Bit roles by actors early in their careers...

[Archae]

Frodo Baggins was in "Back To The Future 2?"

Daniel Craig (yes, James Bond!) was in "A Kid In King Arthur's Court?"

Yup!

http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1384_20-embarrassing-roles-famous-actors/

[Ptah]

1. George Takei on the Perry Mason show -

The Case of the Blushing Pearls (24 Oct. 1959)




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0673198/

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Takei was on an episode of the Twilight Zone in 1964, "The Encounter"

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I remember seeing that episode as a kid when it aired in 1964. Two men, an America WWII vet and an American-Japanese man meet in an attic and each experience angst over the war. I remember the surprising ending when the ex American GI is impaled on a Japanese sword and Takei grabs it and jumps out the window yelling "Banzai". Supposedly, that episode has never been shown since in the United States and was banned from syndication because of protests over the back story of Takei's character's father as described in the episode as a traitor to the U.S. I remember it as a very powerful acting performance by Takei. He supposedly was also the narrating voice in the English dubbed version of the Japanese horror film Rodan (his first paid acting performance).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Audrey Hepburn had a bit part in "The Lavender Hill Mob"

and Marilyn Monroe had a bit part in All About Eve.

[argyl]

3. There were a number of now well known actresses who had one episode roles on "Law and Order."

I've seen Claire Danes, Kerry Washington, Emmy Rossum, Vera Farmiga, Jennifer Garner, Amanda Peete, and Laura Linney in roles on that show before they were well known.

Oh hell, I almost left out Julia Roberts. Well, she was already the superstar Julia Roberts who was dating cast regular Benjamin Bratt at the time so just kidding there.

I may have left a few out.

[OriginalGeek]

12. EVERYbody has been in L&O

It's a running joke in our family - every single time we are watching TV and we see someone who we wonder where we've seen them before we go to IMDB and look them up. Invariably they have been in an episode of Law & Order however that isn't usually where we recognize them from.

[Archae]

4. Also...

In the 1980's sword and sorcery movie "Krull" there was one character who who would go from village to village, and marry someone there.

He was played by Liam Neeson.

[Ahpook]

5. Twilght Zone had quite a few

Wasn't Jack Nicholson in one episode? I know Dennis Hopper was.

I also think a young Robert Duvall among others.

[whistler162]

7. Some guy name William Shatnir or something like that

not sure he ever made it big, kinda hammy.

[NewJeffCT]

22. Leonard Nimoy was in one as well

I think the Shat was in two different episodes, though?

I always look at that "Nightmare at 20,000 feet" episode and the most stunning thing is everybody lighting up & smoking on the plane.

[pinboy3niner]

13. Robert Redford played Death in one, but it was a lead

Roddy McDowall also was in some.

[Special Prosciuto]

33. a panoply of stars on the twilight zone

http://www.paleycenter.org/a-panoply-of-stars-on-the-twilight-zone/

[Jenoch]

43. Jack Nicholson was on an episode of Andy Griffith.

He was accused of theft and Aunt Bee was on the jury. She held out against the other jurors to not con ict him because she thought he was a good man. They proved him not guilty during the trial and caught the real perp in the courtroom.

Edit to add: After reading this thread I discovered I'm the third to post about Jack Nicholson. Of course I included details the other did not include.

[charlie and algernon]

6. Look for Christian Bale at about 2:26

[alphafemale]

35. He was in "Empire of the Sun" two years before this though.

Stunning work.

[charlie and algernon]

47. Yeah, I left that off since he's THE major charactor of that movie

IMO, he should've been nominated (and won) the Oscar for Best Actor.

[alphafemale]

50. Plays the gamut from a wretched little spoiled brat to heartbreak and then redemption.

Stunning.

Has an acting Oscar nod ever gone to a boy though?

I think they reserve nods to child actors to cute little girls.

Not an odd looking little boy.



Christian Bale did grow into that face and nose however. lmao

[IrishEyes]

8. Ben Affleck was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Film in 1992

He was basketball player #10. Matt Damon was in Mystic Pizza as the romantic leads younger brother. They both had one line. Brad Pitt was in the horror film Cutting Class. I saw it at a slumber party when I was a kid before he became famous. I like watching old films or tv shows and seeing a now famous actor or actress.

