10 Early Film Roles For Famous Actors You Totally Forgot
8. Jane Lynch Solves The Murder In The Fugitive
Even before Glee, Jane Lynch was becoming a well-known comedic force for her improvisational roles in Christopher Guest movies. Since the 1980s, however, her comedic prowess had been known to Chicago, being only the second woman at the time to join the Second City comedy troupe. Her early work led to her close friendship with Andy Richter and others in the improv circuit, but oddly, it was what she was doing to pay the utilities that led her to Guest.
Guest discovered her when directing a commercial for Frosted Flakes and shortly thereafter cast her in 2000s Best In Show.
Her previous cinematic credits were rare and small, but one stands out - that of Dr. Richard Kimble's (Harrison Ford) former co-worker in The Fugitive. Ford approaches her on the lam when he's accused of murdering his wife, and together, they come to realize the pharmaceutical company Devlin-McGregor falsified research that Kimble would expose, preventing the release of the supposed miracle drug Provasic.
Lynch is barely recognizable, her trademark wide-smile and enthusiasm downplayed to a bare minimum, but there's little mistaking her.