I watch Friends almost everyday. I refer to this one- or even two-hour block as “hanging out with my Friends“. People laugh at this play on words, but secretly they think I’m crazy and rightfully so. I’m surprised I never noticed that Hugh Laurie, House himself, was an annoyed passenger sitting next to Rachel up until now. I love discovering celebrities in old, small roles before they reached stardom. See what other bit parts famous celebrities took before their heyday after the jump!
Parks and Recreation fans – assemble! Your crush Adam Scott played Griff Hawkins, the suave ringleader of the school bullies, on Boy Meets World.
Here’s a clip of Adam’s young acting chops, which dates back to 1994. That’s almost 20 years, guys, and he still looks pretty youthful today!
See what roles our celebrities of today first credited to their success in the gallery. You’ll be surprised and maybe even revisit some old clips of their early characters.
Do you remember seeing these actors and actresses in their early roles? Can you think of any more to add to the list?
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hydrangea / 77 posts
OMG BRET?? That just made my WEEK.
orchid / 106 posts
@akinnison - I know! I watch those movies religiously and my boyfriend caught Bret, playing a lovely elf, and yelled “BRETTTTTTTT!”
orchid / 105 posts
Hugh Laurie has been in a TON of stuff… My boyfriend is half-British, and he’s always trying to get me into older British television shows. He was in a show called “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” that was pretty popular back in the day. So funny, when we see him in movies and stuff, he always says “LAURIE!” instead of House.
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Ha! Jane Krakowski in National Lampoon’s Vacation! The older National Lampoon movies are hilarious, especially any that involved the Griswolds traveling somewhere.
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Is it a cameo if they aren’t famous at the time? I lol’ed at the picture that had part of the tv in it.
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Errr, Hugh Laurie was definitely famous before FRIENDS. Blackadder and A bit of Fry and Laurie are the main ones.
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@daydreams_nightmares@xanga -Fortysomething with Benedict Cumberbatch is HILARIOUS!
Jane Lynch also plays Dr. Reid’s schizophrenic mother in Criminal Minds. She’s incredible!
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Before they were known to the author of this article*
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@shatteredmoonbeams@xanga - mmmm, Benedict Cumberbatch…*drools*