Gandolfini in Mr. Wonderful and other obscure old school appearances of famous actors - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

eyeronic · 04-19-2003, 11:30 PM

I'm randomly watching Mr. Wonderful on the Spanish channel and just saw James Gandolfini! Hilarious. It almost made me want to netflix it just for that. He was awesome in True Romance of course.

What other old school/first appearances do y'all know of for other actors?

FunHater · 04-20-2003, 09:22 PM

Chris Rock in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Freakin hilarious.

Johnny Rotten · 04-20-2003, 09:29 PM

Many episodes of the old Twilight Zone feature actors that went on to be stars.

Macheath · 04-20-2003, 09:37 PM

I always was amazed by a teenage Lawrence Fishburne (Larry Fishburne) in Apocalypse Now; especially since he lied to Coppola about his age, much like a young guy might do to fight in a real war.

Unknown Poster · 04-21-2003, 04:17 AM

Speaking of Larry Fishburne, he was in the classic Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : The Dream Warriors.

I just saw Top Gun on TNT for the first time in A LONG time and noticed Tim Robbins was one of the pilots.

drodrig1 · 04-21-2003, 07:52 AM

i remember seeing billy bob thorton in Blood in, Blood out. I dont know if its his first role, but he played some weird sleazy inmate.

eyeronic · 04-21-2003, 08:32 AM

Great ones folks. Fishburn in Apocolypse IS awesome. Chris Rock as a crack head in New Jack City is also a classic. His famous, "..it's cawlin' me man. It's cawlin' me..." is priceless.

ExArmyGuy · 04-21-2003, 07:34 PM

Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

maximusveritas · 04-21-2003, 08:39 PM

Dennis Hopper in Rebel Without a Cause

Cynthetiq · 04-22-2003, 08:00 AM

there's lots of them all over the place.. i see them all the time and annoy my wife with the "rewind to verify"

sometimes it's a passing camera walk by with no credit, and sometimes it's uncredited.

fnaqzna · 04-22-2003, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by maximusveritas
Dennis Hopper in Rebel Without a Cause

I watched "Giant" a few weeks ago... I was surprised to see Hopper in it.

Really obscure, but not an actor... Trent Reznor is in "Light of Day"

KillerYoda · 04-22-2003, 11:46 PM

Richard Dreyfuss going "Should I call the cops?" in The Graduate was pretty funny.

KillerYoda · 04-22-2003, 11:47 PM

Oh, and Johnny Knoxville in "Coyote Ugly" kind of threw me off too.

Unknown Poster · 04-23-2003, 03:22 AM

I haven't seen it since I heard about it, but Kevin Costner is supposedly in the big party scene at the end of "Night Shift".

Cynthetiq · 04-24-2003, 10:04 AM

I was watching Beverly Hills Cop last night and Damon Wayans was the "Banana Guy"

eyeronic · 04-24-2003, 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by CyntheiqBedside
I was watching Beverly Hills Cop last night and Damon Wayans was the "Banana Guy"

That's right! That's awesome.

Kid Amnesia · 05-16-2003, 07:54 AM

Anyone remember two time Oscar winner kevin spacey in richard pryor/gene wilder vehicle See no evil Hear no evil. He played this really bad moustachiod english guy. looked like a gimp of maximum proportions. Certainly didnt look like hed be winning oscars.

Mr. Mojo · 05-16-2003, 10:33 AM

<b>Courteney Cox</b> in He-Man Masters of the Universe (1987)

440sixpack · 05-16-2003, 12:03 PM

Nicolas Cage was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Kadath · 05-16-2003, 12:29 PM

Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun? You've come a long way, baby.
Holy crap! Duvall was Boo Radley! That's amazing.
Ben Affleck is a basketball player in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

OranjeDrank · 05-17-2003, 09:19 AM

Vin Diesel did the voice of The Iron Giant.

brandon11983 · 05-17-2003, 12:22 PM

James Gandolfini had about a 1 second role in Analyze That. Plays a mobster (imagine that) that hugs DeNiro.

eyeronic · 05-18-2003, 02:35 PM

www.imdb.com

eyeronic · 05-26-2003, 02:06 PM

Christian Bale is the kid in Empire of the Sun.

eyeronic · 05-26-2003, 03:24 PM

Whoa! Ben Stiller cameo. "Wanna Hershey bar kid?"

Omar · 05-26-2003, 05:13 PM

Affleck in Voyage of the Mimi, a PBS film we watched in grade school.

XenuHubbard · 05-26-2003, 11:09 PM

William H. Macy played a street punk in the Elvis movie "The Creole Kid". It cracked me up. Probably the only tough-guy part he's done.

It made my day when I spotted him.

thephoenix · 05-29-2003, 03:42 PM

A lot of you have probably already seen the a clip, if not the whole movie, but Helen Hunt was in some after-school special about drugs. She gets high and throws herself through of a window.

eyeronic · 05-29-2003, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by thephoenix
A lot of you have probably already seen the a clip, if not the whole movie, but Helen Hunt was in some after-school special about drugs. She gets high and throws herself through of a window.

