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* Voice actress '''Creator/BarbaraGoodson''' is well-known in the gaming community as [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]], Rita Repulsa (English voice) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and Mother Talzin in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Decades before both Power Rangers and Disgaea franchise hit the American market, she was the english voice of Bobby Bear in the [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Saban]] dub of ''Anime/MapleTown'', the first voice of Goku in the Harmony Gold Dub of ''Manga/DragonBall'', Unico The Unicorn in [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico both]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic movies]] ([[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice possibly]]) [[note]] According to Muppet Performer Karen Prell, who worked on ''Series/FraggleRock'' alongside Barbara Goodson. She claims that she voiced Unico, this could be due to Barbara Goodson being a regular in anime dubs throughout the 80s and 90s. [[/note]] Chirin the lamb in the English Dub of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (Chirin no Suzu) made in the early 1980s. ''Ringing Bell'' is also Barbara Goodson's oldest voice acting roles.
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* Voice actress '''Creator/BarbaraGoodson''' is well-known in the gaming community as [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]], Rita Repulsa (English voice) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and Mother Talzin in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Decades before both Power Rangers and Disgaea franchise hit the American market, she was the english voice of Bobby Bear in the [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Saban]] dub of ''Anime/MapleTown'', the first voice of Goku in the Harmony Gold Dub of ''Manga/DragonBall'', [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico The Unicorn Unicorn]] in [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico both]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic movies]] ([[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice possibly]]) [[note]] According to Muppet Performer Karen Prell, who worked on ''Series/FraggleRock'' alongside Barbara Goodson. She claims that she Goodson voiced Unico, this could be due to Barbara Goodson being a regular in anime dubs throughout the 80s 1980s. [[/note]], and 90s. [[/note]] Chirin the lamb in the English Dub of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (Chirin no Suzu) made in the early 1980s. ''Ringing Bell'' is also Barbara Goodson's oldest voice acting roles.
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* Long before he played King T'Chaka in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', '''John Kani''' played Willie alongside Creator/MatthewBroderick and Zakes Mokai in the 1985 [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-Showtime]] presentation of Athol Fugard's ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys''.
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* Long before he played King T'Chaka in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', '''John Kani''' '''Creator/JohnKani''' played Willie alongside Creator/MatthewBroderick and Zakes Mokai in the 1985 [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-Showtime]] presentation of Athol Fugard's ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys''.
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* '''Creator/FinnJones''' appeared in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "[[TheSarahJaneAdventuresS4E5E6DeathOfTheDoctor Death of the Doctor]]" as Santiago Jones.
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* Voice actress '''Creator/BarbaraGoodson''' is well-known in the gaming community as [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]], Rita Repulsa (English voice) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and Mother Talzin in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Decades before both Power Rangers and Disgaea franchise hit the American market, she was the english voice of Bobby Bear in the [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Saban]] dub of ''Anime/MapleTown'', the first voice of Goku in the Harmony Gold Dub of ''Anime/DragonBall'', Unico The Unicorn in [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico both]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic movies]] ([[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice possibly]]) [[note]] According to Muppet Performer Karen Prell, who worked on ''Series/FraggleRock'' alongside Barbara Goodson. She claims that she voiced Unico, this could be due to Barbara Goodson being a regular in anime dubs throughout the 80s and 90s. [[/note]] Chirin the lamb in the English Dub of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (Chirin no Suzu) made in the early 1980s. ''Ringing Bell'' is also Barbara Goodson's oldest voice acting roles.
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* Voice actress '''Creator/BarbaraGoodson''' is well-known in the gaming community as [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]], Rita Repulsa (English voice) in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', and Mother Talzin in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''. Decades before both Power Rangers and Disgaea franchise hit the American market, she was the english voice of Bobby Bear in the [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Saban]] dub of ''Anime/MapleTown'', the first voice of Goku in the Harmony Gold Dub of ''Anime/DragonBall'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', Unico The Unicorn in [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico both]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic movies]] ([[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice possibly]]) [[note]] According to Muppet Performer Karen Prell, who worked on ''Series/FraggleRock'' alongside Barbara Goodson. She claims that she voiced Unico, this could be due to Barbara Goodson being a regular in anime dubs throughout the 80s and 90s. [[/note]] Chirin the lamb in the English Dub of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (Chirin no Suzu) made in the early 1980s. ''Ringing Bell'' is also Barbara Goodson's oldest voice acting roles.
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* A young '''Creator/ScottGrimes''' played Slick in ''[[Toys/MrPotatoHead Potato Head Kids]]''.
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* '''John Glover''', right before joining the DC universe for such roles as [[WesternAnimation/{{BatmanTheAnimatedSeries}} The Riddler]], [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]], and [[Film/{{Shazam}} Sivana's father]], was Mr. Clamp in ''[[Film/{{Gremlins2TheNewBatch}} Gremlins 2: The New Batch]]''.
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** In between those movies, she was also one of Picard's Nexus children in ''[[Film/{{StarTrekGenerations}} Star Trek: Generations]]''.
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* '''Sara Gilbert''' aka [[Series/{{Roseanne}} Darlene Conner]] can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQ24CemmdE this Kool-Aid commercial.]]
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* Known across decades for her voice roles on ''[[WesternAnimation/{{CaptainPlanetand thePlaneteers}} Captain Planet]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/{{MyLifeAsaTeenageRobot}} My Life As a Teenage Robot]]'', '''Janice Kawaye''' got her start as Dorothy in the DirectToVideo ''Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz'' in 1987.
** Don't miss her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOsrX263iY telling off a camera crew]] in [[Creator/MrT Mr. T]]'s ''Be Somebody...Or Be Somebody's Fool!'' just a couple of years before that.
** Don't miss her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOsrX263iY telling off a camera crew]] in [[Creator/MrT Mr. T]]'s ''Be Somebody...Or Be Somebody's Fool!'' just a couple of years before that.
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* Here's actress and author '''Emmy Laybourne''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCd0cNOEXI0 getting a little trick played on her]] in a segment from the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show ''Series/{{Pinwheel}}'', back when her parents were working for the network.
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* Voice actress '''Renae Jacobs''' was a contestant on ''[[Series/{{SaleoftheCentury}} Sale of the Century]]'' in the 1980s. Around, if not shortly before the time she got her break as an [[WesternAnimation/{{TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987}} animated news reporter.]]
** She would also spend some time of her own in the game show business as a "Lady of the Maze" in ''[[Series/{{MastersoftheMaze}} Masters of the Maze]]''.
** She would also spend some time of her own in the game show business as a "Lady of the Maze" in ''[[Series/{{MastersoftheMaze}} Masters of the Maze]]''.
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* '''Anthony Geary''' played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "The Trap," less than ten months before making his first appearance as [[Series/GeneralHospital Luke Spencer]].
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* Before he was the main character in ''Series/NUMB3RS'', '''David Krumholtz''' was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on Creator/ChristinaRicci's Wednesday Addams in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''.
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* Before he was the main character in ''Series/NUMB3RS'', '''David Krumholtz''' '''Creator/DavidKrumholtz''' was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on Creator/ChristinaRicci's Wednesday Addams in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''.
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* In the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run", '''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Stewart Head]]''' (credited as Anthony Head) plays an ambassador and friend of Duncan [=MacLeod=]. This is the same episode that features Marion Cotillard in her first-ever acting role.
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** His first credited screen role is a two-part episode of ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'', "The Steel Hand From the Sea"/"The Laws and Usages of War", in which he plays the main character's son.
** One of his early US TV roles is in the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run",'''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Stewart Head]]''' (credited as Anthony Head) where he plays an ambassador and friend of Duncan [=MacLeod=]. This is the same episode that features Marion Cotillard in her first-ever acting role.
** His first credited screen role is a two-part episode of ''Series/EnemyAtTheDoor'', "The Steel Hand From the Sea"/"The Laws and Usages of War", in which he plays the main character's son.
** One of his early US TV roles is in the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run",
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* Before being cast in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' and the ''Comicbook/ShangChi'' movie, '''Creator/SimuLiu''' was an extra in ''Film/PacificRim''. He also had some minor roles on TV shows shot in Canada, such as bit parts in episodes of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. He was also [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]]'s stunt double for the "Centuries" music video. And, like John Boyega, he also did some modeling for stock photos.
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* Before being cast in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' and the ''Comicbook/ShangChi'' movie, '''Creator/SimuLiu''' was an extra in ''Film/PacificRim''. He also had some minor roles on TV shows shot in Canada, such as bit parts in episodes of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. He Additionally, he was also [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]]'s stunt double for the "Centuries" music video. And, like John Boyega, he also sometimes did some modeling for stock photos.
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* '''Carl Lumbly''' played a South African Embassy staff in ''Series/TheXFiles'' before starring in ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
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* '''Carl Lumbly''' '''Creator/CarlLumbly''' played a South African Embassy staff in ''Series/TheXFiles'' before starring in ''Series/{{Alias}}''.''Series/{{Alias}}'' and as the Comicbook/MartianManhunter in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
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* Before she was a huge JPop star, a young '''Creator/AyumiHamasaki''' voiced Yuri in the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' TV special, and also portrayed the character in several live-action commercials for ''Art of Fighting 2''. In a strange aversion of the BillingDisplacement trope, when the movie was released on DVD after Hamasaki became famous, her lines were all dubbed over by another actress, likely to avoid paying her royalties.
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* Before she was a huge JPop star, a young '''Creator/AyumiHamasaki''' '''Music/AyumiHamasaki''' voiced Yuri in the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' TV special, and also portrayed the character in several live-action commercials for ''Art of Fighting 2''. In a strange aversion of the BillingDisplacement trope, when the movie was released on DVD after Hamasaki became famous, her lines were all dubbed over by another actress, likely to avoid paying her royalties.
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* Gamers nowadays would know ''Jean Gilpin'' from her role as Elenwen in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', as well as subsequent roles in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', or as Knight-Commander Meredith in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. However, over thirty years before ''Skyrim'' came out, British audiences recognised from the ''Series/DadsArmy'' episode "The Making of Private Pike", where she plays Pike's abusive GirlOfTheWeek.
* Peri Gilpin is best known as Doctor Series/{{Frasier}} Crane's radio producer and is a core character in that series; scroll back to parent series ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and take a close look at the non-speaking extras who crop up in the bar. Peri isn't the only face there who ends up getting an occassional part on ''Frasier''. Later in the series run she gets two speaking parts; first as part of an enthusiastic audience at a TV psychology show who are asked if they are prepared rto sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman.
* Peri Gilpin is best known as Doctor Series/{{Frasier}} Crane's radio producer and is a core character in that series; scroll back to parent series ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and take a close look at the non-speaking extras who crop up in the bar. Peri isn't the only face there who ends up getting an occassional part on ''Frasier''. Later in the series run she gets two speaking parts; first as part of an enthusiastic audience at a TV psychology show who are asked if they are prepared rto sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman.
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* Gamers nowadays would know ''Jean Gilpin'' '''Jean Gilpin''' from her role as Elenwen in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', as well as subsequent roles in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', or as Knight-Commander Meredith in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. However, over thirty years before ''Skyrim'' came out, British audiences recognised from the ''Series/DadsArmy'' episode "The Making of Private Pike", where she plays Pike's abusive GirlOfTheWeek.
*Peri Gilpin '''Peri Gilpin''' is best known as Doctor Series/{{Frasier}} Crane's radio producer and is a core character in that series; scroll back to parent series ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and take a close look at the non-speaking extras who crop up in the bar. Peri isn't the only face there who ends up getting an occassional part on ''Frasier''. Later in the series run she gets two speaking parts; first as part of an enthusiastic audience at a TV psychology show who are asked if they are prepared rto sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman.
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* Before creating cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' and ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', '''Butch Hartman''' was a contestant on ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour''.
