Bit parts of actors before they got famous

[Lance Uppercut]

I was watching monk and I’m surprised when I realized that i recognized some of the actors as children

I was watching the one with astronaut and while it’s obviously the one with jefffrey Donovan from burn notice, I noticed in during the credits that it said Ariel Winter. Then I realized that it was the little girl with doll.

I saw another one with the basketball coach who was killed. Most people pointed out that it was Jennifer Lawrence as the school mascot but I just noticed that one of Julie’s friends was 2nd Molly from Last Man Standing.

Also, was rewatching community and I did not know that coat check girl was Brie Larson. That was a shock. I’m too used to her Captain marvel appearance that she’s unrecognizable there.

What shows you watched in rerun form and went “hey!”

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

Amy Adams has a cousin of Tara in Buffy The Vampire Slayer (think she appeared in Smallville as well)

Manny stole a bike from Millie Bobby Brown on Modern Family when chasing a drone, speaking of Modern Family, Eric Stonestreet (Cam) played a biker on ER

[Cela]

Not really guest appearances if they're not famous yet. More, bit parts.

Was just watching Never Been Kissed, second runner up prom king with like, 3 lines total: James Franco.

Barbershop scene in Coming to America is iconic, and Cuba Gooding Jr. is there enjoying the whole show in silence.

The Graduate, Richard Dreyfuss as the RA telling Dustin Hoffman he's not supposed to be there.

And of course Ben Affleck deciding basketball isn't worth it in the movie version of Buffy.

[G✇JI☈A]

Hmm

Patton Oswalt playing a video store clerk in Seinfeld. The one when George is looking for the movie version of Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Aubrey Plaza playing a NBC Page in a first season episode of 30 Rock.. in a blink and you will miss it cameo.

Craig Ferguson playing Lister’s Confidence in Red Dwarf

Emma Thompson in The Young Ones

Daisy Ridley in an episode of the Matt Berry Show “Toast of London’”

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

Rashida Jones in Freaks and Geeks, probably some more names that don't come to mind

Undeclared among others featured Jenna Fischer, Kevin Hart, Tom Welling, Lizzy Caplan and Simon Helberg before their big breaks, not bad for a show that didn't last a season

I was randomly watching an old episode of British sitcom My Family one morning and John Oliver popped up

Jessica Chastain as Veronica's neighbour on Veronica Mars

[Cyno]

A lot of famous actors had roles on soap operas before breaking out into larger stardom. Off the top of my head, Julianne Moore, Justin Hartley, and Usher all fell into this category. There's a lot more than just those three, but they're three that immediately came to mind.

[Lance Uppercut]

Feb 20, 2020 16:36:27 GMT -5 Cyno said:

A lot of famous actors had roles on soap operas before breaking out into larger stardom. Off the top of my head, Julianne Moore, Justin Hartley, and Usher all fell into this category. There's a lot more than just those three, but they're three that immediately came to mind.

I remember reading an All my children message board and they were raving over Michael b. Jordan and Amanda Siegfried. And they promptly left after a few months to bigger and better things

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

What, you never seen Martial Arts Master Tom Hanks vs The Fonz?

[King Boo]

Feb 20, 2020 16:40:22 GMT -5 Lance Uppercut said:

Feb 20, 2020 16:36:27 GMT -5 Cyno said:

A lot of famous actors had roles on soap operas before breaking out into larger stardom. Off the top of my head, Julianne Moore, Justin Hartley, and Usher all fell into this category. There's a lot more than just those three, but they're three that immediately came to mind.

I remember reading an All my children message board and they were raving over Michael b. Jordan and Amanda Siegfried. And they promptly left after a few months to bigger and better things

As a lover of AMC, I totally remember them being on the show at the same time, in the same storylines. Reggie and Joanie were their names, IIRC.

Josh Duhamel was my beloved Leo DuPres before leaving the show and going on to movies, Las Vegas, etc.

[DiBiase is Good]

Quick, someone post the clip of Van Damme dancing!

[Larryhausen]

Feb 20, 2020 16:55:06 GMT -5 King Boo said:

Feb 20, 2020 16:40:22 GMT -5 Lance Uppercut said:

I remember reading an All my children message board and they were raving over Michael b. Jordan and Amanda Siegfried. And they promptly left after a few months to bigger and better things

As a lover of AMC, I totally remember them being on the show at the same time, in the same storylines. Reggie and Joanie were their names, IIRC.

Josh Duhamel was my beloved Leo DuPres before leaving the show and going on to movies, Las Vegas, etc.

Sidenote, but wasn't there like a month or two where Greenlee f***in Smythe was a backstage interviewer for WWE?

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Feb 20, 2020 16:31:11 GMT -5 I'm Team Bayley and Indi said:

Rashida Jones in Freaks and Geeks, problem some more names that don't come to mind

She also has a cameo on Chappelle's Show as the girl Dave sleeps with in the Love Contract skit.

[Spider2024]

Eva Mendes drove a car for 5 seconds in Will Smith's "Miami" music video.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Mark Hamill played a delivery boy on an episode of Night Gallery a few years before he became Luke Skywalker.

Also behind the camera, Steven Spielberg directed a couple of segments for that same series before he really did anything.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Feb 20, 2020 16:55:06 GMT -5 King Boo said:

Feb 20, 2020 16:40:22 GMT -5 Lance Uppercut said:

I remember reading an All my children message board and they were raving over Michael b. Jordan and Amanda Siegfried. And they promptly left after a few months to bigger and better things

As a lover of AMC, I totally remember them being on the show at the same time, in the same storylines. Reggie and Joanie were their names, IIRC.

Josh Duhamel was my beloved Leo DuPres before leaving the show and going on to movies, Las Vegas, etc.

Alexandria Daddario was also on All My Children around that time in a recurring role. If you want to go back, All My Children was Sarah Michelle Gellar's big break, winning a Daytime Emmy, for the part of Kendall. But that's not a guest role.

Brad Pitt was on Another World and Growing Pains in a guest role.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jeremy Renner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christina Hendricks, Kal Penn, Daniel Dae Kim, Summer Glau, and Alexa Davalos all had roles in Angel.

Graham McTavish was a fairly well-established TV actor in the U.K. before he had a small role in Red Dwarf, but has since gone on to have big roles the Hobbit trilogy, Preacher, Rambo, Castlevania, Lucifer, and Outlander, as well as a ton of guest spots on shows like Prison Break, CSI, 24, and Colony.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Kevin Bacon and Demi Moore had regular gigs on soap operas before moving into movies.

M*A*S*H had a ton of up-and-coming actors in one-off appearances... Patrick Swayze, Ron Howard, Joe Pantolianlo, Laurence Fishburne are the first ones I can think of.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Might as well me be mentioning Matthew McConaughey being on Unsolved Mysteries as a murder victim.

[bob]

Bryan Cranston had a recurring role as Dr. Tim Whatley in Seinfeld

[A Platypus Rave]

Feb 20, 2020 20:59:10 GMT -5 bob said:

Bryan Cranston had a recurring role as Dr. Tim Whatley in Seinfeld

Also Bryan Cranston.




Well voiced by him for the American version of MMPR

Feb 20, 2020 16:49:04 GMT -5 TWERKIN' MAGGLE said:

What, you never seen Martial Arts Master Tom Hanks vs The Fonz?

he was also in a slasher movie called He Knows You're Alone from 1980 as his first official acting credit.

from what I remember he was originally meant to be killed like immediately but the crew liked him so much they expanded the part considerably...