still. Cage attempted to pay back the IRS with his roles in Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call – New Orleans, National Treasure, Knowing, and National Treasure: Book Of Secrets. Kunis had a good year with Moving McAllister, Extract, After Sex, and Boot Camp.