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| 3 | * '''Creator/JoshGad''' appeared in an episode of ''Series/{{ER}}'', a couple episodes of ''Series/Numb3rs'', and ''Film/TheRocker'' before becoming well known for ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' and ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''. |
| 4 | * '''Creator/GalGadot''' made her acting debut in the short-lived Israeli television series ''Bubot'' as well as further appearances in ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' films, ''Film/DateNight'', ''Series/{{Asfour}}'' and ''Kicking Out Shoshana''. This was all before she was cast as Wonder Woman for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse. |
| 5 | * '''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). |
| 6 | * Before his role as Ben Bruckner on ''Series/QueerAsFolkUS'', '''Robert Gant''' toured the US as the Good Humor Man and appeared in a [[https://youtu.be/ugP8oV7Xs-A musical commercial for the brand]]. |
| 7 | * Fans of ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' can find '''Creator/VictorGarber''' 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 Music/{{Liberace}} and Creator/ErnestHemingway in [[TheEighties '80s]] biopics. Oh, and he was ''Jesus Christ'' in ''Film/{{Godspell}}''. |
| 8 | * '''Creator/AndyGarcia''' appeared in the second season of ''Series/QuePasaUSA'' as Carmen's boyfriend before he followed up with ''Film/TheUntouchables1987'' and ''Film/TheGodfatherPartIII''. |
| 9 | * '''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''. |
| 10 | * Renowned UsefulNotes/{{Scream Queen|s}} and ''Series/{{Decoy}}'' star '''Creator/BeverlyGarland''' made an early appearance in ''Film/TheNeanderthalMan'' as a waitress who is raped by the titular monster. |
| 11 | * '''Creator/JenniferGarner''' played a nurse in the 2001 film ''Film/PearlHarbor'', which starred future co-star and husband Creator/BenAffleck. |
| 12 | ** She was in one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' and also one of the heroes' girlfriends in ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'' |
| 13 | * '''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 TheEighties and early [[TheNineties '90s]]. Some of his early roles included Wrestling/HulkHogan in ''WesternAnimation/HulkHogansRockNWrestling'', Trypticon in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', Big Dog in ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' and Hydro-Man in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 14 | ** The ball started rolling for Garrett after he became one of the comedy competition champions on ''Series/StarSearch''. |
| 15 | * '''Taylor Garron''' was a season 7 cast member of the revival of ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' before being a contestant on the first season of ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman''. |
| 16 | * '''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]]. |
| 17 | ** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'', in which he has a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Laurie. |
| 18 | ** 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. |
| 19 | ** He briefly appeared in the ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' episode "A Passing of Torches" as a guy having a bad drug trip. |
| 20 | * '''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. She actually got banned from UsefulNotes/McDonalds because one of her Burger King commercials had her criticizing the chain. |
| 21 | ** [[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 (Creator/SusanLucci) 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. |
| 22 | * 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. |
| 23 | * '''Creator/GinaGershon''' was an uncredited dancer in the early Creator/SarahJessicaParker movie ''Film/GirlsJustWantToHaveFun'', and has a small part as Benny's friend [[EmbarrassingFirstName Trombley]] in ''Film/PrettyInPink''. |
| 24 | * '''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. |
| 25 | * '''Kathie Lee Gifford''''s first major role was a singer on ''Series/NameThatTune''. |
| 26 | * '''Creator/SaraGilbert''' aka [[Series/{{Roseanne}} Darlene Conner]] can be seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQ24CemmdE this Kool-Aid commercial.]] |
| 27 | * '''Creator/KarenGillan''' played a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii Pompeiian soothsayer]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' a few years before returning as companion Amy Pond. Amusingly, Creator/PeterCapaldi also appeared in this episode and later become the Doctor himself. |
| 28 | * '''Aiden Gillen''' first became notable in the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom UK]] for playing Stuart in ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK''. 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''. |
| 29 | * '''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]] |
| 30 | * 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. |
| 31 | * '''Creator/PeriGilpin''' 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 to sleep with a bad boy like Sam Malone; and secondly in a plot centred on Woody the barman. |
| 32 | * 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. |
| 33 | ** He was also one of two murder victims in the very last episode of ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', in the episode "Columbo Likes the Nightlife". |
| 34 | * '''Creator/SummerGlau''', before becoming [[Series/{{Firefly}} River Tam]] and Cameron from ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', also featured: |
| 35 | ** On the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS03E13WaitingInTheWings Waiting in the Wings]]" as a ballerina. |
| 36 | ** On an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' as the crying best friend of a victim. |
| 37 | ** On an episode of ''Series/ColdCase'' as the VictimOfTheWeek. |
| 38 | * Before '''Paul Michael Glaser''' starred on ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'', he played the young communist Perchik in the movie version of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''. |
| 39 | * 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''. |
| 40 | * Before becoming a household name, '''Creator/PhilipGlenister''' showed up in ''Calendar Girls''. |
| 41 | ** He also played a major role one of the final ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'' episodes, "[[Recap/SharpeS5E2SharpesJustice Sharpe's Justice]]". |
| 42 | * '''Creator/SharonGless''' was in ''Series/Switch1975'' as the receptionist Maggie Philbin. |
| 43 | * '''Creator/DannyGlover''' made his film debut in ''Film/EscapeFromAlcatraz'' as an inmate who hands Creator/ClintEastwood a book. |
| 44 | * '''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. |
| 45 | * '''Creator/JohnGlover''', right before joining the DC universe for such roles as [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Riddler]], [[Series/{{Smallville}} Lionel Luthor]], and [[Film/Shazam2019 Sivana's father]], was Mr. Clamp in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. |
| 46 | ** Before that, he starred in John Frankenheimer's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's ''52 Pick Up''. |
