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Ben Mendel
The filmmaker of “Argo,” who won an Oscar, appeared as an extra in “Field of Dreams” and “The Good Mother” with his friend Matt Damon. Following that, Affleck starred in the film “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as a basketball player.

Matt Damon

Have you ever watched “Mystic Pizza” and wondered, “Hey, is that steamer?” Matt Damon? Yes, you would be correct! Damon was an extra in the Julia Roberts movie when he was eighteen. He later appeared beside Affleck in “Field of Dreams” as a fan in Fenway Park.

Davis, Viola

Davis began her career as an extra in “The Substance of Fire” and on “NYPD Blue,” but today she is one of the select few to win the Triple Crown of Acting (Academy Award, Emmy Award, Tony Award) and accomplish EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).

Clint Eastwood

Beginning with 1955’s “Revenge of the Creature,” Eastwood secured a number of uncredited roles prior to “Gran Torino” and “Million Dollar Baby.” During his twenties, Eastwood was a reliable extra in movies such as “Tarantula,” “Lady Godiva of Coventry,” and “Francis in the Navy.” His career didn’t really take off until 1959, when he was cast as Rowdy Yates in the television series “Rawhide.” This collection of Eastwood’s early supporting parts demonstrates the advancements in both filmmaking and the performer.

Megan Fox

Fox portrayed the witty “stars-and-stripes bikini kid dancing under waterfall” in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence film “Bad Boys II.”

Henson, Taraji P.

Prior to acting in “Hustle & Flow” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Henson held the positions of “girl #3” on “Saved by the Bell: The New Class” and “R.A. #2” on “Felicity.”

Brad Pitt

Pitt used to play more smaller roles in Hollywood before becoming a Hollywood king. He made three appearances in 1987 alone: “party guest” in “No Way Out,” “boy at the beach” in “Hunk,” and “partygoer/preppy kid at fight” in “Less Than Zero.”

The actor Sylvester Stallone

In two strange films, Woody Allen’s 1971 film “Bananas,” starring Jane Fonda, and the Oscar-winning film “Klute,” Stallone made an appearance as an extra. Here he is playing the “subway thug” of the former.

Tatum Channing

Tatum played a “boy in church” in “War of the Worlds” before becoming well-known for his dramatic transformations. After rising to fame more than fifteen years earlier, he played an uncredited supporting part in “Bullet Train” as a “train passenger.”

Bruce Willis

Willis is another actor that did a lot of background work when he first started out. You can see him as an extra in a number of movies and TV shows, such as “The First Deadly Sin” and “Ein Guru kommt.” In Paul Newman’s Oscar-nominated film “The Verdict,” he also served as a courtroom observer.

Renée Zellweger

In “Dazed and Confused,” Zellweger played the “girl in blue pickup truck” years before she was cast as Bridget Jones. Even while you might not have seen the Oscar-winning actor back then, she is now quite noticeable!