Top 20 Celebrity Commercials From Before They Were Stars

but take the cheddar cheese away and you can just say no way welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 celebrity commercials before they were famous dad i missed the bus really hold on mr rushing out the door you haven't had your breakfast yet no oh i know tick tick tick look you've got time for kellogg's pop tarts but you get an extra therapeutic action with preparation h for this list we'll be looking at commercials starring celebrities that were made before they ascended to widespread fame can you think of any others be sure to let us know in the comments number 20 atari lynx tobey maguire hey mr plot can i go to the bathroom two minutes this commercial absolutely reeks of the early 90s and it is glorious a young tobey maguire clad in a sleeveless jean jacket goes to the school bathroom to sneak a session on his atari links this was a handheld game console and the first to feature a color lcd released in september of 1989 as the commercial was released in 1990 mcguire would have been just 15 years old funnily enough he appeared in the wizard in the previous year the same year that the atari lynx was released but he wasn't given any lines mcguire didn't start working steadily until the 90s and he didn't land a major leading role until 1998's pleasantville you wanted to ask me something number 19 mutual savings bank tina fey hi can have a lot of different meanings for example hi nice to meet you or hi i have no idea who you are everyone has to start somewhere including commercials for interest rates at mutual savings bank as boring as the subject is fade is what she can with the material by playfully showcasing the numerous different ways to say hi hi my long-lost brother phil you owe me money the commercial was released in 1995 when faye was just 25 years old she was already working in the comedy scene at the time performing with the legendary chicago troupe the second city former second city performer and snl head writer adam mckay encouraged faye to submit scripts to nbc and she was eventually hired as a writer the rest is history i win yes you do number 18 pitfall jack black yeah oh no no no this can't be happening long before jablinski games and long before youtube existed for that matter jack black was advertising video games on tv in the early 80s when black was just entering his teenage years he appeared in a commercial for the activision video game pitfall he was one of four people to describe their personal adventure with pitfall harry the game's playable character just last night i was lost in the jungle with pitbull harry surrounded by giant scorpions and man-eating crocodiles the game was released on april 20th 1982 and five years later black began performing with a ucla theater troupe called the actors gang his breakout didn't come until 2000 when he starred in high fidelity opposite john cusack [Music] number 17 levi's 501 jeans wesley snipes in 1985 snipes appeared in a truly bizarre commercial for levi's 501 jeans people stand around singing doo-wop like it's 1955 and snipes comes charging in with the biggest grin on his face before losing his hat in the wind after some more weird visuals snipes again charges the camera with a snarl and a smile while twirling his hat the following year snipes made his film debut in wildcats [Music] he later appeared in the music video for michael jackson's bad and starred in major league beginning his ascension to the a-list say hey julie mae's haze here play like maze and i run like haze how you doing number 16 bubble yum leonardo dicaprio this is a chunk of super soft bubble yellow bubble gum this is a loud bump in two humping boom boxes both are known for blast it's hard to imagine leonardo dicaprio not being famous he's been acting since 1989 and in 1993 he starred as arnie grape and what's even gilbert grape earning himself his first academy award nomination at 19. in the late 80s just before his massive breakout dicaprio starred in a commercial for bubble yum he can be seen blowing bubbles introducing a boombox rocking out to loud music and being blown out by enormous speakers this wasn't the only commercial that dicaprio appeared in he also popped up in ones for matchbox cars craft and applejacks little did everyone know they were working with a future movie legend that was the best acting i've ever seen in my whole life thank you number 15 tampax courtney cox do you change your life for one week because of that time of the month after graduating high school cox decided to study architecture at mount vernon college however she never completed her degree as she had developed a love for modeling and acting it wasn't long before she was blazing trails in 1985 a very 80s looking and spandex clad cox made television history by being the first person to save period on a nationally televised commercial it makes sense considering the commercial was for tampax remember there's a feeling with tampax it can actually change the way you feel about your period before the word was usually clouded in playful euphemisms like that time of the month nearly 10 years later cox's life changed forever when she landed the role of monica geller despite auditioning for rachel what's that curry taste curry number 14. clearasil mark ruffalo you can run but you can't hide you zap one pimple another one appears you need to zap zap doubles after sits with new double clear pads from clearassil this actor's career shot into the stratosphere after starring in the avengers as bruce banner but he had been acting long before that earning major roles in movies like zodiac it's all coincidence aside robert how can you be sure that lee allen is a lead from this file going back even further a pimple-faced ruffalo appeared in a commercial for clearasil in 1989 expressing shock at his pimples and gleefully applying the pad to his face three people you have fight once you don't a clearly embarrassed ruffalo was reminded of his early acting work in 2016 when jimmy fallon brought it up and aired the commercial on the tonight show for millions to enjoy and laugh at this is some of your early earliest work maybe your first uh job ever do you remember doing a clear cell commercial it's