| 47 | * '''Creator/JeffGoldblum''' made his film debut one of the evil thugs in ''Film/DeathWish'' -- specifically the leader of the "freaks" responsible for the inciting incident. |
| 48 | ** He also played a thug in another Creator/CharlesBronson flick, ''St. Ives''. Bronson gets to beat up this one, as well as his buddy played by ''another'' example of this trope -- Creator/RobertEnglund, years before he became famous as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]! |
| 49 | ** Goldblum also rode around on a motorcycle for most of Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/{{Nashville}}''. (Altman also gave him a seconds-long role in ''Film/CaliforniaSplit'' shortly beforehand.) |
| 50 | ** He guest stars in the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Murder on Stage 17" as a director. |
| 51 | ** Goldblum can also be briefly seen in ''Film/AnnieHall''. His only line: "Yeah, this is Davis. I-I forgot my mantra." |
| 52 | ** He appears in ''Film/TheRightStuff'' as one of the government officials acting as "talent scouts" for [=NASA=] astronauts. Notably, he's the one seen rushing down the hallway to deliver the news of the Sputnik and Gagarin launches. |
| 53 | * '''Creator/JosephMawle''', or Uncle Benjen leads the orcs looking like an long-haired EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette yet again in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''. |
| 54 | * '''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''. |
| 55 | ** 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. |
| 56 | * '''Roberto Gómez Bolaños''', "Chespirito", best known for ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' and ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'', started off as a scriptwriter (and later an extra) for Mexican star comedian "Capulina". In fact, many jokes that appeared in the aforementioned two shows can be traced back to Chespirito's times when working with Capulina. |
| 57 | * '''Gong Jun''' played a supporting character in ''Series/LostLoveInTimes''. Four years later he became famous for starring in ''Series/WordOfHonor''. |
| 58 | * '''Creator/EizaGonzalez''' starred first in the Mexican Telenovelas ''Lola: érase una vez'' and ''Amores verdaderos'' as a teenager and young adult respectively prior to getting the breakout role as Santanico Pandemonium in the ''Series/FromDuskTillDawn'' series and later becoming a big-name actress in Hollywood. |
| 59 | * 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 ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Disgaea'' franchises hit the American market, she was the English voice of Bobby Bear in the Creator/{{Saban|Entertainment}} dub of ''Anime/MapleTown'', the first voice of Goku in the Harmony Gold Dub of ''Manga/DragonBall'', [[Manga/{{Unico}} Unico the Unicorn]] in [[Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico both]] [[Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic movies]] ([[UncreditedRole uncredited]]) [[note]] According to [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] Performer Karen Prell, who worked on ''Series/FraggleRock'' alongside Barbara. She claims that Barbara voiced Unico, this could be due to her being a regular in anime dubs throughout TheEighties. [[/note]], and Chirin the lamb (uncredited) in the English Dub of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (''Chirin no Suzu'') made in the early '80s. ''Ringing Bell'' alongside the ''Unico'' films is one of Barbara's oldest voice acting roles. |
| 60 | * It can be a severely weird experience to first see '''Creator/MatthewGoode''' 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.) |
| 61 | * One of voice actor '''Creator/BarryGordon'''[='=]s earlier voice roles was Clamhead in the 1970s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}''. He would become better known as the likes of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Donatello]] and the [=NesQuik=] bunny. |
| 62 | * It may seem somewhat surreal to discover that, prior to his turns in films like ''Film/TheNotebook'' and ''Film/Drive2011'', '''Creator/RyanGosling''' starred in several cheesy teenage shows. These included the title role in ''Series/YoungHercules'' and as the goofball slacker in ''Breaker High''. He also appeared in episodes of ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/Goosebumps1995'' while he was still living in UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}. |
| 63 | * '''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. |
| 64 | * Before becoming the starring role of ''Phoebe Spengler'' in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', '''Creator/MckennaGrace''' used to be Jasmine Bernstein (''Series/CrashAndBernstein''), a bratty youngest daughter who would throw tantrums and let out a scream if things don't go her way. Now, as Phoebe, she has a similar scream, like Jasmine, but as a BattleCry while fighting ghosts. |
| 65 | * Aubrey Drake Graham was Jimmy Brooks on seasons 1-7 (2001-2008) of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}''. He now is known as the rapper/singer '''Music/{{Drake}}'''. |
| 66 | * Prior to ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', '''Creator/LaurenGraham''' was a [[GirlOfTheWeek one-off love interest]] on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. |
| 67 | ** She also had short-lived recurring roles on ''Series/NewsRadio'' and ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'', and was also Creator/BenjaminBratt's love interest in the three-part ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' where they go to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. |
| 68 | * '''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.) |
| 69 | ** As well as in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' alongside future co-star Creator/AlysonHannigan. |
| 70 | ** He also voiced Wizard in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', and JerkJock Nelson in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. |
| 71 | ** And appeared in an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' and ''Film/EnemyOfTheState''. |
| 72 | ** And a major role in the ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' episode "Monsters in My Room". |
| 73 | ** And a minor role in an episode of the ''Series/WeirdScience'' TV show as a hacker whose bogus program almost fries Lisa. |
| 74 | ** And a major role in ''Film/{{Airborne}}''. |
| 75 | ** And as Creator/WoodyAllen's childhood self in ''Film/RadioDays''. |
| 76 | * '''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. |
| 77 | ** A completely different direction, though, is two episodes as a serial old-lady rapist on ''Series/TheShield''. |
| 78 | ** Gregg also appeared as Creator/MikeTyson's trainer, Kevin, in the 1995 Creator/{{HBO}} docudrama ''Film/{{Tyson}}''. |
| 79 | ** He was also a doctor in ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', though it's the voice that tips it off more than the face. |
| 80 | ** His first credit is for his frequent collaborator David Mamet's 1988 film ''Film/ThingsChange.'' He also appeared in a season-one episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''. |
| 81 | * '''Creator/KathyGriffin''' in ''Film/PulpFiction''. There's also Creator/PhilLaMarr, who played a minor character [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace known for getting shot in the face]]. |
