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16 Superstars Who Got Their Start in TV Commercials

superstars who got their start in tv commercials
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Sept. 13 2024, Published 12:01 a.m. ET

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John Travolta – 1973 Band-Aid

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Grease star John Travolta was stuck on Band-Aids in an early commercial in which he advertised the boo boo covers.

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Courteney Cox – 1985 Tampax

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She would dance her way from a Bruce Springsteen music video to the famous sitcom but first Courteney Cox made close friends of another kind in a Tampax ad while wearing nothing but undies.

Sharon Stone – 1983 Finesse Shampoo

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Sharon Stone, who advertised washing her luscious locks with Finesse, would go on to dazzle audiences in Casino and Basic Instinct.

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Brad Pitt – 1989 Pringles

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Even in this Pringles commercial, future two-time Oscar winner Brad Pitt proved that he was no ordinary potato chip off the old block!

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Keanu Reeves – 1986 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes

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Years before Keanu Reeves became the chosen one in The Matrix and the rough-and-tumble star John Wick, he won hearts as a dancing waiter happily downing a bowl of crunchy cereal.

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Mark Hamill – 1971 Kodak

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Acting beginner Mark Hamill was helping Kodak sell cameras and film just six years before he became a young Jedi named Luke Skywalker!

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Drew Barrymore – 1979 Pillsbury

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Drew Barrymore would eventually become a tough cookie in Charlie’s Angels. But she got her first taste of stardom in a Pillsbury cookie dough commercial at the tender age of four!

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Leonardo DiCaprio – 1989 Bubble Yum

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One day, Leonardo DiCaprio would become a Titanic star and an Oscar winner but only after he blew up his acting career in a Bubble Yum commercial when he was only 13 years old!

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Mark Ruffalo – 1989 Clearasil

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Avengers star Mark Ruffalo was once a superhero to teens battling villainous acne in a Clearasil commercial.

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Ben Affleck – 1989 Burger King

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In a Whopper of a career start, future Batman Ben Affleck hawked hamburgers by having it his way — 27 years before his turn as the Caped Crusader!

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Morgan Freeman – 1970s Listerine

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The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby Oscar winner Morgan Freeman first showed a fellow worker how to get a fresh breath in a Listerine commercial.

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Steve Carell – 1989 Brown’s Chicken

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No doubt playing a peppy employee of a chicken joint helped prepare Steve Carell to become the manager of a paper company in The Office.

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Demi Moore – 1990 Diet Coke

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From Ghost to Indecent Proposal to G.I. Jane, Demi Moore has always stayed slim and trim. Is that bubbly diet soda she advertised 34 years ago her real secret?

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Matt LeBlanc – 1988 Cherry 7-Up

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When reel life collides with real life: Matt LeBlanc's Friends character, Joey, made a slew of TV commercials, just like his real-life spot for Cherry 7-Up — where the cruising cutie got the girl in the end.

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Bruce Willis – 1986 Seagram’s

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Who on earth could be cooler than Die Hard hunk Bruce Willis selling and singing about Seagram’s Wine Coolers … they must have had a Sixth Sense about him.

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Bryan Cranston – 1980s Preparation H

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Bryan Cranston became a drug dealer in his hit series Breaking Bad, but he started out in the ’80s selling a different kind of medication for people breaking out with those pesky hemorrhoids!

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