Top 10 Times You Missed Famous Actors in the Background of Movies

Sometimes, you just have to look a little closer... For this list, we’ll be looking at huge stars in film roles so small you’ll blink and miss them. Our countdown includes Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Marilyn Monroe and more! What actor have you spotted as an extra before they were famous? Let us know in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

What actor have you spotted as an extra before they were famous? Let us know in the comments.

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[fenrisulv]

Jean-Claude Van Damme in the dancemovie "Breakin' - The Street Dance# from 1984. He is a dancing extra at the beach.
Sylvester were the "bad boy" in "Deathrace 2000" 1975. :)

[edkeaton]

Sylvester Stallone was also in the film "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" (1975) as a mugger who was chased by Jack Lemmon through Central Park, because Lemmon had thought that he had been mugged by Stallone.

[diceman]

Bruce Willis was also very briefly in The Detective with Frank Sinatra, notable because it's sequel was what eventually became Die Hard.

[LonAndrewEnkey]

Mickey Rourke was in the movie 1941. In the tank behind Dan Ackroyd, John Candy and Frank McRae, no speaking lines. He can also be seen in the final scene standing on the slab after the house slid off the cliff.

[natsune]

Elijah Wood in 'Back to the Future 2'
Tobey Maguire in 'The Wizard'

[Silly]

Kevin Costner played a fraternity guy in Nightshift (1982) which is Michael Keaton’s debut movie. Richard Dreyfuss aka Al Jolson is in The Graduate (1967) for a few seconds. Morgan Freeman was an extra in The Pawnbroker (1964)

[Jman]

Brad Pitt was also on tales from the crypt earlier in his career. His proformance was better than the guy he rivaled

[paulparker]

Giancarlo Esposito as one of prisoners in jail, in Trading Places (The scene with Eddie Murphy just before Duke & Duke bailed him out)

[rolling-roadkill]

In the movie "Tron" Michael "American Ninja" Dudikoff was one of the programs standing in line behind Flynn when he first sees Tron.

[TheELBushman]

Tobin Bell (from Saw) was in that same scene with Willis sitting in the row in front of hom

[s.d.]

Brad Pitt as background extra in Kevin Costner's No Way Out.

[eff-dupstuff]

Samuel L Jackson in Betsy's Wedding and Coming To America, Nicolas Cage in Fast Times At Ridgemont High and Ron Jeremy in Ghostbusters

[kingjaries]

This is why it's important to consider any role you can take even if it's background. I'm currently on the same boat

[christineparis]

I worked as an extra on the hideous tv show, Equal Justice, with Sarah Jessica Parker, before she hit the jackpot with Sex In The City. Debra Farentino was supposed to be the "star" of EJ, but Sarah had something special, and Debra faded everytime they played a scene together. It was fascinating to watch....

[totogamer]

You can see Bryan Cranston listed as part of the additional voices on vintage anime like Ghost In The Shell and Macross. He was mostly credited under the name Lee Stone.

[gipsyundead]

Jack Black in Demolition Man, he plays one of Edgar Friendly's soldiers

[MsNotzi]

In the movie "Krush Groove, " Chris Rock is an extra. You can find him standing up against a wall during a brief fight scene between Russell (Blair Underwood) and Run.

[GamerNate]

Should have included Elijah Woods in "Back to the Future: Part II, " where he plays a kid playing an arcade game

[angeloleary]

One of Mathew McConaughey's earliest acting roles was as a reenactment actor on Unsolved Mysteries.