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* [[Christian Bale]] as a child actor played Jim Hawkins in an awesome version of ''[[Treasure Island]]'' with Charlton Heston as Long John Silver.
** He also can be seen in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s adaption of ''[[Henry V]]''.
** As a child actor, he was probably most famous for starring in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Empire of the Sun (novel)|Empire of the Sun]]''.
** Also in the much regretted [[Newsies]]. "[[The Nostalgia Chick|Baby Christian Bale!]]"
* [[Battlestar Galactica|Jamie Bamber]] played a [[Horatio Hornblower|heroic sailor]] before he played a heroic pilot on ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.
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** And even before that she was the girl who got up on stage and danced with the Boss in the ''[[Bruce Springsteen|Dancing in the Dark]]'' video.
* Blink and you'll miss her, Nikki Cox is the red headed Girl interviewed by the T-1000 in ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 2''.
** She also played an alien pen pal to Data in an early episode of ''[[Star Trek: The
* Ronny Cox has shown up as the villain in any number of movies, from ''[[RoboCop]]'' to ''[[Total Recall]]'', but this editor never really put it together until seeing him as recurring character Senator Kinsey in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. He was also profoundly surprised when, upon rewatching ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'', he turned out to be a good guy.
** Even further into the past, there's ''[[Deliverance]]'' (1972), where he plays the guitar with that banjo-playing hillbilly.
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* [[Miley Cyrus]] had a bit part in ''[[Big Fish]]'' three years before being catapulted to [[Teen Idol]] status as the star of ''[[Hannah Montana]]''.
** She also played Billy Ray's daughter in ''Doc''.
* Voice actress Elizabeth Daily ([[The Powerpuff Girls|Buttercup]] and [[Rugrats|Tommy Pickles]]) was the love interest in ''[[Pee
** And had a cameo as a fan of Ellen Aim and Billy Fish in ''[[Streets of Fire]]''.
** And sang the title song in ''[[Better Off Dead]]''.
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** And as [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Larry Deon on ''Seaquest 2032''.
* [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|John DeLancie]] is ''[[Hey, It's That Guy!|everywhere]]'', like playing a pollster who steals Joey Lucas from Josh on ''[[The West Wing]]''.
** And playing the villain in the pilot ep of the 80s ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)||Mission Impossible]]'' revival series.
* Like many below examples, [[Judi Dench]] graced BBC's educational show ''Playing Shakespeare'' in the 1970s.
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] had a tiny part as one of Darlene's classmates on ''[[Roseanne]]'', before his larger roles on ''Parenthood'' (1990) and ''[[Growing Pains]]''.
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** She was Claudia, the child vampire, in ''[[Interview with the Vampire]]'' as well.
** Also ''[[Little Women]]'' as little Amy (with Samantha Mathis as her older self).
** ''And'' she was an alien child in an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The
** Appeared in an early 1990s ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cold opening sketch where [[George H. W. Bush]] (played by Dana Carvey) talks about his grandchildren; Dunst even pointed it out when she hosted an episode in 2002.
** Was in ''[[Small Soldiers]]'', too.
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** He also had a recurring role in ''[[Felicity]]''.
** And let's not forget about a minute of screentime in ''[[Baseketball]]'' as a rival player in the baseketball league.
* A very young Jake Gyllenhaal as the son of a [[Victim of the Week]] in a ''[[Homicide: Life
** He also played Billy Crystal's son in the ''[[City Slicker]]'' movies.
* Journeyman supporting actor/''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' standout Bill Hader was a field agent on ''Punk'd''. Avid viewers of the credits of action films (all two of you) may also spot his name as a production assistant on a host of early-2000s films like ''Collateral Damage'' and ''[[The Scorpion King]]''.
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* [[Alyson Hannigan]] as [[Dan Aykroyd]]'s daughter in ''My Stepmother is an Alien''.
* [[NCIS|Mark Harmon]] showed up in ''[[The West Wing]]'' as CJ's [[Bodyguard Crush]] during season three. The character was... rather reminiscent of Gibbs.
** Of course, older viewers remember him as the heartthrob Dr. Caldwell on ''[[St. Elsewhere]]''.
* Teri Hatcher was a "Mermaid" (showgirl) in the final season of ''[[The Love Boat]]''.
** [[Sylvester Stallone|Ray Tango's]] [[My Sister Is Off-Limits|younger sister]] in ''[[Tango and Cash]]'', a spunky sidekick on reruns of ''[[MacGyver]]'', manned the transporter in an episode of ''[[Star Trek: The
** And she was Sam's ex in ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', though he changed history and got her in the end.
* [[Ashes to Ashes|Keeley Hawes]] shows up in the two-part finale of ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' and the voice of a certain [[Tomb Raider|female archeologist...]]
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* [[Stana Katic]] of ''[[Castle]]'' once had a bit part as a flight attendant on ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''.
** And as Officer Morgenstern (she of the [[BFG]]) in ''[[The Spirit (film)|The Spirit]]''.
* It's a bit of a shock to watch old episodes of ''Desmonds'', and realise that the [[Token White]] loser wideboy is Dominic Keating from ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Star Trek: The Original Series|DeForest]] [[The McCoy|Kelley]] was in a black-and-white ''[[Perry Mason]]'' episode.
** And ''Gunfight at the OK Corral'', which was [[Actor Allusion|alluded]] to in the episode "Spectre of the Gun" in an illusion.
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* Before he was the main character in ''[[Numb3rs]]'', David Krumholtz was the dorky Jewish kid Joel who had a crush on [[Christina Ricci]]'s Wednesday Addams in ''[[The Addams Family|Addams Family Values]]''.
