13 Actors You Didn't Know Were In The Spider-Man Films

These actors still had fairly secret identities when they showed up in the original Spider-Man trilogy. Talk about amazing friends!

1. Octavia Spencer

Spider-Man (2002) / express.co.uk

The Academy Award winning star of "The Help" tried to spare Peter Parker from certain doom in the original "Spider-Man."

2. Elizabeth Banks

Spider-Man (2004) / movies.yahoo.com

Before she was Effie Trinket, Elizabeth Banks was The Daily Bugle's gal friday Betty Brant in all three original "Spider-Man" films.

3. Emily Deschanel

Spider-Man 2 (2004) / fanpop.com

Before she was "Bones," Emily Deschanel stiffed Peter Parker for a stack of late pizzas in "Spider-Man 2," setting him up to get fired by...

4. Aasif Mandvi

Spider-Man 2 (2004) / The Daily Show

The Daily Show's longtime Senior Muslim Correspondent was also Peter Parker's pizzeria boss "Spider-Man 2."

5. Sumner Redstone

Spider-Man (2002) / hollywoodreporter.com

Real-life billionaire media magnate Sumner Redstone had a cameo as one of Norman Osborn's Board of Directors in the first "Spider-Man."

6. Daniel Dae Kim

Spider-Man 2 (2004) / Lost (2004)

The "Lost" and "Hawaii Five-0" actor also appeared as Dr. Octopus's lab partner in "Spider-Man 2."

7. Joel McHale

Spider-Man 2 (2004) / Community (2009)

The "Community" star brought his trademark snark when he rejected poor old Aunt May's loan application in "Spider-Man 2"—shortly before Doctor Octopus came in and wrecked the joint.

8. Daniel Gillies

Spider-Man 2 (2004) / The Originals (2013)

The "Vampire Diaries" and "Originals" heartthrob was astronaut John Jameson in "Spider-Man 2."

9. Gregg Daniel

Spider-Man 3 (2007) / blog.tvstoreonline.com

"True Blood's" Reverend Daniels was an unnamed Precinct Detective in "Spider-Man 3," right alongside fellow "True Blood" alum—

10. Joe Manganiello

Spider-Man (2002) / True Blood (2010)

The "True Blood" and "Magic Mike" hunk gave Peter Parker grief as Spidey's oldest arch-enemy—high school bully, Flash Thompson.

11. Lucy Lawless

Spider-Man (2002) / Credit: Gage Skidmore / Via wikipedia.org

In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo, Lucy Lawless popped up in a montage in the original "Spider-Man" as a favor to director Sam Raimi—her producer on "Xena: The Warrior Princess."

12. Jim Norton

Spider-Man (2002) / chicagonow.com

Stand-up and actor, Jim Norton had harsh words for Spidey in the same sequence.

13. Jesse Heiman

Spider-Man (2002) / GoDaddy.com

Finally, uncredited young nerd Jesse Heiman ran in Peter Parker's circle before finally finding his own dream girl, model Bar Refaeli, in a 2013 Super Bowl ad for GoDaddy—proving that with great background acting comes great opportunity. Or something.