Celeb Siblings Who Just Couldn't Make It In Hollywood

While older brother, Joey, has navigated his way from being a child star on Gimme a Break! to huge hits with Blossom and Melissa & Joey, his younger brothers, Andrew and Matthew, didn't have quite the same luck.

Andrew and Matthew both played younger versions of Joey on Blossom, then went on to star alongside Joey in Brotherly Love, the sitcom where they really had to flex their acting muscles since their characters were only half-brothers. Matthew, who had already starred in Mrs. Doubtfire at this point, went on to a pretty decent run on Boy Meets World. Then he was in The Hot Chick with Rob Schneider, and things understandably cooled off after that. Andrew went to voice work on the Disney series, Recess, then a steady string of one-off appearances on network procedural shows like CSI: NY, Bones, CSI: Cyber, and NCIS: Los Angeles. Both of the younger Lawrence boys also ended up back on Joey's coattails for small parts on Melissa & Joey as well. And look, we're not trying to say that Joey Lawrence is some megawatt personality compared to his brothers — the guy did star in something called Arlo: The Burping Pig in 2016 — but he's certainly maintained a higher profile than his less famous brothers.

Steve Buscemi is a veteran character actor who was able to make the leap into a leading man role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. That's a significant accomplishment for any actor, let alone one who most people would say "has a face for radio." And though his infamous mug seems like it's one-of-a-kind, there is another Buscemi, Steve's younger brother Michael, and they're practically twins. Michael is also an actor, although his recognizable credits are mostly from movies that Steve was also in, like I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry, Interview, and Blended.

The Buscemi boys now star together on Steve's AOL series, Park Bench, which is a short-format interview show in the style of Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, according to Observer. They even use their doppelganger-ness for a gag on the show here Michael hosts a fictional rival show called Bench Talk in which which he steals guests from Steve. The exposure must be working out for Michael, who's IMDb page is showing three 2017 credits in the bag, as well as three more projects in some phase of production as of this writing, which is a dramatic increase in his output over the years.

When asked how he feels about working in the shadow of his brother all these years, Michael once told Fast Company, "Imagine you're a good plumber and your brother is a good plumber as well and is getting a lot of business. They're talking about him, you know, and you say, 'Well, I'm a plumber. I can fix your toilet.' But instead, they're saying, 'Well, I know this great, great plumber ..." Steve's response to that was, "You know, he's a pretty great plumber himself."

Joe Estevez is by far the busiest actor out of all of the lesser-known siblings on this list. With an astonishing 277 credits on his IMDb page, Joe has seemingly earned his self-appointed title of "independent film's most prolific actor." The man is an absolute machine, having logged 18 credits in 2010 alone, but he did get his start on one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time, Apocalypse Now. That's because Joe is, of course, the uncle of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, which makes him Martin Sheen's (whose real name is Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez) younger brother. According to an interview with The Epoch Times, Joe was called in to the production of the Vietnam War epic to stand in for scenes while Martin recovered from a "medical emergency." He also says that he "took over narration for his [Martin] character Captain Willard," although he was never credited with the role.

Joe then returned to his budding B-movie legacy and never looked back. A former factory worker, Joe brought his blue collar work ethic right onto the set with him. "I liked getting up in the morning, going to work, and coming home in the evening. That kind of carried over into my acting. I don't like to sit by the phone and wait for this call or that call. I like to keep busy; to get up in the morning and have some positive work to do," he told Christian Cinema. Which is why he was happy to take gigs like Gator King, Beach Babes from Beyond, and Max Hell Frog Warrior. Also, if we're being totally honest, based on looks alone, Joe's most likely prospects in mainstream Hollywood would have been playing Martin Sheen's evil twin, but CGI and fake mustaches ruined that gig for him a long time ago.

Any of the Baldwins other than Alec could probably make this list, but Stephen and Billy both had the briefest flings with mainstream success, so for the sake of argument, we're going to focus on Daniel. The peak of his fame was in the early 90's with his stint on Homicide: Life on the Street. By that time he'd already become a self-admitted "diehard coke head," according to a 2007 Primetime interview. "I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life," he said, before recounting the story of his his initial success led almost immediately to a crack-cocaine addiction.

Though he continued to work steadily in B-movies and TV bit parts, his career was constantly interrupted by arrests for wild behavior related to his drug use. The most famous incident was his "nude drug-fueled rampage in a Plaza hotel suite" in 1998 which got him arrested and slapped with drug possession charges. He continued the cycle of getting clean then relapsing for years, most notably during his meltdown while appearing on Celebrity Fit Club in 2005. By 2016, Baldwin had been to rehab 10 times before it finally worked and he was able to stay sober, according to The Fix. And while it's great that Baldwin has finally got his addiction under control, that has yet to translate to a return to mainstream stardom, considering one of his upcoming projects on his IMDb is The 420 Movie: Mary & Jane, in which his co-star Verne Troyer plays Tito the Terrible, "a three foot tall Mexican Drug Lord." We can't know for sure until we see the film, but we're confident that one's not winning any Oscars.