Before They Were Famous in the Nineties (and now), in the Eighties They Were..., Actors First Names Beginning with K

This is a list of actors from the little and big screen, and the small roles they had before their big break. I'm not looking for what a particular actor did outside of acting, I'm looking more for bit roles and TV commercials. I think you could just write down waiter for almost any actor if you really wanted to if that were the case.

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Actors beginning with: [Index] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] [misc]
Kathy Bates
Played the psychotic fan of Paul Sheldon (James Caan) in the horror film "Misery".
Keanu Reeves
He was on a Coke commercial, riding in a bicycle race. When he finished the race, he drank a Coke.
Keanu Reeves
He played the boyfriend of Steve Martin's neice in the movie "Parenthood".
Keanu Reeves
Starred in the film "The Night Before" with Lori Loughlin of "Full House".
Keanu Reeves
Keanu was a stock boy who took a break to have a bowl of Kellogg's Raisin Bran, not sure on the cereal but know he stopped to eat a bowl.
Keanu Reeves
"Bill and Ted's Exellent Adventure" and "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" as Ted "Theodore" Logan (the best part he ever played!!!)
Keanu Reeves
Keanu appeared in Paula Abdul's video for 'Rush Rush', which was a copy of 'Rebel Without A Cause'.
Keanu Reeves
He was in the movie "The River's Edge" as Matt, a stoner friend of a teen who murders his girlfriend.
Kellie Martin
Before she had her big break on "Life Goes On", she had a bit part in a 1985 TV movie called "The Canterville Ghost"(which also starred Brian Austin Green). She is only in two scenes and has only one line. She also does not receive screen credit.
Kellie Martin
She was appearing in commericals and in "Troop Beverly Hills". Then went on to "Life Goes On" and "ER".
Kelly LeBrock
The infamous haircare commercial "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful", and she sure was.
Kelly Lebrock
Played in The Woman in red and Weird Science. Last movie she was in isWrongfully accused.,
kelly preston
In a movie called 'Mischief'.
Kelly Preston
She played Tish in the 80's Flick "Space Camp"
Kelly Preston
Kelly Preston played the role of Rosean the girl is the study hall in John Carpenter's "Christine".
Kelly Preston
She was in "Secret Admirer" with C. Thomas Howell.
Kelly Ripa
Kelly's TV career started on "Dancin' On Air" - the forerunner of "Dance Party USA" -- in 1986. Visit www.omni2000.com for details & pix.
Kelly Ripa
Kelly was a "regular" (dancer) on the 80's dance show, "Dance Party USA" from 1986-1988.
Kenan Thompson
Was a cast member on Nickelodeon's "All That", played the role of Kenan Rockmore on "Kenan and Kel" the spinoff to "All That".
Keri Russell
Was a member of the Mickey Mouse Club in the early 90s she also appeared in the comedy film "Honey I Blew Up the Kid" which was the sequel to "Honey I Shrunk the Kids".
Kevin Bacon
In "Hero at Large," a 1982 John Ritter popcorn flick, he is standing with a group of kids outside a movie theater where Ritter's character is doing a movie promotion.
Kevin Bacon
Played one of the Omega members in the comedy film "Animal House".
Kevin Bacon
He played in the original "Friday the 13th" movie in 1979 or 1980?
Kevin Costner
He is the main charector in "Field of Dreams".
Kevin Costner
Played a frat boy in "Night Shift"
Kevin Costner
He played the corpse at the funeral in the opening scenes of "The Big Chill". You only get to see his wrists!
Kevin Spacey
This 2 time future Oscar winner got his first role in "Heartburn" with Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson as a blonde thief who mugs Meryl's therapy group (1986). He would play a jerk doing cocaine in a limo with Melanie Griffith next to him in "Working Girl" (1988), played Mel Proffit in an arc on "Wiseguy" (1988), and a few other rather unnotable roles.
Kevin Spacey
He was in the movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. He was one of killers.
Kiefer Sutherland
He is in the older gang in the movie "Stand By Me".
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland played the lead vampire David in "The Lost Boys".
Kim Basinger
Starred with Bruce Willis in "Blind Date".
Kim Basinger
How could you forget her starring role opposite Mickey Rourke in 9 1/2 Weeks with the supremely bad 80's eyeliner style?,
Kim Basinger
Singing a cheesy jingle on an eighties commercial for the airline Barbara International
Kim Catrell
Played the NYC Mayor Office assistant that had the hots for "artisit" in "Turk 182".
Kim Cattrall
Played a Vulcan crew member in "Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country".
Kim Cattrall
She played the mannequin in the movie "Mannequin".
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall played 'Gracie Law' in John Carpenter's "Big Trouble in Little China."
Kim Cattrall
She was in the original "Police Academy".
Kim Cattrall
She played the "gym sock inspired" PE teacher they called Lassie in Porky's.
Kim Cattrell
Sitting on a bench (bit part) in "Baby Boom".
Kim Delaney
For at least one season was on Tour of Duty as a journalist who fell in love with LT. She was killed at the end of the season,
Kim Delaney
Played Opal's daughter (and Tad's sister) Jenny Gardner on the soap opera "All My Children" in the early to mid eighty's.
Kim Fields
Played Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on "The Facts Of Life".
Kim Wayans
Extra in the start of "Raw" talking about how she loved Eddie Murphy.
Kirstie Alley
Was a "Match Game" contestant circa 1979.
Kristin Davis
Played the conniving Brooke on "Melrose Place".
Kristin Davis
He played one of the girls in a cheesy horror movie called "Doom Asylum".
Kristine Sutherland
She played the role of Mae Thompson (Matt Frewer's wife) in the 1989 film "Honey I Shrunk The Kids".
Kristy Swanson
She was in "Pretty in Pink". She was the girl at the end who was looking at Ducky.
Kristy Swanson
Before playing the role of Buffy Summers in the movie "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", she played the main character Samantha in the 1986 horror film "Deadly Friend" that was directed by horror master Wes Craven.
Kristy Swanson
She was in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" as the girl telling the teacher the reason why Ferris isn't present in class.
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell appeared in five John Carpenter films, one was a TV movie about the life of Elvis Presley
Kurtwood Smith
Played a villian in 'Robocop'.
Kyle Maclachlan
Before he made it big in the early 90s with Twin Peaks, Kyle starred in some of the 80's most notorious movies, most notably David Lynch's Blue Velvet and Dune, and this cheesy sci-fi B-movie called The Hidden. He was also in a short lived tv show in 1989.,
Kylie Minogue
Played one of the 5 scientists in "Bio-Dome" opposite Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin.
Kylie Minogue
Kylie began her career at 11 when she starred in the Aussie soap "Skyways"(she met Jason Donovan here). She then starred in more series such as "The Sullivans", "The Henderson Kids" and of course "Neighbours", where she shot to fame as a female mechanic. She married Jason on the show. Kylie also starred in the 1988 film "The Delinquents" after beginning her singing career a year earlier, singing at a football benefit in Melbourne. She started with "Locomotion", and sings to this day.


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