do you remember this vaguely you're about number 13 pop tarts joseph gordon-levitt hold on mr rushing out the door you haven't had your breakfast yet oh i know tick tick tick look you've got time for kellogg's pop-tarts in 1991 when gordon levitt was just 10 years old he appeared in a commercial for pop tarts the commercial is told through the perspective of his busy businessman father who's ordered by his young son to eat breakfast before leaving for work look strawberry your favorite now doesn't that hit the spot kiddo that same year gordon levitt appeared in 10 episodes of the gothic horror soap opera dark shadows it wasn't long after that that he became genuinely famous starring in the likes of angels in the outfield and 10 things i hate about you do you speak french well no but i will we still don't know if he made his real dad eat strawberry pop-tarts before work see that didn't take long now don't forget your homework number 12. barbie and lisa frank mila kunis i just love to go shopping this ukrainian actress moved to the united states when she was seven years old and two years later she was enrolled by her father in after school acting classes at beverly hills studio it clearly worked out for her her very first acting gig was in a barbie commercial where she ogled over barbie's new glitter hair she also appeared in commercials for lisa frank and dolls like telephone tammy i gotta find more so go to the store and wow there's tons of awesomeness to break stuff it wasn't long before she earned her breakout role as jackie on that 70s show [Laughter] to get the role the then 14 year old kunis lied about her age as everyone auditioning needed to be 18 or older nothing like a little hustle to get ahead number 11. mcdonald's jason alexander you say that just once you'd like your hamburger hot and your lettuce and tomato cool and crisp all at the same time yeah unlike many others so far mentioned on this list jason alexander was already well into adulthood by the time he appeared in this mcdonald's ad a gloriously haired alexander dances and sings about the new mcdlt a cheeseburger that was eventually discontinued in the late 90s the beach stays hot the cool stays crisp put it together you can't resist the commercial aired in 1985 when alexander was 26 and working on broadway it was around this time that alexander also appeared on a short-lived cbs sitcom called er playing a character named harold stickley for 15 episodes his life would change forever in 1989 only four years after the commercial that year saw the debut of seinfeld and alexander's tony award win for best leading actor in a musical would you like to come upstairs for some coffee oh no i guess i can't drink coffee late at night it keeps me up number 10 pringles brad pitt undoubtedly one of the most famous actors of our time brad pitt began acting in 1987 appearing in episodes of various tv shows not to mention the spectacular role guy at beach with drink in the comedy hunk before that he was appearing in various pringles commercials as well a shirtless hunky surfer dude pitt would later appear in various supporting roles throughout the late 80s and early 90s before earning recognition as jd another hot shirtless guy in thelma and louise well i'm kind of stuck here like stink on stink so i was thinking that uh you're going my way or that's going your way as he proved in once upon a time in hollywood he can still pull off the look number nine burger king sarah michelle gellar do i look 20 smaller to you i'm nice to myself this actress has been in front of a camera almost ever since she learned how to talk when geller was just four she was discovered by a talent agent in a manhattan restaurant soon after she starred in a surprisingly controversial burger king commercial where she's heard smack talking mcdonald's tiny burgers and talking up burger king unbelievable luckily i know perfect way to show mcdonald's how i feel i go to burger king mcdonald's wasn't very happy about this and tried to prevent the commercial from airing even naming geller in the lawsuit it's not customary for advertisements to directly name check their competitors the case was eventually settled and burger king pulled the ads from tv i know what it is it's unbelievable number eight heinz ketchup matt leblanc right serious long before friends matt leblanc was just another kid from massachusetts he left the state at 17 to pursue modeling in new york but he was continuously told that he was too short he decided to try acting instead and quickly landed a commercial for heinz ketchup hot dog please unless you don't add it what no thanks i gotta cover if you ever wanted to see leblanc seductively eating a hot dog then here you go heinz the best things come to those who wait the commercial aired in 1987 three years after he left high school to pursue modeling much like joey he continued to land bit roles throughout the late 80s and early 90s including married with children where he dated christina applegate's kelly so just where were you while i was wasting my life away with my family well i wanted to get you something nice number seven super nintendo and toyota paul rudd when you decide to get serious there's only one place to come the games of super nintendo after high school paul rudd worked a variety of odd jobs including as a bar mitzvah dj and glazing ham at kansas's holiday ham company not content with that red moved out of kansas and began starring in numerous commercials including one for a super nintendo and another for toyota when you get the new car okay you know what car no what car did you just get a raise would need a raise to buy that car what car in the former he plays a super nintendo on a drive-in theater screen and in the latter he talks to his brother about the 7 000 toyota tercel could i buy the car tom not funny tom the toyota commercial aired in 1992 three years before he appeared in clueless you're funny and look at him now hey look at him who would have thought hey look at us look at us huh who would have thought not me number six pillsbury and mcdonald's drew barrymore for every kid under 10 a free two ounce sundae sample making her film debut in 1980 drew barrymore has been incredibly famous her entire life part of