Before they were famous

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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.

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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.

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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!

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

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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.

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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

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Dr Jekyll said:

Audrey Hepburn as a waitress in the Lavender hill mob.

She was Holland's bit of stuff, not a waitress. I think it might have been her first role though, she was lovely.

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Watched Groundhog Day today.
Noticed Michael Shannon the man who plays the absolutely ace Prohibition agent Nelson Van Alden is in it as the lad who gets the Wrestlemania ticket.

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HD Adam said:

I watched that oo.
Wasn't the psychiatrist that Bill Murray visited played by Adrian Brody?

I checked, wasn't him, but looks like him.

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

I heard somewhere in the dim and distant past, that Harrison Ford was a carpenter building sets, and George Lucas 'spotted' him and ended up giving him the role in Star Wars?
Or did I dream it?

It's true. By then Ford had already 'starred' in The Conversation and American Graffiti. He learned carpentry as a trade for when acting dried up. Worked out well for him.

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Alfa numeric said:

I’m sure I read somewhere that HF had returned to carpentry after American Graffiti but had remained friends with George Lucas. GL was determined to cast actors he’d not used before in Star Wars and asked Harrison to help him in the auditions by reading with the prospective actors- during this process GL realised that he was perfect for the character of Han Solo.

That's how I recall it. He had had limited success at acting but everyone needs drawers.

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Just seen an old Flash advert.
I think MacWitch was in it!

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Caught the old Blackadder II 'Money' episode. The woman who says, 'so you crap out of the window?' is the cook from Downton Abbey.

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Just spotted Billy Zane in a tiny role in Back To The Future II as a stupid henchman.

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The Mayor before Carcetti from the Wire was the science teacher in Gremlins.

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Stuart from TBBT was a flunkie broker who got beat up by two underlings of Chris in the opening ep of series two of The Sopranos.
Watched it last night.

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Just caught Cocoon 2 on the box. Courtney Cox is so young she looks like a different woman to how she was in Friends.

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Well spotted on Shaw!!

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Star of SIlicon Valley as a knob in The Wolf of Wall Street.

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I can barely remember the main star of Gattaca!

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Damn that's good