10 Hollywood Stars Who Got Their Big Break On Embarrassing TV Shows

By Audrey Fox /

When you're a struggling actor trying to get your big break, no job is too small or demeaning for you. After all, even if it's a cheesy, humiliating show, there are perks. You're getting a credit for your resume €“ maybe even earning your SAG card €“ and if you have to do that while wearing a dog costume on a PBS kid's show, so be it. At least you're working and getting your name out there. It's kind of unfair to rag on jobbing actors for taking these roles. I mean, a job's a job. But as far as I'm concerned, celebrities are fair game €“ they did what they had to do to make it to the top, and now they're reaping the benefits. So it's just a bit of (deliciously evil) harmless fun to take a look at these massive Hollywood stars and mock the crap out of them for the painfully embarrassing roles they took back when they were just regular people. In a way, it makes them more relatable, that you can pinpoint the moment back when they were drunk and broke just like you. Of course, all things must end €“ these guys eventually made it to the big time. But we can get one last beautiful moment of schadenfreude by taking a look at the last, demeaning roles they did before becoming really famous.