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** He played Bill Clanton in ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral''
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** And ''Gunfight at the OK Corral'', as Virgil Earp in ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral'', which was [[ActorAllusion alluded]] to in the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E6SpectreOfTheGun}} Spectre of the Gun]]" in an illusion.
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* '''Anna Kendrick''' had a cameo as an audience member in the 1998 Tony Awards prior to acting.
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* Voice actress '''Creator/JenniferHale''' known for her roles like [[VideoGame/MassEffect Female Commander Shepherd]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Naomi Hunter]], [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the Black Cat]], Disney/{{Cinderella}}, and [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen Phoenix]], had a brief appearance as one of the women Tate Donovan tries hitting on early on in the 1992 romcom ''Love Potion No. 9''.
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* '''Erin Karpluk''' of ''Series/BeingErica'' was a young mother in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Salvation".
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** He also appears in the ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' episode "Marriage, Chinese Style," in which he uncharacteristically loses a fight with Creator/BobbySherman.
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* '''Davy Jones''' guest starred in a 1960 episode of ''Series/CoronationStreet'' as Ena Sharples' grandson.
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** Going further back, he was on an episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'', playing a bully to Franklin.
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** Going further back, he was on an episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'', playing a bully to Franklin. He would land another role of this type in the animated special ''[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} He's A Bully, Charlie Brown]]''.
** His very first acting role was in a commercial for ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild''.
** His very first acting role was in a commercial for ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild''.
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** In a clip that can be seen on YouTube, Harmon suffers DeathByFallingDown at the hands of Philip Abbott in the series Delvecchio.
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** [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Ray Tango]]'s [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger sister]] in ''Film/TangoAndCash'', a spunky sidekick on reruns of ''Series/MacGyver'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and a GirlOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
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** [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Ray Tango]]'s [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger sister]] in ''Film/TangoAndCash'', a spunky sidekick on reruns of ''Series/MacGyver'', ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and a GirlOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
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* '''Creator/JimGaffigan''' had quite a few bit parts in movies before he became a well-known comedian and actor. Highlights include ''Film/ThreeKings'' (the soldier who cuts Sgt. Troy's handcuffs off), ''Film/CryBabyLane'' (the dad who tries to stiff the undertaker on his bill after a viewing), ''Film/SuperTroopers'' (the man the Troopers pull over to pull their "meow" prank on), ''Film/IgbyGoesDown'' (the manager of the Hilton Igby briefly stays at), and ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' (the grown-up Chris after the movie's TimeSkip).
* Fans of ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' can find '''Victor Garber''' in the oddest places -- including a few episodes of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', on the deck of ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as a well-wisher in ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'', Chairman of the [[SeriousBusiness Wool Council]] on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' and in one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' as the eponymous character's very English butler. He even played Liberace and Creator/ErnestHemingway in '80s biopics. Oh, and he was ''Christ'' in ''Film/{{Godspell}}''.
* '''Creator/AndrewGarfield''' appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' double episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan Daleks in Manhattan]]" / "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks Evolution of the Daleks]]" three years before starring in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''.
* Renowned [[UsefulNotes/ScreamQueens scream queen]] and ''Series/{{Decoy}}'' star '''Creator/BeverlyGarland''' made an early appearance in ''Film/TheNeanderthalMan'' as a waitress who is raped by the titular monster.
* '''Creator/JenniferGarner''' once played a nurse in the 2001 turkey ''Film/PearlHarbor''. Which starred Creator/BenAffleck. See, they knew each other before ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''!
** She was in one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and also one of the heroes' girlfriends in ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''
* '''Creator/BradGarrett''' didn't get his big break until he was cast as Robert in ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', but prior to that, he'd done a fair amount of voiceover work in the 80s and early 90s. Some of his early roles included Hulk Hogan in ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', Trypticon in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', Big Dog in ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' and Hydro-Man in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour''.
** The ball started rolling for Garrett after he became one of the comedy competition champions on ''Series/StarSearch''.
* '''Anthony Geary''' played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "The Trap," less than ten months before making his first appearance as [[Series/GeneralHospital Luke Spencer]].
** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'', in which he has a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Laurie.
** He appeared a few times on ''Series/BarnabyJones'', most notably in the episode "Death Beat", as ''Creator/RobertReed'''s accomplice in creating fake news events. One of their fake news stories, where Geary's character is standing on a bridge ready to jump into the ocean, results in the AccidentalMurder of a priest who saw the story on the news and tried to intervene, but was killed when he and Geary lost their footing and fell into the water below.
* '''Creator/SarahMichelleGellar''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ss7_5PSnyA ate]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEUDwE1RW7I at]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbtJIiBx3Ls Burger King]] before she donned the Doublemeat Palace uniform.
** [[DyeHard Before she was blonde]], Gellar received her breakout part at age 15 when she originated the role of Kendall Hart, the [[LongLostRelative long-lost daughter]] of Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) on ''Series/AllMyChildren'', whom the teenage Erica had placed for adoption with the Harts before the start of the series. The naturally brunette Gellar was cast due to her physical likeness to Lucci and ability to act like a young Erica since Kendall [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter shares quite a few similarities, both physically and in personality]], with her mother Erica.
* Recognize [[http://photos.posh24.com/p/1554306/z/top_lists/lady_gaga_the_sopranos_2001_se.jpg the blonde girl]] watching A.J. Soprano vandalize a swimming pool in ''Series/TheSopranos'' episode "The Telltale Moozadell"? No? Give up? It's a fifteen-year-old '''Stefani Germanotta''', who would become slightly better known as Music/LadyGaga about seven years after that episode was aired.
* '''Creator/GinaGershon''' was an uncredited dancer in the early Creator/SarahJessicaParker movie ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun'', and has a small part as Benny's friend [[EmbarrassingFirstName Trombley]] in ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
* '''Creator/PaulGiamatti''' had a minor role in the FMV video game ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}'' back when he was still unknown. Ironically, said game had an AllStarCast of people still fairly well-known today, meaning he ended up enhancing it over time.
* '''Kathie Lee Gifford''''s first major role was a singer on ''Series/NameThatTune''.
* '''Creator/KarenGillan''' played a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii Pompeiian soothsayer]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' a few years before returning as companion Amy Pond. Amusingly, Peter Capaldi also appeared in this episode and later become the Doctor himself.
* '''Aiden Gillen''' first became notable in the UK for playing Stuart in ''Series/QueerAsFolk''. Beyond this, his memorable roles were limited to those such as the villain Lord Rathbone in ''Film/ShanghaiKnights''. Following this, Gillen received his international television breakthrough in ''Series/TheWire'', wherein he played Tommy Carcetti and later, Gillen went on to play Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* '''Creator/ElizabethGillies''' was Young Jenny (Adult was Creator/OliviaWilde ) in Series/TheBlackDonnellys. [[https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethGilliesOfficial/photos/pb.160059308492.-2207520000.1435214737./10152912487478493/?type=3&theater]]
* Gamers nowadays would know ''Jean Gilpin'' from her role as Elenwen in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', as well as subsequent roles in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', or as Knight-Commander Meredith in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. However, over thirty years before ''Skyrim'' came out, British audiences recognised from the ''Series/DadsArmy'' episode "The Making of Private Pike", where she plays Pike's abusive GirlOfTheWeek.
* Peri Gilpin is best known as Doctor Series/{{Frasier}} Crane's radio producer and is a core character in that series; scroll back to parent series ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and take a close look at the non-speaking extras who crop up in the bar. Peri isn't the only face there who ends up getting an occassional part on ''Frasier''. Later in the series run she gets two speaking parts; first as part of an enthusiastic audience at a TV psychology show who are asked if they are prepared rto sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman.
* Darla's victim in the opening scene of the ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' pilot was played by '''Carmine Giovinazzo''' of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. Carmine also guest starred in the season 2 episode "Revenge is Best Served Cold" of the regular ''Series/{{CSI}}'', two years before his casting in the spinoff. But WordOfGod says they weren't connected.
** He was also one of two murder victims in the very last episode of ''Series/Columbo'', in the episode "Columbo Likes the Nightlife".
* The fantastic '''Creator/SummerGlau''', before becoming [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]] and Cameron from ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', also featured:
** On an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as a ballerina.
** On an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as the crying best friend of a victim.
** On an episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' as the VictimOfTheWeek.
* Before '''Paul Michael Glaser''' starred on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', he played the young communist Perchik in the movie version of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
* Before playing [[TheCaligula Joffrey Baratheon]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', '''Creator/JackGleeson''' had a small role in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. It wasn't the first time he'd been onscreen with Creator/ChristianBale though -- he ''also'' had an uncredited part in ''Film/ReignOfFire''.
* Before becoming a household name, '''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Philip Glenister]]''' showed up in ''Calendar Girls''.
** He also played a major role one of the final ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' episodes, "Sharpe's Justice".
* '''[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Sharon Gless]]''' was in ''Series/Switch1975'' as the receptionist Maggie Philbin.
* '''Creator/DannyGlover''' made his film debut in ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' as an inmate who hands Creator/ClintEastwood a book.
* '''Creator/DonaldGlover''' had several minor cameos in ''Series/ThirtyRock'' before ''Series/{{Community}}'' made him a recognizable star. He was actually a writer and story editor for the series as well, before he left to focus on his acting and rapping.
* '''Creator/JeffGoldblum''' is one of the evil thugs in ''Film/DeathWish''.
** He guest stars in the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Murder on Stage 17" as a director.
** Goldblum can also be briefly seen in ''Film/AnnieHall''. His only line: "I forgot my mantra!"
** Goldblum also rode around on a motorcycle for most of Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/{{Nashville}}''.
* '''Music/SelenaGomez''' had roles in ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' and ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', as well as playing Series/HannahMontana's arch-rival Mikayla, prior to playing Alex Russo on ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
** She and her childhood friend, fellow future Creator/DisneyChannel star '''Music/DemiLovato''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keOVH_ivTg appeared together]] on ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' as young children. According to one teen magazine, they met as early as the audition process -- they were standing next to each other in a lineup of similarly-aged kids.
* It can be a severely weird experience to first see '''Matthew Goode''' as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' and then later find him all over the place in quieter fare like ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' and ''Film/ASingleMan'', or as the male lead in romantic comedies like ''Chasing Liberty''. (The fact that his ''Watchmen'' role had him being stern, middle-aged and German-American in a very convincing blond wig when he and most of his other characters are affable dark-haired young Brits can make this even weirder.)
* It may seem somewhat surreal to discover that, prior to his turns in films like ''Film/TheNotebook'' and ''Film/{{Drive}}'', '''Creator/RyanGosling''' starred in several cheesy teenage shows. These included the title role in ''Young Hercules'' and as the goofball slacker in ''Breaker High''. He also appeared in episodes of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' while he was still living in Canada.
* '''Creator/BettyGrable''' appeared in ''Film/TheGayDivorcee'' as Edward Everett Horton's unnamed dancing partner, and was a chorus girl in ''Film/FollowTheFleet'' and several other earlier movie musicals.
* '''Aubrey Drake Graham''' was Jimmy Brooks on seasons 1-7 (2001-2008) of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. He now is known as the rapper/singer Music/{{Drake}}.
* Prior to ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', '''Lauren Graham''' was a [[GirlOfTheWeek one-off love interest]] on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** She also had short-lived recurring roles on ''Series/NewsRadio'' and ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'', and was also Benjamin Bratt's love interest in the two part ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' where they go to Los Angeles.
* '''Creator/SethGreen''' in ''Literature/{{It}}'' deserves a mention. (Though watching ''It'' as an adult after having seen it as a child results in a massive ''bombardment'' of Retroactive Recognition.)
