early roles

[sailor]

<font size="2">i love when you watch an older movie you love and are shocked that someone famous was in it before they hit it big.&nbsp; for instance, i recently rewatched david lynch's adaptation of frank herbert's dune.&nbsp; i was SHOCKED to find out that alicia witt played alia atreides, paul's creepy little sister.&nbsp; who surprised you turning up in an old favorite film of yours? </font>

[PapaBear]

<p>Since I didn't start listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers until around 1986, I was surprised when I re watched Suburbia, and saw Flea.</p>

[mikeyboy]

Ted Knight has a non-speaking role at the end of Psycho as a guard.&nbsp; It was very odd noticing him the last time I saw the movie.

[Tall_James]

Mikey D in &quot;The Godfather&quot;

[STD]

<p>&nbsp;Schwarzenegger in an Altman film.&nbsp; He has a non speaking role as a bodyguard in <em>The Long Goodbye.</em> </p>

[hammersavage]

I'll go with the obvious. Nic Cage in Fast Times...

[MrPink]

Johnny Depp in Nightmare on Elm Street.

[reeshy]

<p>Capt. Kirk in the &quot;Twilight Zone&quot;!!!!!</p><p><img src="http://www.rodserling.com/theystartedontz/0220K.jpg" border="0" width="639" height="506" />&nbsp;</p>

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[A.J.]

I saw Heather Graham in an episode of Growing Pains that aired on Nick at Night last night.&nbsp; The night before -- a mulleted Brad Pitt.

[realmenhatelife]

he gets called 'flea' in that movie when theyre riding around in the car- he goes 'my name is razzle, man'&nbsp; <strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Since I didn't start listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers until around 1986, I was surprised when I re watched Suburbia, and saw Flea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[epo]

<p>Everytime I see True Romance I forget (until I see it) that James Gandolfini is the bad guy in the hotel.&nbsp; What a great fucking scene.</p><p>As far as tv, there is a great episode of &quot;Newhart&quot; with Jason Alexander (with hair) that I can't seem to forget.&nbsp; </p>

[burrben]

tommy lee jones in &quot;love story&quot;

[tele7]

<p>Jackie Earl Haley-<em>Bad New Bears</em></p><p>on Kimmel now</p><p>(earth 2)</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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[SinA]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Since I didn't start listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers until around 1986, I was surprised when I re watched Suburbia, and saw Flea.</p><p>good one.&nbsp; he was good in back to the future&nbsp;2 also.</p>

[Enabler]

I saw Ashlee Simpson on an episode of malcolm in the middle the other night. Also, Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now.

[weekapaugjz]

seinfeld had a bunch of tv actors in it.&nbsp; the last one i watched the other night was the mother from gilmore girls

[Poochie]

I was watching Once Upon a Time in America last night and recognized a really really young Jennifer Connelly...and my little 80's crush, Brian Bloom.

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[WhistlePig]

I was watching a Little House on the Prarie rerun and saw Jason Bateman
(Michael Bluth from Arrested Development) as a little kid. He looked exactly
the same!

[sailor]

am watching clear and present danger and was shocked to find that jack ryan's daughter sally was played by thora birch in both this film and patriot games.

[cougarjake13]

kevin bacon in friday the 13th

jennifer aniston in the 1st leprechaun movie

[sailor]

almost didn't recognize a slightly pudgy brittany murphy in clueless, 6 years before her breakout role in don't say a word.

[DoubleJ]

I saw Heather Graham in an episode of Growing Pains that aired on Nick at Night last night. The night before -- a mulleted Brad Pitt.


I think I remember an episode featuring DiCaprio as a homeless kid living at school. I may be completely wrong about that, though.

[sailor]

I think I remember an episode featuring DiCaprio as a homeless kid living at school. I may be completely wrong about that, though.

he played luke bower (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/) who lived in the boiler room at school for 22 episodes in 1991-92.

[Yerdaddy]

Also, Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now.

So many people don't recognize 15 year-old Lawrence Fishburn in that movie that it pretty much counts as a surprise early role too.

I love Samuel L. Jackson as the crackhead brother in Jungle Fever. Also as the guy holding up McDowell's in Coming to America, and a cameo in True Romance.

Chris Rock is great as Pookie in New Jack City.

Music crossover with Corey Glover, lead singer of Living Color in Platoon with the line at the end "...we gonna get hii-iigh!"

When I was in Egypt a few months back they showed the awful early 70s crap-classic Love Story and a really young Tommy Lee Jones played Ryan O'Neil's roommate.

