14 Lesser Known Roles Of Famous Actors

14 Lesser Known Roles Of Famous Actors

14 Lesser Known Roles Of Famous Actors

You know that feeling when you're watching a movie you've seen a dozen times before and then suddenly, for the first time, you see an actor who really shouldn’t be there?

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Well, we’ve rounded up some of the most annoyingly ridiculous ones so you never have to be surprised again.

Benedict Cumberbatch - Nathan Barley

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Ben's been preparing his Oscar losing face for years. 


Aaron Paul - Mission Impossible 3

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"There's no Mr. White here, now sod off."


Billy Zane - Back to the Future

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"I'll have HOW much hair in the future?"


Glenn Close - Hook

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It really is Glenn, she gets thrown into the "boo boo box". Look a little closer. 


Elijah Wood - Back to the Future Part II

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Yes, before all that ring nonsense, an even tinier Elijah was one of those kids playing a ‘retro’ computer game in the future. Stupidly young hobbitses.


Michael Shannon - Groundhog Day

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Kneel before Zod. Kneel before Zod. Kneel before Zod. You get the idea.


Seth Rogen - Donnie Darko

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James Franco's reciting one of his poems. 


Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun

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The Joker just called him a smelly silly-head.


Mischa Barton - Notting Hill

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Mischa played a stuck up American kid in one of her first major roles and, let’s be honest, one of her last (The OC).


Laurence Fishburne - Apocalypse Now

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The hat of darkness.


Jason Bateman - Teen Wolf Too

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Everyone goes through an awkward teenager phase, Jason’s was just more god-awful than most.


That kid from ET (Henry Thomas) - Legends of the Fall

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After ET sodded off, Elliott went to live in the country with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. He took it pretty hard. 


Jack Black - Waterworld

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A role few remember in a movie everyone would like to forget.


Benicio del Toro - Licence to Kill

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Benicio played a baddie who was even better looking than Bond, so James dragged him into a meat pulveriser. Fair. 

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