The Hollywood ecosystem can support one maybe two bald men at a time

How many Hollywood actors are there? I means ones with the combination of talent can carry a movie for the public can be accepted by producers. Certainly more than a dozen at any given time. But I’m sure fewer than a thousand, to put an upper bound on it. So, to guess, a population around that Dunbar-scale of 150 or a small multiple thereof. Of those, I feel like the Hollywood ecosystem can support just one, perhaps two concurrent bald male actors. (This statement from observation. But think about it: when a producer goes “we need a bald look for this” you can’t have too many people in the mental Rolodex.) Regarding these apex predators: I mean specifically cue-ball bald, not male pattern baldness (which I feel is its own category). There was Yul Brynner back in the day. Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel. Recently: Jason Statham and Patrick Stewart. Dwayne Johnson most recently in the mix. Though they are all aging. BUT: I can tell there is currently an open niche because both…