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While watching Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, I was pleasantly surprised to see a “Before They Were Stars” clip hidden in the film. During the scene where Rob Reiner flips out because the phone rings while he’s watching … Continue reading →

If you grew up in the eighties or early nineties, you may remember Ernie Reyes, Jr., the child martial arts star who appeared in the likes of Red Sonja, Surf Ninjas and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II. In 1986, he … Continue reading →

Sometime during the 1970s, an unknown Morgan Freeman appeared in this commercial for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Not many actors could recite and sing the line “We put our John Hancock on a John Hancock” without sounding … Continue reading →

Sometime during the 1990s, an unknown Simon Pegg made one of his very first televised appearances in a commercial for Buttercup cough syrup as a guy who has skipped work to go fishing and is pretending to be sick during … Continue reading →

For the last “Before They Were Stars” feature before the holidays, it only seems appropriate that I would find an old Christmas-themed JC Penney ad featuring Bryan Cranston, who has pretty much given me more “Before They Were Stars” material … Continue reading →