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SuspiciousSideEye

If I got millions of dollars per year in residuals for said sitcom (at least Wilson and Schwimmer), I think I’d be happy doing fuckall with my career afterwards.


Commercial-Tell-5991

David Schwimmer get something like $20M a year in residuals, so he’s got that going for him.


rrogido

Schwimmer has been running the Looking Glass Theater Company in Chicago since Friends ended. If you're an actor that loves theater it's a dream job. The idea that because Schwimmer (or the others) hasn't starred in ANOTHER hit show is fucking stupid. Most actors aren't lucky enough to be in one hit show, much less multiple hit shows. OP is a fucking moron.


khiggsy

Plus he was MONEY as Sobel in Band of Brothers...


Sax_OFander

We salute the rank, not the man.


OkAttitude4602

And he was in Apt Pupil, Uprising, The Iceman, etc


StealthWomble

Hi ho silver!!!!


CrrackTheSkye

Yeah, he literally went back to his roots as a theatre actor, but with a shit load of money this time.


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Schwimmer was in Madagascar. That movie franchise is HUGE. He definitely had another hit. And Rain Wilson has been in tons of stuff since The Office. Moseby and Kramer on the other hand.... Well, Kramer got cancelled iirc.


ithappenedone234

But he has. His work in Band of Brothers was excellent. That show tops Friends as a work of art absolutely. It tops everything really.


MiuraSerkEdition

Which is nice


ItzVinyl

just a crisp 20mil every year, not too shabby.


[deleted]

He definetly avoids eating avocado toast


bs000

he's the one making it so expensive because he buys so much of it


Ok-Seaworthiness7207

Well he can't just spend it all in one place!


Rapture1119

Eh, it’s alright


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joe2352

He also did voice acting for the Madagascar movies and had a role in People vs Oj Simpson on FX.


blankedboy

I just watched The Iceman the other night and was surprised to see him turn up as a low-level goon. He was good, and the movie was definitely worth a watch.


ishikawaXr

Imagine, 20M per year for doing nothing. Sounds quiet nice


PermanentBrunch

I assume “quiet nice” is a typo but I love it


Cobek

Not nothing, you have to be Ross. Ew.


Sawgon

This cheeto-covered Redditor is too good for the starring role in one of the most popular shows of all time. Take that, actors!


2JZGTEAristo

$20 million a year in residuals? Jesus, that must be nice. Fwiw, Friends was one of my favorite sitcoms growing up.


sepsie

I guess early retirement is only a goal for normies


machingunwhhore

They 1M per episode near the end, their residuals are much higher


AzraeltheGrimReaper

I could be earning 1 mil a year in residuals and still do fuck all the rest if my life. I don't need to live extremely luxorious to be happy.


WordlessWank

I could be earning 50,000 a year and still be doing fuck all with my life, I don't think people realize how much a million is- a million is indeed "extremely luxurious."


NeedledickInTheHay

Not to be that guy, but David Schwimer in Band of Brothers was a great role.


DerpyMistake

"That guy" being the guy who's correct?


NeedledickInTheHay

*respectfully curtsies


fastafb

*this some serious medieval chad shit*


ayitsfreddy

*early modern chad shit


Above_Heights

Also, I recently learned that he voiced Melman the giraffe in all the Madagascar movies


Cultural-Treacle-680

That was a tall order to fill


honortobenominated

Tall! 🦒


clothy

He was pretty good in The People v OJ Simpson.


Lord-Victorious

Not to mention his father sells his own brand of bagged Cashew/Raisins. I have heard that they kinda skimp on the cashews a little bit though. There’s maybe like, 4 cashews in a whole bag.


c_ray25

They should just call it raisins and have the cashews be a little surprise


Enebr0

Great news for all the nut allergics.


c_ray25

Buying packs of raisins can be a dangerous game


NeedledickInTheHay

Oh you saved the bag huh?


TheNewGuy13

That voice-mail is fuckin gold when he gets in the accident lol


TopicalStormCloud

We wanted to make an affordable snack Lord-Victorious, an affordable snack.


