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Now famous actors in early minor roles

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thekonamicode

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Philip Seymour Hoffman in Twister

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Loxley

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James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Tom hardy, Simon Pegg, and Andrew Scott all had very minor roles in Band of Brothers. It's still funny to see such a large number of actors who would go on to carry their own shows/films in the future play such minor parts in the same show.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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Loxley said:
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Tom hardy, Simon Pegg, and Andrew Scott all had very minor roles in Band of Brothers. It's still funny to see such a large number of actors who would go on to carry their own shows/films in the future play such minor parts in the same show.
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It's like The Outsiders movie of its generation.

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Version 3.0

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I was watching Enemy of the State on Netflix last night. Was surprised to see Jack Black and Seth Green, among others like Jake Busey and Scott Caan.

I saw it in the theater way back then, and certainly didn't know them.
 
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Fancyarcher

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Clint Eastwood in Revenge of The Creature, lol. What a film debut. Love MST3K gag regarding his appearance in the film "This guy's bad, he'll never make it!"

Here's a very young Arnold with a beard in The Long Goodbye.

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DiipuSurotu said:
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Amy Adams in Smallville
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Also Catch Me If You Can, years before anyone really knew who she was.

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Zoe

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Carn82 said:
ER had tons of small roles.. Nick Offerman, Aaron Paul, Shia LeBouf, Anton Yelchin, probably forgetting a bunch.
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I've been watching this a lot ever since Pop started doing marathons, and it's hilarious how many random well-known stars walk across the screen.

When they aired the live episode the other day, the husband and I both said "Nick Offerman??" at the same time during the credits :lol
(Lisa Edelstein was in that episode as well)
 
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ZackieChan

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Look up any popular actor on IMDB, scroll to the bottom of their credits, and you're bound to find a few (or many) minor roles prior to them hitting it big.
 
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Ryck

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Not a huge star but I was like HEY!!!! While watching Batteries Not Included on Netflix the other day. ( Love this movie)

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Luis Guzman in the background as an extra.
 
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EMBee99

all that he wants is another baby
Always thought Vincent D'onofrio in "Adventures in Babysitting" was a pretty deep cut. Dude played Thor before Hemsworth.

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Guerrillas in the Mist

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TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared said:
Simon Pegg in that tiny Band of Brothers role

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Andrew Scott (Moriarty) also in Band of Brothers

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Some of the other names have already been mentioned, but Band of Brothers is great for this:

Michael Fassbender

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James McAvoy

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Tom Hardy
and his ass

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Bonus Round: Jimmy Fallon (!!!)

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When I watched it again recently, I noticed that Fassbender's role in the series was pretty big; he's in most episodes. Apparently Dominic Cooper pops up in a background role somewhere as well.
 
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BlackLagoon

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JadedWriter said:
Bryan Cranston has also voiced a Power Rangers villain or two. Not to mention Guld in Macross Plus.
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No, Guld was Richard Epcar. Cranston played Isamu. Anyway, Cranston is in a lot of early-mid 90s dubs, it's what he did before he had his big break into live action. He was in Armitage III, Wings of Honneamise, Orguss 02, Teknoman, and maybe a few more.
 
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GaimeGuy

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Probably already mentioned, but Elijah Wood was one of the kids at the arcade cabinet in the Cafe 80s in BTTF2.
 
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JadedWriter

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BlackLagoon said:
No, Guld was Richard Epcar. Cranston played Isamu. Anyway, Cranston is in a lot of early-mid 90s dubs, it's what he did before he had his big break into live action. He was in Armitage III, Wings of Honneamise, Orguss 02, Teknoman, and maybe a few more.
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Why do I always get that confused? Thanks for the clarification. I had no idea Cranston were in that many dubs. Who was he in Teknoman?
 
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