60 Hilariously Random Bit Parts Actors Took Before They Became Super Famous

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1. Brie Larson on Touched by an Angel (1999)

2. Chadwick Boseman on Justified (2011)

3. Will Ferrell on Living Single (1995)

4. Tiffany Haddish on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2006)

5. Oscar Isaac on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006)

6. Mariska Hargitay on Seinfeld (1993)

7. Joaquin Phoenix on Murder, She Wrote (1984)

8. Lin-Manuel Miranda on The Sopranos (2007)

9. And Michael B. Jordan on The Sopranos (1999)

10. Lucy Liu on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991)

11. Natasha Lyonne on Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)

12. Donald Glover on 30 Rock (2006)

13. Sofia Vergara on My Wife and Kids (2002)

14. Mario Lopez on The Golden Girls (1987)

15. Kiernan Shipka on Monk (2006)

16. Aaron Paul on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)

17. Sterling K. Brown on ER (2004)

18. Randall Park on Wild 'n Out (2007)

19. Meghan Markle on Fringe (2009)

20. Rosario Dawson on Sesame Street (1991)

21. Carla Gugino on Good Morning, Miss Bliss (later renamed Saved by the Bell) (1988)

22. Chris Rock on Miami Vice (1987)

23. Craig Robinson on Friends (2004)

24. Stephanie Courtney, aka Flo from the Progressive commercials, on ER (2005)

25. Idris Elba on Space Precinct (1994)

26. William Jackson Harper on 30 Rock (2011)

27. Selenis Leyva on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

28. Elizabeth Olsen on The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley (1994)

29. Daniel Dae Kim on Star Trek: Voyager (2000)

30. Samuel L. Jackson on Ghostwriter (1992)

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31. Kristen Bell in Pootie Tang (2001)

32. Octavia Spencer in Spider-Man (2002)

33. Cuba Gooding Jr. in Coming to America (1988)

34. Nick Offerman in Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)

35. Rainn Wilson in Galaxy Quest (1999)

36. Eva Mendes in A Night at the Roxbury (1998)

37. Angela Bassett in Kindergarten Cop (1990)

38. Amy Adams in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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39. John Krasinski in Jarhead (2005)

40. Jennifer Garner in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)

41. Fred Armisen in Like Mike (2002)

42. Jack Gleeson, aka Joffrey from Game of Thrones, in Batman Begins (2005)

43. Gal Gadot in Date Night (2010)

44. Amy Poehler in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)

45. John David Washington in Malcolm X (1992)

46. Fran Drescher in Saturday Night Fever (1977)

47. Rebel Wilson in Ghost Rider (2007)

48. Phill Lewis, aka Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in Heathers (1989)

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49. Adam Scott in Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

50. Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green in My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

51. Mila Kunis in Santa with Muscles (1996)

52. Andre Braugher, aka Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in Glory (1989)

53. Harrison Ford in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

54. Angelina Jolie in Lookin' to Get Out (1982)

55. Daniel Day-Lewis in Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

56. Giancarlo Esposito in Trading Places (1983)

57. Jenna Fischer in Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003)

58. Jane Krakowski in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

59. Nicolas Cage in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

60. And Danny DeVito in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)