Despite being accidentally bashed by the staff, Jackie Chan apparently mentioned in one of his interview that receiving a "direct hit from Bruce Lee" was one of the best thing that happened to him while filming Enter The Dragon.

Bruce Willis was already well known before Diehard. He was the star of a show called Moonlighting. Moonlighting had just finished shortly before Diehard was filmed.

Hey Man....The Buffy the Vampire Slayer film is a nostalgic treat for the senses. How dare you Sir!

Both Bruce Willis and Clint Eastwood were already famous by the time they got their big breaks in movies. They were both in hit TV shows - Willis in "Moonlighting" and Eastwood in "Rawhide".

Actually, Renee Zellwegger was heavily promoted in the Dazed and Confused VHS rentals era back in the 90s. She wasn't marketed for the film's release as she was super unknown, but when the movie finally hit the the rental market, her name was heavily featured because of "Jerry Maguire". In fact, a movie distribution company re-released a long delayed Return of Texas Chainsaw Massacre because of Renee and Matthew McConaghey (re-released in 1997 after both blew up in the mainstream). If anyone got the DVD release of Dazed and Confused, Renee Zellwegger was asked to be in the marketing release of the 10th yr anniversary.....even though she's barely in that movie as this video shows. So, in essence, there is no way she would be missed or "didn't noticed" because the filmmakers and the distribution of the movie on rental market want you know she's in that movie as a selling point to rent the movie back in the 90s.

Seeing Cuba Gooding just nonchalantly getting a hair cut in Coming to America is a favorite of mine. Also, seeing Jim Carey reprise his role of Fire Marshal Bill for a brief snippet in Liar Liar

Dazed and Confused is not plotless, it shows a simple plot executed well can be a great movie. Plus it captured a time and place, a time and place the writer lived, thus his friends from that time found it too accurate.

This may be buried here already but… In the movie “the big chill“ there’s a credit sequence of what you think as a person getting ready for a party but it turns out to be a corpse being dressed with a coffin. You briefly see his wrists were stitched up revealing his death by suicide. The corpse was played by Kevin Costner. In the original script they were flashbacks to his character and his relationship with the friends who gathered for his funeral but writer Director Lawrence Kasdan decided the movie was stronger without seeing him. He made it up to him by creating an iconic role for Costner in his western, “Silverado“.

Jean-Claude Van Damme in Breakin’ .You cannot miss him in the beach scene when he is an over acting extra dancing around in the background . Easily found on KZfaq. A must see.

Another one I discovered recently was Elizabeth Moss. She was in the movie The Last Supper (about grad students who kill their dinner guests). A picture of a kidnapped girl was Moss. That was her only appearance.

Jackie Chan started his career as stunt doubles. It's no surprise to see him also cast as extras in movies.

Ron Jeremy is in Ghostbusters. Also Moonlighting was Bruce Willis big break not Die Hard.

Just recently found out about Michael Biehn as an extra in Grease, long before he fought terminators and aliens.

My favorite is always Elijah Wood in "Back to the Future Part II." He was 8 years old when that movie was released. It's pretty cool because he loved the first Back to the Future growing up and then he got his first experience being part of a movie in an environment he had scene on screen before.

Hey! How dare you insult Buffy movie! It's got three of the best scenes ever. 3. "You invited them to prom?" "Well yeah, they're seniors!" 2. "All I wanna do is graduate high school, marry Christian Slater and die!" 1. Paul Rubens prolonged death.

One of my favorites is Michael Jai White as a back ground thug trying to join the Foot Clan along with Keno in TMNT Secret of the Ooze.

I noticed this recently - you can see Robert Patrick play a goon for the main bad guy in Die Hard 2. It isnt his first acting debut, but its probably the most notable one before he played T-1000 in Terminator 2 a year later.

I was going to mention Nicolas Cage in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", but this is on about actors we didn't notice. Regardless of having no lines and, clearly, being an extra, he was very front and center in that film and I think somebody really pulled hard on strings to get Cage noticed.