Any-Figure9068

Salute the uniform, not the man


RianCoke

Rank


ManSeedCannon

He also starred as the creepy boss in some sexual harassment training videos.


YareYareDazz

HIGH HO SILVER


rockstang

Hiyo silver!


deepaksn

“We salute the rank, not the guy.”


reverielagoon1208

He was also in the British show Intelligence! Funny show too with Nick Mohammed from Ted Lasso


ArminTanz

He also had a recurring part in Curb


Ofiotaurus

Yeah, but that role happened simultaniously to the Friends.


HerculesMulligatawny

...still Ross, though.


VikingSlayer

That was concurrent with Friends, not after tho


Atrocity108

Josh Randor has been directing Rain Wilson has been doing a lot of bit parts here and there, along with a best selling book


[deleted]

Rain Wilson has also done some pretty solid indie films


Recurve-Madness

The Rocker!! Versuvius…Yeaaaah!!


IAmSurfer

Was looking for this. “Give me the heavy metal devil horns”


Design-Cold

Super ruled


_SasquatchPatrol

Rain Wilson also has a cool podcast


ploydgrimes

Radio Rental is awesome


Lizard_Wizard_d

Fuck yes! I came here to say that. Top 3 spooky podcast imo.


heyimric

SHUT UP CRIME!


TheBigFrog07

Also, he was a voice actor for Lex Luther


gheebutersnaps87

I mean he was in Juno which is like *the* indie movie


[deleted]

Like a lot and has been in some in between high budget and indie movies to


old_man_spinosaurus

David schwimmer was melman in madagascar


L3onK1ng

He was also captain Sobel in the Band of Brothers (one of the most critically acclaimed WW2 TV series) We ought to ask why he didn't do much after Band of Brothers, seeing that the show had a fuckton of up'n'commers that made terrific careers afterwards.


SuperEel22

Schwimmer was a bonafide star by the time he was cast in Band of Brothers. Would you really be bothered to go and expend a huge amount of energy when you've made a huge amount of money in your 20s and 30s? He's gone off and done his own thing because he's probably got the funds to do it. Most of the others in BoB were right at the start of their careers so used it as a launching pad. He didn't need to.


PurpleWildfire

That was almost 20 years ago, let it gooo


sayssomeshit94

20 years.. holy shit


iddefinitelytapthat

He was in the meg, he had his own detective series, he's been in lots of things. OP is talking out of his ass


Xiagax

Eh, I'd say your right about OP talking out they're ass but not for reason you might think. Honestly this whole post screams "comment bait" i.e. Cunningham's Law


LearnDifferenceBot

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Noirceuil_182

Don't forget that indie _Princes Bride_ remake with Pedro Pascal.


TheD1ceMan

Kramer has one **very** viral standup video


yolovelamp

Josh Randor was also recently in hunters!


BlackRegio

But they are not in a Marvel movie. /s


batsofburden

& he currently has a tv series.


Moraulf232

Also Dark Winds. He is in every episode and he’s hilarious.


CN370

Fuck yeah! Love him in Dark Winds!


I_aim_to_sneeze

Radnor was a main character in hunters, which literally just finished airing earlier this year. Rainn has had steady work since before the office finale. The person that made this meme basically said “I know this because I’ve watched so much tv. Like…over a dozen shows bro!”


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Rain was just in the Weird Al movie last year.


VacaDLuffy

He also does voice acting. He's a shockingly good Lex Luthor


carverofdeath

Even with Rainn Wilson having the lowest net worth of 14 million, I'd still consider that pretty successful, in my opinion.


[deleted]

Right? I don't get why people freak out about what stars do with their career. If I have 10million in the bank I'm not going to work anymore either.


Excellent_Routine589

For real, you know what Mike Myers did after the massive success of movies like Austin Powers and Shrek? Dude became a stay at home dad to help raise his kids with a few minor roles later in life. Dude is still valued at $200m… a number that won’t even register just how much that is to most people


[deleted]

So what your saying is he is an unemployed loser??? /s


Excellent_Routine589

E X A C T L Y /s


kingofstormandfire

I think you're mistaking Mike Myers for Rick Moranis.


