10 Famous Actors Who Are Skipping Movies In 2019

Paul Dano is one of those faces that everybody recognises, but nobody remembers to give any credit to. With brilliant turns in Looper, There Will Be Blood and Swiss Army Man - to name a few - under his belt, he's a reliable performer and it's always great to see him pop up onscreen.

And just like Chris Evans, Jonah Hill and Jason Bateman have recently done themselves, Dano has turned his hand to directing, eschewing any 2019 starring roles altogether.

Wildlife, his feature debut (which opens this week), has received rave reviews from critics. Given Dano's lack of acting work on his upcoming slate, it wouldn't be surprising to see him take a break from on-camera work, and step behind-the-scenes for a few more movies.

He's definitely not giving up acting altogether though; in just a month's time, he'll star in Escape at Dannemora, a Showtime mini-series based on the Clinton Correctional Facility escape of 2015. Lovely stuff.