Woah! Never even heard of it. What's it called?

Unknown Poster · 05-30-2003, 04:05 AM

Angel Dusted

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082019

thephoenix · 06-08-2003, 10:29 PM

Another one that I just saw recently was in this really really bizarre movie called Body Double. I only caught the very end of it last weekend, but I saw the whole thing a long time ago. Not sure exactly what's going on for most of the movie, but I know there's a stripper involved, necrophilia, and some other weird thing I can't remember. Anyway, as the credits are rolling, there's a scene where a crew is filming a horror movie. The director is Dennis Franz (Sipowicz from NYPD Blue). I was very surprised.

Cynthetiq · 06-12-2003, 07:32 PM

Bye Bye Love....

Eliza Dushku
Amber Benson

Both from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Conclamo Ludus · 06-13-2003, 07:23 AM

Uma Thurman in Dangerous Liasons.
Robert Duvall as the cab driver in Bullitt.

Unknown Poster · 06-13-2003, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by thephoenix
Another one that I just saw recently was in this really really bizarre movie called Body Double. I only caught the very end of it last weekend, but I saw the whole thing a long time ago. Not sure exactly what's going on for most of the movie, but I know there's a stripper involved, necrophilia, and some other weird thing I can't remember. Anyway, as the credits are rolling, there's a scene where a crew is filming a horror movie. The director is Dennis Franz (Sipowicz from NYPD Blue). I was very surprised.

That strange movie was made by Brian DePalma. A few years before that, he made "Blowout" with John Travolta. Dennis Franz has a bit part in movie as well.

BTW, Melanie Griffith was in "Body Double".

BulletBob · 06-13-2003, 11:05 AM

Flea and Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers play truck drivers in The Chase. Flea is also in The Big Lebowski but has a speaking part.

Unknown Poster · 06-13-2003, 11:13 AM

I think Anthony Kiedis is one of the guys in "Point Break", I think he is the one that shoots himself in the foot.

XenuHubbard · 06-22-2003, 06:56 AM

Asia Carrera in "The Big Lebowski".

Eiresol · 06-22-2003, 04:46 PM

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Originally posted by BulletBob
Flea and Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers play truck drivers in The Chase. Flea is also in The Big Lebowski but has a speaking part.

They're in Back to the Future aswell. The 2nd one I think.

mystmarimatt · 06-22-2003, 05:37 PM

it was pretty random, the other night we were watching "Crybaby" and willem Dafoe has a bit part in it as a security guard

spectre · 06-22-2003, 06:14 PM

Chris Rock in Beverly Hills Cop II.

04-19-2003, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	Gandolfini in Mr. Wonderful and other obscure old school appearances of famous actors I'm randomly watching Mr. Wonderful on the Spanish channel and just saw James Gandolfini! Hilarious. It almost made me want to netflix it just for that. He was awesome in True Romance of course. What other old school/first appearances do y'all know of for other actors? __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

04-20-2003, 09:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Location: Berkeley	Many episodes of the old Twilight Zone feature actors that went on to be stars. __________________ "The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine

04-21-2003, 08:32 AM	#7 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	Great ones folks. Fishburn in Apocolypse IS awesome. Chris Rock as a crack head in New Jack City is also a classic. His famous, "..it's cawlin' me man. It's cawlin' me..." is priceless. __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

04-22-2003, 08:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	there's lots of them all over the place.. i see them all the time and annoy my wife with the "rewind to verify" sometimes it's a passing camera walk by with no credit, and sometimes it's uncredited. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

04-22-2003, 11:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
KillerYoda The Original Emo Gangsta Location: Sixth Floor, Texas School Book Depository	Richard Dreyfuss going "Should I call the cops?" in The Graduate was pretty funny. __________________ "So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team."

04-20-2003, 09:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
FunHater Tilted Location: Sherwood Park, AB	Chris Rock in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Freakin hilarious.

04-20-2003, 09:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Location: Sydney, Australia	I always was amazed by a teenage Lawrence Fishburne (Larry Fishburne) in Apocalypse Now; especially since he lied to Coppola about his age, much like a young guy might do to fight in a real war.

04-21-2003, 04:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Unknown Poster Insane	Speaking of Larry Fishburne, he was in the classic Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : The Dream Warriors. I just saw Top Gun on TNT for the first time in A LONG time and noticed Tim Robbins was one of the pilots.

04-21-2003, 07:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
drodrig1 Upright	i remember seeing billy bob thorton in Blood in, Blood out. I dont know if its his first role, but he played some weird sleazy inmate.

04-21-2003, 07:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
ExArmyGuy Upright Location: Arizona	Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird.

04-21-2003, 08:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
maximusveritas Winner	Dennis Hopper in Rebel Without a Cause

04-22-2003, 11:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
KillerYoda The Original Emo Gangsta Location: Sixth Floor, Texas School Book Depository	Oh, and Johnny Knoxville in "Coyote Ugly" kind of threw me off too. __________________ "So you're Chekov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team."

