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

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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Tahj Mowry
Played Michelle's best friend Teddy on Full House.
Tara Reid
Appeared in the sequel to "Salem's Lot", "A Return To Salem's Lot".
Ted Wass
Played Bobby Campbell on Soap,
Telma Hopkins
Telma was part of the original Dawn with Tony Orlando. Then Telma was on "Bossom Buddies" with Tom Hanks from 1981-83. She played professor Addie Wilson, Nell Carter's best friend on "Gimme a Break" from 1983-88. Then she played a widow mother named Rachel on "Family Matters" from 1989-95.
Teri Hatcher
One of the 90's best known Bond Girls made recurring appearances as actress Penny Parker on "MacGyver".
Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher played Lois Lane in the TV series, "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman".
Teri Hatcher
Was a mermaid dancer on 'The Love Boat' and was Sylvester Stallone's sister in 'Tango and Cash'.
Teri Hatcher
Guest starred on the HBO series 'Tales From The Crypt'.
Tim Allen
Taco Bell commercials before his big break
Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins was in a USA "Up All Night" type college movie called "Fraternity Vacation", where he played a frat guy named Mother who along with his buddy tried to get their geeky friend laid so his dad would buy them a sauna and a jacuzzi for their frat house. I think the guy who played their rival frat brother (the lackey not the main one) went on to some degree of fame as well, though I am not certain.
Tim Robbins
Tim had a small role as a goody-goody in "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack. He sang show tunes and dressed like Mr. Rogers. He was the one taking "Gib" (John Cusack) to L.A.
Tim Robbins
"Howard the Duck" (with Lea Thompson) & "Tapeheads" (with John Cusack)
Tim Robbins
Tim also had a small part in a movie with Demi Moore and Jon Cryer called "No Small Affair". Tim was one of the kids that went to school with Jon Cryer and picked on him periodically through out the movie.,
Tim Robbins
Top Gun as Goose's replacement, flew as Tom Cruise's back seat in the finale.
Tisha Campbell
Played one of the female singing trio in the 1986 comedy film "Little Shop of Horrors".
Tisha Campbell
Singing to 50s music in the TV show Rags to Riches.,
Tom Cruise
He played a forest "fairy?" in a movie called "Legend", where he had to battle the devil to save a unicorn, thereby freeing the land of endless winter.
Tom Cruise
Played Steve in the movie "The Outsiders".
Tom Cruise
Lunatic in "Taps",
Tom Cruise
He starred opposite Brooke Shields in "Endless Love", most of his roles in the 80s after that are much bigger (and deserver a seperate page).
Tom Hanks
Appeared in the 1980 horror film "He Knows You're Alone"
Tom Hanks
He used to be one of the guys in the early 80's smash TV comedy, Bossom Buddies, where they (Tom Hanks and Peter Scholari) dress up as women in order to live in a cheap all-women's apartment.
Tom Hanks
Played a martial arts expert, challenging The Fonz on 'Happy Days'.
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks appeared in one of the crappy seasons of Happy Days. This was the season with Linda Purl and Ted McGinley, who went on to play Jefferson on Married With Children. In thie episode in question, Hanks plays a guy who was beat up by Fonzie as a 6 year old boy. From that moment on, Hanks trains in the martial arts in an attempt to confront Fonzie years later and beat him up. Fonzie lets Hanks hit him, and then kicks him through a window at Arnold's.
Tom Hanks
Was in a really bad Dungeons & Dragons TV movie called "Mazes and Monsters." (He played the main livng-in-la-la-land teen.)
Tom Hanks
Special appearence as Elise's brother in Family Ties.
Tom Hanks
Played Kip on sitcom "Bosom Buddies",
Tom Noonan
Played the original Francis Dollarhyde, "The Red Dragon Killer" in the movie "Manhunter", based on the novel "Red Dragon", a prequel to "Silence of the Lambs".
Tony Shalhoub
Played Antonio the self-deprecating Italian cabbie on NBC's hit series "Wings".
Tony Todd
Played the main character in the horror film series "Candyman".
Tori Spelling
She played Violet Anne Bickerstaff on "Saved By The Bell".
Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling played Screech's girlfriend Violet on "Saved By The Bell".
Tori Spelling
Was in 1980s movie "Troop Beverly Hills" as one of the main girls of the "Red Feathers" troop.
Tracey Gold
Played a little hillbilly girl who befriends Doctor Lindsay Wagner in the made-for-TV movie "The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel".
Tracey Gold
Before Tracey hit it big as Carol Seaver on Growing Pains, she had a small role in the TV cop drama "CHiPs", playing a homeless little girl that Ponch named "Linda".
Tyra Banks
Student/Track & Field athlete in movie called "Higher Learning".


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