Top 10 Movies That Turned an Unknown Actor Into a Global Megastar

[@MsMojo]

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[@trinaq]

My heart and sympathy go out to Bruce Willis and his family after his onset dementia diagnosis. It's heartbreaking that he can't even act anymore due to his condition.

[@reineh3477]

Not being able to make new films is one thing, not being able to remember your kids name is much worse.

[@NiqueSmith]

My healing thoughts & prayers for Bruce Willis & his family (especially to Demi Moore as well).

[@alanwhit8770]

Ahem ... Al Pacino in the Godfather (1972)? Turned him into a superstar overnight and he stared in great film after great film in the 1970s.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But if he won a Oscar in the 70's he would be pushed aside.

[@kenvalenti4522]

For Die Hard, you could have mentioned Alan Rickman, too.

[@carastone3473]

Julia Robert's breakout role was 'Mystic Pizza' and she made 'Steel Magnolias' the year before pretty woman.

[@jwfmsu1990]

Ask people of they know she was in Mystic Pizza. Compare to asking people if they know she was in Pretty Woman.

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

• Elizabeth Taylor in "National Velvet". • Bette Davis in "Of Human Bondage". • Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". • Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday". • Jodie Foster in "Taxi Driver". • Meryl Streep in "Kramer vs Kramer". • Jamie Lee Curtis in "Halloween". • Whoopi Goldberg in "The Color Purple". • Tom Cruise in "Risky Business". • Tom Hanks in "Big". • Denzel Washington in "Glory". • Will Smith in "Six Degrees of Separation". • Christian Bale in "American Psycho".

[@HoldenNY22]

I would say for Tom Hanks it was Splash that p[ut him on the path to Film Stardom and before that it was Bosom Buddies that put him on the Acting Map. Maybe also even before that great guest appearences on Family Ties and Happy Days also helped him get nolticed.

[@גילתפט]

Denzel in Glory is one of the greatest performances I ever saw. He became a star in one close-up frame

[@demophilo1]

* John Wayne in "Stagecoach" * Jürgen Prochow "Das Boot" * Sylvester Stallone "Rocky" * Paul Hogan "Crocodile Dundee"

[@IljaHordist]

Sophie Marceau in "La Boum".

[@pauljohnlongua4093]

Bruce Willis became a Star with "Moonlighting"

[@imzadi76.2]

Agree. It was a worldwide hit. Think George Clooney ER.

[@hazcatsophia]

Yep. That’s where I saw him first.

[@leestockton9367]

That's not a film though

[@HoldenNY22]

That was my comment.

[@imzadi76.2]

@@leestockton9367 Doesn't matter. He wasn't unknown.

[@tricivenola8164]

Sandra Bullock made a big impression, in her likeable fashion, with Demolition Man, a year before Speed. Everybody was glad to see her career take off.

[@Mediafan-t7j]

Lupita Nyong’o is a brilliant actress. I loved her roles in “Black Panther,” “Non-Stop,” and “The Wild Robot.”

[@trinaq]

Apparently, Brad Pitt screen tested for the role of another JD, in "Heathers", that is. But he was told that he was "too nice" for the part. If only they knew...

[@susanstorm7910]

Periodt

[@pauldourlet]

You forgot Hailee Steinfeld in the remake of True Grit. She was incredible.

[@Fixxer315]

Bruce Willis was not an "unknown actor" going into Die Hard. Granted, his experience in film was limited, with his most notable credit being starring in the middling "Blind Date" with Kim Basinger. Die Hard did show he could be an action hero. But he was already pretty established in TV. having starred in Moonlighting, which was one of the hottest TV shows of the mid 80's.

[@lexkanyima2195]

But he was about to reach his prime. Willis could show his versatility.

[@brentage5000]

@@Fixxer315 I think when Ms. Mojo says unknown, they don't mean _literally_ unknown. They just mean that the actor wasn't as well-established or famous as they would one day be. For instance, Brendan Fraser had popularly been in Encino Man and George Of The Jungle and Airheads in the 90s, but when The Mummy came out in 1999, that _really_ kicked his name into the spotlight.

