History Main / YouMightRememberMeFrom

* Creator/HughLaurie is most well-known in the US and worldwide as [[Series/{{House}} Dr. Gregory House]], but in his native England, he is most famous as a comedian, most notably in ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' (alongside Creator/StephenFry), ''Series/{{Blackadder}}. There was also the role of Jasper in 1996's ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]''.

* Creator/DCDouglas is most well known for his voice acting work, particularly as [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Albert Wesker]] and [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Legion]]. He also appears often as a guest star in various soap operas and TV series, such as ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful'', ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', and ''Series/{{Castle}}''. In addition, he regularly features in films from Creator/TheAsylum, including a highly-touted cameo in ''Film/Sharknado2TheSecondOne''.

* Creator/ChristopherLee played Dracula in a series of horror movies in his younger days. More recently, he's played villains in summer blockbusters such as the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings.'' And a major character in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Going back a bit further, to the mid-70s, Lee was also Scaramanga in ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. He also did some spoken lines for the band Music/RhapsodyOfFire. In fact, Sir Christopher holds the Guinness Record for the highest number of film acting roles ever... but 95% of people know him from this handful of roles.

* Creator/HughLaurie is most well-known in the US as [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]], but in his native England, he is most famous as a comedian, most notably in ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' (alongside Creator/StephenFry), ''Series/{{Blackadder}}, and in the live-action remake of ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' as Jasper.

* Creator/KeHuyQuan was Short Round in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and Data in ''Film/TheGoonies''. His major resurgence has happened with the role of Waymond Wang in ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce''.

* Creator/ElijahWood was a famous child actor known as the other Macaulay Culkin (they even co-starred in ''Film/TheGoodSon'') years before being cast as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]].

* Junky Janker voiced Gumball in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' before joining ''WebVideo/SMPLive''.

* Creator/JohnTravolta used to be "that guy from ''Saturday Night Fever''". Then he was "that guy from ''Film/PulpFiction''". And then "that Creator/LRonHubbard fanboy who inflicted ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' on us". Now he may be known as "that guy in a fat suit and drag in the 2007 version of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}''".

* ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' is a live-action web series featuring Creator/MatthewMercer and Creator/KyleHebert, both well-known anime and video game voice-actors (Mercer [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] for Creator/TroyBaker as [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Kanji Tatsumi]] and portrayed [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]], while Hebert voiced greats such as [[Anime/DragonBallZ Gohan]] and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]).
* Creator/HughLaurie is most well-known in the US as [[Series/{{House}} Dr. House]], but in his native England, he is most famous as a comedian, most notably in ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' (alongside Creator/StephenFry) and in the live-action remake of ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' as Jasper.

* Creator/MarkHamill. After spending years known only as [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]], he then got a career in voice acting, particularly as the Joker in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. As well as the Hobgoblin from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Skips in ''Regular Show'', and the [[EvilOverlord Evil Dad]] role in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. When he appeared in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'', the film actually stops and puts "Hey kids! It's Mark Hamill! (Applause)" onscreen.

-->-- '''[[TropeNamer Troy McClure]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* This trope as applied to a ''company'': [=NetEase=] Games first enjoyed fame as the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' before ''VideoGame/IdentityV'' came along, became a bigger success, and overshadows the previous association.

* Chrissy, (Creator/AshleyJohnson) from ''Series/GrowingPains'' as Terra from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.

* Jaleel White is best known for playing Steve Urkel on ''Series/FamilyMatters'' and for being the first voice of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.

* Creator/CarolKane, a famous actor in movies from the 70's who also appeared in the TV show ''Series/{{Taxi}}'', appeared as the Tooth Fairy in an episode of the then-popular PBS series ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', and currently plays Lillian on the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt''.

* Creator/JessicaLange is a two time Academy Award winner (her first win was in 1982 for her supporting role in {{Film/Tootsie}}; her second win was in 1994 for her lead role in ''Film/BlueSky'', however newer generations will most likely know her from her various stints on Series/AmericanHorrorStory.