| 82 | * A young '''Creator/ScottGrimes''' played Slick in ''WesternAnimation/PotatoHeadKids''. |
| 83 | ** He also voiced Pinocchio in ''WesternAnimation/PinocchioAndTheEmperorOfTheNight''. |
| 84 | * Following the suicide of Music/KurtCobain and dissolution of Music/{{Nirvana}}, drummer '''Music/DaveGrohl''' went and got himself a new band, Music/FooFighters. |
| 85 | * Before '''Noah Grossman''' became one of the regular cast members for WebVideo/{{SMOSH}}, he was a host for Series/NickStudio10. |
| 86 | * '''[[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}}. |
| 87 | ** He also had a recurring role in ''Series/{{Felicity}}''. |
| 88 | ** And a minute of screentime in ''Film/BASEketball'' as a rival player in the basketball league. |
| 89 | ** He also had a bit part in an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' as a nightclub host. |
| 90 | * '''Creator/ChristopherGuest''' made an early appearance in ''Film/DeathWish'' as a police officer. |
| 91 | * '''Creator/AlecGuinness''', best known to younger generations as [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi]] (1977-1983) or [[Film/Scrooge1970 Jacob Marley]] (1970), previously portrayed Herbert Pocket in ''Film/GreatExpectations1946'', Fagin in ''Literature/OliverTwist'' (1948), [[ActingForTwo multiple members of the D'Ascoyne family]] in ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets'' (1949), Colonel Nicholson in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'' (1957), and Gulley Jimson in ''The Horse's Mouth'' (1958), etc. Before those, he was a Shakespearean stage actor. |
| 92 | * '''Creator/DanaiGurira''' briefly shows up in ''Film/MySoulToTake'' as a paramedic who gets killed near the beginning of the movie. |
| 93 | * A very young '''Creator/JakeGyllenhaal''' appeared as the son of a VictimOfTheWeek in a ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' episode (2x01) directed by his father. |
| 94 | ** He also played Creator/BillyCrystal's son in the ''Film/CitySlickers'' movies. |
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| 97 | * '''Creator/OliviaHack''' 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]]. |
| 98 | ** Shortly before those, she was also one of Picard's Nexus children in ''[[Film/StarTrekGenerations Star Trek: Generations]]''. |
| 99 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' standout '''Creator/BillHader''' 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 ''Film/CollateralDamage'' and ''Film/TheScorpionKing''. |
| 100 | ** He was also the pizza guy at the end of the 1998 music video of Music/JanetJackson's "We Go Deep". |
| 101 | * Voice actress '''Creator/JenniferHale''' known for her roles like [[Franchise/MassEffect Female Commander Shepherd]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Naomi Hunter]], [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries the Black Cat]], WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}, and [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009 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''. |
| 102 | * [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nominee '''Creator/JackieEarleHaley''' was the voice of young Jamie Boyle in the 1972 syndicated cartoon ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome''. |
| 103 | ** He also appeared as one of the main baseball players in ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'', plus was one of the four main characters in ''Film/BreakingAway''. |
| 104 | ** Also played Dave in the '83 teen comedy ''Losin' It'', alongside Creator/TomCruise. |
| 105 | * Before she was a huge JPop star, a young '''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. |
| 106 | * 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 ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. |
| 107 | ** He also guest starred on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' as Laurie's boyfriend. |
| 108 | * Long before he became a household name, '''Creator/TomHanks''' appeared in the 1980 slasher flick ''Film/HeKnowsYoureAlone''. |
| 109 | ** His second-ever role was in ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' episode "Friends and Lovers" as Gopher's womanizing former frat brother. |
| 110 | ** People familiar with Hanks as blockbuster movie actor would probably have this reaction to his role in ''Series/BosomBuddies''. |
| 111 | ** He also guest starred as a drugged out college friend of Jim Ignatowski on ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' |
| 112 | ** Also, he tried to beat up Fonzie in an episode of ''Series/HappyDays'', and played Robbie in ''Film/MazesAndMonsters''. |
| 113 | ** He was also Elyse's alcoholic brother in a VerySpecialEpisode of ''Series/FamilyTies''. |
| 114 | * '''Creator/AlysonHannigan''' as Creator/DanAykroyd's daughter in ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien''. |
| 115 | * 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 Creator/JamesMcAvoy]]. |
| 116 | ** One of his earliest big screen roles was that of TheBigBad in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' |
| 117 | * ''Series/StrangerThings'' star '''Creator/DavidHarbour''' had a small role in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' as a closeted man who tried to seduce Creator/JakeGyllenhaal's character. |
| 118 | * '''Creator/MarkHarmon''' guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as a football player. |
| 119 | ** He also filled in as Kent [=McCord's=] partner in a last-season episode of ''Series/Adam12''. |
| 120 | ** He was one of the stars in the ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' episode "905-Wild", a PoorlyDisguisedPilot about animal control officers. |
| 121 | ** Harmon suffers DeathByFallingOver at the hands of Philip Abbott in the series ''Series/{{Delvecchio}}''. |
| 122 | * '''Creator/ValerieHarper''', 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. |
| 123 | * To those who only know him as [[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 and Max in the CultClassic animated series ''WesternAnimation/CapitolCritters''. |
| 124 | * '''Creator/RichardHarris''' had a brief cameo in ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'' as a member of the Australian Air Force. |
| 125 | * Long before he ran the streets of Baltimore as drug kingpin Avon Barksdale in ''Series/TheWire,'' actor '''Creator/WoodHarris''' was an All-American defensive end in the iconic ''Film/RememberTheTitans.'' |
| 126 | * Before creating cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' and ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', '''Creator/ButchHartman''' was a contestant on ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour'', and also appeared in a few soap operas, such as ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless''. |
| 127 | * Good ol' '''Creator/DavidHasselhoff''' of ''Series/KnightRider'' and ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' appeared in a couple episodes of ''Series/TheLoveBoat''. |
| 128 | * '''Creator/TeriHatcher''' was a "Mermaid" (showgirl) in the final season of ''Series/TheLoveBoat''. |
