57 Acting Roles Celebrities Had Before They Were Famous

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Austin Butler got his start as an uncredited extra (later called “Zippy Brewster”) in Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.

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Glen Powell’s first acting credit ever was as “long-fingered boy” in Spy Kids 3: Game Over.

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Tyler James Williams’ first TV appearance ever was on Sesame Street.

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Elisabeth Moss made her big-screen debut — opposite Hulk Hogan — as a girl whose cat got stuck in a tree in Suburban Commando.

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Jason Momoa’s first acting gig ever was as Jason Loane in 44 episodes of Baywatch, starting in Season 10.

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Ashley Tisdale played a student in Donnie Darko when she was 16 years old.

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Rainn Wilson played Lahnk in Galaxy Quest, his first movie ever.

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Scarlett Johansson played Molly, Alex’s older sister, in Home Alone 3.

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Cameron Monaghan played a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it traffic cop elf in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

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Molly Shannon’s second TV gig ever was in a few episodes of In Living Color.

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Octavia Spencer played Cynthia, one of Drew Barrymore’s coworkers, in Never Been Kissed.

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Zac Efron was on the short-lived WB series called Summerland.

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Leonardo DiCaprio was an uncredited extra in Roseanne, playing one of Darlene’s classmates for a single episode.

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Jena Malone played Susan Sarandon’s daughter in the iconic movie Stepmom.

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Zachary Quinto played a TV commercial director in an episode of Lizzie McGuire.

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Ryan Gosling’s first two acting credits were in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (in 1995) and an episode of Goosebumps (in 1996).

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Aubrey Plaza’s TV debut was as an NBC Page with one line in 30 Rock.

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Alanna Ubach made her big-screen debut as Maria in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.

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Kaley Cuoco played Elisa in the Disney Channel movie Alley Cats Strike.

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Kevin McHale was a student at PCA in two episodes of Zoey 101.

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Emmy Rossum played Claire in the Disney Channel movie Genius.

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Ben Affleck played an uncredited basketball player in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.

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Jennifer Lawrence’s first acting role was as a school mascot in one episode of Monk.

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James Marsden was in two episodes of The Nanny.

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Jon Huertas played Brad, a witch hunter/Harvey Kinkle’s best friend on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

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Adam Scott played Griff Hawkins, the new kid/bully, in a few episodes of Boy Meets World.

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Danielle Fishel played Jennifer P., one of Stephanie Tanner’s classmates, in two episodes of Full House.

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Dianna Agron played a girl who could fit her whole fist in her mouth on Drake & Josh.

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Amy Adams was on a single episode of Charmed in one of her very first acting credits.

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John Cho played a parking valet in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.

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Rachel McAdams played Riley’s sister in a very emotional episode of Disney Channel’s The Famous Jett Jackson.

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Kevin Hart played a cameraman in Along Came Polly.

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Jessica Alba was a school bully in The Secret World of Alex Mack.

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Sara Ramírez was the cashier in You’ve Got Mail.

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Elijah Wood is credited as “video game boy” in Back to the Future Part II.

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Simon Helberg played a nerdy student who had a crush on Hilary Duff’s character in A Cinderella Story.

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Kat Dennings played Claire in the spooky Disney Channel movie The Scream Team.

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Don Cheadle was in a single episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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Maggie Wheeler was a camp counselor — aka Marva Jr. — in The Parent Trap.

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Hugh Laurie was actually in Spice World.

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Julie Bowen played Virginia in Happy Gilmore.

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Laurence Fishburne was 14 when he lied about his age to get the part of a soldier in Apocalypse Now.

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Taran Killam was Frankie Muniz’s bully in Big Fat Liar.

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Kristen Stewart was in an extra for .3 seconds in Disney Channel’s The Thirteenth Year.

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Michael Cera was in Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s iconic movie Switching Goals.

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Eric Stonestreet played a hotel receptionist in 10 seconds of Almost Famous.

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Steve Carell played a security guard in the super underrated movie Sleepover.

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Abigail Breslin was the little girl at the parade in The Princess Diaries 2.

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Noel Fisher played the bully in Max Keeble’s Big Move.

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Joe Manganiello was Peter Parker’s bully in the original Spider-Man.

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Angela Bassett was a flight attendant in about two seconds of Kindergarten Cop.

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Mike O’Malley was the host of Nickelodeon’s Global Guts.

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Selena Gomez played a kid for two years on Barney & Friends.

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Kate Berlant had one line as “Student #2” in her first acting gig ever on Lizzie McGuire.

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Ryan Reynolds was the love interest in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch TV movie.

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Katherine Heigl was in Disney’s TV movie Wish Upon a Star.

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And Adam Sandler got his start as Smitty on The Cosby Show.

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