14 Stars Who Have Normal Jobs

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Noah Schnapp redeeming you from drowning? Stranger Things have happened.

The 17-year-old histrion precocious revealed that helium works portion clip arsenic a lifeguard astatine his section pool, you know, erstwhile he's not busy being the prima of 1 of the astir fashionable TV shows. But he's not the archetypal personage to person a alleged mean occupation extracurricular of Hollywood, with Kevin Jonas and Nikki Blonsky besides having second, wholly relatable careers.

Plus, erstwhile Disney Channel heartthrobs Erik von Detten and Clayton Snyder near acting to prosecute their different passions and Selena Gomez's onscreen BFF from The Wizards of Waverly Place became a nurse. Look astatine her now.

Check retired each of these stars who had mean jobs aft leaving Hollywood: 

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Noah Schnapp

Lifeguard connected duty!

When the Stranger Things prima isn't battling supernatural beings successful the Upside Down, helium spends his clip redeeming others successful different way. In an interrogation with Flaunt magazine, the 17-year-old revealed helium has a portion clip occupation arsenic a lifeguard astatine his section excavation during the summer.

"It's benignant of a 'just for amusive thing,'" helium explained. "I've benignant of grown up with a mean beingness and mean friends and worldly extracurricular of Stranger Things, truthful it's benignant of kept maine grounded."

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Erik von Detten

In the precocious '90s and aboriginal '00s, von Detten captured the hearts of teens everyplace acknowledgment to his roles in Escape to Witch Mountain, Brink! and The Princess Diaries. But aft past acting recognition successful 2010 (a voiceover successful Toy Story 3), ), von Detten's vocation trajectory took a turn, landing him successful the fiscal industry. 

"Simultaneously erstwhile things started to dilatory down successful acting successful my aboriginal 20s, different accidental presented itself for maine with a institution that I started moving with astatine property 25," von Detten shared successful a uncommon interrogation with E! past year. "And I've been with that institution ever since. It's a income presumption with a institution moving successful finance. I've grown into a absorption presumption and it's worked retired truly well."

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Nikki Blonsky

Several years aft starring successful the 2007 movie adaptation of Hairspray, the Golden Globe nominee made headlines erstwhile it arsenic reported she was moving arsenic a constitution creator astatine a quality salon connected Long Island. 

"Its existent Im workin@ Superstar Salon arsenic a constitution creator & much Im arrogant 2 b workin & helpin wage bills," Blonsky tweeted successful 2011. "BUT sick NEVER escaped show of my dreams."

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Erik Estrada

After starring as California Highway Patrol serviceman Ponch connected TV series CHiPs, which ran from 1977 to 1983, Estrada went connected to go a reserve constabulary serviceman for the Muncie Police Department successful Indiana. The histrion aboriginal moved to Virginia, wherever helium worked arsenic an researcher for the I.C.A.C. (Internet Crimes Against Children) earlier erstwhile again moving arsenic a reserve constabulary serviceman successful St. Anthony, Idaho successful 2016.

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Clayton Snyder

Ethan Craft serving arsenic your existent property agent? That's what dreams are made of!

The Lizzie McGuire heartthrob chose not to pursue a vocation successful acting aft the Disney Channel series ended. Why? He wanted to absorption connected h2o polo, aboriginal playing for California's Pepperdine University.

"Frankly, erstwhile the amusement wrapped up, I was benignant of thankful," Snyder admitted to E! News successful April. "I was like, 'Okay, phew, going into precocious school, caller chapter, that's done. We're going to spot what this is going to beryllium like.'"

Snyder present works successful real estate successful Los Angeles, though his past arsenic a kid prima does occasionally travel up.

"I would truly similar it to beryllium you privation to enactment with maine due to the fact that I'm truly bully astatine what I bash and if it's a bully portion of trivia that I'm 'that guy' past that's wonderful," helium said. "We've had plentifulness of clients of wherever halfway done showing them homes they're like, 'My woman and I conscionable recovered retired who you are and we can't judge it!' But that makes maine consciousness bully due to the fact that I cognize that's not wherefore they're moving with me."

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Kevin Jonas

We stake you didn't cognize that the oldest Jonas Brother owned and operated his ain operation institution successful New Jersey during The Jonas Brothers' eight-year hiatus? Plus, helium also became the co-CEO of The Blu Market, an influencer selling company.

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Charlie Korsmo

The kid actor, known for his crook successful Hook and the teen play Can't Hardly Wait, near Hollywood down to go a lawyer. And now, heis besides a professor of firm instrumentality and firm concern astatine the Case Western Reserve University School of Law successful Cleveland.

President Barack Obama nominated Korsmo arsenic a subordinate of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence successful Education Foundation successful 2011.

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Peter Orstrum

Yep, Charlie gave up the cocoa factory.

Ostrum made his acting debut arsenic Charlie Bucket successful 1971's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, which would yet beryllium his lone onscreen role. After graduating from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine successful 1984, Ostrum went connected to become a veterinarian.

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Jennifer Stone

The Wizards of Waverly Place scenestealer traded successful her quality Harper Finkle's funky wardrobe for a brace of scrubs when she became a registered caregiver successful 2019. The erstwhile Disney Channel histrion past joined the wellness attraction workers who are connected the beforehand lines warring against coronavirus.

"A precise bully person of excavation (@maiarawalsh ) pointed retired to maine that contiguous is #worldhealthday . It is besides the time I went from a volunteer, past a pupil nurse, and present an RN resident," Stone shared connected Instagram in 2020. "I conscionable anticipation to unrecorded up to each of the astonishing healthcare providers connected the beforehand lines present arsenic I get acceptable to articulation them."

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Ross Bagley

The erstwhile kid star, known for his roles arsenic Buckwheat in The Little Rascals and Nicky Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, present works arsenic a existent property cause successful Los Angeles.

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Jeff Cohen

So long, Truffle Shuffle, hello, habeus corpus.

After playing Chunk successful the classical '80s movie The Goonies, Cohen discontinue acting to go an lawyer and present works arsenic an amusement lawyer successful Los Angeles.

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Teddy Dunn

After his one-season stint arsenic the brooding Duncan Kane connected Veronica Mars, Dunn became a lawyer and presently serves arsenic an Assistant United States Attorney astatine the United States Attorney's Office District of Columbia.

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Phoebe Cates

Known for her breakout crook (and excavation exit) in The Fast Times astatine Ridgemont High, arsenic good arsenic her roles in Gremlins and Drop Dead Fred, Cates near the acting satellite down successful the '90s aft welcoming 2 children with her husband, histrion Kevin Kline.

Cates went connected to open Blue Tree, a acquisition boutique connected New York City's Madison Avenue, successful 2005.

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Reed Alexander

Following his clip arsenic Nevel connected the fashionable Nickelodeon bid iCarly, Alexander went connected to go a journalist, moving for outlets specified arsenic Business Insider and the Wall Street Journal.

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