There are a huge number of actors that worked on film for most of their lives and suddenly, they just vanish and disappear. No longer doing film. You don’t even know if the actor is taking a hiatus or have retired for good.

Here are the top 10 actors, that I think that need a comeback to the movies.

1. Kurt Russell – Kurt hasn’t done a new movie since Tarantino’s “Death Proof”, but expect him to return soon, he’s been signing to new movie roles lately.
2. Robin Williams – He hasn’t done anything new since “Old Dogs” with John Travolta in 2009. He has talked about wanting to come back to movies before as he’s been wanting to be the Riddler for the new “Batman” flick which never happened.
3. Paul Reubens or Pee Wee Herman – He should be returning to the big screen very soon. He’s working on a new Pee Wee film with Judd Apattow.
4. Bruce Campbell – The former Evil Dead star has been doing the TV show, “Burn Notice”, but I would like him to make a comeback to the big screen. His last big screen movie was “My Name is Bruce”.
5. Patrick Stewart – The former “Star Trek – TNG” and “X-Men” star hasn’t done anything new in a long long while, why? Because he’s been doing a lot of theatre as of late. I would like him to do a new big screen movie again.
6. Gene Hackman – Whatever happened to this guy? He hasn’t done anything in years. He’s almost 80 years old, but he was a great actor and would like him to come back for another movie sometime.
7. Rick Moranis – The former “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”, and “Ghostbusters” star retired way back in 1997, but if “Ghostbusters III” ever gets the greenlight, you can expect him to reprise his role as Louis Tully for one last time. I hope he’ll be up for the role.
8. John Lithgow – He’s still acting, he’s been doing a lot of TV. His latest TV work, he did the last couple of seasons of “Dexter”. I’d like to see him in a big screen role again, he’s a fine actor.
9. Joaquin Phoenix – Enough said?
10. Charlie Sheen – With the huge popularity he has now, and him being all over the news, this would be a great time for a Charlie Sheen comeback to the movies. I loved him in the movies back in the day, “Platoon”, “Wall Street”, “Men at Work”, “Major League”, etc. This would help the box office, if he made a comeback to film. Will he star in “Wall Street 3” or “Major League 3”? If a “Two and a Half Men” return doesn’t work out for him, hopefully, he’ll return to the big screen.

That’s it. Enjoy the list.

Kev