** As well as in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' alongside future co-star Creator/AlysonHannigan.
** He also voiced Wizard in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and JerkJock Nelson in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
** And appeared in an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Film/EnemyOfTheState''.
** And a major role in the ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "Monsters in My Room".
** And a minor role in an episode of the ''Series/WeirdScience'' TV show as a hacker whose bogus program almost fries Lisa.
** And a major role in ''Film/{{Airborne}}''.
** And as Creator/WoodyAllen's childhood self in ''Film/RadioDays''.
* '''Creator/ClarkGregg''' became famous playing Agent Phil Coulson in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, which makes it very weird to see Gregg in old episodes of ''Series/TheWestWing''. In ''The West Wing'' Gregg plays FBI Special Agent Casper, whose deferential but sarcastic demeanor makes the two characters seem almost identical.
** A completely different direction, though, is two episodes as a serial old-lady rapist on ''Series/TheShield''.
** Gregg also appeared as Creator/MikeTyson's trainer, Kevin, in the 1995 HBO docudrama ''Series/{{Tyson}}''.
** He was also a doctor in ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', though it's the voice that tips it off more than the face.
* '''Creator/KathyGriffin''' in ''Film/PulpFiction''. There's also Creator/PhilLaMarr, who played a minor character [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace known for getting shot in the face]].
* '''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Greg Grunberg]]''' was in ''Film/HollowMan'' as a fairly major minor character. And in ''Series/{{Lost}}'' he was the Pilot in the {{pilot}}.
** He also had a recurring role in ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** And a minute of screentime in ''Film/BASEketball'' as a rival player in the basketball league.
** He also had a bit part in an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' as a nightclub host.
* '''Creator/ChristopherGuest''' made an early appearance in ''Film/DeathWish'' as a police officer.
* '''Creator/DanaiGurira''' briefly shows up in ''Film/MySoulToTake'' as a paramedic who gets killed near the beginning of the movie.
* A very young '''Creator/JakeGyllenhaal''' appeared as the son of a VictimOfTheWeek in a ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' episode (2x01) directed by his father.
** He also played Billy Crystal's son in the ''Film/CitySlickers'' movies.
* '''Olivia Hack''' played Cindy Brady in ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'' and its sequel before she became famous for voicing characters such as [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Rhonda Wellington Lloyd]] and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]].
* Journeyman supporting actor/''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' standout '''Bill Hader''' was a field agent on ''Series/{{Punkd}}''. Avid viewers of the credits of action films (all two of you) may also spot his name as a production assistant on a host of early-2000s films like ''Collateral Damage'' and ''Film/TheScorpionKing''.
** He was also the pizza guy at the end of the 1998 music video of [[Music/JanetJackson Janet Jackson's]] "We Go Deep".
* Oscar nominee '''Creator/JackieEarleHaley''' was the voice of young Jamie Boyle in the 1972 syndicated cartoon ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome''.
** He also appeared as one of the main baseball players in ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'', plus was one of the four main characters in ''Film/BreakingAway''.
** Also played Dave in the '83 teen comedy ''Losin' It'', alongside Creator/TomCruise.
* Before she was a huge JPop star, a young '''Creator/AyumiHamasaki''' voiced Yuri in the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' TV special, and also portrayed the character in several live-action commercials for ''Art of Fighting 2''. In a strange aversion of the BillingDisplacement trope, when the movie was released on DVD after Hamasaki became famous, her lines were all dubbed over by another actress, likely to avoid paying her royalties.
* Years before he even played [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], '''Creator/MarkHamill''' was doing voice work for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''. Before his voice-acting career really took off he also had a very brief part in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' as Laurie's boyfriend.
* Long before he became a household name, '''Creator/TomHanks''' appeared in the 1980 slasher flick ''Film/HeKnowsYoureAlone''.
** People familiar with Hanks as blockbuster movie actor would probably have this reaction to his role in ''Series/BosomBuddies''.
** He also guest starred as a drugged out college friend of Jim Ignatowski on ''Series/{{Taxi}}''
** Also, he tried to beat up Fonzie in an episode of ''Series/HappyDays'', and played Robbie in ''Film/MazesAndMonsters''.
** He was also Elyse's alcoholic brother in a VerySpecialEpisode of ''Series/FamilyTies''.
* '''Creator/AlysonHannigan''' as Creator/DanAykroyd's daughter in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien''.
* Adding to the list of well known actors who had small roles in the series, '''Creator/TomHardy''' made his screen debut as Pvt. John Janovec in the last two episodes of ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' [[spoiler:and gets killed off just like [=McAvoy=]]].
** One of his earliest big screen roles was that of TheBigBad in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' star '''Creator/DavidHarbour''' had a small role in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' as a closeted man who tried to seduce Creator/JakeGyllenhaal's character.
* '''Creator/MarkHarmon''' guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as a football player.
** He also filled in as Kent McCord's partner in a last-season episode of ''Series/Adam12''.
** He was one of the stars in the ''Series/Emergency'' episode "905-Wild", a PoorlyDisguisedPilot about animal control officers.
** In a clip that can be seen on YouTube, Harmon suffers DeathByFallingDown at the hands of Philip Abbott in the series Delvecchio.
* '''Valerie Harper''', many years before her iconic role of [[Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow Rhoda Morgenstern]], was in the musical ''Theatre/LilAbner'' (and its filmed version) as one of the Dogpatch wives.
* To those who only know him as Dr. Horrible or [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]], '''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris''' in his star-making role on ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' may come across this way. He also voiced Peter Parker in the short-lived Creator/{{MTV}} ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries Spider-Man]]'' cartoon.
* '''Creator/RichardHarris''' had a brief cameo in ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' as a member of the Australian Air Force.
* '''Creator/TeriHatcher''' was a "Mermaid" (showgirl) in the final season of ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
** [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Ray Tango]]'s [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger sister]] in ''Film/TangoAndCash'', a spunky sidekick on reruns of ''Series/MacGyver'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and a GirlOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** And she was Sam's ex in ''Series/QuantumLeap'', though he changed history and got her in the end.
* '''[[Series/AshesToAshes2008 Keeley Hawes]]''' shows up in the two-part finale of ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' and the voice of a certain [[VideoGame/TombRaider female archaeologist...]]
** Of course, before then she was best known for being a regular on ''Series/{{Spooks}}''. Funnily enough, in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', she plays the sister of Creator/RichardArmitage, who would also go on to be in ''Spooks''.
* '''Creator/BradHawkins''' mainly works as a voice actor for Funimation these days, but in the 90's, he had the starring role as Ryan Steele in ''Series/VRTroopers''.
* '''Creator/NigelHawthorne''' made his television debut in the third series premier of ''Series/DadsArmy'' as an old man on a bench.
* '''Creator/LenaHeadey''' played a mousy new teacher in the 2007 film ''Film/StTrinians'', and Lizzie in ''Film/TheRemainsOfTheDay''. She keeps her [[FakeAmerican actual accent]] in both, though. And you might also recognize her as Queen Gorgo in ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and Queen Cersei in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
** Long before any of that, though, she played Queen Guenevere in the Creator/SamNeill miniseries ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}''.
** Also played as Sarah Connor in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' which became HilariousInHindsight that her ''Series/GameOfThrones'' co-star, Creator/EmiliaClarke, became the new Sarah Connor for ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''.
** She also appeared in an episode of the 1997 anthology ''The Hunger'' together with Creator/DanielCraig before either had shot to superstardom, and their characters get into a torrid love affair. Yes, Cersei Lannister and James Bond.
* In the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run", '''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Stewart Head]]''' (credited as Anthony Head) plays an ambassador and friend of Duncan [=MacLeod=]. This is the same episode that features Marion Cotillard in her first-ever acting role.
** He also did a number of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpOBFELO0Qc coffee commercials]]
* In ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory'', the 17-year-old '''Creator/KatherineHeigl''' played the niece of Casey Ryback. Of course, this was before her role in ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* '''Simon Helberg''' was in ''Old School'' long before ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
** He also had a role in ''Series/{{Joey}}'' that was very similar to Howard, but [[DawsonCasting younger]].
* '''Creator/ChrisHemsworth''': It turns out [[Creator/MarvelComics Thor]] sired a son, and that son was [[Film/StarTrek2009 Captain James T. Kirk]].
* '''Creator/LanceHenriksen''' had small parts in great movies -- an FBI agent in ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', a lawyer in ''Film/{{Network}}'' and a construction worker in ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
* '''Creator/AudreyHepburn''' makes a brief appearance in the opening scene of ''Film/TheLavenderHillMob'' as Creator/AlecGuinness's paramour. The same year she instantly became a smash success with ''Film/RomanHoliday''.
* There is much mockery to be made of [[OldShame future Oscar winner]] '''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman''''s supporting role in ''Film/{{Twister}}''.
** He also played one of the teenage boys in ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'' and was in an early episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
** He was also Scotty, the closeted boom operator who had a crush on Dirk Diggler in ''Film/BoogieNights''.
* '''Laurie Holden''' is well-known these days for her roles in ''Series/TheShield'' and ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', but she had a number of guest appearances (including many Canadian series) long before then:
** She played a young girl in an episode of ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Universe''.
** A guest spot on an episode of ''Series/MurderSheWrote''.
** As the shadowy Marita Covarrubias in several episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* '''Music/BillieHoliday''' made two uncredited appearances in films before she became famous: as an extra in a nightclub scene in ''Theatre/TheEmperorJones'', and as a vocalist in one segment of the Music/DukeEllington musical short ''Symphony in Black''.
* '''Creator/JoshHolloway''', like co-star Terry O'Quinn, had a fair number of credits before ''Series/{{Lost}}'', such as episodes of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and ''Series/{{Angel}}''. He's also in the video for Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Cryin'" as the guy who breaks Alicia Silverstone's heart.
* A year before his band, Music/BlindMelon, had a major label album and a hit with "No Rain", '''Shannon Hoon''' could be seen in Music/GunsNRoses' "Don't Cry" video, harmonizing with Axl Rose in the performance segments. Hoon sang backup on that song and four others on ''Use Your Illusion I'' [[note]] the other four being "November Rain", "Live And Let Die", "The Garden", and "You Ain't The First"[[/note]], plus the alternate version of "Don't Cry" on ''Use Your Illusion II''.
* '''Creator/DennisHopper''' made his film debut in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' as one of the gang members (Goon). He appeared opposite Creator/JamesDean again in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' in a much bigger role as the grown-up Jordy.
** He's also one of the prisoners in ''Film/CoolHandLuke''.
** He also appeared opposite Creator/JohnWayne in ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' and ''Film/TrueGrit''.
** He also played The Prophet in ''Film/HangEmHigh''.
** He made guest appearances in ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E106HesAlive He's Alive]]".
** Another of Hopper's notorious TV appearances was in the ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' episode "Bobbi Jo and the Beatnik". He probably would have wanted his fans to forget this one, but its inclusion on numerous Public Domain DVD's of that series insure that it will live on in infamy.
* '''Creator/SammoHung''' played Creator/BruceLee's opponent in the opening scene of ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
* '''Charlie Hunman''' appears in ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' as a British exchange student with a major in theater.
* '''Music/IceT''' appeared in ''Film/{{Breakin}}'' and ''Film/Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo'' as himself, several years before he released his first studio album or launched a serious acting career.
* '''Creator/GabrielIglesias''' was on ''Series/AllThat'' for a season several years before Creator/ComedyCentral specials and ''Series/LastComicStanding'' made him widely famous.
* '''Creator/JeremyIrons''' appeared on ''Play Away'', a BBC children's show, in the 1970s. It often crops up in "before they were famous" clip-shows in the UK.
* Before becoming an [[Film/{{Audition}} unfortunate widow]], a [[Film/TheGrudge hard-boiled detective]], and a [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney defense attorney]], '''Ryo Ishibashi''' worked for a [[{{Yakuza}} no-nonsense Japanese organization]] in ''American Yakuza''.
