Spotting now-familiar actors in tiny bit-parts/early appearances

[Bob_the_lost]

D.L. is forced to shoot himself in the head in 24 Season 3.

 

[Bonfirelight]

that ginger knobber from CSI was one of Brian Dennehys crew in Rambo.

I presume it was the trauma of that epoisode that made him rethink his police career and point him toward a career in forensics.

 

[8den]

Hill Street Blues is great for this. Both Linda Hamilton and whathisface Kyle Reiss are in early episodes.

In fact it looks like most of the cast of ST TNG http://www.hillstreetblues.tv/cast/guests.html

have been in it.

 

[yak]

jennifer aniston in that shitty early 90s sitcom designing women, and bunk of the wire fame was in hackers, which i believe also features dr. melfi of sopranos, but i could be wrong about this

 

[Fedayn]

Hill Street Blues is great for this. Both Linda Hamilton and whathisface Kyle Reiss are in early episodes.

In fact it looks like most of the cast of ST TNG http://www.hillstreetblues.tv/cast/guests.html

have been in it.

David Caruso, Tim Robbins, Michael Biehn all had bit parts in HSB.

 

[Bonfirelight]

Columbo's a good one for spotting stars in the making.

(the show that is, not the man himself, who is an excellent homicide detective, but has no proven ability as a hollywood talent scout)

 

[Stigmata]

everyone knows that. and she was the first person to say 'period' on telly.

That seems unlikely.


I saw Dot Cotton is some godawful early 70s B-Movie about zombie bikers a few months ago.

And of course Christian Slater was the junior monk in The Name of the Rose.

 

[Orang Utan]

That seems unlikely.

Yes, I'm sure a weatherman has said it before she did

 

[The Groke]

And of course Christian Slater was the junior monk in The Name of the Rose.

I replayed that scene to death in my younger days. Was the closest thing I had to porn on video and still crops up unbidden from my wank-bank on occasion.

 

[5t3IIa]

The bail bondsman chappy from Jackie Brown was in The Black Hole on channel 5 yesterday.

If anyone saw it - just think - that crap was made 2 years after Star Wars!!!1!

 

[The Groke]

So I only just discovered:

I mean, you thought I would have noticed Linda Hamilton before now - not sure how that passed me by - but Ron fucking Perlman too!

lulz

 

[killer b]

Columbo's a good one for spotting stars in the making.

petrocelli was good for that too - i think i saw the whole cast of star wars in it (mark hamil twice, as two different psycho teenagers...)

 

[pk]

Watching "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" on telly the other night - George Clooney LOL!

 

[moon]

Loads here
http://www.itnsource.com/compilation/S23080601

check out Ricky Gervais as a new romantic in 1983

 

[Pie 1]

The Horse Whisperer was on tv the other night - I was over half way through before I realised the sulky kid was Scarlett Johansson

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Donald Sutherland in some Hollywood Roman epic. Might have been Spartacus, but maybe not. Any, He has about four words....and they dubbed another actors voice on!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Arthur Lowe used to be in "Coronation Street".

Apparently - it was 1960 - 1965 and we didn't get a telly till 1969 and we didn't ever watch the programme even then.

He was already quite a well known stage actor then though.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I replayed that scene to death in my younger days. Was the closest thing I had to porn on video and still crops up unbidden from my wank-bank on occasion.

 

[8den]

He was already quite a well known stage actor then though.

That ladies and gentlemen is a young Kiera Knightly in the Bill.

And the fella on the left is a young Sexy Beast, Ben Kingsley.

The Bill - Keira Knightly (above), Sean Bean, Paul Bettany, John Hannah, Alex Kingston

Casualty- Kate Winslet, Orlando Bloom, Minnie Driver, Christopher Eccleston, Parminder Nagra, Jonny Lee Miller, Helen Baxendale, Brenda Fricker

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3513288.stm

Who the fuck is Parminder Nagra?

 

[Pie 1]

Who the fuck is Parminder Nagra?

The other girl in Bend It Like Beckham, now in ER I believe

 

[The Groke]

Not because of Christian Slater's presence, I hasten to add...

 

[Orang Utan]

That ladies and gentlemen is a young Kiera Knightly in the Bill.

And the fella on the left is a young Sexy Beast, Ben Kingsley.




http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3513288.stm

Who the fuck is Parminder Nagra?

She's in Bend It Like Beckham and ER. Very pretty.

 

[8den]

She's in Bend It Like Beckham and ER. Very pretty.

Ah yes. Neila! no one makes being so put upon and stressed out look so good.

 

[red rose]

I saw keira knightley in a bbc period drama aged about 14 a few weeks ago

Orlando Bloom stars in an early episode of Midsomer Murders and cops it with a pitchfork to the chest.

I also didn't realise until a few weeks ago that Sarah Chalke from Scrubs is one of the daughters in Roseanne.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Fred Elliott was a RAF staff officer in The Battle of Britain. Qhite posh too.


I wanted him to say 'The Germans are coming over in Heinkels. I say, the Germans, coming over in Heinkels....' but he didn't.

 

[The Groke]

I also didn't realise until a few weeks ago that Sarah Chalke from Scrubs is one of the daughters in Roseanne.

"Beccy" - the second one I believe.

I only found this out recently too, but it is obvious now if you catch an old Roseanne episode with her in it!

 

[Agent Sparrow]

"Beccy" - the second one I believe.

I only found this out recently too, but it is obvious now if you catch an old Roseanne episode with her in it!

Oh yeah!

In which case, she must look a lot younger than she actually is. I don't remember her being that young in Roseanne, and that was quite some time ago.

 

[The Groke]

Oh yeah!

In which case, she must look a lot younger than she actually is. I don't remember her being that young in Roseanne, and that was quite some time ago.

Perhaps she looked older than she was when she was younger and now she is older she looks younger than she is...?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I can't find the 'spot the wire characters in other things' thread, but Bubbles is in this week's Heroes.

 

[maya]

A very young Teri Hatcher in MacGyver (two episodes, i think)