Lack of bald men on television shows

[Cassin]

 

[Cassin]

Start watching better shows and not crap written for network TV and you will change your mind. There is good TV out there to watch.

 

[kejan]

Is that Mark from Empire Records?

 

[Cassin]

Is that Mark from Empire Records?

why yes it is

 

[kejan]

Is that Mark from Empire Records?

why yes it is

I suppose that film was at least 15 years ago but I was a bit surprised.

 

[Rawtashk]

Although bald people are in TV shows and Movies, I can show you 5 people with awesome hair that have A or B list status for every 1 bald guy that you post. Example:

What bald guys command the same level of Hollywood respect as:
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Christian Bale
Jeff Bridges
Robert Downey Jr
Hugh Jackman
Ryan Gosling
Liam Neeson
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Matt Damon
Ryan Reynolds

Those would all be considered A-listers.

Bald guys:
Patrick Stewart
Jason Statham
Michael Chiklis
Bruce Willis

Those are all the (maybe?) A-listers I can think of off the top of my head that are bald (Chiklis, maybe not so much)


Now, I fully understand that it's not a comprehensive list, but the fact of the matter is that the A-listers (by and large) all have excellent hair.

 

[Cassin]

Although bald people are in TV shows and Movies, I can show you 5 people with awesome hair that have A or B list status for every 1 bald guy that you post. Example:

What bald guys command the same level of Hollywood respect as:
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Christian Bale
Jeff Bridges
Robert Downey Jr
Hugh Jackman
Ryan Gosling
Liam Neeson
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Matt Damon
Ryan Reynolds

Those would all be considered A-listers.

Bald guys:
Patrick Stewart
Jason Statham
Michael Chiklis
Bruce Willis

Those are all the (maybe?) A-listers I can think of off the top of my head that are bald (Chiklis, maybe not so much)


Now, I fully understand that it's not a comprehensive list, but the fact of the matter is that the A-listers (by and large) all have excellent hair.

I would also point out that some of those guys might have a hairpiece...those things are getting pretty insanely undetectable.

 

[bigentries]

You should try to watch Univision or Telemundo to see what is like to have no credible characters in television

If you want to be the amongst the main actors/actresses you need to have a perfect body and face. Seriously, they cast blue-eyed square-jawed actors with six-packs as undocumented farm workers and girls with big asses and boobs, full lips and perfect skin as life-long paraplegics. It is freaking absurd
If you even look remotely close to the demographics they try to attract you are either a villain or a maid

 

[flamingpie]

cassin, what show is that with ethan embry?

No surprise really that hes gone bald, even at the age of 18 in Can't Hardly Wait you could tell he was losing it.

 

[CaptainForehead]

. Seriously, they cast blue-eyed square-jawed actors with six-packs as undocumented farm workers and girls with big asses and boobs, full lips and perfect skin as life-long paraplegics./quote]

You forgot perfect white teeth :woot:

 

[bigentries]

The funnier ones are when they cast actors from obvious affluent backgrounds as extremely poor people. The amount of absurdity is too much to handle, as their lack of acting skills and real life observations ends up in bad stereotypes of the poor

And believe it or not, casting extremely fair skinned actors as Natives is fairly common in Mexican soap operas( sometimes with blue eyes and blonde hair :woot: )
The fact that they love to bring racial injustices into the storylines makes the thing just too pathetic to watch

 

[HairPieceMan]

Although bald people are in TV shows and Movies, I can show you 5 people with awesome hair that have A or B list status for every 1 bald guy that you post. Example:

What bald guys command the same level of Hollywood respect as:
Brad Pitt
Tom Cruise
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Christian Bale
Jeff Bridges
Robert Downey Jr
Hugh Jackman
Ryan Gosling
Liam Neeson
Johnny Depp
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Matt Damon
Ryan Reynolds

Those would all be considered A-listers.

Bald guys:
Patrick Stewart
Jason Statham
Michael Chiklis
Bruce Willis

Those are all the (maybe?) A-listers I can think of off the top of my head that are bald (Chiklis, maybe not so much)


Now, I fully understand that it's not a comprehensive list, but the fact of the matter is that the A-listers (by and large) all have excellent hair.

I would also point out that some of those guys might have a hairpiece...those things are getting pretty insanely undetectable.

yeah pretty much all actors that are playing DIVERSE rolls which would include romantic thougts by women are wearing hairpieces, john travolta a perfect example, i woulnt be at all supirsed if more were such as brad pit that has no temple recession into his 40s, its just that they hid it better.

statham and willis are playing hard man stereotypes with a certain look, which has been heavily colour corrected i might add (they dont look as good as that IRL with sunlight), so you can discount them unless you give off that john maclane vibe and doesn't give a sh*t lol

patrick is an odd case, but its sci fi, star trek always does controveral things, casting a leaing bald man isnt that controversal compared to what they have done in the past (first interational couple, women on equal rights as men), and in x men he was playing a sci fi stereo type (cool english bald guy in wheel chair that can levitate objects in a world where humans have mutant powers) - this is unrealistic stereotype/comic book characters.

its not true to life and there is -IMO- no relation to the typical guy who is bald, unless they look really good and fit a stereotype and is tall etc.

i've almost never seen a REAL bald guy in a tv show who is just a guy who is bald and being normal without being a hard man stereotype of a comic book scifi person, and that person is shown in good light and is succesful in romantic and career or just social life in general.

 

[CaptainForehead]

i've almost never seen a REAL bald guy in a tv show who is just a guy who is bald and being normal without being a hard man stereotype of a comic book scifi person, and that person is shown in good light and is succesful in romantic and career or just social life in general.

Enrico Colantoni in Veronica Mars. He was shown in a very positive light. Had a dating life. Was smart. Competent.

 

[HairPieceMan]

this guy?

well if that's soo that's great to hear, a regular bald guy (full slick on top as well as horshoe hairline) that gets the same level of respect as a NW1.

sounds like great news, but MOST of the time, side characters in tv shows wear wigs to not look like that guy.

+ looking on wikipeia he is still a side character, most people will still not recognise him as a bald guy role model since he is a side character on a relatively small tv show.

i cant image a regular bald guy on the street saying saying "oh yeah just like that side character on that one small network tv show that had 3 seasons".

so far its only patrick that has any true fame, but its SCI FI and star trek.

any MAIN characters out there that haven't had wigs slapped on them, outside star trek?

i mean im talking about a regular bald guy who is regular and is part of the main cast and is pretty big and recognised even on half the level of patrick.

why cant angel be bald
or any of the "cool" young guys from heroes, they all have full thick mames
or any young lost characters, why not jack or ANY of the young guys, why is the ONLY bald guy on the island a 50 year old man?
is that realistic?
almost EVERY BIG tv show only ever shows bald men in two lights

1. 50 year old man

2. A big buff bald guy you dont want to mess with (and in 30s)

that's it.

 

[HairPieceMan]

obivously you have stand up comedian shows and stuff like that.

like whos line is it anyway, you have this guy

i think the guy was 32 when he looked like that.

christ the guy looks soo f*****g bad!