You could also say that Dafoe dodged a bullet by not being associated with Heaven's Gate.

Viggo Mortensen in Witness! I don't think he even has any lines, he's just a background Amish man.

While Tarantula came out in November of '55, Clint Eastwood's first on screen appearance was Revenge of the Creature which released in March of '55.

dolph lundgren has a blink and you’ll miss it role in ‘a view to a kill’ he was dating grace Jones at the time and the producers liked his look so he appears as a kgb agent in the background of one scene.

You can see Kevin Costner in the frat party scene in Ron Howard's Night Shift

You need to do a follow up to this list that includes Nicolas Cage's first movie role as an extra in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and Leonard Nimoy for either his uncredited roles in "Francis Goes to West Point" (1952) or "Them!" (1954).

My favorite find was in Night Shift with Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton. Near the end of the film, Keaton is hosting a frat party at the morgue. If you watch closely in the background, who walks by but Kevin Costner. He is credited as Frat Boy #1.

Also, Johnny Depp in Platoon (1986). He had a very minor role as a translator. He later walks by the screen holding a child for about five seconds.

Can't believe you missed "Peggy Sue Got Married" where Jim Carrey played a backup singer to Nick Cage. I was always blown away by him turning up there since it was years before he turned up in "Earth Girls are Easy", "In Living Color", and "Ace Ventura"

Willis hit the big time before Die Hard. He was the star of a hugely popular TV show called Moonlighting.

The way you flashed those Brad Pitt films I'll just have to take your word that he's in them.

Stars Doubling in Cameo Roles, same film: * Jim Carrey as Fire Marshal Bill in Liar Liar * Mark Hamill voicing an alien in Rise of Skywalker * Brad Pitt in a corporate-made welcome video, Fight Club (though you can fan theorize it's Tyler assuming Tyler cleans up well)

Jean-Claude Van Damme in 1984s Breakin' is a good one.

Willem Dafoe had a brief line in The Hunger, in which he impatiently asks Susan Sarandon at a payphone, "Hey, lady, how about it?"

Jack Black has a non-speaking role as a "henchman" in Demolition Man, occasionally seen with resistance leader Edgar Friendly. It's one of my favorite B movies, and it took me over a dozen watches before I realized it was him. XD

Jeff Goldblum was one of the hoods in Death Wish 1974.

A young Elijah Wood as the video game kid in Back to the Future 2

The Buffy movie is fantastic

Here's one nobody's mentioned, a (very) young Toby Mcguire can be seen in The Wizard at Universal Studios during the SMB3 playing scenes.

The Verdict is one of my favourite films - its amazing and would have won the best picture oscar if there was not such strong competition that year.

The movie Thief(1981), with James Caan, marked the film debut of 2 Chicago natives: Dennis Farina and William Petersen.

Check out the movie, THE GRADUATE. In the scene where the landlord, played by Norman Fell is speaking with Dustin Hoffman about a disturbance in the hall, a small group of boys gather behind Fell, including a teenage Richard Dreyfuss, who manages to utter one line about calling the cops.

Little known fact: Evangeline Lilly got her start on a TV series called "Electric Playground" with video game journalist, Victor Lucas and video game music composer, Tommy Tallarico, where she would cover various video game events and stories.

You forgot Billy Zane in Back to the Future, he's one of Biff Tannen's thugs.

On Willem Dafoe in Heaven's Gate, at least in recent years, he tells the story more that the filmmakers just assumed that he could speak Dutch and fired him when they found out he didn't speak any of it, not because of him lying or doing anything else wrong 😀 .

Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis where all ready famous TV actors before they became famous in movies

William DeFoe was an extra in The Hunger... at the phone booth with Susan Sarandon.. his one line .. is "Hey Lady, How about it?" he looks so young.. also like Kevin Spacey as the robber from the subway in Heartburn.