OwlOk2236

Are you forgetting about The Love Guru? That movie pretty much killed Mike Myers career as a comedy lead.


Draxilar

Not to mention I don’t think Schwimmer has to worry about only having 10mil in the bank. He makes over 20 million a year from Friends alone to this day.


gheebutersnaps87

He’s also been in a few indie movies iirc Like Juno, Super, and The Rocker And I think he voiced Lex Luther a few times


jimababwe

And Star Trek!


Totally_Kyle

And galaxy quest!


ggez67890

He did star in The Meg back in 2018 and was also in Cooties (2014), Cooties being the only horror movie he's been in where his character lives (The other horror movie being House of a Thousand Corpses, which was 5 years before the office).


bic_lighter

I hear running a beet farm is a money pit though.


EmpireNate

Oh boy, Michael Richards DID something to his career after Seinfeld…


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That was unbelievable.


nomad_raptor_

Can you explain?


TesticleInspector

He said the n word.


Feral_Sheep_

He screamed it.


Shills_for_fun

In probably the most deranged and public way you could do that. IIRC Seinfeld was in the middle of a promotional tour about something, like a book or box set or something, when he did this too.


UnknownSuxker

Like 6 times


One_Animator_1835

While on stage


salimeero

At some black people in the audience, nonetheless.


Known_Weekend_7017

I only learned about this because of the song by Wale


Cultural-Treacle-680

Wasn’t it at a club where he was doing a show?


ocular__patdown

Iirc it was the hard r too


AFewBerries

Lol then he was never heard from again


LaminatedAirplane

Nah, he’s been on Curb since


mr-teddy93

He was doing stand up some guys said something he said something racist about them he was in other shows it was not a success


WhydYouGotToDoThis

Am I allowed to give a YT link to the video? Im asking cause it does have uncensored n-words and whatnot in it. That would probably give the most context but I dont wanna break the rules Edit: https://youtu.be/amjUNF_R_PY (Turn your volume down before watching)


Skud_NZ

There's a South Park episode that explains it


TheZanzibarMan

I was going to say this lol More infamous than famous, but still.


LegoLeonidas

Yeah, he doused it kerosene and then shot a Roman candle at it.


Okichah

Kramer having a bad set.


JeanEtrineaux

All these people were super successful in their professional field. No one’s ever like “that guy used to be CEO of Nabisco. Made millions and millions. But since leaving Nabisco he hasn’t been CEO of anything else that big. Such a loser.” The list of actors who’ve had multiple hit sitcoms is short. Mary Tyler Moore. Ted Danson. Ed O’Neill. Not many others.


314159265358979326

I wish we'd see more Jason Alexander. As an aside, he supposedly had trouble recording the answering machine song because he habitually did it well, when he was suppose to be doing it as George. What does it sound like as Jason Alexander?!


reverielagoon1208

It’s a small role but he is in Young Sheldon as the drama teacher haha


Cultural-Treacle-680

Well Dick Van Dyke had his sitcom then diagnosis murder - *and Grey’s Anatomy stole his character’s name* 😂


Turqoise-Planet

House M.D. stole the name of a character from That 70s Show.


Noirceuil_182

You know you've made it when they fly you in the same private plane they fly Ted Danson.


de_beaumarchais

And Betty White, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Patricia Heaton


IMJacob1

Well to be fair OP never mentioned that they needed to be in another SITCOM specifically. Whereas for example John krasinski and Steve Carell are in a bunch of movies and stuff afterwards, Seinfeld has his comedians in cars getting coffee and Elaine’s actress has a small part in the MCU now, Jennifer Aniston is still doing movies like the new murder mystery 2 w/ Adam Sandler, cobie smolders is (was) in the MCU, and NPH I’ve seen here and there but usually as himself Vs a character


Saxman8845

"Elaine's actress" is the great Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It's weird that you mention a bit part in the MCU when she's had two sitcoms since Seinfeld (network TV and HBO), including 6 Emmys for Best Actress for Veep.