** Not to mention Mr. Universe from ''[[Serenity]]''.
** And Bernard the elf in ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]''.
** And the victim of a pedophile in an early ''[[Law and Order (Franchise)|Law and Order]]'' episode.
** And Michael in ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]''.
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** He had already a decades-long career on the other side of the Atlantic, though. For people who know their ''[[Blackadder]]'' Hugh Laurie's cameo in ''[[Friends]]'' was just that... a [[The Cameo|celebrity cameo]].
*** One of the great things about that episode was that they went to the bother of getting guest appearances from Hugh Laurie, [[Absolutely Fabulous|Jennifer Saunders]], Tom Conti, and Olivia Williams. To the show's key demographic of young Americans: meaningless nobodies. To the show's British audience: a delightful treat.
** He's also a hapless random French court official in ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]],'' who gets executed on a whim by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]]'s King Louis.
** He was also the bumbling policeman that John Goodman kept arguing with [[Running Gag|throughout]] ''[[The Borrowers]]''.
** And was [[Stuart Little]]'s adoptive dad in the live-action movies.
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* Gwyneth Paltrow played the younger version of Wendy in ''[[Hook]]''.
* It's startled quite a few people watching reruns of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' when they see [[Hayden Panettiere]] in an episode as a highschool prostitute.
* Either inverted or played straight with Grace Park, who plays GDI's Lt. Sandra Telfair in ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. People might recognize her for her previous role as Number Eight on ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'', or for her current role as Kono on ''[[Hawaii Five-0]]''.
* Before ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'', Craig Parker played Haldir, a minor elf in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* [[Jim Parsons]], now known as Sheldon Cooper on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', played Tim, the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Klingon-speaking]] "fast-food knight" in ''[[Garden State]]''.
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** He was also the guy Rodney Dangerfield's wife is sleeping with in ''[[Back to School (film)|Back to School]]''. And the [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] in ''[[Gremlins]] 2''. The impressive head of hair can make him hard to recognize.
* One of the ickier episodes of ''[[Law and Order (Franchise)|Law and Order]]'' revolves around two sisters, one killed by a serial rapist, the other narrowly surviving, turning out to be in league with the killer. Say hello to [[Ellen Pompeo]], best known as [[Grey's Anatomy|Meredith Grey]].
* Markie Post was a behind-the-scenes lady on the 1970s game shows ''[[Split Second (TV series)|Split Second]]'' and ''[[Double Dare (1976 TV Show)|Double Dare]]'' ([[Name's the Same|a quizzer, not the kids' stunt show]]), and later a card dealer on ''[[Card Sharks]]'', before her breakthrough role on ''[[Night Court]]''.
* [[Zachary Quinto]], who is Sylar from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and Spock in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie, played a demon in ''[[Charmed]]''.
** And prior to both, he hilariously hammed it up playing Tori Spelling's [[Gay Best Friend]] on her show ''So Notorious''. Watching that show and then ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' back to back makes for an especially hilarious experience.
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** Before that he had fairly large roles in ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' and ''[[Undeclared]]''.
* Tim Russ aka [[Star Trek: Voyager|Tuvok]] was the black [[Spaceballs]] who [[Spaceballs/Funny|"ain't found shit!"]].
** He was also one of the crooks in the ''[[Star Trek: The
** He's also a bridge officer on the Enterprise-B at another point. We get a good look at his ears and they're not pointed.
** Interestingly he was retconned in a Voyager episode to actually BE Tuvok (complete with pointed ears in a flashback) as a lieutenant on the Excelsior who had joined starfleet in Kirk's era only to become disillusioned by Sulu's maverick attitude, quitting Starfleet for decades until rejoining in Picard's time.
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* [[Adam Sandler]] was one of Theo's buddies in ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.
** He also played Colin Quinn's "delinquent cousin Stickpin" and "The Stud Boy" in ''[[Remote Control]]''.
* Peter Sarsgaard in ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'', playing a romantic rival to [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and a doomed son to John Malkovich. Undoubtedly he was chosen because of his speaking voice, which uncannily matches Malkovich's, even though [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent|nobody else in the film bothers to match accents]].
* David Schwimmer made minor appearances on ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' and ''[[Blossom]]'' before landing his most famous role as [[Friends|Ross Geller]].
* Hey, did you know Tony Shalhoub, TV's [[Monk]], played the guy who set up the "borrowed ladder" deal between Jerome and Vincent in ''[[Gattaca]]''?
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** And before that, she was rainbow-haired Catalina on ''[[Space Cases]]''.
** Way back in 1996 she was Becca, the best friend and neighbor of Ben Foster's Tucker on the [[Disney Channel]] show ''[[Flash Forward (TV series)|Flash Forward]]''.
* Don Stark aka [[That '70s Show|Bob Pinciotti]] appeared as holographic gangster Nicky the Nose in ''[[Star Trek:
** He also had a role in ''[[Santa with Muscles]]''.
* [[Kristen Stewart]] in ''[[Panic Room]]''. Weird to look back on it years later, since she was 10 when the movie was made.
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* In ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]'', a lot of viewers have had this with [[Naomi Watts]].
* Before playing Tony DiNozzo on ''[[NCIS]]'' Michael Weatherly was a one-episode character on ''[[Charmed]]''.
* Game show announcer Randy West, despite not having a familiar face, was a contestant on several shows before his announcing career began. Among these were ''[[All
* Vanna White was a contestant on ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' about three years before she became the co-host on ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]''.
* Before his [[Star-Making Role]] in ''[[Moonlighting]]'', [[Bruce Willis]] played a "heavy-of-the-week" in a first-season episode of ''[[Miami Vice]]'', and also guest-starred in an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'''s 80's revival.
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