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  • 10 Amazing Actors Who Committed Horrible Crimes

  • When it comes to top Hollywood actors, the first things that come to mind when you think

  • about them are the movies they've been in, their world class talents and, in some cases

  • at least, their superstar good looks. Things that don't tend to spring to mind are mindless

  • crimes like assault, theft and drug dealing - but a surprisingly high number of actors

  • have fallen afoul of the law for offences like those.Some of the most talented, most

  • versatile, funniest and well-known actors of recent times have, regrettably, been in

  • trouble for doing the kind of things that don't exactly make them great role models.

  • Granted, in pretty much all of the cases listed in this video, the actors in question turned

  • their lives around for the better and proved themselves to be decent human beings - but

  • you can't simply delete a criminal past.On that note, here are ten amazing actors who

  • committed horrible crimes...

  • Robert Downey Jr. Robert Downey Jr. is now one of the most successful,

  • popular and highly-paid actors on the planet, but his career took a major downturn back

  • in the late 1990s, after a succession of drug-related convictions that ended up with the actor in

  • jail. He was sentenced to three years in the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

  • and State Prison in 1999, but was released after just one year, having proven that he

  • had rehabilitated himself - although he did relapse with a further two drug arrests a

  • year later. Having previously starred in movies like Chaplin, Natural Born Killers and Kiss

  • Kiss Bang Bang, Downey Jr. is currently most famous for his flagship role as Iron Man in

  • the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

  • Christian Slater There was a time when, quite frankly, Christian

  • Slater needed Jesus! The True Romance star was arrested for and convicted of a number

  • of crimes in the 1980s and 90s. In 1989 he spent ten days in jail for drunk driving and

  • assault, in 1994 he was given community service for trying to board a plane with a loaded

  • gun in his luggage and, in 1997, he was convicted of assaulting both his ex-girlfriend Michelle

  • Jonas AND a police officer whilst under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Most recently,

  • he was charged with third degree sexual abuse in 2007 for harassing a woman on the street.

  • These days, he is probably best known for his TV work, and has appeared in (and provided

  • voices for) shows like Archer, Mr. Robot and The Lion Guard.

  • Kiefer Sutherland 24 star Kiefer Sutherland has been in trouble

  • with the law a few times - most notably on four occasions for driving under the influence

  • of alcohol. His first DUI was in 1989 and, most recently, he spent 48 days in jail for

  • a DUI in 2007 - a stint that was split into two periods so that he could continue filming

  • 24 in between. Sutherland was also in trouble in 2009 for head-butting fashion designer

  • Jack McCollough - although the charges for this were ultimately dropped. Sutherland has

  • starred in movies like Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, A Few Good Men and Pompeii during his

  • time as an actor.

  • Will Smith With one of the most clean-cut images in Hollywood,

  • you'd be hard-pressed to believe that there has ever been a bad bone in Will Smith's body.

  • However, back in 1989, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star was supposedly involved in a

  • violent crime. Smith was arrested after being involved in an altercation so ferocious that

  • record promoter William Hendricks was almost blinded. Consequently, he was charged with

  • aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, and criminal

  • conspiracy, and spent the night in a cell. However, the charges were later dismissed

  • and Smith - who has gone on to star in movies like Independence Day, Men in Black and Ali

  • - denies the crime completely, blaming the friends he was with instead.

  • Woody Harrelson Cheers star Woody Harrelson is such a nice

  • guy that it's hard to imagine him getting in trouble with the law, but he actually has

  • been on several occasions. He was arrested in 1982 for disorderly conduct after dancing

  • in the middle of a street and subsequently charged with resisting arrest, in 1996 he

  • was accused of cultivating marijuana (although he was acquitted of that charge), in 2002

  • he was arrested after an incident in a taxi ended in a full-blown police chase and, in

  • 2006, he assaulted a photographer, resulting in a 2008 lawsuit being filed against him.

  • Thankfully, these days he is better known for appearing in movies like Zombieland, Friends

  • with Benefits, Seven Psychopaths and the Hunger Games series.

  • Matthew Broderick Back in 1987, a year after filming the iconic

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Matthew Broderick was vacationing in Ireland with his then-girlfriend

  • Jennifer Grey - whom he had met on the set of the aforementioned movie. Whilst driving

  • a rented BMW, Broderick forgot he was in Ireland and ended up driving on the wrong side of

  • the road. He slammed straight into an oncoming Volvo, killing 28-year-old Anna Gallagher

  • and her 63-year-old mother Margaret Dorothy on impact. Broderick suffered a few injuries,

  • but was ultimately only charged $175 for careless driving - a punishment that the family of

  • the two victims has called "a travesty of justice". He has since gone on to star in

  • movies like Godzilla, The Producers and The Lion King series, in which he voiced the adult

  • Simba.

  • Mark Wahlberg Former pop star Mark Wahlberg comes across

  • as a nice guy and as something of an endearing cheeky chappy, but he actually has quite a

  • checkered past. Having previously been addicted to illegal drugs and charged with racially

  • abusing some African-American children, his most notable charge was for attempted murder,

  • for which he spent 45 days in prison. It was 1987, and a 16-year-old Wahlberg attacked

  • two Vietnamese men in what was another racially aggravated attack. Wahlberg hit one of the

  • men with a wooden stick and punched the other in the face - even calling one of them a "Vietnam

  • f*cking shit". He has since reformed dramatically and has appeared in successful movies like

  • Boogie Nights, Planet of the Apes and Ted. Tim Allen

  • Who could possibly believe this? In 1978, prior to his acting career, comedy star Tim

  • Allen - real name Tim Allen Dick - was arrested for drug trafficking. He was caught with over

  • 650 grams of cocaine in his possession and pled guilty to the crime, but only ended up

  • having to serve 2 years and 4 months in jail, instead of the life sentence that he was originally

  • given. These days, Allen is best-known for starring in sitcoms Home Improvement and Last

  • Man Standing, for appearing in movies like the Santa Clause trilogy, Galaxy Quest and

  • Wild Hogs and, of course, for being the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story trilogy.

  • Matthew McConaughey Prior to meeting his wife - Brazilian model

  • Camila Alves - Matthew McConaughey openly admits to having been something of a wild

  • and reckless guy. He drank heavily and used all manner of illegal drugs, which culminated

  • in his arrest back in 1999. His neighbour heard commotion in his home and called the

  • police. When the cops arrived, they found McConaughey playing the bongos naked, with

  • marijuana and various other drugs laying around. Although he was later released, due to the

  • police not having a search warrant when they entered his home, the night he consequently

  • spent in the cells was a turning point for the actor. He has since starred in hit movies

  • like Magic Mike, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club and Interstellar.

  • Paul Walker The late Paul Walker, who passed away tragically

  • in a high-speed car crash in 2013, faced felony charges back when he was 18-years-old - although

  • the crime in question remains undisclosed. Walker did maintain that it didn't involve

  • hurting anybody, however, but we'll probably never know exactly what it did involve. That

  • being said, while Walker was alive, some people called for him to be charged with statutory

  • rape, as he began dating his girlfriend Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell when he was 33-years-old

  • and she was just 16. Walker starred in movies like Varsity Blues, She's All That and Timeline,

  • but he is undoubtedly best-known for his recurring role in the Fast and Furious franchise.

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