80s movie heartthrob, 79, is unrecognizable on dog walk in LA 42 years after acting career stalled
A MOVIE star from a hit 80s box office smash looks so different from his hunky role.
At 79 years of age, the actor headed out on a walk in Los Angeles last week while looking unrecognizable from his heyday when he wore his hair in brown curls.
Sporting a full head of white hair – which is a far cry from his curls when he took on his starring role – the acting sensation looked casual as he walked his dog in some laidback attire.
The actor, who starred in Flashdance back in the 1980s, rocked a navy blue fleece with some denim shorts, blue socks and a pair of loafers.
Concealing his identity with a pair of sunglasses, the movie star smiled as he walked his dog around LA.
He starred opposite Jennifer Beals in 1983 before taking on roles in The O.C., Yellowstone, and many more.
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Have you guessed who he is?
It’s Michael Nouri who played the iconic role of hunky Nick Hurley in Flashdance.
But despite his huge role in the box office smash hit, Michael has revealed his career stalled after his next movie Sea Trial was shelved indefinitely.
Speaking out on the Still Here podcast last year, Michael said: “After Flashdance, that was the time to strike while the iron was hot.”
He went on: “Billy Friedkin got in touch with me and told me he wanted me to be in his new movie with Barbara Hershey.
“It was called Sea Trial, and it was going to be done at 20th Century Fox, and Fox wanted to turn around and that movie was shelved, so the momentum from Flashdance was dissipated.”
After his career stalled, he landed a role in Bay City Blues alongside Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone.
“But while I was in Tokyo promoting Flashdance I got a call from my agent who said that Steven Bochco was interested in having me be in a series of his called Bay City Blues, and Bay City Blues lasted for 13 episodes,” he explained.
Michael went on: “It had an unknown, wonderful actors, including an unknown actor named Sharon Stone.
“So my point is that the momentum, the huge momentum, that Flashdance created, just you want to keep the momentum going.
“Hopefully, when you have one big hit, you want to follow it up with something else, something equally good or better, just to keep you out there.
“And that did not happen.
“So I went from Bay City Blues to a succession of TV shows, independent movies, and so on, but nothing of the magnitude of Flashdance.”
Though he has had little success with finding another huge role like in Flashdance, he has still been successful.
He has starred in The Proposal, The Watcher and NCIS, as well as Kim Kardashian’s recent Hulu hit All’s Fair.