When Anil Kapoor starred in the television thriller '24' last year, he did something that most Hindi fillm actors aren’t known for: moving from the big screen to the small screen. Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan might have hosted reality shows or made special appearances every now and then, but none has acted in a TV show so far. In direct contrast to this is the Hollywood landscape, where many big names have acted in TV shows. HitList points out a few instances.

Vera Farmiga

Latest release: The Conjuring (2013)
Television show: Bates Motel (2013 onwards)
Status: The Oscar-nominated actress has starred in several television mini-series over the past 20 years. Bates Motel is the most recent in this line up and it is a thriller based on Alfred Hitchcock’s film, Psycho.