[@A22DNAL]

Not too many people know about "Blind Date"! That movie was soooooooo funny!🤣

[@Positivekitten]

I’m surprised you didn’t also list Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard. It was his first film appearance, but that character has become absolutely iconic and many consider him to be the best movie villain ever.

[@darlenemoak63]

Al Pacino is one of my favorite actors. He seems incredibly authentic in everything he does. His acting in the movie "Heat" is phenomenal. And I was mesmerized by "Dog Day Afternoon" & "Serpico". What a gift to live in the prime years of Pacino & Robert DeNiro..

[@beccaberlin3131]

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind should be on the List.

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

Should be #1 on this list. Vivien was mostly a stage actress with a handful of film roles before GWTW made her a legend.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Technically Good Will Hunting made both Damon & Affleck stars. Just saying 😳 Bruce Willis was already a star from being on Moonlighting

[@MrGmart64]

Easy Rider was the movie that made Jack Nicholson into a global megastar.

[@markedwards7089]

I think "Saturday Night Fever" catapulted John Travolta to stardom.

[@frayhua9716]

Travolta was a sweat-hog on Welcome Back Kotter and he was in Carrie before he broke-out.

[@sarahvenable4710]

Taron Egerton in the first Kingsman movie, I hope, is on the list, or at least an honorable mention!!! Although, I wouldn't say that he was a *TOTAL* unknown...

[@anziocc]

I read "global Madagascar"😭

[@trinaq]

Me too, it took me a few seconds to reread it. 😅

[@eddieram435]

I read Mad-at-Gas-Car

[@MsMojo]

LOL!

[@imzadi76.2]

I think you missed the biggest one. Harrison Ford in Star Wars.

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

For me the biggest one (also missing) is Sylvester Stallone in Rocky. But Harrison Ford in Star Wars would be a close second

[@LillikoiSeed]

My favorite part of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is that Matt Damon was the genius in Goodwill Hunting, and Ben Affleck was the Scribe in Dogma. I loved the role reversal.

[@ahmadtawbi]

Sharon Stone with Basic Instinct Demi Moore with Ghost Angelina Jolie with Lara Croft Johnny Depp with Nightmare on Elm Street John Travolta with Saturday Night Fever

[@brentage5000]

Agree with Angelina Jolie, but I'd go with her Oscar-winning role in Girl, Interrupted for the role that made her name famous. That came out well before Tomb Raider and might even have been why people were considering her for the role.

[@matthewvade6553]

I'd argue that rather than "Nightmare," it was "21 Jump Street" on the brand new at the time Fox Network that really got Johnny Depp noticed. But I wouldn't have considered him "star" level until Pirates. I do think that him and "Pirates" should be on this list though.

[@carastone3473]

Angelina Jolie's was VERY well known before the 2001 movie 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'! Her breakout role was 'Girl, Interrupted,' for which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1999. John Travolta wasn't unknown before 'Saturday Night Fever.' He got that role because he was already famous from 'Welcome Back, Kotter.' Johnny Depp's role in 'Nightmare on Elm Street' was very small. Most people still didn't know who he was until he starred in 'Edward Scissorhands' in 1990. As a side note, Pitt's role in 'Thelma & Louise' was also very small...but VERY MEMORABLE!

[@ikexbankai]

Demi Moore was in the Brat Pack years before Ghost

[@OscarMPG1]

Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games Henry Cavill in Man Of Steel Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000) Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman Tom Holland in Spiderman: Homecoming Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura, The Mask, & Dumb & Dumber in the same year Rachel Mcadams in Mean Girls Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries Amy Adams in Enchanted Harrison Ford in Star Wars Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Christopher Reeve in Superman

[@susanstorm7910]

Don’t mention the Zionists

[@cobrakaier238]

Sorry but Gal Gadot doesn't deserve to be on that list.

[@OscarMPG1]

@cobrakaier238 why?

[@emarceu]

My No 1: Harrison Ford in Star Wars.

[@agneslee7806]

Pretty Woman is my all-time fave! Nice soundtrack too!

