Actors that are now famous but were extras in great movies.

[MikeB]

I heard Michelle Phiffer was in Grease 2.

 

[quantumleap]

the blue haired guy

Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen were in 3 movies together including this one (Alien and Predator were the other 2). James Cameron was involved in all 3 and had a hand in including these 2 together.

 

[quantumleap]

that's an impressive list of people

Here's the list from the comments. One of my favorites is Stanley Tucci who played a scumbag mobster. He stars in the "Hunger Games" series now.


Dennis Farina
Ed O'Neil
Bruce Willis
Michael Madsen
Steve Buscemi
Burt Young
Liam Neeson
Miguel Ferrer
Terry O' Quinn
Evan Handler
John Turturro
Joe Morton
Pam Grier
Ving Rhames
Laura San Giacomo
Iman
Joaquim de Almeida
David Strathairn
Denny Dillion
John Heard
Wesley Snipes
Paul Guilfoyle
Bill Paxton
Benicio Del Toro
Lawrence Fishburne
Chris Cooper
Penelope Ann Miller
Xander Berkeley
Tony Sirico
Stanley Tucci
Jeff Fahey
Brian Dennehy
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
John Spencer
Don King
Jan Hammer
James Brown
Frank Zappa
Phil Collins
Glenn Frey
Miles Davis
Gene Simmons
Leonard Cohen
Martin Ferrero
Ted Nugent
Little Richard
Viggo Mortensen
John Leguizamo
Chris Rock
Annette Benning
Alfred Molina
Chris Elliott
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ben Stiller
Greg Germann
Helena Bonham Carter
Michael Wincott
Julia Roberts
Mark Linn Baker
Vincent d'Onofrio
Oliver Platt

 

[quantumleap]

Sylvester Stallone in Bananas.

Sylvester Stallone in "The Party at Kitty and Stud's".

 

[PatsFanatic]

Ben Affleck in Dazed and Confused.

 

[pocketrockets]

Ben Affleck in Dazed and Confused.

Milla Jovovich was in there also

 

[achandicap]

Nicholas Cage in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He was still acting under the name Nick Coppola.

 

[CoachCB]

Jim Carey was in a Clint Eastwood movie.

The crew in The Outsiders and Red Dawn, several went on to big careers.

Seinfeld, Friends, Law & Order have all had a bunch of future stars.

 

[snoop]

Jon Hamm (Mad Men - Don Draper) in We Were Soldiers.

 

[Enfuego]

David Caruso in First Blood.

 

[Greenbacks]

Very young Bruce Willis in the Verdict starring Paul Newman.

 

[CoachCB]

David Caruso in First Blood.

Why did he leave NYPD Blue? I hated his character in CSI Miami.

 

[Greenbacks]

Why did he leave NYPD Blue? I hated his character in CSI Miami.

I thought he was good in CSI top rated show for many years.

Caruso asked for a major-league raise in pay for the second season, asking for $100,000 an episode (as opposed to the $20,000 per episode he was paid in the first season). The producers refused to go higher than $80,000 for fear of upsetting the rest of the cast, and eventually, a compromise was worked out: Caruso would appear in the first four episodes of the second season to allow the writers to give John Kelly a graceful exit, at which point he would be freed from his contract to do films.

 

[CoachCB]

I thought he was good in CSI top rated show for many years.

Caruso asked for a major-league raise in pay for the second season, asking for $100,000 an episode (as opposed to the $20,000 per episode he was paid in the first season). The producers refused to go higher than $80,000 for fear of upsetting the rest of the cast, and eventually, a compromise was worked out: Caruso would appear in the first four episodes of the second season to allow the writers to give John Kelly a graceful exit, at which point he would be freed from his contract to do films.

I remember there was some story about him getting cocky w/ NYPD Blue. Thanks for the summary.

CSI Miami was almost comical w/ his character being so "cool" and "smooth".