Find Out How Major Hollywood Stars Got Started in Show Business

We may see Hollywood celebrities as the example of success and good fortune. However, we have not realized what they have went through to be in their current career pedestal.

Let’s take a look at some of the big Hollywood stars’ humble beginnings. Sure, their roles may be not what you have expected, but these became their stepping stones to their big break.

1. Marilyn Monroe

Movie: Dangerous Years, 1947

2. Angelina Jolie

Movie: Lookin’ to Get Out, 1982

3. Al Pacino

TV: N.Y.P.D., 1968

4. Morgan Freeman

TV: The Electric Company, 1971–1977

5. Tom Hanks

Movie: He Knows You’re Alone, 1980

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6. Natalie Portman

Movie: Léon: The Professional, 1993

*Footage is from her audition.

7. Susan Sarandon

Movie: Joe, 1970

8. Scarlett Johansson

Movie audition for Jumanji, 1993

9. Ben Affleck

TV: The Voyage of the Mimi, 1984

10. Leonardo DiCaprio

Movie: The Outsiders, 1983

*Footage is from his audition.

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11. Jean-Claude Van Damme

Movie: Breakin’, 1984

12. Nicole Kidman

Movie: Bush Christmas, 1983

13. Robert Downey Jr.

Movie: Pound, 1970

14. Sir Ian McKellen

TV: The Indian Stories of Rudyard Kipling, 1964

15. Joaquin Phoenix

TV show: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1982

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16. Emilia Clarke

Movie: University of London student short film, 2009

17. Phillip Seymour Hoffman

TV: Law and Order, 1991

18. Jack Black

TV: Pitfall! by Activision commercial, 1983

19. Colin Farrell

Movie: Frankie Starlight, 1995

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20. Jack Nicholson

Movie: The Cry Baby Killer, 1958

21. Kevin Spacey

Movie: Heartburn, 1986

22. James Franco

TV: Pizza Hut commercial, 1999

23. Jake Gyllenhaal

Movie: City Slickers, 1991

24. Marlon Brando

Movie: The Men, 1950

25. Matt Damon

Movie: Mystic Pizza, 1988

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26. Bruce Willis

Movie: The First Deadly Sin, 1980

27. Mila Kunis

TV: Barbie commercial, 1993

28. Chris Hemsworth

TV: Guinevere Jones, 2002

29. Tom Hardy

Competition: The Big Breakfast‍‍’​‍s Find Me a Supermodel, 1998

30. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

TV: Stranger on My Land, 1988

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31. George Clooney

TV: Centennial, 1978

32. Meryl Streep

Interview: Just before The Beatles Show at Shea Stadium, 1965

33. Michelle Pfeiffer

Beauty Pageant: Miss Orange County, 1978

34. Nicolas Cage

Movie: Best of Times, 1981

35. Sammy Davis Jr.

Movie: Rufus Jones for President, 1933

36.Reese Witherspoon

Movie: The Man in the Moon, 1991