justin timberlake voiced the shrub in trolls 2016
he also appeared in the films alpha dog black snake moan richard kellys southland tales and voiced prince artie pendragon in the animated film shrek the third released on may 18 2007
 in the context of male artists that achieved commercial success after leaving their boy bands brittany spanos from rolling stone wrote timberlake and michael jackson set a high bar for what could be attained by solo success in that they not only scored numerous numberone hits but they also crafted the mold for what it meant to be a male pop star while for varietys jeremy blacklow the singer is the modern case study