‘I had to be realistic’: Former E Street heartthrob Bruce Samazan reveals why he vanished from the spotlight and got a ‘normal job’ – as he admits he’s keen to make a return to acting
Bruce Samazan was once featured on posters in many a teenage girl’s bedroom thanks to his role as young policeman Max Simmons on E Street.
But the former actor, who also appeared on Neighbours and Home and Away, vanished from the spotlight after being a soapie stalwart in the 1990s.
Speaking to this week’s Stellar magazine, the former actor, now 49, has revealed why he stepped away from the spotlight.
Heartthrob: Speaking to this week’s Stellar, E Street star Bruce Samazan (pictured) reveals why he stepped away from acting
Bruce tells the publication: ‘I got to a point where I was touching 30. I’d met my wife and we were talking about kids and buying things’.
The roles were no longer come thick and fast, and former brickie Bruce decided to shoot for stability.
‘I had to make a big decision and that was, ‘As much as I love it, is acting going to provide that for me? For us?
Beloved! Bruce was a heartthrob in the 1990s thanks to his role as young policeman Max Simmons on E Street. Pictured with E Street co-star Toni Pearen
Bruce tells the publication: ‘I got to a point where I was touching 30. I’d met my wife and we were talking about kids and buying things’. Pictured with E Street co-stars Toni Pearen and Malcolm Kennard
‘It was what I wanted to do, but I had to [be] realistic. I decided to search around for a normal job and became a real estate agent,’ he said.
Bruce is now settled in Noosa, Queensland with his wife Nanette and daughters Leala, 13, and Zoe, 10.
The Silver Logie winner says while his daughters are interested in music and acting, they don’t realise they have a famous father.
![He said of acting: 'It was what I wanted to do, but I had to [be] realistic. I decided to search around for a normal job and became a real estate agent'. Pictured recently](https://i2.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/02/22/14/25057748-8032195-image-a-33_1582380125273.jpg?resize=634%2C577&ssl=1)
He said of acting: ‘It was what I wanted to do, but I had to [be] realistic. I decided to search around for a normal job and became a real estate agent’. Pictured recently
Happy family: Bruce is now settled in Noosa, Queensland with his wife Nanette and daughters Leala, 13, and Zoe, 10. Pictured in 2019
‘They don’t understand exactly how popular Dad was,’ Bruce tells Stellar. ‘For them it’s like, ‘Dad’s been on TV… once or twice.’
E Street was the first major role for the Madagascar-born actor and launched him into an absolute 1990s poster boy.
Bruce’s starring role on the show, in which he played a hapless policeman, also lead to a short rap career.
Hey dad! The Silver Logie winner says while his daughters don’t realise they have a famous father. ‘They don’t understand exactly how popular Dad was,’ he says. Pictured recently
Bruce hasn’t ruled out more acting work, telling Stellar: ‘I’ve gotten a little older, a little greyer and a little rounder, but potentially that could lead to new roles. Who knows?’ Pictured with former E Street and Neighbours co-star Melissa Bell in 2019
In mid-1993, he released a single titled One of a Kind under the name B-Man Samazan however it flopped, coming in at No. 80 on the ARIA charts.
Bruce now works with a Sunshine State real estate company which deals primarily with retirement villages and resorts.
However, he hasn’t ruled out more acting work, telling Stellar: ‘I’ve gotten a little older, a little greyer and a little rounder, but potentially that could lead to new roles. Who knows?’
Read more: In this week’s Stellar Magazine