20 Child Stars Who Walked Away From Acting for Regular Careers

Anyone who watched Nickelodeon in the early 1990s remembers Jason Zimbler as Ferguson, Clarissa Darling’s infuriating younger brother on Clarissa Explains It All. Once the series ended, Zimbler attended the University of Notre Dame instead of chasing another sitcom. He eventually entered technology and worked as a software designer, including a long stint at HBO. That means the kid once paid to annoy Melissa Joan Hart wound up behind a computer helping a television company rather than appearing on television himself.