8 Huge Movie Actors Who Started Out As Extras

8. Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is more than just a pretty face in the acting industry. He has proven time and time again, over the course of eighty plus films, that he also has an handsome about of versatility. You only have to see his performances in Inglorious Basterds, Fight Club and Snatch to appreciate his abilities.

Before he gained recognition for his role as the cowboy hitchhiker, J.D., in the 1991 film, Thelma and Louise, the Hollywood hunk had four uncredited background credits to his name, throughout 1987.

He was a party-going, preppy kid in Less Than Zero, a waiter in No Man's Land, a black tie party guest in No Way Out and, funnily enough, a role in the film Hunk, playing a guy at the beach (with a drink).

Pitt has also made surprising, brief, unspoken cameo appearances since becoming a household name, thus making those features memorable and, coincidentally, 'extra' special. Blink and you'll miss him in his, literally, shocking appearance in Deadpool 2 as Vanisher and as Contestant No.2, alongside Matt Damon in the biographical, spy comedy, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.