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** 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!]]"

* Kristin Bauer showed up as one of the members of the bitchy girl clique in ''[[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion|Romy and Micheles High School Reunion]]'', after which she went on to portray a stripper in Dancing At The Blue Iguana, and now she is known worldwide as the bisexual vampire Pam on ''[[True Blood]]''.

** She was also 'Man Hands' on ''[[Seinfeld]]''.

* It's hard to tell on some older televisions, but with HD or some good light you can see [[Gerard Butler]] in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', on the submarine {{spoiler|that is attacked}}. If you can't see him, his voice is almost unmistakable. Almost.

* [[Nicolas Cage]] has a small role in ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'', billed under his real name Nicholas Coppola (he changed it soon afterwards, not wanting to ride the coattails of his uncle).

* [[Dana Carvey]] was "JAFO" in the short-lived TV series adaptation of ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' before he was on the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast.

** He also played a mime waiter in ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'', alongside the already-well-known Billy Crystal.

** He also appears very briefly in ''Mean Streets'', where he's slapped around by [[Robert De Niro]] and Harvey Keitel. He isn't even credited for this on IMDB.

** He also plays a lawyer on a Season 1 episode of ''[[Law and Order (Franchise)|Law and Order]]''... defending ''Philip Seymour Hoffman'', no less.

* It's a little creepy to watch [[Famke Janssen]] pursue a romantic relationship with [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Jean-Luc Picard]] 8 years before hanging out with [[X-Men (film)|Professor X at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning]].

* [[Scarlett Johansson]], usually playing someone’s sister, in many a crappy 90s film. Including ''[[North]]'' and ''[[Home Alone|Home Alone 3]] ''.

* Eddie McClintock, best known as Pete from ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' is [[Bones]]' FBI boyfriend.

** Also appeared for five seconds in ''[[Sex and the City]]'' when they went to L.A.

* Gates McFadden, before being known for her role as [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Beverly Crusher]], played a secretary in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''.

** She also had a cameo as Dr. Cathy Ryan in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]''.

* 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.

* 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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* [[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]]''.