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Band of Brothers and Fringe actor Kirk Acevedo on being a "middle class actor" right now.

Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:20 pm
Posted by Roaad
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Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:20 pm
Pretty heartbreaking, man.

He has to suffer for others



TLDR

One of his interesting points

Because movies are failing, big name stars are going to TV and eating up all the roles. Actors like him can't get work.
Posted by BlacknGold
He Hate Me
Member since Mar 2009
12453 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:40 pm to
The strikes killed the industry. SAG and WGA made it too expensive to take risks and make more shows.

Things are barely even shooting in America. Take the game show THE FLOOR for example. They fricking fly every american contestant to Irleand, put them up, feed them. and it is cheaper than shooting on the fox back lot.

A GAME SHOW! just unreal what unions did to the industry.
Posted by Someone
West Monroe, LA
Member since Jan 2007
2003 posts
Posted on 3/31/26 at 10:50 pm to
quote:

Things are barely even shooting in America. Take the game show THE FLOOR for example. They fricking fly every american contestant to Irleand, put them up, feed them. and it is cheaper than shooting on the fox back lot.

A GAME SHOW! just unreal what unions did to the industry.


On that same note, the new American Gladiators was filmed in France!

quote:

Filming occurred during summer 2025 at Aren'Ice in Cergy, France, the first time American Gladiators is filmed entirely outside of its national borders.[7]


LINK
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/31/26 at 11:17 pm to
He led one of the best seasons of Arrow.
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
70768 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:21 am to
I hate that for the guy. I really loved him as Joe Toye in Band of Brothers and, of course, his stint on Arrow in what might have been the show's last decent season. People need to realize that not every actor/actress in the business is a multi-millionaire living the high life in Beverly Hills. The vast majority of them are character actors who take the small, supporting roles that round out the film/TV series to make it "believable." And most of those take home pay more akin to the blue collar workers of our great nation.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8511 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 4:51 am to
Dance with the devil, and all that
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
8511 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:01 am to
quote:

The strikes killed the industry. SAG and WGA made it too expensive to take risks and make more shows.

Which Kirk was all in on
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
21610 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 5:27 am to
It sucks but I rally can’t find any sympathy for actors or entertainers complaining about being unable to find work.
Posted by Rza32
Member since Nov 2008
4500 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:00 am to
Fuk him, he’s an ICE hater.
Posted by johnnydrama
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Member since Feb 2010
9174 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:08 am to
I hated his character in Kingdom.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
121858 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:36 am to
Go woke go broke like the NFL
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
3164 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:41 am to
Going to get worse when AI characters are introduced
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 6:58 am to
It's hard for me to feel sorry for him, especially since SAG folks are digging their own grave with the strikes and such. I'd feel bad if he was having to sell his house due to sickness or legit inability to work but his reasoning is telling me he bought more house than he should have. If I lost my current job I could work at the hardware store up the road and cover all my bills. I don't adjust my lifestyle with my income, I'm living pretty much the same way as when I made 34k/year.
Posted by Fanatics
Member since Nov 2025
357 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 7:06 am to
i heard there is a need for plumbers
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
31332 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 7:19 am to
Is that Joe Toye?
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
19856 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 7:25 am to
he was great in the 12 Monkeys series as well

always liked him as an actor, i wonder if it will ever strike him that the rest of us middle class schlubs are facing the same realities, all because of policies he and his fellow liberal/progressive types enthusiastically support
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
5386 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:11 am to
quote:

People need to realize that not every actor/actress in the business is a multi-millionaire living the high life in Beverly Hills


He may not be Matt Damon or George Clooney but if he's makign over $100k (cost adjusted for LAX), he's mildly famous, I just don't see how I'm supposed to feel bad for this guy.

What he's dealing with is called "the problems we all have".

What if my biggest customer takes a hike on me tomorrow? What if I get hurt on a jobsite and can't drive to customers or meetings? What if my insurance premiums go way up? What if my industry keeps moving to China? What if I get hit by something like Enron?

Newsflash, I've had most of those things happen. I grew up in the rust belt when it seemed like every factory was moving to China for decades. The downhill slide started when my parents were kids and finally curtailed recently. It sucks. Get back to the grind.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 8:12 am
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
45983 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:19 am to
Huh. It’s almost as if a bunch of YouTubers predicted this exact thing would happen!

Weird, weird.

Posted by Tiger in NY
Neptune Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2003
31567 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:21 am to
Doesn't matter. His role as Joe Toye is one of the greatest performances of all time. Nothing will ever take that away from him.
Posted by Magnus
San Diego
Member since Sep 2019
2027 posts
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:35 am to
i read there may be another in June...RIP
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