Drop Outs Who Made It Big

Actors - this category had an endless amount of people who were drop out. Most actors drop out of HS or College to peruse acting and only a few actually make it out of the mass amounts. But we took only a few from the never ending list of actors that surprised us. [via] 1. Hilary Swank, an Oscar winning actress says she's not proud of dropping out of highschool, but because of her lack of diploma, she got a bunch of heat for playing a teacher in the movie Freedom Writers. I agree, it's appalling. I also can't believe Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo don't have medical diplomas. [HollyScoop] [via] 2. Al Pacino: He was accepted into the renowned acting program at the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. He failed nearly every class. So at 17, he dropped out and decided to make it on his own. [via] 3. Johnny Depp Oscar nominated movie actor known for his TV show 21 Jump Street and many movies like Edward Scissor hands and Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Carribean dropped out of High School [SchoolSurvior] [via] 4. John Travolta, best known for his movies like Look Who’s Talking, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Wild Hogs, Face Off and many more, dropped out of school at 16. [OnlineCollege] [via] 5. Mark Walberg has done it all. Before he was an Oscar nominated actor and produced the amazing HBO show Entourage he was 14 year old high school drop out convict turned rapper (Marky Mark) turned actor turned producer. [IMDB]