| 129 | ** [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Ray Tango]]'s [[MySisterIsOffLimits younger sister]] in ''Film/TangoAndCash'', spunky sidekick Penny Parker in ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and a GirlOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. |
| 130 | ** And she was Sam's ex in ''Series/QuantumLeap'', though he changed history and got her in the end. |
| 131 | ** She had a small role in ''Film/TheBigPicture'' as a starlet who propositions Kevin Bacon's character. |
| 132 | * '''[[Series/AshesToAshes2008 Keeley Hawes]]''' shows up in the two-part finale of ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' and the voice of a certain [[Franchise/TombRaider female archaeologist...]] |
| 133 | ** 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''. |
| 134 | * '''Creator/BradHawkins''' mainly works as a voice actor for Creator/{{Funimation}} these days, but in TheNineties, he had the starring role as Ryan Steele in ''Series/VRTroopers''. |
| 135 | * '''Creator/NigelHawthorne''' made his television debut in the third series premier of ''Series/DadsArmy'' as an old man on a bench. |
| 136 | * Allstate spokesman '''Creator/DennisHaysbert''' was Pedro Cerrano in the ''Film/MajorLeague'' movies. |
| 137 | * '''Creator/LenaHeadey''' played a mousy new teacher in the 2007 film ''Film/{{St Trinians|2007}}'', 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''. |
| 138 | ** Long before any of that, though, she played Queen Guenevere in the Creator/SamNeill miniseries ''Series/{{Merlin|1998}}''. |
| 139 | ** 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''. |
| 140 | ** 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 Film/JamesBond. |
| 141 | * '''Creator/AnthonyHead''': |
| 142 | ** 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. |
| 143 | ** One of his early US TV roles is in the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Nowhere To Run", where he plays an ambassador and friend of Duncan [=MacLeod=]. This is the same episode that features Creator/MarionCotillard in her first-ever acting role. |
| 144 | ** He also did a number of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpOBFELO0Qc coffee commercials]] |
| 145 | * 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''. |
| 146 | * '''Creator/SimonHelberg''' was in ''Old School'' long before ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. |
| 147 | ** He also had a role in ''Series/{{Joey}}'' that was very similar to Howard, but [[DawsonCasting younger]]. |
| 148 | * '''Creator/ChrisHemsworth''': It turns out [[Creator/MarvelComics Thor]] sired a son, and that son was [[Film/StarTrek2009 Captain James T. Kirk]]. |
| 149 | * '''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''. |
| 150 | * '''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''. |
| 151 | * When '''Creator/RinaHidaka''' was a child, [[https://twitter.com/magicalgirlayu/status/1355127622624104448?s=20 she starred in a commercial]] for the ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' edition of the children's coloring toy Rakugakincyo. This becomes HilariousInHindsight when she played [[Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure Laura [=LaMer=]]]. |
| 152 | * Professional harpist '''Erin Hill''' had appeared as the Pretty White Girl Who Sings Dave’s Thoughts in the second episode of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' long before she gained online fame. |
| 153 | * '''Creator/JuddHirsch''' of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' was a radio DJ in an early 1970s Listerine commercial. |
| 154 | * '''Creator/JoelHodgson''' could be seen in the "Magic" episode of the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} show ''Out of Control'' just a few years before ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' came about. |
| 155 | * There is much mockery to be made of [[OldShame future Oscar winner]] '''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman''''s supporting role in ''Film/{{Twister}}''. |
| 156 | ** He also played one of the teenage boys in ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'' and was in an early episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder''. |
| 157 | ** He was also Scotty, the closeted boom operator who had a crush on Dirk Diggler in ''Film/BoogieNights''. |
| 158 | * '''Creator/LaurieHolden''' 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: |
| 159 | ** She played a young girl in an episode of ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture''. |
| 160 | ** A guest spot on an episode of ''Series/MurderSheWrote''. |
| 161 | ** As the shadowy Marita Covarrubias in several episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles''. |
| 162 | * '''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''. |
| 163 | * Long before '''Creator/TomHolland''' became a certain [[Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy friendly neighborhood hero]], he lent his voice in Creator/StudioCanal's dub of Creator/StudioGhibli's ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' where he voiced Sho, the sick boy Arrietty (who also appens to be voiced by Creator/SaoirseRonan) befriends. |
| 164 | * '''Creator/JoshHolloway''', like co-star Creator/TerryOQuinn, 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 Creator/AliciaSilverstone's heart. |
| 165 | * American and international viewers will probably know '''Amalia Holm''' better for her role on ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'' as Scylla, rather than as the lead character here in the film of ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}'', from her native UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}}. |
| 166 | * Before she became an anime voice actress, '''Creator/RinaHonnizumi''' sang covers of children's songs from NHK kids' shows such as ''Series/OkaasanToIssho'' and ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' for the company Columbia Nippon. |
| 167 | * 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''. In the liner notes of both albums, he's credited simply as [[OnlyOneName Shannon]]. |
| 168 | * '''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. |
| 169 | ** He played Bill Clanton in ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral'' |
| 170 | ** He's also one of the prisoners in ''Film/CoolHandLuke''. |
| 171 | ** He also appeared opposite Creator/JohnWayne in ''Film/TheSonsOfKatieElder'' and ''Film/TrueGrit''. |
| 172 | ** He also played The Prophet in ''Film/HangEmHigh''. |
| 173 | ** He made guest appearances in ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' and ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E4HesAlive He's Alive]]"). |
| 174 | ** 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. |
| 175 | * '''Creator/HelenaHoward''' was the lead actress on ''Series/DontLookDeeper playing Aisha. She's since become known due to her role on ''Series/TheWilds'', an Amazon Creator/PrimeVideo Original which started shortly after this. |
| 176 | * Film/TheBigLebowski '''David Huddleston''' was Olson Johnson in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' ("Aww, prairie shit...''Everybody''.") and had the title role in ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie''. |
| 177 | ** A few episodes each of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' and ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'' too. |