[KnoxHarrington]

Jeff Goldblum had several memorable early roles before he got big on his own: most notably, the psycho who kills Charles Bronson's family in Death Wish (the source of O&A's infamous "God damn rich cunt!" drop), and that weird magician dude on a chopper in Nashville.

[BoondockSaint]

It's always weird when you see an old movie or tv show with Leslie Nielsen in it playing a serious role.

[pennington]

<p>Everytime I see True Romance I forget (until I see it) that James Gandolfini is the bad guy in the hotel.</p>

Or Gandolfini, with a full beard as "Bear" in "Get Shorty".


I have two more:

"Superman" George Reeves in "Gone with the Wind".

Forest Whitaker in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

[Sarge]

Kevin Bacon in "Animal House"

[inksite.com]

Here are two early Rolles...

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But, seriously...
How about Kathryn Erbe from Law & Order: Criminal Intent back in What About Bob?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a391/futs_nuckin/WhatAboutBob/kate.jpg

Michael Keen
Ringwood, NJ

[klaus_kinski_Jr]

<p>&nbsp;Schwarzenegger in an Altman film.&nbsp; He has a non speaking role as a bodyguard in <em>The Long Goodbye.</em> </p>

That was the one i was going to say. It's funny on the comemntary track Altman talked about how Arnold never mentions this one film for some weird reason.

[prothunderball]

jennifer aniston in the 1st leprechaun movie

I loved Jennifer Aniston in the TV show version of Ferris Beullers day off. Which was a great show because it was just a rip-off of Parker Lewis Can't Loose, which was just a rip-off of the mover Ferris Buellers Day Off.

[sailor]

Bump, bitches!

Funny, we talked about this thread just the other day.

[Judge Smails]

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[JimBeam]

I think Kathryn Erbe was like 25 in What About Bob and she was playing a little kid.

Jeff Goldblum I always remember from a TV show called " Ten Speed & Brownshoe " with Ben Vereen.

Jason Alexander was in a horror movie called " The Burning " which also had Bonnie Hunt and another minor actor who's been in a million things ( one major role was a big wig in NYPD Blue ).

[JimBeam]

I was watching Trading Places the other night and Brenda and Brendan's dad ( James Eckhouse ) from BH 90210 was in it as the jail guard.

Also Giancarlo Esposito, who's been in a lot of things, including The Usual Suspects was in it as one of the other prisoners.

[pennington]

I remember Jerry Seinfeld in Benson as some sort of political consultant.

[JimBeam]

Not really the same topic but I watched Mercury Rising the other night and there were 2 Seinfeld characters.

Slippery Pete was one of the NSA hitmen and the Bad Breaker Upper was a paramedic.

[KnoxHarrington]

I watched Goodfellas and saw a good one: Michael Imperioli as that mumblin' stutterin' prick Spider.

I remember the first time I saw this movie, I was completely and utterly shocked by that whole thing. It's where the tone of the whole movie darkens, really.

(on edit) And if I'm going to mention cool early roles in Goodfellas, how can I forget about Samuel L. Jackson as Stacks, the driver who'd be late for his own fuckin' funeral?

[StanUpshaw]

I watched Goodfellas and saw a good one: Michael Imperioli as that mumblin' stutterin' prick Spider.

I remember the first time I saw this movie, I was completely and utterly shocked by that whole thing. It's where the tone of the whole movie darkens, really.

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And this clip has an "early role" of its own. Gino reappears later in the series as fat gay Vito.

[Recyclerz]

Jay Leno had a bit part as a TV reporter in John Water's Polyester.

The odd thing is that he was funny!

[PapaBear]

David Caruso in First Blood.

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[PapaBear]

Jay Leno had a bit part as a TV reporter in John Water's Polyester.

The odd thing is that he was funny!
Leno was pretty much always funny before he got the Tonight Show.

[A.J.]

I watched Goodfellas and saw a good one: Michael Imperioli as that mumblin' stutterin' prick Spider.

Even better -- Lean on Me.

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Jay Leno had a bit part as a TV reporter in John Water's Polyester.

The odd thing is that he was funny!

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[sailor]

Bump for misti.

[Misteriosa]

Bump for misti.

i quit years ago.

[jennysmurf]

Bump for misti.

i quit years ago.

Good, that meth will mess you up.

[sailor]

i quit years ago.

Bumping? Sad.

[JimBeam]

Watching some of the older ( first few seasons ) Law & Orders and besides the normal recurring actors/different characters that end up in all versions ( a victim in one episode and then later on they play a judge/lawyer ) there was one with William H Macy and Courtney B Vance ( who would later be on L&O:Criminal Intent as a regular ).