Yeah, that's the other-side-of-the-coin of your question but much more interesting. For instance, there's a list of examples on the wiki page for typecast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typecasting#Playing_against_type

Sandler does whatever he likes and has turned moviemaking into a system to finance people in need and even though i think his movies are dogshit i respect the hell outta him for that

Everyone pisses on Sandler, but he's got range and variety in his roles. Studios pay him to be silly so he can take chances on other roles.

But Tom Cruise does have some range as well.

Les Grossman (BEST MOMENTS) - Tropic Thunder

And he absolutely CAN act! As soon as you hide his "Tom Cruise"-ness behind enough makeup or preferably a mask he can let loose of his "must be that specific cool guy"-syndrome and becomes a decent actor.

But when it's his own face, he has 3 expressions and MUST be that specific cool guy.