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Here’s How 30 Well-Known Actors Looked In Their First And Latest Movie Roles

It's quite rare to see a wannabe actor starting their career with a big feature film role. With their first jobs in modeling, commercials, and small roles in TV series, most world-renowned actors had a long way to go until they became successful. We here at Bored Panda decided to take a trip down memory lane to see where world-renowned actors started their careers. We compared the actors' first movie role to their latest role to see not only how much they've changed through the years but also how far they've gone in their careers.

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Jason Momoa: Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) - Aquaman (2018)

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Here’s How 30 Well-Known Actors Looked In Their First And Latest Movie Roles

Jason Momoa: Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) - Aquaman (2018)

Alan Rickman: Die Hard (1988) — Eye In The Sky (2015)

Robert Downey Jr.: Pound (1970) — Dolittle (2020)

Robin Williams: Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977) — Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2014)

Meryl Streep: Julia (1977) — Little Women (2019)

Keanu Reeves: Youngblood (1986) — Always Be My Maybe (2019)

Tom Hanks: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019) — He Knows You're Alone (1980)

Carrie Fisher: Shampoo (1975) - Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

Rene Russo: Major League (1989) — Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween (1978) — Knives Out (2019)

Liam Neeson: Pilgrim's Progress (1978) — Ordinary Love (2019)

Leonardo Dicaprio: Critters 3 (1991) — Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood (2019)

Harrison Ford: A Time For Killing (1967) — Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Clint Eastwood: Francis In The Navy (1955) — The Mule (2018)

Anthony Hopkins: The Lion In Winter (1968) — Now Is Everything (2019)

Natalie Portman: Léon: The Professional (1994) — Lucy In The Sky (2019)

Ryan Reynolds: Ordinary Magic(1993) - Free Guy (2020)

Gillian Anderson: Class Of '96 (1993) - Sex Education (2020)

Daniel Radcliffe: The Tailor Of Panama (2001) - Guns Akimbo (2019)

Will Smith: Where The Day Takes You (1992) — Bad Boys For Life (2020)

Johnny Depp: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) — Waiting For The Barbarians (2019)

Scarlett Johansson: North (1994)-Jojo Rabbit(2019)

Kate Winslet: Heavenly Creatures (1994) — Wonder Wheel (2017)

Robert De Niro: Three Rooms In Manhattan (1965) — The Irishman (2019)

Hugh Jackman: Paperback Hero (1999) — Bad Education (2019)

Milla Jovovich: Two Moon Junction (1988) — The Rookies (2019)

Kathy Bates: Taking Off (1971) — Richard Jewell (2019)

Matthew Mcconaughey: Dazed And Confused (1993) — The Gentlemen (2020)

Dustin Hoffman: The Tiger Makes Out (1967) — Into The Labyrinth (2019)

Nicole Kidman: Bush Christmas (1983) — Bombshell (2019)

Geena Davis: Tootsie (1982) — Marjorie Prime (2017)

Denzel Washington: Carbon Copy (1981) — The Equalizer 2 (2018)

Helen Mirren: Herostratus (1967) — The Good Liar (2019)

Christopher Walken: Me And My Brother (1969) — The Jesus Rolls (2019)

Samuel L. Jackson: Together For Days (1973) — Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Dwayne Johnson: The Mummy Returns (2001) — Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Christian Bale: Mio, Mano Mio (1987) — Ford V Ferrari (2019)

Angelina Jolie: Lookin' To Get Out (1982) — Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019)

Anne Hathaway: The Princess Diaries (2001) - Dark Waters (2019)

Anjelica Huston: A Walk With Love And Death (1969) - Waiting For Anya (2020)

Jessica Lange: King Kong (1976) — Wild Oats (2016)

Tom Hiddleston: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) — Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Jack Nicholson: The Cry Baby Killer (1958) — How Do You Know (2010)

Cate Blanchett: Police Rescue(1994) — Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)

Liv Tyler: Silent Fall (1994) — Ad Astra (2019)

Jodie Foster: Napoleon And Samantha (1972) — Hotel Artemis (2018)

Bill Murray: Meatballs (1979) — Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

Benedict Cumberbatch: Fields Of Gold (2002) - 1917 (2019)

Joaquin Phoenix: Spacecamp (1986) — Joker (2019)

Jake Gyllenhaal: City Slickers (1991) - Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Jim Carrey: Rubberface (1981) — Dark Crimes (2016)

Uma Thurman: Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987) — Down A Dark Hall (2018)

Jennifer Connelly: Once Upon A Time In America (1984)- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Matt Damon: Mystic Pizza (1988)-Jay And Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

Macaulay Culkin: Rocket Gibraltar (1988) — Changeland (2019)

Chris Hemsworth: Star Trek (2009) - Men In Black: International (2019)

Martin Freeman: The Low Down (2000) - Ode To Joy (2019)

Jennifer Aniston: Camp Cucamonga (1990) - Murder Mystery (2019)

Brad Pitt: The Dark Side Of The Sun (1988) — Ad Astra (2019)

Ryan Gosling: Frankenstein And Me (1996) — First Man (2018)

Charlize Theron: Children Of The Corn III (1995) — Bombshell (2019)

Lisa Kudrow: Married To The Mob (1989)-Booksmart (2019)

Monica Bellucci: Vita Coi Figli (1990)- Spider In The Web (2019)

Edward Norton: Primal Fear (1996)-Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

Russell Crowe: Prisoners Of The Sun (1990) — True History Of The Kelly Gang (2019)

Ben Kingsley: Fear Is The Key (1972) — Spider In The Web (2019)

Sandra Oh: Double Happiness (1994) — Meditation Park (2017)

Zoe Saldana: Center Stage (2000) — Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Penélope Cruz: Jamón, Jamón (1992) — Wasp Network (2019)

Christoph Waltz: Tristan And Isolde (1981) — Georgetown (2019)

Tom Holland: The Impossible (2012) — Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Salma Hayek: Mi Vida Loca (1993) — Like A Boss (2020)

Daniel Day-Lewis: The Bounty (1984) — Phantom Thread (2017)

Adam Sandler: Going Overboard (1989) — Uncut Gems (2019)

Mel Gibson: Summer City (1977) — The Professor And The Madman (2019)

Elizabeth Hurley: Rowing With The Wind (1988) — An Elephant's Journey (2017)

Patricia Clarkson: The Untouchables (1987) — Sell By (2019)

Keira Knightley: Innocent Lies (1995) — The Aftermath (2019)

Mila Kunis: Make A Wish, Molly (1995) - Breaking News In Yuba County (2020)