Some completely missed the mark
The cult horror movie was the actor's first film. Depp plays Glen Lantz, the boyfriend of the protagonist, Nancy Thompson.
The American comedian plays Kevin Gerrity, Sonny's (Adam Sandler) roommate, who finds out he's the biological father of Julian (Dylan Sprouse).
Before becoming Superman, the actor played Albert Mondego, the son of Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) and Mercedes Inguanada (Dagmara Dominczyk). He was 17 at the time.
A year before 'Twilight,' the actress could be seen playing Tracy Tatro, a teen singer from Slab City, California, who encounters Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch) during his journey.
The actor starred in this 1993 movie directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino.
Brad Pitt plays Floyd. He does not have a lot of lines in the movie, but he does say, "Hey! Get some beer and some cleaning products!"
Ben Affleck plays bully Fred O'Bannion in this coming-of-age film directed by Richard Linklater, which follows a group of students in 1976.
Ryan Gosling plays Alan Bosley, one of the white students and football players in the racially-integrated T.C. Williams High School.
The chemistry between sisters Kitty (Carey Mulligan) and Lydia Bennet (Jena Malone) in the movie is an absolute joy to watch.
The actor plays a young Norman Maclean. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was six years old when he starred in Robert Redford's film.
Jude Law plays actor Errol Flynn in this epic biographical movie directed by Martin Scorsese. Adam Scott's character was Johnny Meyer.
A young Scarlett Johansson co-starred with Robert Redford in 'The Horse Whisperer' (1998). The actress plays a traumatized teenager whose horse needs help following an accident that injured both.
Bo (Abigail Breslin) and Morgan (Rory Culkin) are the children of former reverend Graham Hess (Mel Gibson). Here they are with their uncle, failed baseball player Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix).
Robert De Niro plays saxophonist Jimmy Doyle in this movie directed by Martin Scorsese. Pictured also is Liza Minnelli as singer Francine Evans.
Travolta plays country boy Bud Davis, who moves to Pasadena, Texas, and ends up having a troubled relationship with cowgirl Sissy (Debra Winger).
The award-winning actor starred in this buddy fantasy comedy as a dead black lawyer named Napoleon Stone. A racist cop receives his heart in a transplant, and Washington's character returns from the dead and asks him for help finding the men who murdered him.
Tommy Lee Jones plays police investigator John Neville and Faye Dunaway plays photographer Laura Mars, in this neo noir film directed by Irvin Kershner.
You may remember Meg Ryan in this one, but do you remember Hugh Jackman as an English prince who is transported from 1876 to modern-day New York City?
The actor plays Dario, the antagonist Franz Sanchez's personal henchman, in this 'James Bond' movie.
The actress plays two women, Sarah and Anna, in a forbidden love period drama set in 19th-century England.
The actress plays the protagonist, spy and assassin Casella "Cash" Reese, in this sci-fi/action movie from 1993.
The actor plays lawyer and politician Roger Sherman Baldwin in this historical drama about a Spanish slave ship, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Crowe plays serial killer cyborg SID 6.7, who was created after a virtual reality simulation gone wrong.
Jim Carrey plays Mark Kendall, a virgin high school student who turns into a vampire.
Macaulay Culkin plays the drug-fueled party promoter Michael Alig. The movie is based on a true story.
Penn plays Andrew Daulton Lee, a drug dealer who turns to espionage, in the movie 'The Falcon and the Snowman.'
Reese Witherspoon plays Evelyn Williams, the fiancée of psychopath Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale).
A young Christian Bale plays Jamie "Jim" Graham, who struggles for survival during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II.
The actress was 13 years old when she played one of the protagonists, Judy Shepherd, in the original 'Jumanji' movie.
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An actor’s career has to start somewhere, and while we're more used to seeing these famous faces in big Hollywood blockbusters, many of them had more modest beginnings. Having said that, some of these future A-listers did begin their careers on a high, but you simply may have not noticed.
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An actor’s career has to start somewhere, and while we're more used to seeing these famous faces in big Hollywood blockbusters, many of them had more modest beginnings. Having said that, some of these future A-listers did begin their careers on a high, but you simply may have not noticed.
In this gallery, we bring you some of the movies you probably forgot these actors were in. Click on for some delightful surprises.