Before they were famous

[Pints]

The mum in Raising Hope was one of the kids in The Goonies.

[MadMullah]

hayden pantierre was in an episode of malcolm in the middle where she uses him till the end where malcolm gets one over her but she ends up winning

[bigandclever]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su1bfo_8lH8

[Negative Creep]

Jeff Goldblum as a thug in Death Wish
Samuel L Jackson as a robber in Coming to America
Vin Diesel in Saving Private Ryan
James Earl Jones in Dr Strangelove
Hilary swank in The Next Karate Kid
Johnny Depp in Platoon
Jackie Chan getting beaten up by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury
Keanu Reevs in Babes in Toyland - watch some clips of this and you'll wonder how he ever lived it down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DGe9i9lGQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjnFmdpZag

[KP328]

I can remember seeing Russell Crowe in Neighbours.

Oh and thinking about it Guy Pearce was in that program to.

[mattyn1]

Diane Keen - interesting start to career doing, well shall we say, more adult work, to end with Doctors!

[FourWheelDrift]

There is of course perhaps our greatest living actor Sir Christopher Lee. I enjoy a nice game of spot the Lee. There are plenty of films to try it on.

Before he was famous he did a good line in Spanish parts.
The Spanish Captain in the 1951 film Cpt Horatio Hornblower.
Spanish military attache in the 1952 film The Crimson Pirate
And of course the Spanish (Uruguayan) bar owner in 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate.

There were many others as well, I class him as being "famous" from about 1958 onwards.

[KieronGSi]

FourWheelDrift said:

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

Someone was watching pointless today.

[FourWheelDrift]

Yes I caught that today, it was too hot to work out in the garden this afternoon

[Stinkfoot]

My favourite has to be Jean Claude Van Damm in Breakdance as by stander dancing (wearing the same black all in one leotard he would wear a few years later in AWOL in the pool fight scene).

[clonmult]

KP328 said:

I can remember seeing Russell Crowe in Neighbours.

Oh and thinking about it Guy Pearce was in that program to.

It was Neighbours that launched Guy Pearce' career, apparently 496 episode, was in it for 3 years.

[ajprice]

The Bruce Lee film with Jackie Chan was Enter The Dragon


Jackie Chan's first big American film was The Cannonball Run


We need to carry this on with Jackie Chan and Jet Li together.

Edited by ajprice on Saturday 8th September 08:49

[Eric Mc]

Negative Creep said:

Jeff Goldblum as a thug in Death Wish
Samuel L Jackson as a robber in Coming to America
Vin Diesel in Saving Private Ryan
James Earl Jones in Dr Strangelove
Hilary swank in The Next Karate Kid
Johnny Depp in Platoon
Jackie Chan getting beaten up by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury
Keanu Reevs in Babes in Toyland - watch some clips of this and you'll wonder how he ever lived it down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62DGe9i9lGQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjnFmdpZag

Now, I DO know who all these are

So I don't suffer from Alzheimers.

[longshot]

Morgan Freeman as a crazy on death row in Brubaker

[stewy68]

Matt LeBlanc (Joey from Friends) in Bob Seger's Night Moves video.

[Halb]

clonmult said:

It was Neighbours that launched Guy Pearce' career, apparently 496 episode, was in it for 3 years.

Yeah, he was pretty big in it so I don't think it is the same as the rest.
Johny Depp had already starred in Nightmare On Elm Street before Platoon.

Edited by Halb on Saturday 8th September 10:17

[993AL]

Laurence Fishburne in Death Wish 2

[FourWheelDrift]

Ray Winstone currently playing Regan in the new Sweeney film, had an part early on in the original Sweeney TV series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9h3Po8hP5Q


And currently on ITV4 is Boycie from Only Fools and Horses playing a thug opposite Peter "Grouty" Vaughan.

[Negative Creep]

993AL said:

Laurence Fishburne in Death Wish 2

As well as Apocalypse Now, wish also featured a then unknown Harrison Ford

[Eric Mc]

Hmmm - Death Wish 2 - 1982

American Graffiti - 1973
Star Wars - 1977
Hanover Street - 1979
Force 10 from Navarone - 1978

I think Harrison Ford was getting fairly well known by 1979.

Or did you mean the original Death Wish film from 1974?