[applegrove]

9. Robert Duval was Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird

[alphafemale]

27. Yeah. I was going to mention that one. nt

[DFW]

10. Jeff Goldblum in "Death Wish"

He was one of the juvenile punks that trashed Charles Bronson's apartment and family.

[Tom Ripley]

14. Ahem..."Freak # 1"

[alphafemale]

26. Alex Winter. Bill from Bill and Ted was one of the Thugs from Death Wish 3

It is really odd spotting people in these roles after they become famous for playing a completely different type.

[DFW]

11. Also: David Caruso in the first Rambo film

He played a young deputy who got cussed out by Brian Dennehy for thinking there was "something about" Rambo when they find out he had been a "war hero."

[Mr.Bill]

38. Caruso also played

an Irish gang leader on Hill Street Blues.

[Tom Ripley]

48. While wearing a leprechaun hat!

Hilarious

[Mr.Bill]

49. Well, the gang was called

the Shamrocks.

[Iris]

15. Brad Pitt in thirtysomething

[lame54]

19. brad pitt in growing pains...

Along with leonardo dicaprio

[Brother Buzz]

17. Michael J. Pollard was Maynard G. Krebs' replacment on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis...

He played Maynard's odd cousin when Bob Denver got drafted in real life. Bob failed the physical and returned to the series. I regret they didn't keep both characters. Hell, they could have made the very first TV spin-off staring the two kooks.

?w=480&h=365 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

[lame54]

20. also...

Warren beatty and tuesday weld from dobie gillis

[Brother Buzz]

21. And also Zelda, who went on to star as a politician

Sheila Kuehl was first in the California State Assembly, then the California State Senate, and after being term limited out of both offices became she a member of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors.

[Kaleva]

18. Daniel Day-Lewis had a bit role as a street thug in Gandhi

[NewJeffCT]

23. The guy in the beginning of "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

who tells Indy to "Throw me the idol, I'll throw you the whip" and then drops the whip and leaves - only to meet an untimely demise - is Alfred Molina.

[Archae]

31. Yeah, in a previous article, Cracked pointed that out...

"Dr Octopus" in the Spider-Man movie.

[NewJeffCT]

32. I remember not long after Spider-Man 2 came out

I saw Raiders on TV, and then I said, "holy crap, that's Doctor Octopus!!" So, it's always stuck in my memory.

[lame54]

36. That's awesome...

The first time I saw him (so I thought) was in prick up your ears
I never knew he was the whip guy

[NewJeffCT]

37. as I said above

I had just seen the new Spider Man 2 movie with Doctor Octopus, and then was watching Raiders and said, "holy crap - that's Doctor Octopus!"

[lame54]

40. he was amazing in boogie nights

[NewJeffCT]

24. Pedro Pascal - Oberyn Martell from Game of Thrones

had a brief stint in season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer who got turned into a vampire in the episode, and then slain by Buffy.

[NewJeffCT]

25. Amy Adams was also in Buffy

in Season 5, playing a witchy cousin of Tara, Willow's girlfriend.

[alphafemale]

28. Richard Dreyfess "The Graduate"

Don't blink.

[NewJeffCT]

29. wow

He almost looks like Adam Sandler there.

[alphafemale]

34. The Grizzly Adams guy was one of the hippies in "Easy Rider."

Not sure if it was even credited but it is him.

[irisblue]

30. Enrico Colantoni had an uncredited role

in Independence Day 1996, he is near unrecognizable b/c he has a full head of hair, but his voice is distinctive, he plays the officer telling the air force brass that the "objects" are slowing down as they get closer to Earth.. Maybe 4 lines.

[Mr.Bill]

39. Jack Nicholson

was on an episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

[Baitball Blogger]

41. Erm...

Jennifer Aniston on Leprechaun made it a decent B movie. Shades of a promising career.

When I read about Jerry Lewis' debacle movie, I thought of the one where a man was being taken to the gas chamber and began to march comically to assuage the fear of a child who was watching. Can't remember the name of it.

[pinboy3niner]

44. You're thinking of Roberto Benigni in 'Life Is Beautiful'

[Baitball Blogger]

45. That's it.

I guessed what was going on in that scene that made it into the trailer and refused to see it. I'm sure it was a great movie, but the impression lasts a very long time.

[kairos12]

42. Jack Nicolson on the Andy Griffith Show.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

46. Orlando Bloom

an episode of Midsomer Murders: Judgment Day