‘Better Call Saul’ star forced to deliver packages for Amazon after acting roles dry up

Eric TodiscoTue, March 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM UTC

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“Better Call Saul” star John Christian Love is now working as an Amazon delivery driver.

The 35-year-old revealed his shocking career update last month via a Reddit thread for Amazon workers.

“Just want yall to know that as the actor who brought you the character ‘Ernesto/Ernie’ in Better Call Saul, that I too am out here delivering with you!” Love wrote.

John Christian Love (seen above as Ernesto in “Better Call Saul”) revealed he now works as an Amazon delivery driver. AMC

Love (seen above with Rhea Seehorn in “Better Call Saul”) said the show “wasn’t the breakout” he was hoping for. Michele K Short/Amc/Kobal/Shutterstock

“It sucks,” Love added. “But 1 delivery at a time. Be blessed out there!”

Love also shared a selfie of himself wearing his Amazon uniform while standing in a truck filled with packages.

When one Redditor asked if Love’s “Better Call Saul” role was “not enough to continue acting,” Love clarified why he left Hollywood.

“I haven’t given up on it, just really slow right now,” Love wrote back, adding that the hit AMC series “wasn’t the breakout I was hoping.”

Love (pictured above) told fans on Reddit that his new job at Amazon “sucks.” r/AmazonDSPDrivers/reddit

Love shared a selfie of himself in his Amazon outfit on Reddit. u/thatonetv-filmlover/AmazonDSPDrivers/reddit

Love also stated that he “did a significant film” with Lily Gladstone and Bryan Cranston that “ran out of money” and he “was never paid” for it.

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Directed by Mark Pellington, the movie “Lone Wolf” starring Love, Gladstone and Cranston stopped filming in February 2025 due to financial issues.

That July, Cranston told Deadline that he wouldn’t film or promote the movie “until every cast and crew member is paid back in full.”

Love (pictured in a scene from “Better Call Saul” with Rhea Seehorn) also claimed his acting career has “slowed” down. Nicole Wilder/AMC/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock

Love (pictured with Bob Odenkirk in “Better Call Saul”) said that his Amazon job is “killing” him. AMC

Elsewhere in the Reddit thread, Love reiterated that he’s not happy about his job at Amazon.

“I’m tired of waiting for permission, so going to start doing my own projects, but got to do something other than this because it really is killing me,” he shared.

“I was a mail carrier, FedEx driver, UPS seasonal driver and all of them were better — all of them sucked, don’t get me wrong, but were better than Amazon — route changes every day, vans are crap, no culture, no real benefits, high turnover, etc.”

Love added, “But my hope is that everyone will do what they love doing, and not let anyone deduce them to a 9-5 slave.”

Odenkirk (pictured above) was the lead star of “Better Call Saul.” Nicole Wilder/AMC/Sony Pictures Television

“Better Call Saul” starred Michael McKean, Michael Mando, Rhea Seehorn, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and Patrick Fabian, who are all pictured above at the show’s premiere in 2015. FilmMagic

Love played Ernesto, a friend of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk), in “Better Call Saul,” which aired for six seasons from 2015 to 2022.

The “Breaking Bad” prequel series received 53 Emmy nominations, but never won a single award.

Before “Better Call Saul,” Love played a football player on 13 episodes of “Friday Night Lights.” His other acting credits include the 2016 films “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” and “Independence Day: Resurgence.”

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