[@JoeMCool]

Uhh, no, not _Speed_ but _Demolition Man_ is the film that launched Sandra Bullock's career into overdrive. By the time the film _Speed_ was released, she was already an A-List star. However, some of us were lucky enough to have known her back in highschool, where she was our own unknown thespian star. 😊

[@tybie_49]

Everyone in The Outsiders 🤣🤣

[@DavidR.-fk4kc]

Other movies and actors: +Steve Carell in The 40 Year Old Virgin +Michael Clarke Duncan in The Green Mile +Chris Evans in Captain America (2011) +Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone +Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid +Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween +Steve Guttenberg in Police Academy

[@alanwhit8770]

Ralph Macchio = The Outsiders (1983)

[@rainbowrunner1550]

Mark Hamill in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

[@Mediafan-t7j]

As for Chris Evans, his role as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the two “Fantastic Four” films (2005-2007) was great as well. But I like him as Captain America and Jack O’Malley in “Red One.”

[@Nickrj3]

Bruce Willis was a star on the show Moonlighting before Die Hard.

[@frayhua9716]

His first acting gig was an episode of Miami Vice before he became a breakout star.

[@judibickford5306]

Harrison Ford in Star Wars Episode IV- A New Hope.

[@kenkahre9262]

All of these movies were for the last thirty years. I can give ONE movie that launched TWO actors right into super stardom - Captain Blood (1935 - Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland. Both were were unknowns and were immediate stars right after.

[@samkresil6011]

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hugh Jackman - X-Men, Austin Butler - Elvis, Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games, Jim Carrey - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber, Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator, Russel Crowe - Gladiator, Alan Rickman - Die Hard, Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate Sean Connery - Dr. No

[@ReggieWilson-gm5dl]

U forgot Rupert Grint in Harry Potter

[@samkresil6011]

@@ReggieWilson-gm5dl Oh yeah, I was going to include him at first but thought that Daniel and Emma got more fame after Harry Potter.

[@samkresil6011]

@@ReggieWilson-gm5dl But I added him now

[@sandisteinberg731]

He's there.​@@ReggieWilson-gm5dl

[@rebeccaflowerbeck9894]

Dev Patel was amazing in the movie ‘Lion’ and perfected the Australian accent ❤️🇦🇺 As was Timothee Chalmolet in ‘Call Me By Your Name’ 💔❤️

[@rarturoislasv6436]

It should be called "Top 10 Movies that turned on unknown actor and Dave Patel into a Global Megastar"

[@bowtoyoursensei554]

Granted, Die Hard shot him into the stratosphere as a movie star, but Bruce Willis was already a popular star of a hit TV show, Moonlighting.

[@MrGabeanator]

Nice list

[@johnanderson9765]

I knew about Zach Galifianakis long before The Hangover because we come from the same NC county, Wilkes. My mother knows his father.

[@theamazingandtalentedblake8296]

Don’t forget when Jim Carrey did 3 movies in 1994 and it made him a megastar

[@frankieseward8667]

Carey was already well known thanks to in living color.

[@imzadi76.2]

@@frankieseward8667 No one knew him outside of the US.

[@doodoowhite8577]

It was Demolition man that made Sandra Bullock, which was a year earlier

[@SaadKhan-pm1tm]

Hugh Jackman: X-Men

[@tybie_49]

Orlando Bloom in LotR too

[@matthewvade6553]

I think I'd argue that "Speed" for Bullock and "Die Hard" for Willis both did more making them into stars than "Pretty Woman" did for Julia. I think Julia was already on her way to stardom after "Steel Magnolias." But I don't think either Bullock or Willis become what they turned out to without those two movies. It's a tough call as "Pretty Woman" really did push Julia to the top, but I think she would have made it there anyway. I'm not sure the other two would have. I know that with Willis in particular, I always thought of him more as a comedy star than any action hero until "Die Hard" hit the theaters. As a teenage boy at the time, he immediately joined Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Gibson, as stars that would get me to a theater just by putting their name on the movie poster.

[@bheast86]

re. DIE HARD, SPEED, PRETTY WOMAN: I don't know that you can call an actor 'unknown' when they're billed before the title, and Julia Roberts had already had an Oscar nomination.

[@reineh3477]

None of the were big before those films. I've seen Bruce on tv but he wasn't that famous, first time I saw Julia was in Pretty Woman. I never knew of Steel Magnolias until a minute ago when I google her nominations.

