9. Tom Cruise
What He Was Doing Ten Years Ago: Jumping off high buildings/doing sci-fi. Tom Cruise has been at the height of the movie industry for almost thirty years, but unlike many actors who tend to develop with time, hes not really moved his career on since Mission: Impossible (thats now seventeen years old). Last decade he was still starring in blockbusters as the big action hero; M:I sequels, some sci-fi and a couple of acting performances, he was versatile and well liked. And he did his own stunts.
What Hes Doing Now: Jumping off high buildings/doing sci-fi. Jack Reacher wasnt talked about as the adaptation of the popular novel series and Rock Of Ages wasnt the big screen version of the Broadway musical; they were both colloquially known as The New Tom Cruise Movie. But while some would say thats proof of his continued ability as a leading man, the respectively average and terrible box office of those films should speak otherwise. With a new Mission: Impossible in the works, and Oblivion making way for similar sci-fi All You Need Is Kill the only thing thats changed for Cruise is he no longer goes for the interesting roles (The Last Samurai, Collateral). What he does is still OK, but its too samey, identical to whats been done before. And still doing his own stunts is cool-ish, but a bit silly; hes 51.