Clearly, nobody in the comments knows the difference between an extra and an actor with a bit part or even a cameo. The Evangeline Lilly and Brad Pitt one's are perfect examples because they have 0 lines and just fill the scene. The important thing to notice is ZERO speaking lines. That's an extra. You can be hired as an extra and be given a line; you are them upgraded to a principal actor. Some people have mentioned Matt Damon in Euro Trip. That's a cameo, he's an already established star that shows up, has lines, and that's it. They work one or two scenes. Bit part/day players are principal actors who are not stars that have one scene and deliver maybe a few lines. Think convenience store clerk who interacts with the actor.

Speaking of pilots, the one that bombed Alcatraz in the Cage & Connery action flick, "The Rock" was played by Jim Caviezel.

Just now realizing from the screenshot how much Jim Jefferies looks like Charlie Sheen.

Double-check your research. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” while not exactly a blockbuster, was a successful film that had good reviews, as it was handled as a parody of the horror genre.

Every time I watch the West Wing episode where Josh, Donna & Toby miss the campaign bus, I am stunned by Amy Adams playing the daughter who tries to drive them over to the next stop, but runs out of fuel... not a blink & you miss it part, but still...

It was spotting Dolph Lundgren in a James Bond movie that started me looking for other familiar faces. It's crazy the numbers of stars I've seen with the tiniest parts.

Richard Dreyfuss had a small part in "The Graduate" [1967] as a Boarding House Resident & in "Valley of the Dolls [1967] as a Assistant Stage Manager, both roles he was uncredited

Giancarlo Esposito was in Malcom X, he was one of the ones that shot Malcom X.

Monica Bellucci in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (one of the vampire ladies who snuggle with Keanu Reeves). Viggo Mortensen in "Witness" (one of the Amish people). Daniel Day-Lewis in "Gandhi" (Young street thug, although this is probably more than just an extra).

Michael Duncan Clark had a non-speaking cameo in Friday (1995). He was in a flashback scene when Red got "knocked the f*ck out!"

Kind of well known, but there's always Glenn Close in drag in Hook. She's the pirate who gets put in The Boo Box.

Surprised no mention of Billy Zane in, what, at least one BttF. Then you got Gwyneth Paltrow and Glenn Close in Hook.

Bruce Lee was the best and fastest Martial Artist ever. You could hardly see his arms move. No one was ever better than he was. May he R.I.P

Here is another one for you. GERARD BUTLER - TOMORROW NEVER DIES. This one actually comes from Gerard Butler himself. He was doing an interview promoting one of his films and he was on the Jonathan Ross Show. He revealed that early on in his career before he hit the big time he had a small role in Tomorrow Never Dies. He was a navy officer on the ship that gets sunk in the film.

Kevin Bacon races Steve Martin for a cab in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."

My favorite , if the story is true, is Brad Pitt being the invisible man in Deadpool 2. Simply because Ryan Reynolds thought it would be funny to have a major actor in a literally invisible role.

Tom Cruise had 3 second cameo in Young Guns at the end of the movie. His character was killed off in the final gun battle.

Love this!

Bruce Willis became a star in the TV show Moonlighting. We were just thrilled to see him in movies too.

I will not stand by as you slander Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Seriously?

SAW’s Tobin Bell was in Goodfellas he played Jimmy’s PO!

I just know this comment section is gonna be wild and have the most exiting list of actors having an appearance or uncredited first role in movies, because *Jack Black* in Demolition Man is the #1 most popular “blink and you’ll miss” appearance as an extra in movies, and he was Not even an honorable mention in the video

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is awesome!

Didn't notice one of them, in any of the movies. Great list

Kevin Costner plays a fraternity guy partying in the morgue in "Night Shift".

Though he is not so well known nowadays, Steve Forrest was very famous in the Seventies because of his main role as Harrelson in the S.W.A.T. series... I spotted him as an extra in the film Band Wagon with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse while they are at a train station. Also the guy that portrayed Kyle Reese in Terminator with Arnold (Michael Biehn) can be seen as an extra in Grease on the scene when Travolta is trying to learn how to play basket.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was hilarious.

