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29 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Realise Appeared In These TV Shows
29 Famous People You Probably Didn't Realise Appeared In These TV Shows,From Daniel Kaluuya to Jennifer Lawrence – proof that there really are no small parts.

29 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Realise Appeared In These TV Shows

1. Way back before his Teen Wolf days, Tyler Posey popped up in one episode of Smallville.



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He played an escort who made some bold hat choices.

4. Jennifer Aniston played a charming hospital volunteer in an episode of the sci-fi show Quantum Leap.

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Her appearance as Kiki Wilson aired the same year as Friends started.

5. Meanwhile, Matthew Perry played a tennis prodigy in the first season of Beverly Hills 90210.

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He was only in one episode but he had quite the storyline — the son of one of the richest men in the OC who ended up being admitted into a psychiatric facility.


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He played Frank, a Great Depression-era New Yorker, who ended up helping the Doc and Martha save the city from the Daleks.


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She played a uni student who was being stalked by her own dad.


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In the wittily named episode “Say Cheese and Die,” he played a kid who loves taking photographs but is convinced his camera is cursed.


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Channing played a wannabe rapper who may or may not have stolen a boat.

10. Before she was Annaliese Keating, Viola Davis was also in an episode of one of CSI‘s many iterations.

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She played an attorney in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Foreshadowing much?

11. Lady Gaga played a girl who led Tony’s son astray in The Sopranos.

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She was only 15 when she made her appearance and her role was uncredited.


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He was only in it for about three months, but Dr. Oliver Cousins will go down as one of Walford’s most drama-free residents – pretty much the opposite of Lucifer.


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She proved her comedy genius when she played Helena, a journalist writing a piece on David Brent.


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She was a high school dropout turned model.


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She played a student at a haunted high school.


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He had no lines, and it was a bit of blink-and-you’ll miss-it kinda role.

17. A very young Millie Bobby Brown once gave an emotional performance in Grey’s Anatomy.

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She wasn’t in it for long, but lil Mils totally stole the show as Ruby, the concerned daughter of a mother who couldn’t breathe.


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Daniel had already racked up quite a few credits when he joined the sketch show – he’d written for Skins as well as playing Posh Kenneth – but his time as a traffic warden seems to have faded from collective memory.


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He played Andy, a member of Lane’s bible study group, and because he didn’t have a Screen Actor’s Guild card he ended up having to pay a $2000 fine for the role.


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In 1992, The Cosby Show had just ended, and Raven had stolen hearts as little Olivia, so this was a pretty big guest star for The Fresh Prince. She played Claudia, Will’s precocious new step-sister.


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His shady character Robby was arrested for murder. He also played another creepy guy in Law & Order: SVU.


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Jennifer originally thought she’d be playing a bigger role, but ended up spending most of the episode hidden inside a costume. It’s a bit of a blink-and-you-‘ll-miss-it part (she was the mascot for a basketball team whose coach was electrocuted) but Jenn really made the most of it. 


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He played Jordie, a young boy who found himself in a precarious predicament when the Winchesters realised all the adults in his life had had their souls eaten by The Darkness.


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Aubrey didn’t complete the program and ended up becoming an intern in the casting department, but she kept her uniform. So when 30 Rock needed a Page for a scene, she and her stolen uniform stepped up to the plate.

25. When it comes to Matthew McConaughey’s filmography, he’s really done it all; including a reenactment on Unsolved Mysteries, which was his first credited role.

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He played Larry Dickens, a 26-year-old man who was one of the first victims of Edward Bell, a sex offender, murderer, and fugitive whose crimes spanned over 20 years. in 1978, Larry noticed Bell exposing himself to a group of young girls, and was shot when he tried to put a stop to his disgusting behaviour. 


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She played Sherri, a beauty pageant contestant who was caught in the crossfire of one of Gaby’s scheming plans.


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Yup, he played a runaway who was questioned by the police when a busker was deliberately hit by a car.

28. Before he was being a creep in YOU, Penn Badgley played a bully in Will And Grace.

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It was his first-ever role, and he looks almost unrecognisable.

29. And finally, before his silver fox days, George Clooney had a bit part as a detective in an episode of The Golden Girls.

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Before he hit the big time George was in quite a few ’80s shows, including E/R, Streethawk, and Murder, She Wrote. In his episode of The Golden Girls his character, Detective Bobby, ends up getting shot while scoping out the girls’ sketchy neighbours.


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