| 178 | * '''Creator/SammoHung''' played Creator/BruceLee's opponent in the opening scene of ''Film/EnterTheDragon''. |
| 179 | * '''Creator/CharlieHunnam''' appears in ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' as a British exchange student with a major in theater. |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | [[folder:I]] |
| 182 | * '''Music/IceT''' appeared in ''Film/{{Breakin|1984}}'' and ''Film/Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo'' as himself, several years before he released his first studio album or launched a serious acting career. |
| 183 | * '''Creator/GabrielIglesias''' was on ''Series/AllThat'' for a season several years before Creator/ComedyCentral specials and ''Series/LastComicStanding'' made him widely famous. |
| 184 | * ''Series/TheSopranos''[='=] '''Creator/MichaelImperioli''' was one of the expelled students (mullet and denim vest) in 1989's ''Film/LeanOnMe'', and had a minor but memorable role as a drug-running mechanic named Jojo in ''Film/BadBoys1995.'' |
| 185 | * '''Marty Ingels''', the late husband of Shirley Jones, starred with Creator/JohnAstin in a little 1960s series called ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' shortly before getting himself a job doing voice acting for Creator/HannaBarbera. If he was remembered for anything during that time, it was the voice of WesternAnimation/PacMan. |
| 186 | * '''Creator/JeremyIrons''' appeared on ''Play Away'', a [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] children's show, in TheSeventies. It often crops up in "before they were famous" clip-shows in the [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom UK]]. |
| 187 | * 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''. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | [[folder:J]] |
| 190 | * Remember when tween '''Music/JanetJackson''' was on ''Series/GoodTimes''? |
| 191 | * '''Creator/SamuelLJackson''' was a character actor appearing in bit parts for several years before he broke out as a star. |
| 192 | ** In ''Film/AShockToTheSystem'' he can be seen very briefly as a three-card monte dealer. |
| 193 | ** He holds up a BurgerFool in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', and has his ass handed to him by Creator/EddieMurphy, of all people. |
| 194 | ** 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 Website/IMDb. |
| 195 | ** He also plays a lawyer on a Season 1 episode of ''Franchise/LawAndOrder''... defending ''Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman'', no less. |
| 196 | ** He also has a bit part as a townie in ''Film/{{School Daze|1988}}'' getting into a heated argument with the film's star, Creator/LaurenceFishburne. |
| 197 | ** He also played Stacks Edwards in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. |
| 198 | ** He also played the Blind Dream Man in ''Film/TheExorcistIII''. |
| 199 | ** As well as the main character’s father in the obscure indie horror flick ''Film/DefByTemptation''. |
| 200 | ** He appeared briefly as one of the wanted criminals who were LuredIntoATrap by the NYPD in "Film/SeaOfLove''. He's credited solely as "Black Guy". |
| 201 | * Voice actress '''Renae Jacobs''' was a contestant on ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' in the 1980s. Around, if not shortly before the time she got her break as an [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 animated news reporter.]] |
| 202 | ** She would also spend some time of her own in the game show business as a "Lady of the Maze" in ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze''. |
| 203 | * '''Creator/StephanieJacobsen''' 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''. |
| 204 | * Prior to being cast as Cinderella in the [[Film/Cinderella2015 2015 live-action Disney remake]], '''Creator/LilyJames''' was acting in various films and TV shows of the early to mid 2010s such as ''[[Literature/JustWilliam Just William]]'', ''Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl'', ''Film/WrathOfTheTitans'' and ''Film/FastGirls''. She was also Lady Rose [=McClare=] in series 3-5 of ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. |
| 205 | * 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]]. |
| 206 | * 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. |
| 207 | * Before gaining her first lead role as ''Series/DonkeyHodie'', '''Haley Jenkins''' played X the Owl in ''Film/ABeautifulDayInTheNeighborhood'', another work that was based off ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''. |
| 208 | ** She also had an on-camera role in an episode of ''Series/{{Helpsters}}'' as an "important business board member". |
| 209 | * '''Creator/KenJenkins''' as Paul Stubbs, the bad-tempered astrophysicist from the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Evolution", is instantly recognizable as a younger Dr. Kelso from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. |
| 210 | ** He also appeared as a loyalist [=EarthForce=] captain on ''Series/BabylonFive'' and a preacher on a couple of episodes of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''. |
| 211 | * 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!?". |
| 212 | * '''Creator/ScarlettJohansson''', usually playing someone's sister, appeared in many 90s films, including ''Film/{{North}}'' and ''Film/HomeAlone 3''. |
| 213 | * Remember Slink "Murder Mike" Capone from ''Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary''? He was portrayed by '''Gerald "Slink" Johnson''' long before his role as Lamar Davis in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' and as the eponymous ''Series/BlackJesus''. |
| 214 | * 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}}''. |
| 215 | * '''Davy Jones''' guest starred in a 1960 episode of ''Series/CoronationStreet'' as Ena Sharples' grandson. |
| 216 | * '''Creator/FinnJones''' appeared in ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "[[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS4E5E6DeathOfTheDoctor Death of the Doctor]]" as Santiago Jones. |
| 217 | * More than a decade before he would become the infamous voice of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], '''Creator/JamesEarlJones''' was the bombardier in ''Film/DrStrangelove''. He wasn't even a notable in theater at the time. |
| 218 | * 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. |
| 219 | * '''Creator/AngelinaJolie''''s first major role was in ''Film/{{Cyborg|1989}} 2'', a movie that most likely would've ended up forgotten had it not been for this trope. |
| 220 | * '''Creator/MillaJovovich''' was Series/{{Parker Lewis|CantLose}}' female target in the series pilot. |
| 221 | ** And a French foreign exchange student in an episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. |
| 222 | * 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]]". |
| 223 | * The late '''Creator/RaulJulia''', who concluded his career as Gomez in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' movies and M. Bison in ''Film/StreetFighter'', was Rafael in a few early episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''. |
| 224 | ** For the ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3K=]]]'' crowd, he was in the ''American Playhouse'' episode "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank'' in 1983. |