The Eastwood/Tarantula fact is really cool - I love the Jack Arnold movies. But even I like the trash-ones, and there I'm missing the fact of George Clooney in "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". And what I'm missing too is, that William Defoe was and outstanding and well known actor & performer in the New Yorker Off-Theatre-Scene before, in the very well noticed theater group: "The Wooster Group".

you missed Daniel Craig in 90s series Zorro.. he also had sword fight with Zorro in the scene

I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So campy. 'Pike, I'm hungry!' 'You're floating, man!'

Buffy The Vampire Slayer also has a Hillary Swank cameo...

Didn't realize this was a "before they were famous" type list and thought it would be things like Brad Pitt in Deadpool or something. Still cool. When I used to daydream about becoming an actress, I'd also imagine just randomly showing up as an extra on set for other movies. Video tapes had just become a big thing, and for the first time, anyone could scroll back to catch something they missed, so "blink and you'll miss it" cameos were a pretty exciting thing.

In Raging Bull, when Robert De Niro is shaking hands with mob guys at a table at a party in a church, one of those men was John Turturro.

You missed Segorny Weaver in a credited part as Woody Allen's rebound in Annie Hall. The only way you know it her is she towers over the much shorter Allen

You forgot Jennifer Aniston in Mac & Me.She's barely noticed.But she is there

You kidding me! Buffy the movie was great! How can you not love that movie!? After-all it did spawn the series. Which is a direct sequel to the movie.

There was an extra in the movie Friday as well. The guy who was the lead in Green Mile was an extra gambling with Smookie and Deebo in the movie Friday.

Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) appeared as henchmen of Christopher Walken in Kings Of New York.

My biggest surprise off this list is how much Charlie looks like his dad in the old days.

I just watched a movie called The Devil's Rain.. Great cast! (look it up).. While it looks like he had one credit beforehand, John Travolta is credited. But he's so heavily covered in makeup I had to look him up after to see where he was.. haha

How about Bill Paxton in Stripes?

David Duchovny in Working Girl during a surprise party. Jim Carrey and Liam Neeson in The Dead Pool.

Vince Vaugh in RUDY of 1993 was the first thing that I remember

Tobin Bell was also in a Seinfeld episode...I can't remember which character he played (I think it was the selling old man's records episode 🤔) but it was definitely him.

I've not seen this movie but I've seen on Tom Cruise Wikipedia and IMDb pages that he made his debut in a minor role in the 1981 Brooke Shields movie Endless Love.

Sorry to contradict you mate, but I think Clint Eastwoods first role was in Francis joins the Navy 1955.

yep i started as an extra & paul burke's stand in on "naked city" in 1962 in nyc...led to bits & featured roles.....yey...jack english..weho..11/2021

I ran across a gem the other day watching a a pretty bad 1987 Cherry 2000. Melissa Sue Anderson is sitting at the dinner table next to the maniacal overload Tim Thomerson there towards the end before they blow up the camp. At first I was like no way then I looked at her photos from 1987 and it is undeniable. I would imagine a lot of the actors were already hanging around on the sets in Hollywood back then doing other shows and the directors were like hey, you want to be an extra and go to the after party?

Although Liam Neeson had already had a secondary role in Excalibur (1981), his role in 1983's Krull is so subdued as to be blink/miss worthy.

Kevin Costner also appears in the morgue/ frat party scene in NIGHT SHIFT as a college guy.

James Earl Jones was a bomber in Dr. Strangelove, his first movie role, 17 years before Star Wars!!!

Richard Dreyfuss had one line in The Graduate.

in Annie Hall there are small parts for Jeff Goldblum, Sigourny Weaver, Shelley Duvall, Carol Kane, and Christopher Walken

'I loved you in Wall Street!'

In the James Bond movie, A View to a Kill, Dolph Lundgren can briefly be seen with Grace Jones, shortly before he made it big as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. Dolph and Grace were an item at the time.