Chris Rock pretty unknown in these two scenes in the late 80s;
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bonfarr said:
That actor was a much younger Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) from Breaking Bad.
He was in gremlins too, as the cop.
Walton Goggins was an Air Force gate guard in Forever Young (1992). I had to look that one up. I remember seeing him but could not remember the movie.
Daniel Craig in Star Wars- The Force Awakens.
Bruce Almighty said:
Many of these responses are not unknown
Bruce Almighty in The Jerk
Dan Aykroyd as a British officer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Emma Roberts plays Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz's daughter in "Blow".
Jennifer Connelly was in Duran Duran's video for "Union of the Snake"
Robert Duvall is Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird". I suspect most knew this one already.
Jennifer Connelly was in Duran Duran's video for "Union of the Snake"
Robert Duvall is Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird". I suspect most knew this one already.
Diggity said:
Matt Damon was cast as an unknown for Saving Private Ryan...since Spielberg didn't want it to be obvious who he was in the movie.
Good Will Hunting blew up before SPR released and that all went to hell.
This was all 10 years after Mystic Pizza so MD definitely had to grind it out for a while. He had some great roles in School Ties and Chasing Amy during that period, but definitely wasn't a star.
I saw a video where Matt Damon initially auditioned for Saving Private Ryan but didn't get it. Damon mentioned this to Robin Williams while filming Good Will Hunting and Spielberg just happened to be in Boston filming Amistad. Williams called up Spielberg and asked him to lunch and ambushed him by bringing Matt Damon along. Damon was cast shortly after.
Ryan the Temp said:
Dan Aykroyd as a British officer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Ryan the Temp said:
Dan Aykroyd as a British officer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Dan Aykroyd was hardly unknown in '84.. this should be filed under 'under the radar cameos'
I don't know if this fits the ops '... very recognizable actors and their first film roles before they became well known.'
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Jackie Chan in Cannonball Run
Michael Shannon in Groundhog Day
This one may be well known, Bruno Mars was in Honeymooon In Vegas.
Peewee Herman in Blues Brothers.
and a few Cheech and Chong movies
Sex Panther said:
Sam Rockwell as Foot Clan recruit tour guide - og Ninja Turtles
That movie is playing locally this weekend for the 35th anniversary, I'd take my daughter but she wouldn't care. She's the same age now I was when I saw it in the theater.
Diggity said:
Matt Damon was cast as an unknown for Saving Private Ryan...since Spielberg didn't want it to be obvious who he was in the movie.
Nathan Fillion also played Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan.
Flatlander said:Diggity said:
Matt Damon was cast as an unknown for Saving Private Ryan...since Spielberg didn't want it to be obvious who he was in the movie.
Nathan Fillion also played Private Ryan in Saving Private Ryan.
Good catch! The dumb hayseed Private Ryan.
Jon Favreau had a small role in Batman Forever
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
John Ratzenberger (Cliff in Cheers) was Major Derlin in The Empire Strikes Back.
*hoists a beer*.....Well, Woody, its a little known fact that the Death Star was origionally supposed to be made out of wood, but Alderan wouldn't give Darth Vader the timber contract he needed....
Bill Murray cooking meth in Dumb and Dumberer.
Unknown because that movie deserves to be wiped from history.
Unknown because that movie deserves to be wiped from history.
Bruce Almighty said:
Jon Favreau had a small role in Batman Forever
Before that he was Gutter in PCU.
Here is Jeremy Piven looking like a 45 year old HS senior football player in Lucas.
Jeremy Piven was (I think) on the plane across from Jennifer Aniston and Hugh Laurie when Rachel goes to London for Ross's wedding.
maroon barchetta said:
Jeremy Piven was (I think) on the plane across from Jennifer Aniston and Hugh Laurie when Rachel goes to London for Ross's wedding.
the sleeping dude?
IDK.
UnderoosAg said:
Cuba Gooding Jr is getting a haircut at the barber shop in Coming to America
Giancarlo Esposito is in jail in Trading Places
Dean Norris gets blown up in Lethal Weapon 2
That's where he learned the "quarter blood technique" from Billy Ray Valentine. A technique that would come in handy as he rose through the ranks of the Juarez Cartel.
62strat said:maroon barchetta said:
Jeremy Piven was (I think) on the plane across from Jennifer Aniston and Hugh Laurie when Rachel goes to London for Ross's wedding.
the sleeping dude?
IDK.
Looks like they took this scene from Airplane but the Sikh with the gas can and match sitting next to Ted Stryker was funnier.
No, it's before that. I think there is some portion where she is getting to her seat?
Helen Hunt in "Desperate Lives" (Made for TV after school special, 1982)
She plays the girl in the video who snorted some angel dust and jumped out a window & freaked the f out.
We had to watch that in 7th grade Health class back in 1988. Our teacher was a coach who didn't give a crap about anything, so we watched it a couple of times a week. He'd let us replay that scene over & over again because us 12-year olds thought that was the funniest scene in the history of cinema. I bet we watched that movie, or at least this part, 100+ times.
I'd been trying to remember that movie's name for years and couldn't. When Mad About You came out, I knew I recognized Helen Hunt but I couldn't think of where I knew her from. And then she hosted SNL and referenced the scene. Yessss! It was Helen Hunt!
She plays the girl in the video who snorted some angel dust and jumped out a window & freaked the f out.
We had to watch that in 7th grade Health class back in 1988. Our teacher was a coach who didn't give a crap about anything, so we watched it a couple of times a week. He'd let us replay that scene over & over again because us 12-year olds thought that was the funniest scene in the history of cinema. I bet we watched that movie, or at least this part, 100+ times.
I'd been trying to remember that movie's name for years and couldn't. When Mad About You came out, I knew I recognized Helen Hunt but I couldn't think of where I knew her from. And then she hosted SNL and referenced the scene. Yessss! It was Helen Hunt!
How does one fly out a second story window, land flat on your back, then get up and start menacing a crowd?
Angel Dust must be one hell of a drug.
Angel Dust must be one hell of a drug.
Wes97 said:
Kevin Costner in the Big Chill.
Kevin Costner in Night Shift.
Tobey Maguire was one of the bullies in the feature length Nintendo commercial The Wizard
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Going WAAAY back - Sid Caesar as a random caveman in "History of the World: Part 1". He had been one of the earliest Hollywood blacklisted actors for at least a decade prior.
Caesar had some alcohol problems that eventually made him unreliable, but I do not believe he was ever blacklisted because of political beliefs.
Do you have a source?
Denzel Washington in Carbon Copy.
The opening credits say "Introducing Denzel Washington"
Rewatched this a few weeks ago.
The opening credits say "Introducing Denzel Washington"
Rewatched this a few weeks ago.
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