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. Given those guidelines, it is time once again to look at the now 111 actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of August 1.
We continue today with the seven actors that have starred in exactly thirteen movies that I have seen, an increase of one from three years ago.
Kristen Bell
The Veronica Mars star made her first “big screen” appearance in my life with the television remake of Reefer Madness in 2005. She’s been a pretty steady presence since, with a two-year gap in 2015 and 2016 being her largest. After a four-year absence, she returned to my screen in 2025, thanks to her role in 2021’s Queenpins.
Gene Hackman
Hackman, who died in 2025 at age 95, first entered my movie consciousness when I saw the original Christopher Reeve Superman. My most recent experience with his work remains 1971’s The French Connection, which I saw in 2018.
Katherine Heigl
Katherine Heigl first burst on to the scene in 1994’s My Father, The Hero, which I took in the following year. After achieving television stardom, she leaped back to the big screen in a big way in the mid-2000s, including four films in three years between 2006 and 2008. She last showed up on my screen in 2018, with the ironically titled Unforgettable.
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 two films per year. After a few years away, my most recent experience with him was in 2020, in 2019’s Ad Astra.
Mila Kunis
After years on That ’70s Show, Mila Kunis first moved to my movie screen in 2003, with the unfortunate American Psycho II: All American Girl. After a six-year break, she came back with a vengeance, appearing in seven films I saw between 2009 and 2011. I last saw her work earlier this year, thanks to 2022’s Luckiest Girl Alive.
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore first showed up on my screen in 1996, thanks to the previous year’s Nine Months. She was helped by two movies each in 2003, 2011, and 2014. After a decade away, she returned to my screen in both 2024 and 2025, with Echo Valley being my most recent exposure to her work.
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 five, including The Godfather and The Godfather II. After a twelve-year absence, Pacino returned to my screen twice in 2020, in 2017’s horrible Hangman and 2008’s Righteous Kill.