Today's actors in yesterday's films

[Immortalfire]

In watching older movies, who have you noticed has a small or side role in the film, and then became a bigger name themselves later?

A couple of examples I've seen recently...Matthew McConaughey and Adrien Brody are in Angels In The Outfield, Ioan Gruffudd is in Titanic.

Others?

 

[MattBearPig]

Matthew McConaughey was in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the 2nd I believe).

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Pierce Brosnan in The Long Good Friday and many cast members of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, like Christopher Lloyd, Danny DeVito and Brad Dourif.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

Robert Duvall wasn't big but he was teh villain in True Grit and Dennis Hopper was in anothe John Wayne movie. The Sons of Katie Elder.

 

[The_Vision]

Robert Duvall in To Kill a Mockingbird

 

[Rac]

Matthew McConaughey was in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the 2nd I believe).

Fourth, actually.

Daniel Craig in Sharpe's Eagle.

 

[danoyse]

Viggo Mortensen in Witness.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

dushku in true lies

 

[cabel]

Clint Eastwood in Revenge of the Creature

 

[Prison Mike]

Michael Cera had a small part in Frequency.

 

[Gilpesh]

That guy from Nip/Tuck in Congo.

 

[Watson]

Kiera Knightly in Star Wars Ep. I
Daniel Craig in Elizabeth
Elizabeth Banks in Spider Man

 

[Drizzle]

Jack Black in "Mars Attacks"
Josh Brolin in "The Goonies"
Gwyneth Paltrow in "Hook"

 

[hammy]

Jack Nicholson was in an episode of the Andy Griffith show.

 

[JaD]

Seth Rogen on Freaks and Geeks, but I remember him as a cameraman in Anhorman

 

[donk70]

Liam Neeson in Suspect

 

[Drizzle]

Seth Rogen on Freaks and Geeks, but I remember him as a cameraman in Anhorman

If you bring "Freaks and Geeks" into the mix, you also have to mention James Franco, Jason Segel and Linda Cardellini. Also, I think Shia LaBeouf had a small role in one episode.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Matthew McConaughey was in Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the 2nd I believe).

Viggo Mortensen is in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

 

[StorminNorman]

George Clooney in Facts of Life!

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Ben Affleck in Dazed and Confused and School Ties
Vince Vaughn in Jurrassic Park 2
Julieanne Moore in The Fugitive

 

[Warhammer]

Leonardo Dicaprio in The Quick and the Dead.

 

[JaD]

If you bring "Freaks and Geeks" into the mix, you also have to mention James Franco, Jason Segel and Linda Cardellini. Also, I think Shia LaBeouf had a small role in one episode.

Yeah that show had alot of talent, I don't know why I didn't bring up the rest of them, my bad. I was just thinking about Seth Rogen in Anchorman at first.

 

[Shifty]

Jack Black and Owen Wilson in The Cable Guy.

 

[ShaneHelms]

Billy Zane in Back To The Future II

 

[hammerhedd11]

Seth Rogen was in Donnie Darko as one of the bullies.