The results show that few actors had either a long or active career, and that women had shorter careers than men.
Macaulay Culkin peaked young, Jane Lynch hit the big time in her late 40s and Matthew McConaughey’s mid-career resurgence is the stuff of legend.
In other words, the more credits actors have, the more jobs they get.
That might not be surprising – the authors said previous work had suggested just 2% of actors could make a living from the job.
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