* '''Creator/SamuelLJackson''' holds up a BurgerFool in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and has his ass handed to him by Creator/EddieMurphy, of all people.
** He also appears very briefly in ''Film/MeanStreets'', where he's slapped around by Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/HarveyKeitel. He isn't even credited for this on IMDB.
** He also plays a lawyer on a Season 1 episode of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''... defending ''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman'', no less.
** He also has a bit part as a townie in ''Film/SchoolDaze'' getting into a heated argument with the film's star, Creator/LaurenceFishburne.
** He also played Stacks Edwards in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.
** He also played the Blind Dream Man in ''Film/TheExorcistIII''.
* '''Stephanie Jacobsen''' had a tiny role in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/{{FarscapeS03E11Incubator}} Incubator]]" as one of Scorpius's nurses/"assistants", years before her prominent genre roles as Kendra in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and Jesse in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''.
* It's a little creepy to watch '''Creator/FamkeJanssen''' pursue a romantic relationship with [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]] 8 years before hanging out with [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor X at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning]].
* Before his ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode and ''Film/GetOut2017'' made him famous, '''Creator/DanielKaluuya''' played Posh Kenneth on ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (a show he also wrote for). He also appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' special "Planet of the Dead," as well as in a few ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketches.
* '''Ken Jenkins''' as Paul Stubbs, the bad-tempered astrophysicist from the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Evolution", is instantly recognizable as a younger Dr. Kelso from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.
* After the success of '''Music/CarlyRaeJepsen''''s "Call Me Maybe", some radio stations chose to ride on her newfound fame by playing "Tug of War". Cue people's jaws dropping when they recognize the song from a few years ago and realize, "Holy shit, that was Carly Rae Jepsen!?".
* '''Creator/ScarlettJohansson''', usually playing someone's sister, appeared in many 90s films, including ''Film/{{North}}'' and ''Film/HomeAlone 3''.
* Turns out '''Creator/CherryJones''' (aka [[Series/TwentyFour President Allison Taylor]]) played politician Barbara Layton in an episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'' in 2004. Probably averted for Broadway theater-goers, as by the time she had already been a huge name on it for years, had won one Tony award and was on the cusp of another for her role as Sister Aloysius in ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}''.
* More than a decade before he would become the infamous voice of Darth Vader, '''Creator/JamesEarlJones''' was the bombardier in ''Film/DrStrangelove''. He wasn't even a notable in theater at the time.
* As a child actor, '''Creator/MichaelBJordan''' was one of the kids in the Creator/KeanuReeves flick ''Hardball'', and also showed up in ''Series/TheWire'', ''Series/AllMyChildren'', and a single episode of ''Series/TheSopranos''. Prior to acting, he also modeled in ads for Toys "R" Us and Modell's Sporting Goods.
* '''Creator/AngelinaJolie''''s first major role was in ''Film/{{Cyborg|1989}} 2'', a movie that mostly likely would've ended up forgotten had it not been for this trope.
* '''Creator/MillaJovovich''' was Series/{{Parker Lewis|CantLose}}' female target in the series pilot.
** And a French foreign exchange student in an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.
* As Creator/WilWheaton regularly reminds us, he got some lip action with a pre-famous '''Creator/AshleyJudd''' in the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' episode "[[Recap/{{StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame}} The Game]]".
* '''Gordon Jump''', later of ''Series/{{Soap}}'' and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', appeared on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' seven times, usually in minor roles.
* '''Tim Kang''' acted in a ''ton'' of commercials (for Cingular, Home Depot and Dairy Queen) before landing the role of Agent Cho on ''Series/TheMentalist''. He also had a small role on ''Series/TheSopranos'', seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXONOtUAKME here]].
* Long before he played King T'Chaka in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', '''John Kani''' played Willie alongside Creator/MatthewBroderick and Zakes Mokai in the 1985 [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-Showtime]] presentation of Athol Fugard's ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys''.
* '''Erin Karpluk''' of ''Series/BeingErica'' was a young mother in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Salvation".
* '''Creator/StanaKatic''' of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' once had a bit part as a flight attendant on ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
** As a comatose car accident victim on ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** And as Officer Morgenstern (she of the {{BFG}}) in ''Film/TheSpirit''.
** She's the Canadian operative [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] prevents from falling into the HoneyTrap at the end of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
** And a three-episode appearance in Season 5 of ''Series/TwentyFour''.
* It's a bit of a shock to watch old episodes of ''Desmonds'' and realize that the TokenWhite loser wideboy is '''Dominic Keating''' from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.
* Before her StarMakingRole in ''Film/TheGodfather'', '''Creator/DianeKeaton''' appeared in episodes of ''Series/NightGallery'', ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'', ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' and ''Series/TheFBI''.
* A young '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' worked as a stagehand on ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', and even played bit parts in a few episode during TheSeventies.
* '''Creator/DeForestKelley''' was in a black-and-white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' episode.
** And ''Gunfight at the OK Corral'', which was [[ActorAllusion alluded]] to in the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E6SpectreOfTheGun}} Spectre of the Gun]]" in an illusion.
** He also had an uncredited part as an army medic in ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' in which he actually utters the line "This man is dead, captain." '''In 1955'''!
* '''Anna Kendrick''' had a cameo as an audience member in the 1998 Tony Awards prior to acting.
* Before he was ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', '''Creator/TomKenny''' was a comedian. Because of this, he got to appear in a show where comedians' sketches were animated as conversations with a therapist: ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist''.
* The 1956 novel ''Literature/TheLastHurrah'', which was very loosely based on real events in early 1950s Massachusetts politics, features a character named '''Kevin [=McCluskey=]''', who is a telegenic but politically inexperienced candidate with a fancy education, a pretty wife, smiling kids, a respectable [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war record]] from his days in the Navy, and [[BrainlessBeauty more good looks than brains]]. Reading the book anytime after 1960, the character [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy seems strangely familiar]]...
* A few years before having hits of her own, '''Music/{{Kesha}}''' appeared in Music/KatyPerry's "I Kissed A Girl" video. A prominent pre-fame musical appearance was doing backing vocals for Music/FloRida's "Right Round"--she was uncredited at her own request, and someone else lip-synched her part for the video.
* '''Creator/KeeganMichaelKey''' showed up in a few episodes of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' as a recurring criminal who would constantly "hypothetically" describe crimes he'd committed to the police. He and his costar '''Creator/JordanPeele''' also showed up in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's music video for "White & Nerdy".
* A teenage '''Creator/NicoleKidman''' [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MmxVX0nyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and her hair]] starred in ''Film/BMXBandits''. That's "Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman" on the back of the DVD.
* Before her StarMakingRole as Mantis in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', '''Creator/PomKlementieff''' appeared as Creator/SharltoCopley's {{Bodyguard Babe|s}} in the American remake of ''Film/{{Oldboy|2013}}''.
* '''Creator/BenKingsley''' showed up on the BBC's ''Playing Shakespeare'' in the late 1970s.
* '''Terry Kiser''' played a crime lord in the ''Series/FutureCop'' episode "Cops and Robin." He also played a blackmailer on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries''.
** He also played a mentally challenged murder suspect in the ''Series/BarnabyJones'' episode "The Eyes of Terror" and a bumbling hit man who tries to take out Steve McGarrett in the ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' episode "Blood Money Is Hard to Wash".
* 9-year old '''Creator/KeiraKnightley''' played a pre-teen runaway on an episode of ''Series/TheBill'' (as seen in this [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/25/article-1080662-02313C78000005DC-346_468x339.jpg screencap]]).
** Not to mention her appearance in the 1999 ''Literature/OliverTwist'' miniseries as Rose Fleming, where she looks about 3 years older than her actual age of 14.
** And her appearance as the slutty friend in ''Film/TheHole'', [[BestKnownForTheFanservice made memorable by the fact that she takes her top off]].
** She was the double for Amidala in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (she was cast [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting because of her close resemblance to]] Creator/NataliePortman).
* Before portraying Dia Kurosawa in ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', '''Arisa Komiya''' played Yoko Usami in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters''.
* '''Martin Kove''', best known as Kreese from ''Film/TheKarateKid'', guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as an extortionist. He also played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Birds of a Feather."
* '''Jane Krakowski''', aged 16, appears in the opening moments of ''Film/FatalAttraction'' as the Gallaghers' babysitter.
** And as Cousin Vicki in ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''.
** She also did some commercials as a child, one of which was played as part of Jenna's memorial video in an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
* Before he was the main character in ''Series/NUMB3RS'', '''David Krumholtz''' was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on Creator/ChristinaRicci's Wednesday Addams in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''.
** Not to mention Mr. Universe from ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
** And Bernard the elf in ''Film/TheSantaClause''.
** And the victim of a pedophile in an early ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' episode.
** And Michael in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
** And the guy who stabbed Lucy and Carter on ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** Neil Schweiber's older brother on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''.
* '''Creator/MilaKunis''' played the younger version of ''Film/{{Gia}}'', whose older edition was played by Creator/AngelinaJolie.
** She was also, [[OldShame to her regret]], one of the orphans in '' Film/SantaWithMuscles''.
** And she was in ''Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves''.
** She also appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''.
* Before voicing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Suki]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', '''Jennie Kwan''' was in a GirlGroup called Nobody's Angel and before that, she appeared in the NBC teen drama ''Series/CaliforniaDreams''.
* '''Sarah Lancaster''', Series/{{Chuck}}'s sister, looked very familiar to some fans. Turns out she was [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Gift Shop Girl]].
** And the very mature and sexy Ephram's girlfriend in ''Series/{{Everwood}}''.
** And Rachel Meyers in ''Series/SavedByTheBell: The New Class''.
* Way before starring in ''Literature/{{Room}}'' or playing [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]] in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], a young '''Creator/BrieLarson''' appeared in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' as indie rocker Envy Adams. Prior to that, she was also one of the bullies in ''Film/{{Sleepover}}''. On the smaller screen, Larson was the teenage daughter in ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'', and had a recurring role as Rachel (a Greendale student who also dated Abed) on ''Series/{{Community}}'' in seasons 4 and 5.
** Way before any of these roles, she was a singer, with one of the songs she performed, "Hope Has Wings", being used as the theme song of ''[[Toys/{{Barbie}} Barbie and the Magic Of Pegasus]]''. She also appeared in an episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' and the Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Right On Track''.
** She was also one of "The Six Chicks" in ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'', which starred her future MCU costar Creator/MarkRuffalo, who was surprised when he realized this many years later.
* Before ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'', '''Dieter Laser''' played [[OmnicidalManiac Mantrid]] in ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', serving as the BigBad for Season 2.
* Before '''Creator/TaylorLautner''' was in ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', he was a junior world champion karate master, having gotten his black belt by age eight. He competed in an ISKA event at age 11 that was taped by ''Creator/{{ESPN}}'', which a few years later (but still before ''Twilight'') was riffed on ''Series/CheapSeats''.
** He was also Sharkboy in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.
** Remember Youngblood from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''? Bingo.
** Going further back, he was on an episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'', playing a bully to Franklin.
* '''Creator/HughLaurie''' appeared on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' [[http://11even.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/rachel-friends-dr-house.jpg flying with Rachel to England]]. There is also a twofer in the live action ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'': Laurie is [[ThoseTwoBadGuys one of Cruella's henchmen]] alongside Mark "[[Film/HarryPotter Arthur Weasley]]" Williams. While Laurie had been famous in the UK for many years, he wasn't very recognizable to American audiences until the success of ''Series/HouseMD''.
* A very young '''Creator/JudeLaw''' appeared in one episode of Granada TV's ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' which is HilariousInHindsight when he was cast as Dr. Watson in [[Film/SherlockHolmes the 2009 film]].