[@METerrell]

I saw Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, & Zack Galifinakis on TV before they started appearing in movies. Brad played a transfer student that Carol (Tracey Gold) Seaver became interested in when things weren't going well for her and her boyfriend, Bobby. Then he played a rock star that Ben (Jeremy Miller) Seaver idolized until he found out what a jerk the guy was. Sandra was in the last of the Bionic Woman & Six Million Dollar TV reunion movies that they did in the 90s. She played a young woman named Kate who had been paralyzed in an accident & given bionic powers. And Zack was a mortician in Tru Calling, a short lived series where Tru Davies (Eliza Dushku) would end up reliving a day to help people that had been brought into the morgue. Zack's character was one of the few people that knew what Tru was going through, besides her brother.

[@michaelnewsham1412]

Omar Sharif- Lawrence of Arabia, leading to the starring role in Dr. Zhivago. Peter O'Toole- same movie. Al Pacino- The Godfather.

[@debbiecamp2205]

COOL!

[@dalegallacher7074]

I remember seeing speed I came home and told my wife that girl in that movie is gonna be a star she was awesome…

[@darryltorres7302]

I'm surprised that Harrison Ford isn't on this list. Apparently, the guy wasn't that good at acting until he played the role of Han Solo in Star Wars of all movie.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Rumors, it was also during the new Hollywood era that guys wants to break through

[@martynamaczyszyn]

I think Die Hard was actually a breakout (and, coincidentally - his first role, too!) for Alan Rickman (rest in Magic!)

[@julieburck9613]

Renee Zelleeger Jerry Maguire Geoffrey Rush Shine Cate Blanchett Elizabeth

[@Backonthebrickrw]

Star Wars a New Hope- Mark Hamill

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

Chloe Moretz: Kick-Ass

[@alanwhit8770]

Megastar? meh ....

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

@alanwhit8770 she was pretty much everywhere back in the 2010's

[@davidliem7822]

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky totally missed...

[@HoldenNY22]

I think it was Moonlighting that origianlly put Bruce Willis on the Map.

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

How could you miss Sylvester Stallone in Rocky? He wrote the script, and even with a small budget, he made himself one of the greatest action stars of all time.

[@MercedesGarcia-fb1et]

Chris hemsworth with bleached blonde eyebrows, still hilarious they did that

[@gloria88246]

oh my god I know right lol love him, and all the Thor movies but those eyebrows in the first movie tho 🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♀️

[@Mediafan-t7j]

Hemsworth was good as Thor, and his voice portrayal of Orion Pax/Optimus Prime in “Transformers One” was stellar.

[@gloria88246]

@@Mediafan-t7j when did Hemsworth voice Optimus prime?

[@Mediafan-t7j]

@@gloria88246 in the animated movie “Transformers One.” It was released this year.

[@tpgorman15]

How in the world is matthew mcconaughey not on this list? He was such an unknown when he landed Dazed & Confused that he was originally just a background character. Then during filming Richard Linklater noticed how much charisma he had & how the rest of the cast constantly wanted to hang out with him off set. Therefore the movie was changed so that Waterson became a lead character over Pickford and his gf. The rest is history. This also influenced the way Linklater casted and produced future films like Everybody Wants Some! He took the main cast to a lake house for 3.5 weeks and basically had them become a team so it looked real on camera.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

I always thought Matthew McConaughey's breakout role was in A Time to Kill.

[@bjdlvr]

Sandra Bullock still regrets doing 'Speed 2', lol.

[@rileyandmike]

Some of these are a pretty big stretch of being household big stars

[@patpowers9210]

Speed may have launched Bullock as an A list star, but I didn't think the role was all that demanding. Bullock did a find job with it, but so could a lot of acrtresses. The movie that made me realize she was a star was "Miss Congeniality." She was a raving beauty, but she managed to convincingly play a vaguely cloddish FBI agent, kind of a doofus in some respects, very well, and she brought the comedy chops.

[@_acetheengr]

I was hoping we would see Stranger Things - Millie Bobby Brown on this list

[@jamiethal1319]

Stranger Things is a tv show.

[@NickCC23]

"The Hangover" turned Bradley Cooper into BRADLEY COOPER!

