“He’s Asked Us All to Be Quiet.” Malcolm in the Middle Actress Revealed What Happened to Dewey Actor After the Sitcom Ended
The actor playing Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle disappeared from show business several years after the TV series ended. The sitcom star revealed what happened to him.
Malcolm in the Middle triumphed on television in the early 21st century. The hit sitcom depicted the adventures of a talented teenager trying to survive in his crazy family. The TV series' crew parted ways after six years and seven seasons created.
Some of the cast continued their careers with more or less success, but there were also those who gave up acting, such as Erik Per Sullivan, who played Dewey in Malcolm in the Middle. He last appeared in the film Twelve in 2010.
During an interview with Malcolm , a YouTube channel dedicated to the sitcom, Jane Kaczmarek, who played Lois in the TV series, decided to talk about what is going on with the Dewey actor. The actress also mentioned that Sullivan has no plans to return to acting.
He’s well, he’s very, very well… He did Malcolm for seven years, he started at seven, he ended at 14. He wasn’t interested in acting, at all. He goes to school at a very prestigious American university that he’s asked us all to be quiet about and he loves Charles Dickens. He’s doing graduate work in Victorian literature. I ire it because so many people think being in show business is the greatest thing in the world, it’s not for everyone.
Sullivan was a child actor who took a completely different path at a later stage. He didn't intend to stay in the industry he started in, and from which he completely disengaged in 2010. As Kaczmarek confessed, he is currently studying Victorian literature and is apparently happy with where he is now and has no plans to return in front of the cameras.
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