A Few Good Men: These 5 Hollywood Actors Put Faith And Family First

The phrase “Hollywood actor” It is often associated with the stereotypical image a millionaire playboy sitting on a yacht, surrounded and surrounded by a host of bikini-clad models, or walking a red carpet wearing a tuxedo, mugging to get the cameras.

Leonardo DiCaprio, his girlfriends younger than 25, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Jack Nicholson. Charlie Sheen. Tinseltown is filled with men playing this role. But not all actors act like this. In fact, some actors are so countercultural that they leave Los Angeles to live a semi-normal lifestyle without giving up their jobs.

Here are some of the most notable examples of actors who chose to marry, have children, and live in the comforts and safety of their home instead of making promiscuous promises.

Mark Wahlberg

Actor and film producer Mark Wahlberg doesn’t bear much resemblance to the “Boogie Nights” Dirk Diggler is a porn star who he played in 1997. The 51-year old actor has joined a growing number of Hollywood stars who are leaving California in search for better pastures.

Wahlberg spoke out about how he came to that conclusion during an October appearance at CBS Talk Show. “The Talk.” He stated that his family was moving to Nevada in order for his children to have the opportunity to live there. “a better life.”

“I moved to California many years ago to pursue acting and I’ve only made a couple of movies in the entire time that I was there,” The Academy Award winner actor explains. “So, to be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams, whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us.”

That’s not the only way Wahlberg bucks the most common actor cliches. The father of four, a practicing Catholic and outspoken advocate for his faith, says he attends Sunday mass twice a day. “the most important part of my life.”

“I don’t try to push it on anybody and I don’t try to hide it,” He Telled People who are Catholic during a 2022 interview. Wahlberg regrets even his role in the explicit “Boogie Nights.”

“I just always hope that God is a movie fan and also forgiving, because I’ve made some poor choices in my past,” Wahlberg In 2017. “‘Boogie Nights’ is up there at the top of the list.”

James Van Der Beek

There aren’t weekly yacht parties in James Van Der Beek’s world. The “Dawson’s Creek” Actor is too busy with six children, Kimberly and their ranch in Texas. The actor, 45 years old, has no regrets leaving Hollywood for the Lone Star State.

“We love it. We have a lot more space,” The actor Their new lifestyle will be in effect from June 2022. “We all need a more immediate connection to nature. It’s been a really, really great move and the kids are really happy.”

“The parks have been amazing,” He continued. “We’ve been going to state parks and the national parks. It’s just one of the benefits of getting out of the big city was getting to a place where we could just have more space right outside our door. It’s a very different life.”

“We watch the sunset,” Van der Beek said. “We can actually see stars, which is a new thing.”

The “Varsity Blues” Star said that Texas is home to the best star. “connected” “centered” his family, who are quick to run outside and start dancing when it’s raining. 

Van der Beek’s wife is also a huge proponent of homeschooling. “I think way too much is put on kids,” She Telled The modern education system has benefited many people. 

“I look at school, to be honest with you, as a form of imprisonment, where they spend hours of their day being told what to care about and what to learn.”

“We want strong children that are creative, self-sufficient, can make their own decisions, but we put them like a lineup of kids, moving them from subject to subject, activity to activity,” She elaborated. 

Chris O’Donnell

Actor Chris O’Donnell is another family man who believes his family comes first and career comes second. The father of five, 52-years-old, married Caroline Fentress in 1997. Caroline Fentress is not part of the business. Redbook spoke to him that he could not choose between stardom as a movie producer or being a father and husband.

“I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes,” He Telled Publication in 2010. “I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn’t have gotten married. … I was in the right place earlier than I thought. I would think to myself, ‘Could I imagine not marrying her?’ And there was just no way.”

The “NCIS: Los Angeles” Star said that he was inspired to do so by his large Catholic family. He also modeled his priorities on the values he had learned from his Catholic family.

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