Former celebrities who now have 'normal' jobs

Who'd have thought it?

Tom Selleck, Peter Ostrum and Chris Owen
Published 9th Mar 2017
Last updated 9th Mar 2017

Sometimes being a celebrity isn't 'all that' here are some celebrities who have taken a different career path following their initial fame.

Tom Selleck

Depending on your age you will remember Tom his parts in Magnum PI, Three Men and a Baby or Friends, but these days you'll find him living on his avocado farm in California.

Tom Selleck

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Vanilla Ice

After having a number one single in 1990, Vanilla Ice released some other singles which failed to chart. Now he is a property investor and teaches new investors how to make a profit.

Peter Ostrum

He was a child actor playing Charlie in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film, as an adult he became a vet.

M.C. Hammer

After his success in the early 90s, M.C. Hammer, real name Stanley Kirk Burrell, has officiated weddings and developed iPad apps.

MC Hammer

MC Hammer © PA Images

Jon Gosselin

He found fame with the reality TV series about his then wife and their eight children Jon & Kate Plus 8. Jon is now a DJ with regular gigs in the USA.

Chris Owen

In American Pie he was affectionately known as The Sherminator. Since the success of American Pie and its sequels he has had a few acting roles, but has also been spotted working in a sushi restaurant.

Jeff Cohen

Best known for playing Chunk in the 80s film The Goonies, Jeff is now an attorney and a founding partner of Cohen & Gardner.

Danny Lloyd

When he was just six-years-old he starred in Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining. As an adult he worked as a pig farmer and then became a biology teacher in a community college in Kentucky.

Scene from The Shining

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Ariana Richards

Ariana played the little girl, Lex Murphy, in Jurassic Park in 1993. Now she is an accomplished artist having won awards for her work.