* '''Carol Lawrence''', before ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', was in the revue ''New Faces of 1952'', and its filmed version, ''New Faces''.
* '''Creator/JenniferLawrence''' starred on ''The Creator/BillEngvall Show'' for 3 years before she was cast in ''Film/WintersBone''.
** She also appeared in one episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' as the teenage version of a girl whose mother's body was found in a car that is sunk in the lake.
** She had a blink-and-you'd-miss-it role on ''Series/{{Monk}}'' as a mascot, in which she has no lines and only takes off her head for a moment.
** She also had a bit role on ''Series/{{Medium}}'' as a ghost of the week.
* '''Adam Lazare-White''', voicing Jacob from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', should sound familiar to older gamers that have memories of video gaming later in TheNineties. He played 1LT Terrence "Zero" O'Hearn in ''VideoGame/WingCommander Prophecy'' and provided the character's voice in the sequel, ''Wing Commander Secret Ops''.
* '''Creator/MattLeblanc''' of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' fame had his first big break on the short-lived Fox sitcom ''Top of the Heap'', a SpinOff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', along with Joey Lauren Adams.
** He also played the same character in a few episodes of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' and in another show called ''Vinnie & Bobby''.
** In the end of the music video for Music/TomPetty's "Into the Great Wide Open", he appears as [[HereWeGoAgain a rock musician getting the same tattoo]] that Eddie (Creator/JohnnyDepp) [[BookEnds got at the video's beginning]].
** One of his first gigs was in a Heinz ketchup commercial where he placed a bottle of the ketchup at the top of a tall building, ran downstairs with a hot dog, and just in time, caught the ketchup onto the hot dog. The ad ends with him giving an admiring girl nearby a very Joey-like wink.
* '''Creator/HeathLedger''' as Patrick in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
** Though this was more of a StarMakingRole, as he parlayed this into more serious fare.
* Before playing several roles in Marvel and DC superhero movies, '''Creator/ZacharyLevi''' played Dave's nephew Toby in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]''. This resulted in a [[MemeticMutation meme]] spawning during the release of ''[[Film/Shazam2019 Shazam]]'' where people would post images of his role as Toby with the text "Is this the Shazam movie you're talking about?" on Twitter. And of course, he played the title character in the cult classic TV show ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.
** And before all of that, he co-starred in the sitcom ''Series/LessThanPerfect''.
* Pictured above, '''Creator/BruceLee''' playing Kato in the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/Batman1966'' series for three episodes. This was before his first film by three years.
** Technically, that was a crossover. ''Series/TheGreenHornet'' series ran alongside ''Batman'' for one season, with Kato being the only redeeming quality of the show.
* '''Creator/JohnLeguizamo''' was one of the terrorists in ''Film/DieHard2''.
** He also popped up in ''Series/MiamiVice''.
* '''Creator/KenLeung''' was [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/photoshop/5/3/8/1538_slide.jpg?v=2 a mutant]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', and kidnapped the girl from ''Film/RushHour''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKhfEWchf8 Dong!]] (rhymes with flong).
** He also plays a detective [[spoiler:that gets his head blown off by a shotgun trap]] in ''Film/SawI'', which coincidentally starred his ''Series/{{Lost}}'' costar Creator/MichaelEmerson as Zep.
* '''Creator/JosephGordonLevitt''' was the kid from the 1994 ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' film.
** Before that, he played David/Daniel Collins on the short-lived 1991 primetime revival of ''Series/DarkShadows''.
* You know '''Creator/AndreaLibman''', who we all recognize as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie]]? Wanna know her first role? She played a little girl possessed by a demon in ''Series/TheXFiles''. How's ''that'' for PlayingAgainstType?
** And before she was on ''My Little Pony'', she was the voice of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' and played Emmy in ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales''.
* Even '''Creator/EvangelineLilly''' can invoke this, despite having next to no acting experience with dialogue prior to starring in ''Series/{{Lost}}''. She worked in Vancouver for a while as a part-time model and would occasionally appear as a mute extra in TV series filmed there, notably ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', where she managed to be in 5 episodes. So if you go on a ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' binge, expect several moments of, "Hey! Did ''Kate Austin'' just walk past the screen?!"
** She even did a stint being the pitchwoman for phone dating service Quest Personals--meaning, for a time viewers might be lead to believe that if they called Quest for a date they'd get Lilly.
* '''Chad Lindberg''', aka Ash the computer genius from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', started his computer training early: he shows up in the first-season ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' episode "I Robot, You Jane".
* Before starring on several Creator/DisneyChannel shows, '''Creator/PeytonRList''' was in episodes of ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. She also played a piglet on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''.
* Before being cast in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' and the ''Comicbook/ShangChi'' movie, '''Creator/SimuLiu''' was an extra in ''Film/PacificRim''. He also had some minor roles on TV shows shot in Canada, such as bit parts in episodes of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. He was also [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]]'s stunt double for the "Centuries" music video. And, like John Boyega, he also did some modeling for stock photos.
* '''Creator/DonalLogue''' was Deacon Frost's unlucky [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Film/{{Blade}}''. Before that, he was the scientist behind the BlackBox in ''Film/{{Sneakers}}''.
* '''Sam Lloyd''' took away [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Drew]]'s Batmobile and was the Neighborhood Association President in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' before becoming [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]].
* Two years before his breakout role in ''Film/AntwoneFisher'', '''Derek Luke''' had small parts in two separate episodes of ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''.
* '''Carl Lumbly''' played a South African Embassy staff in ''Series/TheXFiles'' before starring in ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
** Before that, he played Michael Kuzak's client Earl Williams, whose murder trial provided a 4th-season StoryArc on ''Series/LALaw''. He also played a prospective renter and detective in the suspense film ''Film/PacificHeights''.
* '''Creator/JoannaLumley''' is one of Blofeld's Angels of Death in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Her voice is recognisable.
* '''Creator/JaneLynch''' has had a whole bunch of small or supporting--yet almost always scene-stealing--parts in various movies and TV shows before becoming beloved the world over as Sue Sylvester in ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
** She was Dr. Wahler in ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** She was an FBI agent that got killed and MuggedForDisguise in ''Film/CollateralDamage''.
** She was Spencer Reid's mentally-ill mother on ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
** She was the store manager in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''.
** She was Julia Child's sister in ''Film/JulieAndJulia''.
** She was a reporter in CJ's press room in ''Series/TheWestWing''.
** She was one of the dog coaches in ''Film/BestInShow''.
** She was selling the house next to [[Series/{{Friends}} Monica and Chandler]]'s to Janice.
** She was the woman who tries to set George Sr. up when he's in prison in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
** She was a realtor in ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''.
* When she was a child, future ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star '''Creator/NatashaLyonne''' appeared as part of the Playhouse Gang in the first season of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
* Fans of ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' can find '''Victor Garber''' in the oddest places -- including a few episodes of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', on the deck of ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', as a well-wisher in ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'', Chairman of the [[SeriousBusiness Wool Council]] on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' and in one episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' as the eponymous character's very English butler. He even played Liberace and Creator/ErnestHemingway in '80s biopics. Oh, and he was ''Christ'' in ''Film/{{Godspell}}''.
* '''Creator/AndrewGarfield''' appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' double episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan Daleks in Manhattan]]" / "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks Evolution of the Daleks]]" three years before starring in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork''.
* Renowned [[UsefulNotes/ScreamQueens scream queen]] and ''Series/{{Decoy}}'' star '''Creator/BeverlyGarland''' made an early appearance in ''Film/TheNeanderthalMan'' as a waitress who is raped by the titular monster.
* '''Creator/JenniferGarner''' once played a nurse in the 2001 turkey ''Film/PearlHarbor''. Which starred Creator/BenAffleck. See, they knew each other before ''Film/{{Daredevil}}''!
** She was in one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and also one of the heroes' girlfriends in ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar''
* '''Creator/BradGarrett''' didn't get his big break until he was cast as Robert in ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', but prior to that, he'd done a fair amount of voiceover work in the 80s and early 90s. Some of his early roles included Hulk Hogan in ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', Trypticon in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', Big Dog in ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' and Hydro-Man in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour''.
** The ball started rolling for Garrett after he became one of the comedy competition champions on ''Series/StarSearch''.
* '''Anthony Geary''' played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "The Trap," less than ten months before making his first appearance as [[Series/GeneralHospital Luke Spencer]].
** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'', in which he has a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Laurie.
** He appeared a few times on ''Series/BarnabyJones'', most notably in the episode "Death Beat", as ''Creator/RobertReed'''s accomplice in creating fake news events. One of their fake news stories, where Geary's character is standing on a bridge ready to jump into the ocean, results in the AccidentalMurder of a priest who saw the story on the news and tried to intervene, but was killed when he and Geary lost their footing and fell into the water below.
* '''Creator/SarahMichelleGellar''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ss7_5PSnyA ate]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEUDwE1RW7I at]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbtJIiBx3Ls Burger King]] before she donned the Doublemeat Palace uniform.
** [[DyeHard Before she was blonde]], Gellar received her breakout part at age 15 when she originated the role of Kendall Hart, the [[LongLostRelative long-lost daughter]] of Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) on ''Series/AllMyChildren'', whom the teenage Erica had placed for adoption with the Harts before the start of the series. The naturally brunette Gellar was cast due to her physical likeness to Lucci and ability to act like a young Erica since Kendall [[LikeMotherLikeDaughter shares quite a few similarities, both physically and in personality]], with her mother Erica.
* Recognize [[http://photos.posh24.com/p/1554306/z/top_lists/lady_gaga_the_sopranos_2001_se.jpg the blonde girl]] watching A.J. Soprano vandalize a swimming pool in ''Series/TheSopranos'' episode "The Telltale Moozadell"? No? Give up? It's a fifteen-year-old '''Stefani Germanotta''', who would become slightly better known as Music/LadyGaga about seven years after that episode was aired.
* '''Creator/GinaGershon''' was an uncredited dancer in the early Creator/SarahJessicaParker movie ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun'', and has a small part as Benny's friend [[EmbarrassingFirstName Trombley]] in ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
* '''Creator/PaulGiamatti''' had a minor role in the FMV video game ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}'' back when he was still unknown. Ironically, said game had an AllStarCast of people still fairly well-known today, meaning he ended up enhancing it over time.
* '''Kathie Lee Gifford''''s first major role was a singer on ''Series/NameThatTune''.
* '''Creator/KarenGillan''' played a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii Pompeiian soothsayer]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' a few years before returning as companion Amy Pond. Amusingly, Peter Capaldi also appeared in this episode and later become the Doctor himself.
* '''Aiden Gillen''' first became notable in the UK for playing Stuart in ''Series/QueerAsFolk''. Beyond this, his memorable roles were limited to those such as the villain Lord Rathbone in ''Film/ShanghaiKnights''. Following this, Gillen received his international television breakthrough in ''Series/TheWire'', wherein he played Tommy Carcetti and later, Gillen went on to play Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
* '''Creator/ElizabethGillies''' was Young Jenny (Adult was Creator/OliviaWilde ) in Series/TheBlackDonnellys. [[https://www.facebook.com/ElizabethGilliesOfficial/photos/pb.160059308492.-2207520000.1435214737./10152912487478493/?type=3&theater]]
* Gamers nowadays would know ''Jean Gilpin'' from her role as Elenwen in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', as well as subsequent roles in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'', or as Knight-Commander Meredith in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. However, over thirty years before ''Skyrim'' came out, British audiences recognised from the ''Series/DadsArmy'' episode "The Making of Private Pike", where she plays Pike's abusive GirlOfTheWeek.
