Find Out How Major Hollywood Stars Got Started in Show Business

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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

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2. Angelina Jolie

Movie: Lookin’ to Get Out, 1982

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3. Al Pacino

TV: N.Y.P.D., 1968

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4. Morgan Freeman

TV: The Electric Company, 1971–1977

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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.

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7. Susan Sarandon

Movie: Joe, 1970

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8. Scarlett Johansson

Movie audition for Jumanji, 1993

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9. Ben Affleck

TV: The Voyage of the Mimi, 1984

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10. Leonardo DiCaprio

Movie: The Outsiders, 1983

*Footage is from his audition.

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11. Jean-Claude Van Damme

Movie: Breakin’, 1984

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12. Nicole Kidman

Movie: Bush Christmas, 1983

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13. Robert Downey Jr.

Movie: Pound, 1970

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14. Sir Ian McKellen

TV: The Indian Stories of Rudyard Kipling, 1964

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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

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17. Phillip Seymour Hoffman

TV: Law and Order, 1991

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18. Jack Black

TV: Pitfall! by Activision commercial, 1983

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19. Colin Farrell

Movie: Frankie Starlight, 1995

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20. Jack Nicholson

Movie: The Cry Baby Killer, 1958

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21. Kevin Spacey

Movie: Heartburn, 1986

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22. James Franco

TV: Pizza Hut commercial, 1999

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23. Jake Gyllenhaal

Movie: City Slickers, 1991

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24. Marlon Brando

Movie: The Men, 1950

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25. Matt Damon

Movie: Mystic Pizza, 1988

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26. Bruce Willis

Movie: The First Deadly Sin, 1980

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27. Mila Kunis

TV: Barbie commercial, 1993

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28. Chris Hemsworth

TV: Guinevere Jones, 2002

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29. Tom Hardy

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

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30. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

TV: Stranger on My Land, 1988

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31. George Clooney

TV: Centennial, 1978

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32. Meryl Streep

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

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33. Michelle Pfeiffer

Beauty Pageant: Miss Orange County, 1978

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34. Nicolas Cage

Movie: Best of Times, 1981

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35. Sammy Davis Jr.

Movie: Rufus Jones for President, 1933

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36.Reese Witherspoon

Movie: The Man in the Moon, 1991

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