| 225 | * '''Gordon Jump''', later of ''Series/{{Soap}}'' and ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', appeared on ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' seven times, usually in minor roles. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | [[folder:K]] |
| 228 | * '''Creator/TimKang''' 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]]. |
| 229 | * Long before he played King T'Chaka in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/BlackPanther2018'', '''Creator/JohnKani''' played Willie alongside Creator/MatthewBroderick and Zakes Mokai in the 1985 [[MadeForTVMovie Made-for-Showtime]] presentation of Athol Fugard's ''Theatre/MasterHaroldAndTheBoys''. |
| 230 | * Creator/ErinKarpluk of ''Series/BeingErica'' was a young mother in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Salvation". |
| 231 | * '''Creator/StanaKatic''' of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' once had a bit part as a flight attendant on ''Series/{{Alias}}''. |
| 232 | ** As a comatose car accident victim on ''Series/{{ER}}''. |
| 233 | ** And as Officer Morgenstern (she of the {{BFG}}) in ''Film/TheSpirit''. |
| 234 | ** She's the Canadian operative [[Film/JamesBond Bond]] prevents from falling into the HoneyTrap at the end of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. |
| 235 | ** And a three-episode appearance in Season 5 of ''Series/TwentyFour''. |
| 236 | * Known across decades for her voice roles on ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', '''Creator/JaniceKawaye''' got her start as Dorothy in the DirectToVideo ''Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz'' in 1987. |
| 237 | ** Don't miss her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOsrX263iY telling off a camera crew]] in Creator/{{Mr T}}'s ''Be Somebody...Or Be Somebody's Fool!'' just a couple of years before that. |
| 238 | * It's a bit of a shock to watch old episodes of ''Series/{{Desmonds}}'' and realize that the TokenWhite loser wideboy is '''Creator/DominicKeating''' from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. |
| 239 | * Before her StarMakingRole in ''Film/TheGodfather'', '''Creator/DianeKeaton''' appeared in episodes of ''Series/NightGallery'', ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'', ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' and ''Series/TheFBI''. |
| 240 | * A young '''Creator/MichaelKeaton''' worked as a stagehand on ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', and even played bit parts in a few episode during TheSeventies. |
| 241 | * Shortly before ''Series/StrangerThings'' began, '''Creator/JoeKeery''' had a bit part in the first season finale of ''Series/{{Empire}}'' as a....[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSa4vvWZk-s less than talented musician.]] |
| 242 | ** He also plays a bit role in ''Film/MollysGame'' by the name of Trust Fund Cole. |
| 243 | * '''Creator/DeForestKelley''' was in a black-and-white ''Franchise/PerryMason'' episode. |
| 244 | ** And as Virgil Earp in ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral'', which was [[ActorAllusion alluded]] to in the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E6SpectreOfTheGun Spectre of the Gun]]" in an illusion. |
| 245 | ** 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'''! |
| 246 | * '''Creator/EllieKemper''' appeared as the title character in WebVideo/DerrickComedy's viral video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH1ruMGpTVY "Crazy Blowjob Girl"]] in 2007, two years before her breakout role in ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. According to most accounts, [[OldShame she's rather embarrassed by the video in hindsight]]. |
| 247 | * '''Creator/AnnaKendrick''' had a cameo as an audience member in the 1998 Tony Awards prior to acting. |
| 248 | * 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''. |
| 249 | * 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]]... |
| 250 | * Playing a bit part as an airport lab employee in ''Film/BabePigInTheCity'', '''Jennifer Kent''' would later go on to direct films like ''Film/TheBabadook'' and ''Film/TheNightingale2019''. |
| 251 | * 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. |
| 252 | * '''Creator/KeeganMichaelKey''' showed up in a few episodes of ''Series/Reno911'' as a recurring criminal who would constantly "hypothetically" describe crimes he'd committed to the police, and hosted ''The Planet's Funniest Animals'' on Creator/AnimalPlanet from 2005 to 2008. He and his co-star '''Creator/JordanPeele''' also showed up in Music/WeirdAlYankovic's music video for "White & Nerdy". |
| 253 | * A teenage '''Creator/NicoleKidman''' [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MmxVX0nyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg and her hair]] starred in ''Film/BMXBandits''. That's "UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner Nicole Kidman" on the back of the DVD. |
| 254 | * '''Creator/RichardKiel''' has a small, uncredited role in ''Series/TheManFromUncle'' episode "The Vulcan Affair," over a decade before he became [[Franchise/JamesBond Jaws]]. |
| 255 | * ''Series/WinBenSteinsMoney'' was the show that introduced us to one '''Creator/JimmyKimmel''', co-host[=/=]announcer from 1997-2000. |
| 256 | * Before her StarMakingRole as [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Mantis]] in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', '''Creator/PomKlementieff''' appeared as Creator/SharltoCopley's {{Bodyguard Babe|s}} in the American remake of ''Film/{{Oldboy|2013}}''. |
| 257 | * '''Creator/BenKingsley''' showed up on Creator/TheBBC's ''Playing Shakespeare'' in the late 1970s. |
| 258 | * '''Creator/TerryKiser''' played a crime lord in the ''Series/FutureCop'' episode "Cops and Robin". He also played a blackmailer on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries''. |
| 259 | ** 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". |
| 260 | * Long before he was [[Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow Ted Baxter]] or [[Film/{{Caddyshack}} Judge Smails]], '''Creator/TedKnight''' had guest roles on countless TV shows in the '50s and '60s, and even turns up at the end of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' as a cop guarding Norman Bates's jail cell. |
| 261 | * 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]]). |
| 262 | ** 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. |
| 263 | ** And her appearance as the slutty friend in ''Film/TheHole'', [[BestKnownForTheFanservice made memorable by the fact that she takes her top off]]. |
| 264 | ** She was the double for Padmé Amidala in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (she was cast [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting because of her close resemblance to]] Creator/NataliePortman). |
| 265 | * Before portraying Dia Kurosawa in ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', '''Arisa Komiya''' played Yoko Usami in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters''. |
| 266 | * '''Creator/MartinKove''', best known as Kreese from ''Film/TheKarateKid'', guest starred on ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'' as an extortionist. |
