Stars now, not then

Edward64 · 05-10-2009, 05:23 PM

The title is awkward but there were 2 older movies I saw on cable where I recognized the bit actors who have 'made' it.

I was wondering what other 'gems' are out there?

My contributions from the movies this past week are:

Crimson Tide (1995) - James Gandolfini, supply officer who hazes the seaman on the bus.
Predator 2 (1990) - Bill Paxton, the wise-cracking, "lone ranger" detective.

Update: Also saw a familiar face today

Dances with Wolves (1990) - Mary McDonnell, Costner's white-indian love interest or better known as BSG's President Roslin "I'm coming for all of you".

Cringer · 05-10-2009, 05:47 PM

Paxton was already huge the second he played Chet in Weird Science in 1985.

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 06:09 PM

Billy Crystal plays the mime waiter in this is Spinal Tap

Vince Vaughn is in Rudy

Keanu Reeves is the french speaking goalie in Youngblood.

Karlifornia · 05-10-2009, 06:17 PM

LEONARDO DICAPRIO IS IN CRITTERS 3

JonInMiddleGA · 05-10-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Billy Crystal plays the mime waiter in this is Spinal Tap

Dana Carvey was still 2 years away from SNL when he played the junior mime that Crystal was with.

Princess Bride was released one year before Fred Savage was cast in The Wonder Years.

Coffee Warlord · 05-10-2009, 06:22 PM

Jean Claude Van Damme was nothing when he cut loose in Breakin'.

henry296 · 05-10-2009, 06:24 PM

Noah Wylie was in A Few Good Men.

kcchief19 · 05-10-2009, 06:26 PM

I still remember Mary McDonell from E/R, the Elliot Gould 1980s sitcom about doctors working in an emergency room co-starring George Clooney. Loved that show. Bill Crystal had also been on Soap for about 3-4 years before Spinal Tap and was a pretty well-known comedian. Oh, you young kids!

Mystic Pizza is a good movie for that kind of thing. Julia Roberts was a nobody in her first significant role and then all of a sudden Matt Damon shows up.

My all-time champ might be Red Dawn. Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey, almost all of them in their first major roles. I know Howell was in ET but it was a small role and he was a few years younger.

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 06:30 PM

the Outsiders was also a good one for alot of the guys who were popular in the future

Greyroofoo · 05-10-2009, 06:31 PM

Alfred Molinda in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Edward64 · 05-10-2009, 06:31 PM

Red Dawn, a great b-grade movie. Have it in my collection.

This made me think of

Taps (1981) - Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton and Tom Cruise!

JonInMiddleGA · 05-10-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kcchief19

Bill Crystal had also been on Soap for about 3-4 years before Spinal Tap and was a pretty well-known comedian. Oh, you young kids!

Don't blame me, I was being kind & not mentioning that part when I brought up Dana Carvey.

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Don't blame me, I was being kind & not mentioning that part when I brought up Dana Carvey.

even so he went on to a pretty monster career and that was not a monster role.

but hey, it's FOFC and people will argue about anything!

kcchief19 · 05-10-2009, 06:54 PM

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Don't blame me, I was being kind & not mentioning that part when I brought up Dana Carvey.

No, you're an old bastard like me. We may not be Bucc old, but we're north of the median.

RendeR · 05-10-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Jean Claude Van Damme was nothing when he cut loose in Breakin'.

Just a note: JC Van Damme is still nothing.

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 07:44 PM

Hatcher Flaschen in the Punisher

larrymcg421 · 05-10-2009, 07:46 PM

Kevin Bacon in Friday the 13th

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 07:49 PM

Johnny Depp in Nightmare on Elm Street

Maple Leafs · 05-10-2009, 08:01 PM

The movie version of The Outsiders is one of the best movies for this sort of thing. It has virtual unknowns Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez, as well as Patrick Swayze and Diane Lane before anyone had really heard of them. And it even stars Ralph Macchio, pre-Karate Kid.

Buccaneer · 05-10-2009, 08:02 PM

Robin Williams in "Can I Do It Until I Need Glasses?".

Note: I am the only person in the world that remembers seeing that opening weekend. His first movie, right after his amazing entrance on Happy Days.

Buccaneer · 05-10-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

Taps (1981) - Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton and Tom Cruise!

That was the one movie I thought of when I first read the thread.

Lathum · 05-10-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

The movie version of The Outsiders is one of the best movies for this sort of thing. It has virtual unknowns Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez, as well as Patrick Swayze and Diane Lane before anyone had really heard of them. And it even stars Ralph Macchio, pre-Karate Kid.

were you just agreeing with me because I pointed that on out, like, HOURS AGO!

Chief Rum · 05-10-2009, 08:15 PM

Nicholas "Cage" Coppolla as HS student in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

He wasn't the only one, either, I think. Might have been Anthony Edwards, pre-Top Gun and ER in that one, too.

Chief Rum · 05-10-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Kevin Bacon in Friday the 13th

Also, in Animal House, pre-Footloose.

Honolulu_Blue · 05-10-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

The title is awkward but there were 2 older movies I saw on cable where I recognized the bit actors who have 'made' it.

I was wondering what other 'gems' are out there?

My contributions from the movies this past week are:

Crimson Tide (1995) - James Gandolfini, supply officer who hazes the seaman on the bus.
Predator 2 (1990) - Bill Paxton, the wise-cracking, "lone ranger" detective.