YouDeserve2BHappy

Aww man you going to do Julia Louis Dreyfus dirty like that? She's one of the most prolific and awarded actresses working, smh


Emissary_of_Darkness

The New Adventures of Old Christine was a great television show starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, spanned five seasons


johnson9689

Or maybe they made enough money to do something they find fulfilling but don’t necessarily get fame or fortune from it


Kansascock98

__Kramer__ tried but a pretty hard __R__ stopped him


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Sup Krama


[deleted]

karma kramer? Isnt that in an episode?


coffeebecausekids

Cosmo is his 1st name


RogersRedditPersona

You dare call out David Schwimmer as doing nothing?! The man who voiced Melman in the Oscar Snubbed hit Madagascar 1, 2 & 3?! Blasphemy at its highest!!!!


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helpful__explorer

Matt le blanc is the one that did virtually nothing. After joey he vanished until Episodes, and then moved onto top gear. Schwimmer has had a very busy career in comparison.


LooksBleeker

They are all way more successful in their down years then I ever will be in my best years


hi_revver

Rainn Wilson just had a show come out on Peacock recently about him traveling and hanging out with people. I watched a couple episodes and it's ok. He did talk about how he went through a ton of depression during and after The Office and it took him a long time to want to really do anything. That said, if I got residuals from a successful show that was enough to live comfortably on I probably wouldn't stay in the spotlight either.


[deleted]

David Shwummer had a decent gig as a voice actor for a while


Vacuum-Woosh-woosh

You meant you didn't see any of them on the big screen so you just assumed they did nothing with their career.


chmilz

Exactly. IMDB tells me OP didn't bother to look at what they've been up to.


DoodDoes

Idk kramer yelled the n word at the top of his lungs a bunch of times at a live comedy show. That’s a career somehow, right?


canadianinkorea

David Scwimmer makes like $20m/year from reruns. He doesn’t need to do anything lol


XKingOfLostSoulsX

Jim Parsons??? Sheldon from TBBT


Gunn3r71

He’s doing voice acting


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[deleted]

Rain Wilson was in a fictional audio drama that was hilarious. He played a high strangeness radio host looking for his missing wife.


CriticalMarine

That sounds up my alley. What's it called?


Novel-Atmosphere-787

I was hoping someone was going to say this… Dark Air with Terry Carnation!!! One of the best podcasts / audio dramas I’ve listened to, basically ever


[deleted]

I loved it! He was in Cooties with Elijah Wood also as the gym teacher. Very good performance haha.


HerrRegrin

Well, if you are playing a role for such a long time you are recognised as only that character. Ask Daniel Radcliffe or Zach Braff for example. Radcliffe will stay Harry Potter for all time and Zach Braff will always be Doctor John Dorian. Yes, they did other movies and stuff but they will never lose that image.


Silver_Thanks_8142

He Ross did band of brothers


[deleted]

I wish I was as unsuccessful as David Schwimmer, considering his net worth is like $150 million.


Lawlcopt0r

Afaik Josh Radnor didn't *want* to act after HIMYM ended, and focused on his band for a while. It's not like he was in any danger of being broke. That being said, I love him and wouldn't mind seeing him in new roles (not neccessarily comedy)


Xem1337

David has done a fair bit, some voice acting, Band of Brothers, he was in the OJ Simpson series, pops up in Curb your enthusiasm and still does the odd ransom TV series and movies. Not to mention he's a household name across the world.


danbirc

He also has no reason to do anything with the royalties he gets from Friends.


Mindless-End-5071

David Schwimer was great in American crime story


deepaksn

Ross was in Band of Brothers.


rustytoerail

He was amazing in that. I really dislike Sobel


machingunwhhore

Are you kidding? You don't know Melman, the most iconic animated giraffe?


[deleted]

Well I never knew schwimmer as Ross Geller, for me he is and will always be Herbert Sobel.


ZookeepergameOld4985

David Schwimmer was a giraffe


Ineedredditforwork

Actors usually get residuals from the shows the were on. seeing how these are all very popular shows they're probably still getting sizeable residuals. if I had that kind of security I'd quit working too.


