United Kingdom, Dec. 15 -- Kiefer Sutherland struggled to find work after 24 came to an end.

The 58-year-old actor played counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer in eight series of the drama as well as spin-off movie Redemption in 2008 and rebooted series 24: Live Another Day in 2014, and Kiefer has now admitted he thought he was be swamped with work offers once the show went off-air for good, but they never materialised.

He told The Independent newspaper: "After 24, I thought I would just naturally have a bunch of opportunities staring me in the face.

"But the truth is, if you don't create those opportunities, they're just not there.

"As someone who likes to work, there have been times when I haven't worked for a while - because I didn't ...