that has to do with being born into the barrymore family but most of it has to do with her or her agent's knack for picking stellar movies following a small role in 1980s altered states she became a world famous child star by playing gertie and e.t the movie was released in 1982 when barrymore was just seven years old but she was appearing in commercials as early as 1979. in one mcdonald's commercial a four-year-old barrymore can be seen gleefully eating a free sundae with her family free sundaes free prizes good family fun i'm glad i'm a kid in a different commercial she eats warm and gooey pillsbury cookies after coming in cold and wet from outside hot make you chocolates on a cold rainy day number five burger king ben affleck hello hi is this burger king uh yeah yeah this is burger king before he was a world famous actor and even before the commercial ben affleck appeared in an educational children's program called the voyage of mimi which was shown to 6th grade science classes sir could you please show me where the mimi is docked in 1989 when affleck was 17 he starred in a burger king commercial that saw him delivering a bk salad to a woman who accidentally called him believing his number to be burger kings would you deliver a chef's salad uh for you absolutely in 2016 affleck was shown the commercial on good morning america while promoting a film and we thought you loved your burger king oh god four years after the commercial aired affleck appeared as fred o'banion and dazed and confused and affleck credits director richard linklater for opening his eyes to the filmmaking process the very next year he finished writing a little movie called goodwill hunting you know what the best part of my day is for about 10 seconds from when i pull up to the curb when i get to your door because i think maybe i'll get up there and i'll knock on the door and you won't be there number four preparation h brian cranston you expect the hemorrhoid medicine to relieve pain and itch but you get an extra therapeutic action with preparation h walter white will forever remain cranston's role and his place in television history has been firmly established eisenberg you're goddamn right before that it was hal on malcolm in the middle sorry about using the closer nonsense i wouldn't have taught it to you if i didn't want you to use it listen what do i always say bernard's a fair game the nards are fair game and then maybe before that it was tim watley on seinfeld even though he only appeared in five episodes of the show well really glad you came and then before that he was the guy in the preparation h commercial the exact year is unknown but cranston appears as a suited up corporate bigwig in an early 80s commercial for preparation h going on enthusiastically about how oxygen action relieves inflamed hemorrhoids no one said commercial work was glamorous when you choose a hemorrhoid medicine remember oxygen action is special with preparation h number three listerine and polaroid morgan freeman throughout much of the early 70s freeman starred in the classic children's program the electric company which ran on pbs and while the role brought him some mainstream recognition he wasn't nearly the mega star that he is today [Music] in the interim freeman appeared in various commercials hey wait a minute you say you hate it but you keep on using it well yeah think if it didn't taste so strong it wouldn't be working one cast him as an electrician talking about the wonders of listerine and another has him and his family taking pictures with a polaroid both aired throughout the 70s why don't you get one for yourself i'll take one despite years of work freeman didn't earn his breakout role until the late 80s [Music] thanks to oscar-nominated roles in street smart and driving miss daisy what are you doing i'm trying to drive you to the stove number two coca-cola keanu reeves you really gotta want it in 1989 reeves made his major starring debut as ted logan in bill and ted's excellent adventure which grossed a solid 40 million dollars at the box office this has been a most excellent adventure reeves wasn't yet the major star he is today but it certainly got his name out there but reeves was acting throughout much of the 80s both in film and commercials in 1983 he appeared as a bicyclist in a coca-cola commercial complete with his signature surfer dude line delivery hey i'm proud of you really proud a coke who's your coach my dad that certainly wasn't the only commercial that reeves appeared in but it is his most famous owing to being discussed on both david letterman and james corden but i had that thing with the director where it's like okay you're thirsty you're dying you're on an island you're on a desert island you're you haven't had anything to drink a foreign he's like no that's not it want more mojo ms mojo produces original high quality pop culture related videos on all your favorite movies and shows plus celebrity news fashion lifestyle and more hey guys it's phoebe with ms mojo my name is sam my name is eliza and i'm emily i'm rebecca and welcome to ms mojo if you want videos on all the best reality shows team dramas disney movies and sitcoms be sure to check out ms mojo for new videos every day number one brown's chicken steve carell big news from brown's chicken while we've always cooked our chicken in cholesterol-free cottonseed oil some actors don't get really really famous until they're a little bit older steve carell is one of those actors of course he gained recognition on the daily show with jon stewart but it wasn't until both the office and the 40 year old virgin in 2005 that he became a national celebrity kelly clarkson by then carell was 43 years old in 1989 over 15 years before his big break carell appeared in a commercial for brown's chicken he plays a manager advertising the chain's new cholesterol-free chicken despite being just 27 at the time he looks pretty much the same as he did later at 43. is chicken fat a preservative grounds chicken it tastes better and it's better for you do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from watchmojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you

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Published: Tue Oct 13 2020