[@kenmclemore523]

You missed Jodie Foster in "Taxi Driver," Dustin Hoffman in "The Graduate," and Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music"...KDM

[@MsTimothyswan]

Why was an episode of Two And A Half Men titled Due Date?

[@mikemurray4458]

In Due Due date, he was a struggling actor trying to make it while trying to Robert Downey Jr trying to make it home for the birth of his child. Downey basically told him he was a shitty actor when he pushed his buttons once too many times. That scene is him making it onto 2 and A Half Men. Robert Downey Jr, and his wife are watching it in their bed. So basically, 2 and a Half Men did a cameo in the movie. Its at the very end if the movie

[@LucienSabre]

3) 10:06 No, it wasn’t. The real game changer for Chris Hemsworth was his stint as George Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 first Star Trek reboot movie. That’s the role which garnered him big recognition and led to him being cast as Thor.

[@derreckpressley1165]

Sandra Bullock was not an unknown actress when she starred in Speed, she had just played the female lead in one of the biggest movies of 1993 Demolition Man with Stalling and Wesley Snipes. Bruce Willis was a start on tv with moonlighting when he got the Die Hard movie, neither of them should be on this list at least not with the movies they chose.

[@kristinagreer6346]

Die hard should be Alan Rickman instead if Bruce Willis.

[@fruzsimih7214]

Yeah, it was his first film role ever.

[@frayhua9716]

Alan Rickman's career took off as the best movie villain.

[@antonellacabello7070]

You missed Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic

[@susanstorm7910]

@BellaEGeorgeExacto

[@danielrohman3933]

He was in What's eating gilbert grape before that!

[@Singer_inside]

Eh Romeo and Juliet was way before titanic and that was huge.

[@danlove12k]

Ed helms also became a big star too with hangover 😅

[@WifeWantsAWizard]

(8:06) I'm sorry, but Blind Date opposite Kim Basinger and John Larroquette was absolutely Bruce Willis's breakout movie. That thing is a classic. It was so good that's how Basinger got the role as Vicki Vale in Batman. (10:34) Bullock was in Demolition Man. What kind of list is this? It's one of the biggest action comedies of all time. She kissed Sly!!!

[@A22DNAL]

NO ONE really knows about that movie unless your family owned a VCR in the 80's!!! It is only a classic NOW but it's been under the radar of hilarious comedies for decades!🤣

[@LillikoiSeed]

“I have to go shopping now”

[@grantfraser5430]

So many other names come to mind. Keanu Reeves, but for which film? Bill & Ted or The Matrix? Another person I thought of but unfortunately hasn't had enough roles is Gabourey Sidibe. She was so great in Precious that I would watch any film she is in. Where is Leonardo DiCaprio on this list also? Save a spot for Philip Seymour Hoffman too. This list needs to become a top 20.

[@ProgressWillNeverBeStopped]

Speed. Speed made Keanu notable along with Sanda Bullock.

[@fruzsimih7214]

Keanu was already an A-list star before Speed. Sandra Bullock was a relative newcomer.​@@ProgressWillNeverBeStopped

[@julioarmenta1977]

#1 should've been Al Pacino. Not only was he an unknown for the Godfather, but Francis Ford Coppola fought with the studio to get him the role of Michael Corrleone

[@lexkanyima2195]

He was at the right time and looking back I'm happy that he won his Oscar in the 90's, had he won in the 70's he would be left out.

[@christianloubardias6375]

Chris Hemsworth's latest starring role was as Orion Pax in Transformers One, and he did a great job with his American accent

[@Mediafan-t7j]

Agreed! His humorous banter with Brian Tyree Henry’s D-16 had me in stitches.

[@frayhua9716]

Sean Connery as the best James Bond in Dr.No he's the best Bond in the franchise.

[@BHR2x8]

Hmph 😒.... I thought for sure that Neve Campbell and Scream would've made it to this list.

[@NickCC23]

Sounds like this could be a Top 20 or even a Top 30.

[@DawnietotheMax]

Bruce Willis? Moonlight, anyone?

