Actors with criminal records

Often, when we think of criminals, and people who have a criminal background of any kind, we never stop to consider that our beloved Hollywood big screen stars could be one of them. Even if we read such things in the newspaper, we quickly forget about it or sometimes don’t even believe it. This is exactly why we are here; to remind you of the criminal pasts of some of your favorite Hollywood sweethearts. So let’s begin!

Ex criminal entertaining our children – Tim Allen

Good looking, sometimes sarcastic (but in a good and funny way), almost criminally entertaining, star of oh so many fun shows, and a voice behind the warmest children characters. Above mentioned are all the qualities of an actor who is adored by many – Tim Allen. So how does an attribute of an ex criminal associates with this guy. Well, the story of his criminal past starts in the October 1978 when Allen was 25. Young Allen has been arrested for possessing over 650 grams of cocaine, and after turning informant against the other criminals in the industry of drug trafficking, he got a relatively light sentence of 3-7 years, eventually being paroled less than 2 and a half years after his incarceration. Now you must be thinking “Oh thank God, that is all!”, but that is NOT all. Allen’s criminal past has a sequel that happened in 1997 when he was arrested for DUI, and sentenced to a year’s probation along with a course of alcohol rehab. Don’t worry that is all. Allen has since then put his criminal past behind him, and if family-friendly corporations such as Disney allowed him to voice Buzz, then it would be foolish if we didn’t forgive him.

Criminal on and off the big screen - Danny Trejo

Yeah, Danny Trejo looks like a badass, and he has made his career playing one. In almost every movie this actor has appeared, he has always been a hardcore criminal, but did you ever know that this guy is a real deal. Yes, you read well, Danny Trejo is a hardcore, to the bone criminal, with serious criminal past that includes drugs, robbery, and even murder. Trejo is a straight-up, legit, genuine thug, which led to him being sentenced to 11 years jail time for an assortment of drug, murder and robbery charges. His acting career happened by accident when he was released from the jail in 1972. At that time he was 28 year old young man with an epithet of criminal stuck to his name. Still, he managed to overcome his drug addiction, and he eventually found work on the Oscar-nominated movie Runaway Train, training Eric Roberts for a boxing scene. Producers of the movie loved him so much, and his presence was so strong so got a small part in the movie. From there on, there was only sugar and candy in his life, and he left his criminal past behind for good.

Another famous actor with drug related crimes - Robert Downey Jr.

To anyone who reads papers or online news, criminal past of one of the most famous Hollywood actors, Robert Downey Jr., is a well known fact. He had legal difficulties throughout the 1990s for cocaine possessions. Robert was also arrested countless times for heroin, marijuana and weapon offences. Still, we couldn’t judge him, as he explained his criminal tendencies with a tearing story of how his father made him addicted to drugs when