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, and thanks to a corona virus inspired uptick to my movie watching this year, it is time to look at the 100 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of July 1.
Today, we continue with the 6 actors that has starred in 19 movies that I have seen, two additional from what was seen 3 years ago.
Jennifer Aniston
The former Friends star first burst through onto my movie screen in 1997, with a double feature of She’s The One and Leprechaun. In years since, she has been a pretty steady contributor until 2014, with multiple films in 1997, 1998, 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013, with a high water mark in 1998, when I saw her in 3 starring roles. Her most recent entry came in 2014, when I saw 2013’s We’re The Millers.
John Cusack
Local boy done good John Cusack entered my movie-watching consciousness in 1988 when he portrayed disgraced White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver in Eight Men Out. After a 9 year dry spell, Cusack came back with a vengeance with 3 films in 1997 which started a run of 8 films in 4 years. After 97, he notched multiple films in 2000, 2004, and 2010. His most recent film that I’ve seen was 2012’s The Factory, which I watched in 2015.
Matt Damon
In 1994, Matt Damon made his first appearance on my personal movie screen with his role in 1992’s School Ties. He disappeared for a while until reappearing in 1999 with 3 different films. From that point on, he has been a pretty regular entrant in my watched films, including a four year run from 2005-2008. The last film of his I’ve seen was in 2019, when I saw 2017’s Downsizing.
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton burst on to my movie going radar with 1983’s Mr. Mom. He had 2 different years, 1995 and 2000, where I saw 3 of his films. After a 9 year absence from my screen, he returned in 2015 to increase his total once again. The last time I saw him in a starring role was last year in Spotlight, from 2015.
Sylvester Stallone
My first exposure to Sylvester Stallone was through the Rocky franchise, whose 8 films make up over 42% of this total. Add in the Rambo franchise and that number jumps over 50%. My biggest Stallone years were 1991 and 2007, when I took in a grand total of 2 films each. I am on an active 3 year streak, with my most recent experience with his films coming earlier this year in 2019’s Rambo: Last Blood.
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington first appeared in my life in a starring role as Tom Hanks’ homophobic attorney in Philadelphia. There have been four years, starting in 2000, where I have seen 2 of his films. 2002 started a 5 year run where I saw 7 of his films. After a 6 year absence, he returned to my screen earlier this year in Ricochet, released in 1991.
It is time once again to take a look at the authors I have read the most, dating back to high school. This year, I’m once again on pace to set a new record for books read in a year, so I thought it would be nice to take a deeper dive into those books I’ve read through August of this year. Since our last check-in, I’ve read an additional 1xx books, so there should be some movement over the past two years. Without further ado, it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much over the years. We conclude today with the sole author I’ve read 22 times, a level unseen two years ago.
