8 Huge Movie Actors Who Started Out As Extras
5. Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis rose to fame after landing a starring role in ABC's comedy drama, Moonlighting, which ran from March 1985 to May 1989. The Sixth Sense star picked up a Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy and People's Choice award for his portrayal of David Addision Jr., over the course of sixty-five episodes.
Before then, Willis featured as an extra in various films in the late 70s through to the early 80s. Most die hard Bruce Willis fans may have already spotted him as a Courtroom Observer in the 1982 legal drama, The Verdict. His first appearances were as extras on the biographically films MacArthur and Ziegfeld: The Man And His Woman, in 1977 and 1978 respectively.
Well known for his commitment to the action and crime genres, he was doing just that before becoming critically acclaimed. He was a Rookie Cop in Sidney Lumet's Prince Of The City and as a Man Entering Diner, walking past the starring Frank Sinatra in The First Deadly Sin, written by Mann Rubin.
Before becoming as an actor, Willis worked as a bartender, a security guard and even a private investigator.