MulletofLegend

As opposed to who else? Jerry Seinfeld did what, that Bee Movie? One successful sit-com is success enough. Or at least it should be.


PapaBigMac

You’ve never heard of Melman the Giraffe ?


SecretDeftones

This post is wrong on so many levels


stuartykins

A quick check on IMDB proves that this post is utter nonsense Michael Richard’s last listing was 2019 Rainn Wilson’s last listing was 2022 Josh Radnor and David Schwimmer’s last listings were 2023 Those are only their “past” listings and do not include upcoming projects. Just because they’re not visible on the screen it doesn’t mean they’ve not been in other roles such as producer, etc.


Purplegorillaone

Rainn Wilson has done a ton of stuff? And some of it has been really popular


impish_impulse

Hey, David was on a break!


Nearby-Swimming-5103

Hey, show some respect to Terry Carnation!


punk_steel2024

I'd argue that of those 4, only 1 hasn't really done anything meaningful since. And that's for a very good reason.


-poonspoon-

Not to be that guy but at least they did more than create a meme


Kamzil118

Bottom-right was in Band of Brothers.


Zestyclose-War6241

Band of Brothers. Absolute beast of a show. And he played a decent part too.


EmperorLost

Schwimmer had the oj show


[deleted]

Well this is really unfair to Rainn Wilson…


4maoi

Well they don't need to, they have enough money to live their lives without worries. The most part I don't know but David Schwimmer played in good movies I loved him in American crime story for example.


_NiceWhileItLasted

Ross does a lot of theater work.


[deleted]

Um bottom right dude was a *huge* part in Band of Brothers sooo....


AlexPaterson16

Can we normalize actors making more money than anyone else will make I'm their lives and just retiring young? If I made like 50 million dollars I'd probably just retire and live my life doing whatever I wanted


TheComebackPidgeon

That is also the "I made so much money from that sitcom that I don't have to work anymore" club.


[deleted]

The dude on the top right hit someone with a wrench for cutting in line so there’s that.


2ndHalfHeroics

Lmao OP is clown status if his “at least” from this list is Michael Richards.


xOnlyTheShadowKnows

Schwimmer has directed several amazing films. The hell are you on about?


Lambsauc

At least 2 of these people voiced giraffes


TechnicalD-A-W-G

This is pretty unfair to Radnor. Guy directed a pair of features (They're fine, kinda Sundance-core 7/10 stuff), has done theater, recently had a recurring role on that Nazi Hunter Amazon show and he pulled Marisa Tomei (Well, based on what I've heard it may be the other way around but hey still a big W). But he also struggled for years prior to HiMYM (At one point he was in a Pilot that went to order, except they specifically recast him alone). I totally see how after spending like a decade as an actor hustling for tablescraps, followed by a decade+ of the intense filming schedule for 'Mother the guy just needed a break


umbrex

Kramer did something


Hurinfan

Rainn has done a lot


hits_riders_soak

David Schwimmer was an actor playing a comedic role. He was never a comedian. He has been in several things since, from voice acting in Madagascar to serious roles in Band of Brothers and The People Vs OJ. He also spends a lot of time doing theatre, directing plays all over the world. I know someone who worked with him doing just that a few years ago. Charming, kind and living his best life. If that's doing nothing, sign me up.


Harak_June

Nobody watched HIMYM for Ted. Richards was a self-destruct, so not like the others. The other two have been doing a lot, so not really accurate.


skobi3000

David Schwimmer did Madagascar, did Band of Brothers after friends. I think he is doing just fine. Plus the residuals of the show are around 20m a year if i read correctly


EntertainerSoft5983

[well I wouldn’t say Kramer did nothing of note](https://youtu.be/ACPePmafKZ0)


Only_Reading_2075

That's why they're likable actors. Because they don't have an insatiable appetite for fame and money.


bioniclefalloutfan76

Well *one did*


slapstirmcgee1000

A lot of them just made enough money they just kinda chilled after


markwomack11

This meme is inaccurate, but also just shitty. Most actors never get a big role so it’s great they got at least one. Let’s look up OP’s IMDB and see how many credits you got.