The Weirdest First Roles of Your Favorite Hollywood Actors

These actors definitely paid their dues.

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Everyone has to start from somewhere. Not everyone can be an overnight YouTube star with a million-dollar film deal. Not everyone can gain success the One Direction, a la winning a televised talent competition. Most people have to trudge through thankless roles just to add more material to a reel just to mail to talent agencies.

But eventually, hard work does pay off, at least for these 20 famous stars. From uncredited roles to characters with barely a name—think Young Pilot #2—the following talent is proof that the juice is worth the squeeze. Even if that juice is bizarre as shit. These are The Weirdest Roles of Your Favorite Hollywood Actors.

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Christina Hendricks as Rhiannon on Undressed (1991)

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Aaron Paul as Chad on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1999)

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Chris Rock as Person Standing Next to Club During Fight in Krush Groove (1985)

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Alison Brie as Nina in Hannah Montana (2006)

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Charlie Day as Mailroom Kid in Mary & Rhoda (2000)

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Kristen Stewart as Ring Toss Girl in Flinstones:Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

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Zooey Deschanel as Nessa Watkins in Mumford (1999)

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Anna Kendrick as Fritzi Wagner in Camp (2003)

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Ben Affleck as Basketball Player #10 on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

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Angelina Jolie as Tosh in Looking to Get Out (1982)

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Zach Braff as Nick Lipton in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

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Bryan Cranston as Paramedic # 1 in Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

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Jennifer Aniston as Tory Reding in Leprechaun (1993)

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Jason Bateman as Todd Howard in Teen Wolf Too (1987)

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as George on Roseanne (1993-1995)

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Jack Black as Slip in Never Ending Story (1994)

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Jon Hamm as Young Pilot #2 in Space Cowboys (2001)

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Ryan Gosling as Jamie Leary on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991)

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Kerry Washington as Chenille in Save the Last Dance (2001)

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Paul Rudd as Tommy Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

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