Before they were famous

[Halb]

It always interests me when I watch old things and a face pops up, sort of recognisable, younger and leaner, then it disappears because it's a walk on three or a bit part.

Recent ones I have spotted.

1. A very young Jonny Lee Miller as a leather clad love interest of Onslo's wife in Keeping Up Appearances
2. Viggo Mortenson in Witness
3. Jake Gyllenhaal as the kid in City Slickers
4. Tom Hardy as 'Hi I'm character A' who promptly gets blown up seconds later in Band of Brothers.

[TheHeretic]

Minnie Driver in the old Right Guard commercial.

[Shaw Tarse]

What's her name off Friends in a pop video?
And the blonde girl spotted on an American football screen?

[FourWheelDrift]

Bill Paxton meeting Arnie's Terminator who wants "Your clothes... give them to me, now"
Jim Carrey a drug fuelled murder victim being investigated by Dirty Harry at the start of The Dead Pool.

[Halb]

FourWheelDrift said:

Jim Carrey a drug fuelled murder victim being investigated by Dirty Harry at the start of The Dead Pool.

I remember that one. He does an 'armless' impression of a singer, quite amusing.

[TheHeretic]

Slyvester Stallone in Arnie's 'Hercules in New York'.

[FourWheelDrift]

a sort of....

3 years before she played Dickie Attenborough's granddaughter in Jurassic Park Ariana Richards has pogoing around Perfection Nevada while nasty big worms were trying to eat her in Tremors.

[Big Raff]

FourWheelDrift said:

a sort of....

3 years before she played Dickie Attenborough's granddaughter in Jurassic Park Ariana Richards has pogoing around Perfection Nevada while nasty big worms were trying to eat her in Tremors.

She was also the white hating white girl in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

[Civpilot]

Halb said:

It always interests me when I watch old things and a face pops up, sort of recognisable, younger and leaner, then it disappears because it's a walk on three or a bit part.

Recent ones I have spotted.

1. A very young Jonny Lee Miller as a leather clad love interest of Onslo's wife in Keeping Up Appearances
2. Viggo Mortenson in Witness
3. Jake Gyllenhaal as the kid in City Slickers

#Tom Hardy as 'Hi I'm character A' who promptly gets blown up seconds later in Band of Brothers .

He actually had a reasonable role in the 2 episodes he featured in as Pfc. John Janovec and died in a jeep crash. (In fact he got the only sex scene in the whole series if I remember correctly)

[Halb]

Civpilot said:

He actually had a reasonable role in the 2 episodes he featured in as Pfc. John Janovec and died in a jeep crash. (In fact he got the only sex scene in the whole series if I remember correctly)

I missed his part in the other ep then!

[SystemParanoia]

i rember watching an old kung fu movie and seeing jacke chan as some random background grunt.. no lines or anything interesting at all lol

[Halb]

View To A Kill was on the other day.
Dolph Lungren pops up for 10 seconds in a scene at the racetrack.

[Eric Mc]

Halb said:

It always interests me when I watch old things and a face pops up, sort of recognisable, younger and leaner, then it disappears because it's a walk on three or a bit part.

Recent ones I have spotted.

1. A very young Jonny Lee Miller as a leather clad love interest of Onslo's wife in Keeping Up Appearances
2. Viggo Mortenson in Witness
3. Jake Gyllenhaal as the kid in City Slickers
4. Tom Hardy as 'Hi I'm character A' who promptly gets blown up seconds later in Band of Brothers.

I don't know who any of these people are. Are they REALLY famous?

[Truckosaurus]

In the opening scene of "War Games", a pair of USAF airmen go on duty at an underground ICBM silo, and receive a false launch command. I assume they were unknown character actors at the time, but these days you know them instantly as Leo McGarry from the West Wing (John Spencer) and Mr Blonde off of Reservoir Dogs (Michael Madsen).

[TheHeretic]

Eric Mc said:

Halb said:

It always interests me when I watch old things and a face pops up, sort of recognisable, younger and leaner, then it disappears because it's a walk on three or a bit part.

Recent ones I have spotted.

1. A very young Jonny Lee Miller as a leather clad love interest of Onslo's wife in Keeping Up Appearances
2. Viggo Mortenson in Witness
3. Jake Gyllenhaal as the kid in City Slickers
4. Tom Hardy as 'Hi I'm character A' who promptly gets blown up seconds later in Band of Brothers.

I don't know who any of these people are. Are they REALLY famous?

Well, Tom Hardy was the baddy in the latest batman, played Charles bronson, and is very much a Hollywood hit.
Viggo Mortenson played Aragorn in lord of the Rings
jake (*()&^*^ was the guy from Donnie Darko and Brokebum Mountain
johnny Lee Miller was in trainspotting, and Dexter if memory serves me.

[Halb]

Eric Mc said:

I don't know who any of these people are. Are they REALLY famous?

Yes they REALLY are to those that watch films and don't have Alzheimer's. The last three place amongst the top echelon of stars in the Hollywood firmament.
Jonny Lee Miller's star has dropped recently though, he was a big name around 8 years ago.

[FourWheelDrift]

Jonny Lee Miller is currently starring in the US version of Sherlock, "Elementary". CBS may be sued by the BBC for copying Sherlock without permission.

[Civpilot]

Halb said:

Eric Mc said:

I don't know who any of these people are. Are they REALLY famous?

Yes they REALLY are to those that watch films and don't have Alzheimer's. The last three place amongst the top echelon of stars in the Hollywood firmament.
Jonny Lee Miller's star has dropped recently though, he was a big name around 8 years ago.

Don't feed him Halb, quick, say something about planes thats needs correcting, use the distraction and run away

[FourWheelDrift]

Civpilot said:

Don't feed him Halb, quick, say something about planes thats needs correcting, use the distraction and run away

What about Kevin Bacon in Planes Trains & Automobiles as the guy who beats Steve Martin to the taxi?


[runs]

Yes he was famous before but I thought it was amusing link

[MadMullah]

SystemParanoia said:

i rember watching an old kung fu movie and seeing jacke chan as some random background grunt.. no lines or anything interesting at all lol

wasnt he in enter the dragon with bruce lee?

matt le blanc who was joey in friends was in that heinz ketchup advert where the he puts the bottle over the edge - runs down and then catches the sauce coming out of the bottle

jennifer lopez was in that janet jackson music vid as a dancer

billy zane was a sidekick of biff in back to the future - which also had a young elijah wood in bttf2 playing some video game