* Peri Gilpin is best known as Doctor Series/{{Frasier}} Crane's radio producer and is a core character in that series; scroll back to parent series ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and take a close look at the non-speaking extras who crop up in the bar. Peri isn't the only face there who ends up getting an occassional part on ''Frasier''. Later in the series run she gets two speaking parts; first as part of an enthusiastic audience at a TV psychology show who are asked if they are prepared rto sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman.
* Darla's victim in the opening scene of the ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' pilot was played by '''Carmine Giovinazzo''' of ''Series/{{CSINY}}''. Carmine also guest starred in the season 2 episode "Revenge is Best Served Cold" of the regular ''Series/{{CSI}}'', two years before his casting in the spinoff. But WordOfGod says they weren't connected.
** He was also one of two murder victims in the very last episode of ''Series/Columbo'', in the episode "Columbo Likes the Nightlife".
* The fantastic '''Creator/SummerGlau''', before becoming [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]] and Cameron from ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', also featured:
** On an episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' as a ballerina.
** On an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as the crying best friend of a victim.
** On an episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' as the VictimOfTheWeek.
* Before '''Paul Michael Glaser''' starred on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', he played the young communist Perchik in the movie version of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.
* Before playing [[TheCaligula Joffrey Baratheon]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', '''Creator/JackGleeson''' had a small role in ''Film/BatmanBegins''. It wasn't the first time he'd been onscreen with Creator/ChristianBale though -- he ''also'' had an uncredited part in ''Film/ReignOfFire''.
* Before becoming a household name, '''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Philip Glenister]]''' showed up in ''Calendar Girls''.
** He also played a major role one of the final ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' episodes, "Sharpe's Justice".
* '''[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Sharon Gless]]''' was in ''Series/Switch1975'' as the receptionist Maggie Philbin.
* '''Creator/DannyGlover''' made his film debut in ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' as an inmate who hands Creator/ClintEastwood a book.
* '''Creator/DonaldGlover''' had several minor cameos in ''Series/ThirtyRock'' before ''Series/{{Community}}'' made him a recognizable star. He was actually a writer and story editor for the series as well, before he left to focus on his acting and rapping.
* '''Creator/JeffGoldblum''' is one of the evil thugs in ''Film/DeathWish''.
** He guest stars in the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Murder on Stage 17" as a director.
** Goldblum can also be briefly seen in ''Film/AnnieHall''. His only line: "I forgot my mantra!"
** Goldblum also rode around on a motorcycle for most of Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/{{Nashville}}''.
* '''Music/SelenaGomez''' had roles in ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' and ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'', as well as playing Series/HannahMontana's arch-rival Mikayla, prior to playing Alex Russo on ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''.
** She and her childhood friend, fellow future Creator/DisneyChannel star '''Music/DemiLovato''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keOVH_ivTg appeared together]] on ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' as young children. According to one teen magazine, they met as early as the audition process -- they were standing next to each other in a lineup of similarly-aged kids.
* It can be a severely weird experience to first see '''Matthew Goode''' as Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' and then later find him all over the place in quieter fare like ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' and ''Film/ASingleMan'', or as the male lead in romantic comedies like ''Chasing Liberty''. (The fact that his ''Watchmen'' role had him being stern, middle-aged and German-American in a very convincing blond wig when he and most of his other characters are affable dark-haired young Brits can make this even weirder.)
* It may seem somewhat surreal to discover that, prior to his turns in films like ''Film/TheNotebook'' and ''Film/{{Drive}}'', '''Creator/RyanGosling''' starred in several cheesy teenage shows. These included the title role in ''Young Hercules'' and as the goofball slacker in ''Breaker High''. He also appeared in episodes of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' while he was still living in Canada.
* '''Creator/BettyGrable''' appeared in ''Film/TheGayDivorcee'' as Edward Everett Horton's unnamed dancing partner, and was a chorus girl in ''Film/FollowTheFleet'' and several other earlier movie musicals.
* '''Aubrey Drake Graham''' was Jimmy Brooks on seasons 1-7 (2001-2008) of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. He now is known as the rapper/singer Music/{{Drake}}.
* Prior to ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', '''Lauren Graham''' was a [[GirlOfTheWeek one-off love interest]] on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** She also had short-lived recurring roles on ''Series/NewsRadio'' and ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'', and was also Benjamin Bratt's love interest in the two part ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' where they go to Los Angeles.
* '''Creator/SethGreen''' in ''Literature/{{It}}'' deserves a mention. (Though watching ''It'' as an adult after having seen it as a child results in a massive ''bombardment'' of Retroactive Recognition.)
** As well as in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' alongside future co-star Creator/AlysonHannigan.
** He also voiced Wizard in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and JerkJock Nelson in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''.
** And appeared in an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Film/EnemyOfTheState''.
** And a major role in the ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "Monsters in My Room".
** And a minor role in an episode of the ''Series/WeirdScience'' TV show as a hacker whose bogus program almost fries Lisa.
** And a major role in ''Film/{{Airborne}}''.
** And as Creator/WoodyAllen's childhood self in ''Film/RadioDays''.
* '''Creator/ClarkGregg''' became famous playing Agent Phil Coulson in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, which makes it very weird to see Gregg in old episodes of ''Series/TheWestWing''. In ''The West Wing'' Gregg plays FBI Special Agent Casper, whose deferential but sarcastic demeanor makes the two characters seem almost identical.
** A completely different direction, though, is two episodes as a serial old-lady rapist on ''Series/TheShield''.
** Gregg also appeared as Creator/MikeTyson's trainer, Kevin, in the 1995 HBO docudrama ''Series/{{Tyson}}''.
** He was also a doctor in ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', though it's the voice that tips it off more than the face.
* '''Creator/KathyGriffin''' in ''Film/PulpFiction''. There's also Creator/PhilLaMarr, who played a minor character [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace known for getting shot in the face]].
* '''[[Series/{{Heroes}} Greg Grunberg]]''' was in ''Film/HollowMan'' as a fairly major minor character. And in ''Series/{{Lost}}'' he was the Pilot in the {{pilot}}.
** He also had a recurring role in ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** And a minute of screentime in ''Film/BASEketball'' as a rival player in the basketball league.
** He also had a bit part in an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' as a nightclub host.
* '''Creator/ChristopherGuest''' made an early appearance in ''Film/DeathWish'' as a police officer.
* '''Creator/DanaiGurira''' briefly shows up in ''Film/MySoulToTake'' as a paramedic who gets killed near the beginning of the movie.
* A very young '''Creator/JakeGyllenhaal''' appeared as the son of a VictimOfTheWeek in a ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' episode (2x01) directed by his father.
** He also played Billy Crystal's son in the ''Film/CitySlickers'' movies.
* '''Olivia Hack''' played Cindy Brady in ''Film/TheBradyBunchMovie'' and its sequel before she became famous for voicing characters such as [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Rhonda Wellington Lloyd]] and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]].
* Journeyman supporting actor/''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' standout '''Bill Hader''' was a field agent on ''Series/{{Punkd}}''. Avid viewers of the credits of action films (all two of you) may also spot his name as a production assistant on a host of early-2000s films like ''Collateral Damage'' and ''Film/TheScorpionKing''.
** He was also the pizza guy at the end of the 1998 music video of [[Music/JanetJackson Janet Jackson's]] "We Go Deep".
* Oscar nominee '''Creator/JackieEarleHaley''' was the voice of young Jamie Boyle in the 1972 syndicated cartoon ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome''.
** He also appeared as one of the main baseball players in ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'', plus was one of the four main characters in ''Film/BreakingAway''.
** Also played Dave in the '83 teen comedy ''Losin' It'', alongside Creator/TomCruise.
* Before she was a huge JPop star, a young '''Creator/AyumiHamasaki''' voiced Yuri in the ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' TV special, and also portrayed the character in several live-action commercials for ''Art of Fighting 2''. In a strange aversion of the BillingDisplacement trope, when the movie was released on DVD after Hamasaki became famous, her lines were all dubbed over by another actress, likely to avoid paying her royalties.
* Years before he even played [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], '''Creator/MarkHamill''' was doing voice work for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies''. Before his voice-acting career really took off he also had a very brief part in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' as Laurie's boyfriend.
* Long before he became a household name, '''Creator/TomHanks''' appeared in the 1980 slasher flick ''Film/HeKnowsYoureAlone''.
** People familiar with Hanks as blockbuster movie actor would probably have this reaction to his role in ''Series/BosomBuddies''.
** He also guest starred as a drugged out college friend of Jim Ignatowski on ''Series/{{Taxi}}''
** Also, he tried to beat up Fonzie in an episode of ''Series/HappyDays'', and played Robbie in ''Film/MazesAndMonsters''.
** He was also Elyse's alcoholic brother in a VerySpecialEpisode of ''Series/FamilyTies''.
* '''Creator/AlysonHannigan''' as Creator/DanAykroyd's daughter in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien''.
* Adding to the list of well known actors who had small roles in the series, '''Creator/TomHardy''' made his screen debut as Pvt. John Janovec in the last two episodes of ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' [[spoiler:and gets killed off just like [=McAvoy=]]].
** One of his earliest big screen roles was that of TheBigBad in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''
* ''Series/StrangerThings'' star '''Creator/DavidHarbour''' had a small role in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' as a closeted man who tried to seduce Creator/JakeGyllenhaal's character.
* '''Creator/MarkHarmon''' guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as a football player.
** He also filled in as Kent McCord's partner in a last-season episode of ''Series/Adam12''.
** He was one of the stars in the ''Series/Emergency'' episode "905-Wild", a PoorlyDisguisedPilot about animal control officers.
** In a clip that can be seen on YouTube, Harmon suffers DeathByFallingDown at the hands of Philip Abbott in the series Delvecchio.
* '''Valerie Harper''', many years before her iconic role of [[Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow Rhoda Morgenstern]], was in the musical ''Theatre/LilAbner'' (and its filmed version) as one of the Dogpatch wives.
* To those who only know him as Dr. Horrible or [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]], '''Creator/NeilPatrickHarris''' in his star-making role on ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' may come across this way. He also voiced Peter Parker in the short-lived Creator/{{MTV}} ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries Spider-Man]]'' cartoon.
* '''Creator/RichardHarris''' had a brief cameo in ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' as a member of the Australian Air Force.
* '''Creator/TeriHatcher''' was a "Mermaid" (showgirl) in the final season of ''Series/TheLoveBoat''.
** [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Ray Tango]]'s [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger sister]] in ''Film/TangoAndCash'', a spunky sidekick on reruns of ''Series/MacGyver'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and a GirlOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** And she was Sam's ex in ''Series/QuantumLeap'', though he changed history and got her in the end.
* '''[[Series/AshesToAshes2008 Keeley Hawes]]''' shows up in the two-part finale of ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' and the voice of a certain [[VideoGame/TombRaider female archaeologist...]]
** Of course, before then she was best known for being a regular on ''Series/{{Spooks}}''. Funnily enough, in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', she plays the sister of Creator/RichardArmitage, who would also go on to be in ''Spooks''.
* '''Creator/BradHawkins''' mainly works as a voice actor for Funimation these days, but in the 90's, he had the starring role as Ryan Steele in ''Series/VRTroopers''.
* '''Creator/NigelHawthorne''' made his television debut in the third series premier of ''Series/DadsArmy'' as an old man on a bench.
* '''Creator/LenaHeadey''' played a mousy new teacher in the 2007 film ''Film/StTrinians'', and Lizzie in ''Film/TheRemainsOfTheDay''. She keeps her [[FakeAmerican actual accent]] in both, though. And you might also recognize her as Queen Gorgo in ''Film/ThreeHundred'' and Queen Cersei in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
** Long before any of that, though, she played Queen Guenevere in the Creator/SamNeill miniseries ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}''.
** Also played as Sarah Connor in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' which became HilariousInHindsight that her ''Series/GameOfThrones'' co-star, Creator/EmiliaClarke, became the new Sarah Connor for ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''.