Update: Also saw a familiar face today

Dances with Wolves (1990) - Mary McDonnell, Costner's white-indian love interest or better known as BSG's President Roslin "I'm coming for all of you".

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Originally Posted by Cringer

Paxton was already huge the second he played Chet in Weird Science in 1985.

Yeah, Paxton had small roles as one of the punks at the beginning of "Terminator" and as a radar operator in "Commando."

sabotai · 05-10-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Edward64

Crimson Tide (1995) - James Gandolfini, supply officer who hazes the seaman on the bus.

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from LOTR) was in that too.

Buccaneer · 05-10-2009, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Yeah, Paxton had small roles as one of the punks at the beginning of "Terminator" and as a radar operator in "Commando."

You can go back further and find him in Stripes.

Sun Tzu · 05-10-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Jean Claude Van Damme was nothing when he cut loose in Breakin'.

This will never...ever...ever get old.

Bearcat729 · 05-10-2009, 08:52 PM

Jim Carey in Peggy Sue Got Married

kcchief19 · 05-10-2009, 09:25 PM

Beverly Hills Cop was also pivotal for giving us Damon Wayans and Bronson Pinchot.

Lorena · 05-10-2009, 09:47 PM

hoopsguy · 05-10-2009, 09:55 PM

Just saw "Catch Me If You Can" on cable last night and one of Leo's one night stands is the title character in Grey's Anatomy.

MikeVic · 05-10-2009, 10:00 PM

Jessica Marie Alba in Camp Nowhere.

M GO BLUE!!! · 05-10-2009, 10:27 PM

Fran Drescher was in Saturday Night Fever before she adopted the nasaly whine.

Sweed · 05-10-2009, 10:56 PM

Jeff Goldblum was in the original "Death Wish". He was one of the thugs that broke into Charles Bronson's house murdering his wife and raping his daughter.

M GO BLUE!!! · 05-11-2009, 12:21 AM

Robert Blake was the mexican kid in Treasure of the Sierra Madre

ISiddiqui · 05-11-2009, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Just saw "Catch Me If You Can" on cable last night and one of Leo's one night stands is the title character in Grey's Anatomy.

Speaking of "Catch Me if You Can", Amy Adams has a fairly decent sized role about 3 years before "Junebug"

MrBug708 · 05-11-2009, 01:26 AM

Billy Bob Thornton in Tombstone?

kcchief19 · 05-11-2009, 07:31 AM

If you're really old school, let's go with Boo Radley himself, Robert Duval in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Swaggs · 05-11-2009, 08:55 AM

Add Elizabeth Banks in with the rest of the ladies from Catch Me If You Can.

Seth Rogen is one of the bullies in Donnie Darko.

larrymcg421 · 05-11-2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Speaking of "Catch Me if You Can", Amy Adams has a fairly decent sized role about 3 years before "Junebug"

Go back even further and you can see her playing a very un-Amy Adams roles in Cruel Intentions 2 and en episode of Buffy.

Mustang · 05-11-2009, 09:18 AM

Elijah Wood was one of the kids at the video game in Back to the Future II.

Kurt Russell was the jungle boy in an episode of Gilligan's Island.

flere-imsaho · 05-11-2009, 03:02 PM

I noticed Ricky Shroeder is apparently also in Crimson Tide, but can't for the life of me remember what his role is (and I saw about half the movie on TV this weekend while tending to The Baby).

Mustang · 05-11-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

I noticed Ricky Shroeder is apparently also in Crimson Tide, but can't for the life of me remember what his role is (and I saw about half the movie on TV this weekend while tending to The Baby).

He is the officer that is ordered to close the hatch on the other sailors.

B & B · 05-11-2009, 03:38 PM

Diane Lane and Anthony Michael Hall in Six Pack w/ Kenny Rogers. This was a few years before Hall was big in breakfast club, sixteen candles and wierd science.

gstelmack · 05-11-2009, 04:09 PM

I know George Clooney got a mention with E/R, but he was also in Return of the Killer Tomatoes, mullet and all.

Alan T · 05-11-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

I know George Clooney got a mention with E/R, but he was also in Return of the Killer Tomatoes, mullet and all.

Before that Clooney was a regular cast member in "Facts of Life" which was on around the same time as E/R if I recall correctly (early to mid 80s).

Captain2711 · 05-11-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

Keanu Reeves is the french speaking goalie in Youngblood.

"That man is fuck-eeng animal."

Ksyrup · 05-11-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

I noticed Ricky Shroeder is apparently also in Crimson Tide, but can't for the life of me remember what his role is (and I saw about half the movie on TV this weekend while tending to The Baby).

Wait a minute...Ricky Schroder was on TV about 15 years or so before Crimson Tide came out. I think he started as a kid actor in the late 70s/early 80s, even before Silver Spoons. He probably got a bit role in that movie because he was trying to re-establish himself as Rick Schroder, No Longer a Child Actor.

larrymcg421 · 05-11-2009, 04:45 PM

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Wait a minute...Ricky Schroder was on TV about 15 years or so before Crimson Tide came out. I think he started as a kid actor in the late 70s/early 80s, even before Silver Spoons. He probably got a bit role in that movie because he was trying to re-establish himself as Rick Schroder, No Longer a Child Actor.

Yeah so that's like the reverse of this thread. Kinda like Anthony Michael Hall in Edward Scissorhands.

There's an early 90s movie called Across the Tracks that works both ways. Rick(y) Schroeder is in it and Brad Pitt plays his brother.

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