| 267 | ** He also played one of the villains of the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Birds of a Feather". |
| 268 | ** He was a goon in the ''Series/CharliesAngels'' episode "The Sammy Davis, Jr. Kidnap Caper." |
| 269 | ** He has a bit role in ''Film/Partners1982'' as a model. |
| 270 | ** Also as a boxer character in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' |
| 271 | * '''Creator/JaneKrakowski''', aged 16, appears in the opening moments of ''Film/FatalAttraction'' as the Gallaghers' babysitter. |
| 272 | ** And as Cousin Vicki in ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation''. |
| 273 | ** 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''. |
| 274 | * '''Creator/ZoeKravitz''''s first film role is as an irresponsible babysitter in ''Film/NoReservations2007''. |
| 275 | * Long before '''Creator/AliceKrige''' entered the nerd hivemind as [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact the Borg Queen]], she played a Spanish FemmeFatale spy known as La Marquesa in ''{{Series/Sharpe}}''. She was also a one-off villain in an episode of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' |
| 276 | * Before he was the main character in ''Series/NUMB3RS'', '''Creator/DavidKrumholtz''' was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on Creator/ChristinaRicci's Wednesday Addams in ''[[Film/TheAddamsFamily Addams Family Values]]''. |
| 277 | ** Not to mention Mr. Universe from ''Film/{{Serenity}}''. |
| 278 | ** And Bernard the elf in ''Film/TheSantaClause''. |
| 279 | ** And the victim of a pedophile in an early ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' episode. |
| 280 | ** And Michael in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''. |
| 281 | ** And the guy who stabbed Lucy and Carter on ''Series/{{ER}}''. |
| 282 | ** Neil Schweiber's older brother on ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''. |
| 283 | * '''Creator/MilaKunis''' played the younger version of ''Film/{{Gia}}'', whose older edition was played by Creator/AngelinaJolie. |
| 284 | ** She was also, [[OldShame to her regret]], one of the orphans in '' Film/SantaWithMuscles''. |
| 285 | ** And she was in ''Film/HoneyWeShrunkOurselves''. |
| 286 | ** She also appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''. |
| 287 | ** And an episode of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger''. |
| 288 | * Before voicing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Suki]] in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', '''Creator/JennieKwan''' was in a GirlGroup called Nobody's Angel and before that, she appeared in the Creator/{{NBC}} teen drama ''Series/CaliforniaDreams''. |
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| 291 | * '''Bill Laimbeer''', then a high school basketball player, played one of the Sleestaks in ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974''. He went on to much greater fame as one of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation Detroit Pistons]]' "Bad Boys" of TheEighties and early [[TheNineties '90s]], winning two UsefulNotes/{{N|ationalBasketballAssociation}}BA championship rings, and still later became a prominent coach in the WNBA, winning three titles in that role. |
| 292 | * Several years before she had her talk show (and shed a good deal of mass), '''Creator/RickiLake''' was Tracy Turnblad in ''Film/{{Hairspray|1988}}'' '88. When she was on ''[[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]]'' in 2010 (along with other talk show hosts[[note]]Phil Donahue, Creator/GeraldoRivera, Sally Jessy Raphael, Montel Williams[[/note]]), she even recounted the appearance she'd made to promote the movie. |
| 293 | ** Also the voice of the portly Cleofatra in ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh''. |
| 294 | * '''Creator/SarahLancaster''', Series/{{Chuck}}'s sister, looked very familiar to some fans. Turns out she was [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Gift Shop Girl]]. |
| 295 | ** And the very mature and sexy Ephram's girlfriend in ''Series/{{Everwood}}''. |
| 296 | ** And Rachel Meyers in ''Series/SavedByTheBell: The New Class''. |
| 297 | * '''Creator/MichaelLandon''' was a [[Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf teenage werewolf]] long before he was in ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' and [[Series/HighwayToHeaven became an angel.]] |
| 298 | * ''Series/NightCourt''[='=]s '''Creator/JohnLarroquette''' did the narration for ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' '74. |
| 299 | * 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'', on the short-lived series ''Raising Dad'' with Creator/BobSaget and a retroactive Creator/KatDennings, and had a recurring role as Rachel (a Greendale student who also dated Abed) on ''Series/{{Community}}'' in seasons 4 and 5. |
| 300 | ** 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''. |
| 301 | ** 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. |
| 302 | * Before ''Film/TheHumanCentipede'', '''Dieter Laser''' played [[OmnicidalManiac Mantrid]] in ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', serving as the BigBad for Season 2. |
| 303 | * '''John Lathan''' was a final season cast member on the original version of ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' before playing a member of the Engine Crew on ''Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego''. |
| 304 | * 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''. |
| 305 | ** He was also Sharkboy in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfSharkboyAndLavagirl''. |
| 306 | ** Remember Youngblood from ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''? Bingo. |
| 307 | ** 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]]''. |
| 308 | ** His very first acting role was in a commercial for ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild''. |
| 309 | * '''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 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''. |
| 310 | * A very young '''Creator/JudeLaw''' appeared in one episode of Creator/{{Granada}}'s ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' which is HilariousInHindsight when he was cast as Dr. Watson in [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 the 2009 film]]. |
| 311 | * '''Carol Lawrence''', before ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', was in the revue ''New Faces of 1952'', and its filmed version, ''New Faces''. |
| 312 | * '''Creator/JenniferLawrence''' starred on ''The Creator/BillEngvall Show'' for 3 years before she was cast in ''Film/WintersBone''. |
| 313 | ** 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. |
| 314 | ** 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. |
| 315 | ** She also had a bit role on ''Series/{{Medium}}'' as a ghost of the week. |
| 316 | * 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. |
| 317 | * '''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''. |
| 318 | * '''Creator/SamuelLeBihan''' was the photographer in Creator/KrzysztofKieslowski's ''[[Film/ThreeColorsTrilogy Three Colors: Red]]'' a few years before he played the lead of ''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf''. |
