{"id":742838,"date":"2026-08-19T10:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742838\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:14:21","slug":"supergirl-and-oppenheimer-actor-david-krumholtz-steps-back-from-hollywood-frustrated-fed-up-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/742838\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergirl and Oppenheimer actor David Krumholtz steps back from Hollywood: \u2018Frustrated, fed up, fried\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oppenheimer<\/a> and Supergirl<\/a> actor David Krumholtz has announced he is taking an indefinite break from acting after 30 years in the profession, which he said has \u201clost its gleam\u201d.<\/p>\n

The American actor, 48, added that he\u2019s been left feeling \u201cfed up\u201d and \u201cfrustrated\u201d and that he\u2019d been weighing up his decision for a while, but felt relieved when he officially put his career on hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kinda sorta put my acting career on hold the other day,\u201d he wrote on Threads. \u201cIt\u2019s been something I\u2019ve been petrified to do for years. Specifically, the fear was that I\u2019d go broke and not be able to handle being out of the game. But I sent the definitive email. And gotta say, a huge wave of relief washed over me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DavidDavid Krumholtz said he felt relief after deciding to take ‘indefinite break’ from acting (Getty)<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cNot sure what I\u2019m going to do for money instead, or how I\u2019m going to do it, but I just removed a humongous burden, one that I truly didn\u2019t fathom the weight of until it was gone. Frustrated, fed up, fried.\u201d<\/p>\n

His post generated an outpouring of love from his peers, to whom he clarified: \u201cI\u2019m not quitting entirely. Just taking a bit of a step back and an indefinite break. The stress of the moment has me wondering if there\u2019s a higher calling to pursue. Thanks for the very kind thought. Means the world.\u201d <\/p>\n

He has since appeared to delete them. The Independent has contacted Krumholtz for comment.<\/p>\n

Krumholtz, a respected character actor, has a reputation for elevating each project he appears in. He began acting at the age of 13 after following his friends to an open Broadway audition in 1992, and won a role in Conversations with My Father opposite Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub.<\/p>\n

Two years later, he was a film and TV star, appearing in the Santa Clause franchise as head elf Barnard, Ang Lee drama The Ice Storm (1998) and romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You (2000) starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.<\/p>\n

\"DavidDavid Krumholtz in ‘Oppenheimer’ (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

He also had memorable roles in Freaks and Geeks and ER, in which he played a schizophrenic patient at the heart of one of the medical drama\u2019s biggest episodes.<\/p>\n

In the 2000s, he had supporting roles in Ray (2004), Superbad (2007), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), as well as TV shows from The Wire creator David Simon: The Deuce (2017-19) and The Plot Against America (2020).<\/p>\n

In 2023, he starred in Christopher Nolan\u2019s Best Picture-winning Oppenheimer, playing physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, and this year, he appeared in the box office flop Supergirl, playing the lead character\u2019s father, Zor-El.<\/p>\n

\"DavidDavid Krumholtz was teen star who played Bernard, the head elf, in the ‘Santa Clause’ franchise (Disney)<\/p>\n

In response to the \u201coverwhelmingly surprising\u201d messages of \u201clove and encouragement\u201d in the wake of his announcement, Krumholtz said: \u201cActing professionally is a very different concept than the exercise of acting itself. I\u2019ve enjoyed every single minute of exercising the muscle. I\u2019ve enjoyed the fanfare. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a time when being competitive and self-involved really served my pursuit. That time has passed. Much to MY overwhelming surprise. There will always be great joy in the exercise. But for me, the profession has lost its gleam.\u201d<\/p>\n

When actor Garrett Dillahunt commented he was sad about his decision, but understood it, Krumholtz said: \u201cGarret, man. Means the world. Ain\u2019t over, rather, redefining my terms. Hoping to find a new, more rewarding passion. Me, my product, and I mentality is not working anymore. I want to try to be of service. No crystal ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krumholtz lives in New Jersey with his wife, actor Vanessa Bidding, and their two children. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-742838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}