60 Hilariously Random Bit Parts Actors Took Before They Became Super Famous

    Yes, the one and only Ron Swanson was in Miss Congeniality 2.

    Kayla Yandoli
    by Kayla Yandoli

    BuzzFeed Staff

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    1. Brie Larson on _Touched by an Angel _(1999)

    2. Chadwick Boseman on _Justified _(2011)

    3. Will Ferrell on _Living Single _(1995)

    4. Tiffany Haddish on _It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia _(2006)

    5. Oscar Isaac on _Law & Order: Criminal Intent _(2006)

    6. Mariska Hargitay on _Seinfeld _(1993)

    7. Joaquin Phoenix on _Murder, She Wrote _(1984)

    8. Lin-Manuel Miranda on _The Sopranos _(2007)

    9. And Michael B. Jordan on _The Sopranos _(1999)

    10. Lucy Liu on _Beverly Hills, 90210 _(1991)

    11. Natasha Lyonne on _Pee-wee's Playhouse _(1986)

    12. Donald Glover on _30 Rock _(2006)

    13. Sofia Vergara on _My Wife and Kids _(2002)

    14. Mario Lopez on _The Golden Girls _(1987)

    15. Kiernan Shipka on _Monk _(2006)

    16. Aaron Paul on _CSI: Crime Scene Investigation _(2002)

    17. Sterling K. Brown on _ER _(2004)

    18. Randall Park on _Wild 'n Out _(2007)

    19. Meghan Markle on _Fringe _(2009)

    20. Rosario Dawson on _Sesame Street _(1991)

    21. Carla Gugino on _Good Morning, Miss Bliss _(later renamed Saved by the Bell) (1988)

    22. Chris Rock on _Miami Vice _(1987)

    23. Craig Robinson on _Friends _(2004)

    24. Stephanie Courtney, aka Flo from the Progressive commercials, on _ER _(2005)

    25. Idris Elba on _Space Precinct _(1994)

    26. William Jackson Harper on _30 Rock _(2011)

    27. Selenis Leyva on _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit _(1999)

    28. Elizabeth Olsen on _The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley _(1994)

    29. Daniel Dae Kim on _Star Trek: Voyager _(2000)

    30. Samuel L. Jackson on _Ghostwriter _(1992)

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    31. Kristen Bell in _Pootie Tang _(2001)

    32. Octavia Spencer in _Spider-Man _(2002)

    33. Cuba Gooding Jr. in _Coming to America _(1988)

    34. Nick Offerman in _Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous _(2005)

    35. Rainn Wilson in _Galaxy Quest _(1999)

    36. Eva Mendes in _A Night at the Roxbury _(1998)

    37. Angela Bassett in _Kindergarten Cop _(1990)

    38. Amy Adams in _Drop Dead Gorgeous _(1999)

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    39. John Krasinski in _Jarhead _(2005)

    40. Jennifer Garner in _Dude, Where's My Car? _(2000)

    41. Fred Armisen in _Like Mike _(2002)

    42. Jack Gleeson, aka Joffrey from Game of Thrones, in _Batman Begins _(2005)

    43. Gal Gadot in _Date Night _(2010)

    44. Amy Poehler in _Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo _(1999)

    45. John David Washington in _Malcolm X _(1992)

    46. Fran Drescher in _Saturday Night Fever _(1977)

    47. Rebel Wilson in _Ghost Rider _(2007)

    48. Phill Lewis, aka Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, in _Heathers _(1989)

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    49. Adam Scott in _Hellraiser: Bloodline _(1996)

    50. Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green in _My Stepmother Is an Alien _(1988)

    51. Mila Kunis in _Santa With Muscles _(1996)

    52. Andre Braugher, aka Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in _Glory _(1989)

    53. Harrison Ford in _Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round _(1966)

    54. Angelina Jolie in _Lookin' to Get Out _(1982)

    55. Daniel Day-Lewis in _Sunday Bloody Sunday _(1971)

    56. Giancarlo Esposito in _Trading Places _(1983)

    57. Jenna Fischer in _Melvin Goes to Dinner _(2003)

    58. Jane Krakowski in _National Lampoon's Vacation _(1983)

    59. Nicolas Cage in _Fast Times at Ridgemont High _(1982)

    60. And Danny DeVito in _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest _(1975)

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