Perhaps that's why so many are surprised by his very dark comedy Monsieur Verdoux, which is about a Bluebeard. Charlie Chaplin is certainly known best for his classic Mutual shorts and films like The Great Dictator and City Lights.In fact, he did his own singing when he voiced Shang in the Chinese dub of Mulan! (Fans outside of China got to hear him sing during the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.) While some fans outside of southeast Asia know he's also a director and producer, very few know that he's also an accomplished singer. Jackie Chan is known worldwide for his action movies, combining martial arts with slapstick choreography.Ardwight Chamberlain was known as the actor who played Ambassador Kosh in Babylon 5, but before that he was also one of the Gag Dub writers for Samurai Pizza Cats.Here he is covering a They Might Be Giants song. Steve Burns, the original host of Blue's Clues, is also an indie rocker.Among his most notable roles in the show include Hawlucha, Lysandre, and Incineroar (who he also voiced in Super Smash Bros. However, he also did voiceover for Pokémon: The Series, under the pseudonym of H.D. Tyler Bunch is known for his puppetry, most notably playing Treelo and Pop from Bear in the Big Blue House, Grampu from Oobi, and Elmo's dad from Sesame Street.The late Maddie Blaustein, best known for being the original voice of Meowth in Pokémon: The Series, Yugi's grandfather in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Jillas in the third season of Slayers, among several other voice roles was also a comics creator, being a writer for several titles including many from Milestone Comics and additionally an editor for several Marvel titles including Web of Spider-Man early in its run.Dan Blocker, who played "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza, also founded the Bonanza Steakhouse chain, which later ended up as a division of Ponderosa Steakhouse.David Brimmer is also a Broadway fight choreographer. When she returned to acting with a role on The Big Bang Theory, her character Amy Farrah Fowler was also a neuroscientist. Mayim Bialik, whose first big splash was as the title character in Blossom, temporarily left acting and obtained a PhD in neuroscience.Fans of Borat may be surprised to see Sacha Baron Cohen playing supporting roles in stylized period pieces like Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables, or even Hugo (albeit typically in roles that still allow for a certain amount of comic relief).Richard Ayoade - Moss from The IT Crowd, Dean Learner from Garth Marenghis Darkplace - also directed quite a few music videos.Notable roles include Mad Monk Urouge and White Knight Arcadios. Major Attaway, the Genie in the Broadway version of Aladdin, actually did some anime voice acting before heading to Broadway.Rowan Atkinson is an electrical engineer and a sports car connoisseur who even appeared at Top Gear.Julie Andrews also writes children's fantasy novels, and has been doing so for some time.
Anderson, best known as the Man from Another Place in Twin Peaks, also was a programmer for NASA. Mahershala Ali, back when his name was Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore, played NCAA Division I basketball at Saint Mary's College in the San Francisco Bay Area.