[@LukeKetchum7003]

Dylan O'Brien in The Maze Runner

[@BruceWalther-s2l]

There was something about Sandra Bullock you just knew (well, I just expected?) she would become famous. She was obviously attractive, yes, but she had THAT wonderful personality actress thing going. So damn likable. I remember the movie Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. Bullock had a small part as a waitress and it was like make her part bigger. The movie took place in S Florida and starred Robert Duvall (as a nice man Cuban(?) and his competition with his elderly friend portrayed by Richard Harris who may have been/is a womanizer. Lotsa good acting in a simple, small movie. Real good list by Ms Mojo. I was hoping to see Freida Pinta more after playing the love interest in Slumdog Millionaire. The moment I saw her: gorgeous. Appeared in Rise of the Planet of the Apes as James Franco's wife. I looked up Dav Patel and forgot he starred in the true story Hotel Mumbai (2018). Good movie. I need to see it again. I recall it is a bit shocking in its realism. Not for everyone, I'm sure because of the violence.

[@kentgoodwin2585]

Speed didn't make Sandra Bullock, Sandra Bullock made Speed a hit.

[@kowhamkrishnan7480]

Brad Pitt is Perfect for the Title..

[@silverlamb5768]

12 years a slave didn't make Lupita Nyongo famous, she was famous already. I never watched that movie and i knew her already

[@catgrace-e2j]

What movies/tv shows did Lupita play in before 2012 that made her a household name?

[@juslmao5683]

Lupita Nyongo nyota ya Kenya.

[@fontainefitness5698]

Some of these weren't unknown actors and some aren't true house hold names now. For a movie that took an unknown and truly made him a gobal megastar, I got to go with Stalone in Rocky. Followed up by Harrison Ford with Star Wars.

[@johnjim6793]

Difficult to make a selection. Nothing wrong with the people that you guys named here, but it all seems a bit arbitrary to me. Most megastars have their breakthrough role sooner or later, as no actor or actress is born famous. Here are some more (male) candidates, just from the top of my head: Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Samuel Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds), Ben Kingsley (Gandhi), Viggo Mortensen/Orlando Bloom/Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Liam Neeson (Schindler's List), Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot), Harrison Ford/James Earl Jones (Star Wars) - and, of course, Al Pacino / The Godfather who should absolutely be on #1.

[@edwardmctaggart6841]

Sandra should be number 1. Pity she and Keano never got together. They might of been good for eachother.

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

Hugh Jackman in X-Men.

[@akarakirimayowagabriel7848]

I guess being nominated or winning an oscar makes you a "global star?"

[@reineh3477]

For being nominated? Not always.

[@tsepheletseka5115]

People commenting here clearly demonstrate their inability to understand before responding. Yes, some of the actors here were known to some extent before their breakout roles. Yes, while they were known for their tv roles abd other minor movie roles, it was these that catapulted them to true stardom and sealed their fate to become movie stars. Two examples that are not mentioned here (to my surprise) are Morgan Freeman and Samuel L Jackson. Morgan Freeman did quite a few movies some if which he played significant characters, but it was his role in The Shawshank Redemption that reallt catapulted him into mainstream stardom. Like Morgan Freeman, Samuel L Jackson also appeared in many movies, like Coming to America and Jungle Fever that made him known but his breakout role that catapulted him to mainstream stardom was his role in Pulp Fiction.

[@guruyaya]

Big? Big?!!! You forgot Big?!!!

[@towanda1067]

I am a fan of Julia Roberts; however, I always find it interesting that she came to fame in a movie that put a twist on the Cinderella rags-to-riches story by playing a character who was a prostitute (oh, excuse me, classic kind hearted and lovable “escort”).

[@MrTBoner1]

Some of these actors are no where near a global Megastar. I haven't even heard of a few of them.

[@TheSlinkster]

We would watch more of your videos if you separate them into chapters

[@JohnRandomness105]

What happened to Star Wars and Splash?

[@salianmaslen]

No mention of Tom Hiddleston?

[@johnanderson9765]

You misidentified Two and a Half nen as Due Date.

[@mikemurray4458]

No its correct. 2 and A Half men basically did a cameo on Due Date. Its the last scene of Due Date

[@mahopacqc]

Haven't gone to movie theaters after 2011. After Jennifer Lawrence, I don't think there is any so-called movie star.

[@jaynehogue2459]

Speed Keanu Reeves