04-23-2003, 03:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
Unknown Poster Insane	I haven't seen it since I heard about it, but Kevin Costner is supposedly in the big party scene at the end of "Night Shift".

04-24-2003, 10:04 AM	#15 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	I was watching Beverly Hills Cop last night and Damon Wayans was the "Banana Guy" __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

05-16-2003, 07:54 AM	#17 (permalink)
Kid Amnesia Upright Location: Nowheresville	Anyone remember two time Oscar winner kevin spacey in richard pryor/gene wilder vehicle See no evil Hear no evil. He played this really bad moustachiod english guy. looked like a gimp of maximum proportions. Certainly didnt look like hed be winning oscars.

05-16-2003, 10:33 AM	#18 (permalink)
Mr. Mojo Addict Location: NYC	<b>Courteney Cox</b> in He-Man Masters of the Universe (1987) __________________ When I jerk off I feel good for about twenty seconds and then WHAM it's right back into suicidal depression

05-16-2003, 12:03 PM	#19 (permalink)
440sixpack Lord of All Fevers and Plagues Location: Brockton, MA	Nicolas Cage was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. __________________ Be a victor, or be a victim - David Vincent My Toys: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440SIXPACK 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT QuadCab 4x4 5.7L Hemi Magnum

05-16-2003, 12:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun? You've come a long way, baby. Holy crap! Duvall was Boo Radley! That's amazing. Ben Affleck is a basketball player in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. __________________ it's quiet in here

05-17-2003, 09:19 AM	#21 (permalink)
OranjeDrank Upright	Vin Diesel did the voice of The Iron Giant.

05-17-2003, 12:22 PM	#22 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	James Gandolfini had about a 1 second role in Analyze That. Plays a mobster (imagine that) that hugs DeNiro. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.

05-18-2003, 02:35 PM	#23 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	www.imdb.com __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

05-26-2003, 02:06 PM	#24 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	Christian Bale is the kid in Empire of the Sun. __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

05-26-2003, 03:24 PM	#25 (permalink)
eyeronic I run E. Location: New York	Whoa! Ben Stiller cameo. "Wanna Hershey bar kid?" __________________ I hold with those that favor fire.

05-26-2003, 05:13 PM	#26 (permalink)
Omar Upright	Affleck in Voyage of the Mimi, a PBS film we watched in grade school.

05-26-2003, 11:09 PM	#27 (permalink)
XenuHubbard Cute and Cuddly Location: Teegeeack.	William H. Macy played a street punk in the Elvis movie "The Creole Kid". It cracked me up. Probably the only tough-guy part he's done. It made my day when I spotted him. __________________ The above was written by a true prophet. Trust me. "What doesn't kill you, makes you bitter and paranoid". - SB2000

05-29-2003, 03:42 PM	#28 (permalink)
thephoenix Upright Location: VA	A lot of you have probably already seen the a clip, if not the whole movie, but Helen Hunt was in some after-school special about drugs. She gets high and throws herself through of a window.

05-30-2003, 04:05 AM	#30 (permalink)
Unknown Poster Insane	Angel Dusted http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082019

06-08-2003, 10:29 PM	#31 (permalink)
thephoenix Upright Location: VA	Another one that I just saw recently was in this really really bizarre movie called Body Double. I only caught the very end of it last weekend, but I saw the whole thing a long time ago. Not sure exactly what's going on for most of the movie, but I know there's a stripper involved, necrophilia, and some other weird thing I can't remember. Anyway, as the credits are rolling, there's a scene where a crew is filming a horror movie. The director is Dennis Franz (Sipowicz from NYPD Blue). I was very surprised.

06-12-2003, 07:32 PM	#32 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	Bye Bye Love.... Eliza Dushku Amber Benson Both from Buffy the Vampire Slayer __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

06-13-2003, 07:23 AM	#33 (permalink)
Conclamo Ludus Modern Man Location: West Michigan	Uma Thurman in Dangerous Liasons. Robert Duvall as the cab driver in Bullitt. __________________ Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold. -Son House, Death Letter Blues

06-13-2003, 11:05 AM	#35 (permalink)
BulletBob Psycho Location: Rupp Arena	Flea and Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers play truck drivers in The Chase. Flea is also in The Big Lebowski but has a speaking part.

06-13-2003, 11:13 AM	#36 (permalink)
Unknown Poster Insane	I think Anthony Kiedis is one of the guys in "Point Break", I think he is the one that shoots himself in the foot.

06-22-2003, 06:56 AM	#37 (permalink)
XenuHubbard Cute and Cuddly Location: Teegeeack.	Asia Carrera in "The Big Lebowski". __________________ The above was written by a true prophet. Trust me. "What doesn't kill you, makes you bitter and paranoid". - SB2000

06-22-2003, 05:37 PM	#39 (permalink)
mystmarimatt Omnipotent Ruler Of The Tiny Universe In My Mind Location: Oreegawn	it was pretty random, the other night we were watching "Crybaby" and willem Dafoe has a bit part in it as a security guard __________________ Words of Wisdom: If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.

06-22-2003, 06:14 PM	#40 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	Chris Rock in Beverly Hills Cop II. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head