** She also appeared in an episode of the 1997 anthology ''The Hunger'' together with Creator/DanielCraig before either had shot to superstardom, and their characters get into a torrid love affair. Yes, Cersei Lannister and James Bond.
* In the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run", '''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Anthony Stewart Head]]''' (credited as Anthony Head) plays an ambassador and friend of Duncan [=MacLeod=]. This is the same episode that features Marion Cotillard in her first-ever acting role.
** He also did a number of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpOBFELO0Qc coffee commercials]]
* In ''Film/UnderSiege2DarkTerritory'', the 17-year-old '''Creator/KatherineHeigl''' played the niece of Casey Ryback. Of course, this was before her role in ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
* '''Simon Helberg''' was in ''Old School'' long before ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
** He also had a role in ''Series/{{Joey}}'' that was very similar to Howard, but [[DawsonCasting younger]].
* '''Creator/ChrisHemsworth''': It turns out [[Creator/MarvelComics Thor]] sired a son, and that son was [[Film/StarTrek2009 Captain James T. Kirk]].
* '''Creator/LanceHenriksen''' had small parts in great movies -- an FBI agent in ''Film/DogDayAfternoon'', a lawyer in ''Film/{{Network}}'' and a construction worker in ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
* '''Creator/AudreyHepburn''' makes a brief appearance in the opening scene of ''Film/TheLavenderHillMob'' as Creator/AlecGuinness's paramour. The same year she instantly became a smash success with ''Film/RomanHoliday''.
* There is much mockery to be made of [[OldShame future Oscar winner]] '''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman''''s supporting role in ''Film/{{Twister}}''.
** He also played one of the teenage boys in ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'' and was in an early episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''.
** He was also Scotty, the closeted boom operator who had a crush on Dirk Diggler in ''Film/BoogieNights''.
* '''Laurie Holden''' is well-known these days for her roles in ''Series/TheShield'' and ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', but she had a number of guest appearances (including many Canadian series) long before then:
** She played a young girl in an episode of ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Universe''.
** A guest spot on an episode of ''Series/MurderSheWrote''.
** As the shadowy Marita Covarrubias in several episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* '''Music/BillieHoliday''' made two uncredited appearances in films before she became famous: as an extra in a nightclub scene in ''Theatre/TheEmperorJones'', and as a vocalist in one segment of the Music/DukeEllington musical short ''Symphony in Black''.
* '''Creator/JoshHolloway''', like co-star Terry O'Quinn, had a fair number of credits before ''Series/{{Lost}}'', such as episodes of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and ''Series/{{Angel}}''. He's also in the video for Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Cryin'" as the guy who breaks Alicia Silverstone's heart.
* A year before his band, Music/BlindMelon, had a major label album and a hit with "No Rain", '''Shannon Hoon''' could be seen in Music/GunsNRoses' "Don't Cry" video, harmonizing with Axl Rose in the performance segments. Hoon sang backup on that song and four others on ''Use Your Illusion I'' [[note]] the other four being "November Rain", "Live And Let Die", "The Garden", and "You Ain't The First"[[/note]], plus the alternate version of "Don't Cry" on ''Use Your Illusion II''.
* '''Creator/DennisHopper''' made his film debut in ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' as one of the gang members (Goon). He appeared opposite Creator/JamesDean again in ''Film/{{Giant}}'' in a much bigger role as the grown-up Jordy.
** He's also one of the prisoners in ''Film/CoolHandLuke''.
** He also appeared opposite Creator/JohnWayne in ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' and ''Film/TrueGrit''.
** He also played The Prophet in ''Film/HangEmHigh''.
** He made guest appearances in ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E106HesAlive He's Alive]]".
** Another of Hopper's notorious TV appearances was in the ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' episode "Bobbi Jo and the Beatnik". He probably would have wanted his fans to forget this one, but its inclusion on numerous Public Domain DVD's of that series insure that it will live on in infamy.
* '''Creator/SammoHung''' played Creator/BruceLee's opponent in the opening scene of ''Film/EnterTheDragon''.
* '''Charlie Hunman''' appears in ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' as a British exchange student with a major in theater.
* '''Music/IceT''' appeared in ''Film/{{Breakin}}'' and ''Film/Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo'' as himself, several years before he released his first studio album or launched a serious acting career.
* '''Creator/GabrielIglesias''' was on ''Series/AllThat'' for a season several years before Creator/ComedyCentral specials and ''Series/LastComicStanding'' made him widely famous.
* '''Creator/JeremyIrons''' appeared on ''Play Away'', a BBC children's show, in the 1970s. It often crops up in "before they were famous" clip-shows in the UK.
* Before becoming an [[Film/{{Audition}} unfortunate widow]], a [[Film/TheGrudge hard-boiled detective]], and a [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney defense attorney]], '''Ryo Ishibashi''' worked for a [[{{Yakuza}} no-nonsense Japanese organization]] in ''American Yakuza''.
* '''Creator/SamuelLJackson''' holds up a BurgerFool in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and has his ass handed to him by Creator/EddieMurphy, of all people.
** He also appears very briefly in ''Film/MeanStreets'', where he's slapped around by Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/HarveyKeitel. He isn't even credited for this on IMDB.
** He also plays a lawyer on a Season 1 episode of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''... defending ''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman'', no less.
** He also has a bit part as a townie in ''Film/SchoolDaze'' getting into a heated argument with the film's star, Creator/LaurenceFishburne.
** He also played Stacks Edwards in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.
** He also played the Blind Dream Man in ''Film/TheExorcistIII''.
* '''Stephanie Jacobsen''' had a tiny role in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "[[Recap/{{FarscapeS03E11Incubator}} Incubator]]" as one of Scorpius's nurses/"assistants", years before her prominent genre roles as Kendra in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' and Jesse in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''.
* It's a little creepy to watch '''Creator/FamkeJanssen''' pursue a romantic relationship with [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]] 8 years before hanging out with [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor X at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning]].
* Before his ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode and ''Film/GetOut2017'' made him famous, '''Creator/DanielKaluuya''' played Posh Kenneth on ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (a show he also wrote for). He also appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' special "Planet of the Dead," as well as in a few ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' sketches.
* '''Ken Jenkins''' as Paul Stubbs, the bad-tempered astrophysicist from the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Evolution", is instantly recognizable as a younger Dr. Kelso from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.
* After the success of '''Music/CarlyRaeJepsen''''s "Call Me Maybe", some radio stations chose to ride on her newfound fame by playing "Tug of War". Cue people's jaws dropping when they recognize the song from a few years ago and realize, "Holy shit, that was Carly Rae Jepsen!?".
* '''Creator/ScarlettJohansson''', usually playing someone's sister, appeared in many 90s films, including ''Film/{{North}}'' and ''Film/HomeAlone 3''.
* Turns out '''Creator/CherryJones''' (aka [[Series/TwentyFour President Allison Taylor]]) played politician Barbara Layton in an episode of ''Series/TheWestWing'' in 2004. Probably averted for Broadway theater-goers, as by the time she had already been a huge name on it for years, had won one Tony award and was on the cusp of another for her role as Sister Aloysius in ''Theatre/{{Doubt}}''.
* More than a decade before he would become the infamous voice of Darth Vader, '''Creator/JamesEarlJones''' was the bombardier in ''Film/DrStrangelove''. He wasn't even a notable in theater at the time.
* As a child actor, '''Creator/MichaelBJordan''' was one of the kids in the Creator/KeanuReeves flick ''Hardball'', and also showed up in ''Series/TheWire'', ''Series/AllMyChildren'', and a single episode of ''Series/TheSopranos''. Prior to acting, he also modeled in ads for Toys "R" Us and Modell's Sporting Goods.
* '''Creator/AngelinaJolie''''s first major role was in ''Film/{{Cyborg|1989}} 2'', a movie that mostly likely would've ended up forgotten had it not been for this trope.
* '''Creator/MillaJovovich''' was Series/{{Parker Lewis|CantLose}}' female target in the series pilot.
** And a French foreign exchange student in an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.
* As Creator/WilWheaton regularly reminds us, he got some lip action with a pre-famous '''Creator/AshleyJudd''' in the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' episode "[[Recap/{{StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E6TheGame}} The Game]]".
* '''Gordon Jump''', later of ''Series/{{Soap}}'' and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', appeared on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' seven times, usually in minor roles.
* '''Tim Kang''' acted in a ''ton'' of commercials (for Cingular, Home Depot and Dairy Queen) before landing the role of Agent Cho on ''Series/TheMentalist''. He also had a small role on ''Series/TheSopranos'', seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXONOtUAKME here]].
* Long before he played King T'Chaka in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', '''John Kani''' played Willie alongside Creator/MatthewBroderick and Zakes Mokai in the 1985 [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-Showtime]] presentation of Athol Fugard's ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys''.
* '''Erin Karpluk''' of ''Series/BeingErica'' was a young mother in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Salvation".
* '''Creator/StanaKatic''' of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' once had a bit part as a flight attendant on ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
** As a comatose car accident victim on ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** And as Officer Morgenstern (she of the {{BFG}}) in ''Film/TheSpirit''.
** She's the Canadian operative [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] prevents from falling into the HoneyTrap at the end of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
** And a three-episode appearance in Season 5 of ''Series/TwentyFour''.
* It's a bit of a shock to watch old episodes of ''Desmonds'' and realize that the TokenWhite loser wideboy is '''Dominic Keating''' from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.
* Before her StarMakingRole in ''Film/TheGodfather'', '''Creator/DianeKeaton''' appeared in episodes of ''Series/NightGallery'', ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'', ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' and ''Series/TheFBI''.
* A young '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' worked as a stagehand on ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', and even played bit parts in a few episode during TheSeventies.
* '''Creator/DeForestKelley''' was in a black-and-white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' episode.
** And ''Gunfight at the OK Corral'', which was [[ActorAllusion alluded]] to in the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E6SpectreOfTheGun}} Spectre of the Gun]]" in an illusion.
** He also had an uncredited part as an army medic in ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' in which he actually utters the line "This man is dead, captain." '''In 1955'''!
* '''Anna Kendrick''' had a cameo as an audience member in the 1998 Tony Awards prior to acting.
* Before he was ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', '''Creator/TomKenny''' was a comedian. Because of this, he got to appear in a show where comedians' sketches were animated as conversations with a therapist: ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist''.
* The 1956 novel ''Literature/TheLastHurrah'', which was very loosely based on real events in early 1950s Massachusetts politics, features a character named '''Kevin [=McCluskey=]''', who is a telegenic but politically inexperienced candidate with a fancy education, a pretty wife, smiling kids, a respectable [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war record]] from his days in the Navy, and [[BrainlessBeauty more good looks than brains]]. Reading the book anytime after 1960, the character [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy seems strangely familiar]]...
* A few years before having hits of her own, '''Music/{{Kesha}}''' appeared in Music/KatyPerry's "I Kissed A Girl" video. A prominent pre-fame musical appearance was doing backing vocals for Music/FloRida's "Right Round"--she was uncredited at her own request, and someone else lip-synched her part for the video.
* '''Creator/KeeganMichaelKey''' showed up in a few episodes of ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' as a recurring criminal who would constantly "hypothetically" describe crimes he'd committed to the police. He and his costar '''Creator/JordanPeele''' also showed up in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's music video for "White & Nerdy".
* A teenage '''Creator/NicoleKidman''' [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MmxVX0nyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and her hair]] starred in ''Film/BMXBandits''. That's "Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman" on the back of the DVD.
* Before her StarMakingRole as Mantis in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', '''Creator/PomKlementieff''' appeared as Creator/SharltoCopley's {{Bodyguard Babe|s}} in the American remake of ''Film/{{Oldboy|2013}}''.