| 319 | * '''Creator/MattLeblanc''' of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' fame had his first big break on the short-lived Creator/{{Fox}} sitcom ''Top of the Heap'', a SpinOff of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', along with Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams. |
| 320 | ** He also played the same character in a few episodes of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' and in another show called ''Vinnie & Bobby''. |
| 321 | ** 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]]. |
| 322 | ** 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. |
| 323 | * Before playing several roles in Creator/{{Marvel}} and Creator/{{DC|Comics}} superhero movies and voiced [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} a certain thief]], '''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'' where people would post images of his role as Toby with the text "Is this the Shazam movie you're talking about?" on Website/{{Twitter}}. And of course, he played the title character in the cult classic TV show ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. |
| 324 | ** And before all of that, he co-starred in the sitcom ''Series/LessThanPerfect''. |
| 325 | * '''Creator/BruceLee''' played Kato in the Creator/AdamWest ''Series/Batman1966'' series for three episodes. This was before his first film by three years. |
| 326 | ** Technically, that was a crossover. ''Series/TheGreenHornet'' series ran alongside ''Batman'' for one season, with Kato being the only redeeming quality of the show. |
| 327 | ** He also appears in the ''Series/HereComeTheBrides'' episode "Marriage, Chinese Style," in which he uncharacteristically loses a fight with Creator/BobbySherman. |
| 328 | ** He was also in an episode of ''Series/Ironside1967''. |
| 329 | * '''Creator/JohnLeguizamo''' was one of the terrorists in ''Film/DieHard2''. |
| 330 | ** He also popped up in ''Series/MiamiVice''. |
| 331 | * '''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''. |
| 332 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKhfEWchf8 Dong!]] (rhymes with flong). |
| 333 | ** 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. |
| 334 | * '''Creator/JosephGordonLevitt''' was the kid from the 1994 ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'' film. |
| 335 | ** Before that, he played David/Daniel Collins on the short-lived 1991 primetime revival of ''Series/DarkShadows''. |
| 336 | * Canadian viewers often recognize a pre-''Series/SchittsCreek'' '''Creator/DanLevy''' from his days as a VJ on Creator/{{MTV}} Canada. |
| 337 | * Before turning up as an inmate in ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'', '''Creator/SelenisLeyva''' was on the other side of the law, playing a US Customs officer in ''Film/MariaFullOfGrace'' and a detective in ''Series/LawAndOrder''. |
| 338 | * '''Li Dai Kun''' played minor characters in ''Series/CinderellaChef'' and ''Series/PrincessSilver'' before becoming famous for his role in ''Series/WordOfHonor''. |
| 339 | * 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? |
| 340 | ** And before she was on ''WesternAnimation/{{My Little Pony|FriendshipIsMagic}}'', she was the voice of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' and played Emmy in ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales''. |
| 341 | ** There's also her role as a bully in the 1994 dramedy ''Andre''. |
| 342 | * Even '''Creator/EvangelineLilly''' can invoke this, despite having next to no acting experience with dialogue prior to starring in ''Series/{{Lost}}''. She worked in UsefulNotes/{{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?!" |
| 343 | ** 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. |
| 344 | * '''Creator/ChadLindberg''', 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". |
| 345 | * ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}'' starred ''Series/CSIMiami''[='=]s '''Rex Linn''' as TheDragon Travers. |
| 346 | * Before starring on several Creator/DisneyChannel shows, '''Creator/PeytonList1998''' was in episodes of ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. She also played a piglet on an episode of ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets''. |
| 347 | * Before being cast in ''Series/KimsConvenience'' and the ''[[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRingS Shang-Chi]]'' 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/Warehouse13'', ''Series/OrphanBlack'' and ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. Additionally, he was [[Music/FallOutBoy Pete Wentz]]'s stunt double for the "Centuries" music video. And, like John Boyega, he sometimes did modeling for stock photos. |
| 348 | * '''Creator/DonalLogue''' was Deacon Frost's unlucky [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''Film/{{Blade}}''. Before that, he was the scientist behind the BlackBox in ''Film/{{Sneakers}}''. |
| 349 | * '''Sam Lloyd''' took away [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Drew]]'s Batmobile and was the Neighborhood Association President in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' before becoming [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]]. |
| 350 | * Two years before his breakout role in ''Film/AntwoneFisher'', '''Creator/DerekLuke''' had small parts in two separate episodes of ''Series/TheKingOfQueens''. |
| 351 | * '''Creator/CarlLumbly''' played a South African Embassy staff in ''Series/TheXFiles'' before starring in ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and as the Comicbook/MartianManhunter in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. |
| 352 | ** Before that, he played paraplegic scientist turned superhero Dr. Miles Hawkins in ''Series/{{MANTIS}}'', but before that he was 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''. |
| 353 | * '''Creator/JoannaLumley''' is one of Blofeld's Angels of Death in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Her voice is recognisable. |
| 354 | * '''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}}'': |
| 355 | ** She was Dr. Wahler in ''Film/TheFugitive''. |
| 356 | ** She was an FBI agent that got killed and MuggedForDisguise in ''Film/CollateralDamage''. |
| 357 | ** She was Spencer Reid's mentally-ill mother on ''Series/CriminalMinds''. |
| 358 | ** She was the store manager in ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin''. |
| 359 | ** She was Creator/JuliaChild's sister in ''Film/JulieAndJulia''. |
| 360 | ** She was a reporter in CJ's press room in ''Series/TheWestWing''. |
| 361 | ** She was one of the dog coaches in ''Film/BestInShow''. |
| 362 | ** She was selling the house next to [[Series/{{Friends}} Monica and Chandler]]'s to Janice. |
| 363 | ** She was one of the guests for Thanksgiving dinner at the home of a school headmaster that Frasier and Lilith keep borthering in an episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}''. |
| 364 | ** She was the woman who tries to set George Sr. up when he's in prison in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''. |
| 365 | ** She was a realtor in ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''. |
| 366 | ** She was the WickedStepmother in ''Film/AnotherCinderellaStory''. |
| 367 | * 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''. |
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