10 Leading Actors Whose Careers Never Took Off

7. Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment's career trajectory is somewhat similar - minus the whole baby thing - in that he also received an Oscar nomination (for Supporting Actor) in his youth - at 11 years old - and his career took a colossal nose-dive soon thereafter. After a successful effort in Steven Spielberg's ambitious 2001 sci-fi A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Osment's career promptly began to wane, with many attributing it to the fact that puberty caused his physical appearance to change considerably, and he was no longer the cute young boy he once was. Osment is largely relegated now to voicing Sora in the Kingdom Hearts games and starring in a litany of films that nobody watches. His recent run-ins with the law - for driving drunk and drug possession - have no doubt done little to help his career.
 
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