* '''Creator/BenKingsley''' showed up on the BBC's ''Playing Shakespeare'' in the late 1970s.
* '''Terry Kiser''' played a crime lord in the ''Series/FutureCop'' episode "Cops and Robin." He also played a blackmailer on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries''.
** He also played a mentally challenged murder suspect in the ''Series/BarnabyJones'' episode "The Eyes of Terror" and a bumbling hit man who tries to take out Steve McGarrett in the ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' episode "Blood Money Is Hard to Wash".
* 9-year old '''Creator/KeiraKnightley''' played a pre-teen runaway on an episode of ''Series/TheBill'' (as seen in this [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/25/article-1080662-02313C78000005DC-346_468x339.jpg screencap]]).
** Not to mention her appearance in the 1999 ''Literature/OliverTwist'' miniseries as Rose Fleming, where she looks about 3 years older than her actual age of 14.
** And her appearance as the slutty friend in ''Film/TheHole'', [[BestKnownForTheFanservice made memorable by the fact that she takes her top off]].
** She was the double for Amidala in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (she was cast [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting because of her close resemblance to]] Creator/NataliePortman).
* Before portraying Dia Kurosawa in ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', '''Arisa Komiya''' played Yoko Usami in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters''.
* '''Martin Kove''', best known as Kreese from ''Film/TheKarateKid'', guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as an extortionist. He also played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Birds of a Feather."
* '''Jane Krakowski''', aged 16, appears in the opening moments of ''Film/FatalAttraction'' as the Gallaghers' babysitter.
** And as Cousin Vicki in ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''.
** She also did some commercials as a child, one of which was played as part of Jenna's memorial video in an episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
* Before he was the main character in ''Series/NUMB3RS'', '''David Krumholtz''' was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on Creator/ChristinaRicci's Wednesday Addams in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''.
** Not to mention Mr. Universe from ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
** And Bernard the elf in ''Film/TheSantaClause''.
** And the victim of a pedophile in an early ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' episode.
** And Michael in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
** And the guy who stabbed Lucy and Carter on ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** Neil Schweiber's older brother on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''.
* '''Creator/MilaKunis''' played the younger version of ''Film/{{Gia}}'', whose older edition was played by Creator/AngelinaJolie.
** She was also, [[OldShame to her regret]], one of the orphans in '' Film/SantaWithMuscles''.
** And she was in ''Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves''.
** She also appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''.
* Before voicing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Suki]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', '''Jennie Kwan''' was in a GirlGroup called Nobody's Angel and before that, she appeared in the NBC teen drama ''Series/CaliforniaDreams''.
* '''Sarah Lancaster''', Series/{{Chuck}}'s sister, looked very familiar to some fans. Turns out she was [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Gift Shop Girl]].
** And the very mature and sexy Ephram's girlfriend in ''Series/{{Everwood}}''.
** And Rachel Meyers in ''Series/SavedByTheBell: The New Class''.
* Way before starring in ''Literature/{{Room}}'' or playing [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]] in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], a young '''Creator/BrieLarson''' appeared in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' as indie rocker Envy Adams. Prior to that, she was also one of the bullies in ''Film/{{Sleepover}}''. On the smaller screen, Larson was the teenage daughter in ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'', and had a recurring role as Rachel (a Greendale student who also dated Abed) on ''Series/{{Community}}'' in seasons 4 and 5.
** Way before any of these roles, she was a singer, with one of the songs she performed, "Hope Has Wings", being used as the theme song of ''[[Toys/{{Barbie}} Barbie and the Magic Of Pegasus]]''. She also appeared in an episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' and the Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Right On Track''.
** She was also one of "The Six Chicks" in ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'', which starred her future MCU costar Creator/MarkRuffalo, who was surprised when he realized this many years later.
* Before ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'', '''Dieter Laser''' played [[OmnicidalManiac Mantrid]] in ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', serving as the BigBad for Season 2.
* Before '''Creator/TaylorLautner''' was in ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', he was a junior world champion karate master, having gotten his black belt by age eight. He competed in an ISKA event at age 11 that was taped by ''Creator/{{ESPN}}'', which a few years later (but still before ''Twilight'') was riffed on ''Series/CheapSeats''.
** He was also Sharkboy in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''.
** Remember Youngblood from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''? Bingo.
** Going further back, he was on an episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'', playing a bully to Franklin.
* '''Creator/HughLaurie''' appeared on ''Series/{{Friends}}'' [[http://11even.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/rachel-friends-dr-house.jpg flying with Rachel to England]]. There is also a twofer in the live action ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'': Laurie is [[ThoseTwoBadGuys one of Cruella's henchmen]] alongside Mark "[[Film/HarryPotter Arthur Weasley]]" Williams. While Laurie had been famous in the UK for many years, he wasn't very recognizable to American audiences until the success of ''Series/HouseMD''.
* A very young '''Creator/JudeLaw''' appeared in one episode of Granada TV's ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' which is HilariousInHindsight when he was cast as Dr. Watson in [[Film/SherlockHolmes the 2009 film]].
* '''Carol Lawrence''', before ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', was in the revue ''New Faces of 1952'', and its filmed version, ''New Faces''.
* '''Creator/JenniferLawrence''' starred on ''The Creator/BillEngvall Show'' for 3 years before she was cast in ''Film/WintersBone''.
** She also appeared in one episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' as the teenage version of a girl whose mother's body was found in a car that is sunk in the lake.
** She had a blink-and-you'd-miss-it role on ''Series/{{Monk}}'' as a mascot, in which she has no lines and only takes off her head for a moment.
** She also had a bit role on ''Series/{{Medium}}'' as a ghost of the week.
* '''Adam Lazare-White''', voicing Jacob from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', should sound familiar to older gamers that have memories of video gaming later in TheNineties. He played 1LT Terrence "Zero" O'Hearn in ''VideoGame/WingCommander Prophecy'' and provided the character's voice in the sequel, ''Wing Commander Secret Ops''.
* '''Creator/MattLeblanc''' of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' fame had his first big break on the short-lived Fox sitcom ''Top of the Heap'', a SpinOff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', along with Joey Lauren Adams.
** He also played the same character in a few episodes of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' and in another show called ''Vinnie & Bobby''.
** In the end of the music video for Music/TomPetty's "Into the Great Wide Open", he appears as [[HereWeGoAgain a rock musician getting the same tattoo]] that Eddie (Creator/JohnnyDepp) [[BookEnds got at the video's beginning]].
** One of his first gigs was in a Heinz ketchup commercial where he placed a bottle of the ketchup at the top of a tall building, ran downstairs with a hot dog, and just in time, caught the ketchup onto the hot dog. The ad ends with him giving an admiring girl nearby a very Joey-like wink.
* '''Creator/HeathLedger''' as Patrick in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
** Though this was more of a StarMakingRole, as he parlayed this into more serious fare.
* Before playing several roles in Marvel and DC superhero movies, '''Creator/ZacharyLevi''' played Dave's nephew Toby in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]''. This resulted in a [[MemeticMutation meme]] spawning during the release of ''[[Film/Shazam2019 Shazam]]'' where people would post images of his role as Toby with the text "Is this the Shazam movie you're talking about?" on Twitter. And of course, he played the title character in the cult classic TV show ''Series/{{Chuck}}''.
** And before all of that, he co-starred in the sitcom ''Series/LessThanPerfect''.
* Pictured above, '''Creator/BruceLee''' playing Kato in the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/Batman1966'' series for three episodes. This was before his first film by three years.
** Technically, that was a crossover. ''Series/TheGreenHornet'' series ran alongside ''Batman'' for one season, with Kato being the only redeeming quality of the show.
* '''Creator/JohnLeguizamo''' was one of the terrorists in ''Film/DieHard2''.
** He also popped up in ''Series/MiamiVice''.
* '''Creator/KenLeung''' was [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/photoshop/5/3/8/1538_slide.jpg?v=2 a mutant]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', and kidnapped the girl from ''Film/RushHour''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKhfEWchf8 Dong!]] (rhymes with flong).
** He also plays a detective [[spoiler:that gets his head blown off by a shotgun trap]] in ''Film/SawI'', which coincidentally starred his ''Series/{{Lost}}'' costar Creator/MichaelEmerson as Zep.
* '''Creator/JosephGordonLevitt''' was the kid from the 1994 ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' film.
** Before that, he played David/Daniel Collins on the short-lived 1991 primetime revival of ''Series/DarkShadows''.
* You know '''Creator/AndreaLibman''', who we all recognize as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie]]? Wanna know her first role? She played a little girl possessed by a demon in ''Series/TheXFiles''. How's ''that'' for PlayingAgainstType?
** And before she was on ''My Little Pony'', she was the voice of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' and played Emmy in ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales''.
* Even '''Creator/EvangelineLilly''' can invoke this, despite having next to no acting experience with dialogue prior to starring in ''Series/{{Lost}}''. She worked in Vancouver for a while as a part-time model and would occasionally appear as a mute extra in TV series filmed there, notably ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', where she managed to be in 5 episodes. So if you go on a ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' binge, expect several moments of, "Hey! Did ''Kate Austin'' just walk past the screen?!"
** She even did a stint being the pitchwoman for phone dating service Quest Personals--meaning, for a time viewers might be lead to believe that if they called Quest for a date they'd get Lilly.
* '''Chad Lindberg''', aka Ash the computer genius from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', started his computer training early: he shows up in the first-season ''Series/{{Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' episode "I Robot, You Jane".
* Before starring on several Creator/DisneyChannel shows, '''Creator/PeytonRList''' was in episodes of ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. She also played a piglet on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''.
* Before being cast in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' and the ''Comicbook/ShangChi'' movie, '''Creator/SimuLiu''' was an extra in ''Film/PacificRim''. He also had some minor roles on TV shows shot in Canada, such as bit parts in episodes of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. He was also [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]]'s stunt double for the "Centuries" music video. And, like John Boyega, he also did some modeling for stock photos.
* '''Creator/DonalLogue''' was Deacon Frost's unlucky [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Film/{{Blade}}''. Before that, he was the scientist behind the BlackBox in ''Film/{{Sneakers}}''.
* '''Sam Lloyd''' took away [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Drew]]'s Batmobile and was the Neighborhood Association President in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' before becoming [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]].
* Two years before his breakout role in ''Film/AntwoneFisher'', '''Derek Luke''' had small parts in two separate episodes of ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''.
* '''Carl Lumbly''' played a South African Embassy staff in ''Series/TheXFiles'' before starring in ''Series/{{Alias}}''.
** Before that, he played Michael Kuzak's client Earl Williams, whose murder trial provided a 4th-season StoryArc on ''Series/LALaw''. He also played a prospective renter and detective in the suspense film ''Film/PacificHeights''.
* '''Creator/JoannaLumley''' is one of Blofeld's Angels of Death in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Her voice is recognisable.
* '''Creator/JaneLynch''' has had a whole bunch of small or supporting--yet almost always scene-stealing--parts in various movies and TV shows before becoming beloved the world over as Sue Sylvester in ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
** She was Dr. Wahler in ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** She was an FBI agent that got killed and MuggedForDisguise in ''Film/CollateralDamage''.
** She was Spencer Reid's mentally-ill mother on ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
** She was the store manager in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''.
** She was Julia Child's sister in ''Film/JulieAndJulia''.
** She was a reporter in CJ's press room in ''Series/TheWestWing''.
** She was one of the dog coaches in ''Film/BestInShow''.
** She was selling the house next to [[Series/{{Friends}} Monica and Chandler]]'s to Janice.
** She was the woman who tries to set George Sr. up when he's in prison in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
** She was a realtor in ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''.
* When she was a child, future ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' star '''Creator/NatashaLyonne''' appeared as part of the Playhouse Gang in the first season of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''.
