Not all famous actors and actresses started their career off acting in their most iconic or well-known role. Most actors started off in very minor roles, and many even began in commercials or in modelling gigs. This is an essential part of any aspiring actor's career as it launches them into the industry and gives them valuable experience for the future. It can be fun and interesting, though, to see where your favourite actors started, and to see how they played some pretty small roles.

People have recognized now-famous people in old scenes when rewatching films and shows from the past. It's surprising and pretty neat to see these folks doing something that the rest of the world didn't really know they did. From extras in the background to generic, unnamed people in movies or shows as filler characters in films, these scenes capture the early days of celebrities.

Enjoy 23 photos where people spotted someone they knew from somewhere else in a film or show, but before the rest of the world discovered them. Some of these frames might be surprising.