We sometimes forget that celebrities were once normal people just like us. That they had jobs they hated and sometimes struggled financially, to the point of desperation.
Here’s a list of 70 celebrities, and the jobs they had before they became famous and started making lots of money. A lot of the jobs are very commonly Quaker saying are working at McDonald’s, but some are also quite unbelievable. And in some cases, they may explain the famous person we now know.
Buscemi was a firefighter in New York City’s Little Italy from 1980 to 1984. After 9/11 he returned as a volunteer and worked 12 hours shifts for a week.
Walken was a child actor, but he had another gig. When he was 16 he worked as a lion tamer at a circus.
For a funny guy, he had a morbid job. He would style the hair of female corpes before their burial
Before becoming famous, Ford was a carpenter. And the story goes that it was this skill that helped him to land the part in Star Wars.
Before becoming an actor, he was served in the Royal Air Force. He served as an intelligence officer and was the liaison for the Special Operations Executive.
Johnny’s life has been something of a roller coaster, hasn’t it? Before becoming a Hollywood star he was a telemarketer who hated his job. And now…
Not a job, but her life sure changed. Before stardom, she was just an army cadet like many other students.
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Another actor who transitioned from the circus to Hollywood—which is pretty much a circus too, IMO. He was a professional fire eater.
Money was tight in the Carrey household when Jim was a boy. He quit school and got a job as a janitor to help out.
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Pitt worked in the restaurant industry before making it. Well, sort of. He dressed up as a chicken outside of an El Pollo Loco Restaurant in Hollywood.
31 flavors! The former President used to scoop ice cream at a Baskin Robbins.
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I guess he was always buff. Once upon a time he was a Phys Ed teacher.
Before be became known for his art, he had less hair. Probably because he was a drill sergeant in the Air Force.
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He was a salesman. And one of his sales jobs was at a woman’s shoe store. I bet that wasn’t a tough sell!
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Murray had a diverse work history. Before National Lampoon he worked selling chestnuts outside of a grocery store and also worked as a golf caddy.
Before becoming Wonder Woman she served in the Israeli Defense Forces. Not by choice however. As conscription was mandatory.
While young David knew what he wanted to be by 7th grade, he still had to work first. And he did that as a delivery boy for a butcher.
Winnick plays Laegertha in Vikings. She has a third-degree black belt in taekwondo and a second-degree black belt in karate. By the age of 21, she’d founded 3 martial arts schools.
Lee was a pro skateboarder before acting. And he’s still involved. He owns Stereo Skateboards.
Parks and Recreation. Guardians of the Galaxy, just to name a few. Before that he was working as a stripper to support himself.
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Before she became known as Dame Helen Mirren, she worked as a promoter. For an amusement park in Southend on the Sea.
Today he’s an actor and a humanitarian. But there was a time he was a peanuts and popcorn vendor.
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Before she made her break into film, she was an ordinary girl like the rest of us. She made sandwiches at a deli for a living.
He was a Jedi Master, gifted in the powers of the Force. But he trained to be a teacher. I don’t think I would have liked a Jedi teacher. No fooling them.
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I wonder if she knew Danny DeVito. Because their resumes are similar. She worked as a morgue beautician.
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I bet she made awesome tips. She worked as a waitress and bartender in a restaurant in Manhattan.
Well here’s something you don’t hear every day. And it’s definitely something you don’t put on your resume. He was a drug dealer.
A lot of people will do a lot of things when they’re desperate for money. Tatum used to be a stripper.
Kidman studied to be a massage therapist. This was so she could work on her mother, who was sick.
Apparently he was a bit of a wild child. He was a trainee lawyer, but thanks to his frequent partying and missing a lot of work, he was fired.
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She was still set for life as an entertainer. She studied ballet but had to halt her dancing career at 19 due to a knee injury.
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At least something was dressed. He worked as a set dresser for porn films.
How do you put this on your resume? She played a sperm on roller skates for a sex education show by the BBC called Body Matters.
Today, she would be called an essential worker. She worked as a cashier at the supermarket.
In a sense, he was still a superhero. Perhaps. Because he was a lifeguard and may have saved a life.
While this makes a lot of sense. She worked as an elementary school music teacher.
Before she got Lost, she did have an exciting job. She worked as a flight attendant.
The amazing Adrien. At least that’s how he billed himself as he performed magic shows that children’s birthday parties.
Would you like fries with that? Yes, she used to work at McDonald’s.
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She had a varied powerhouse. She worked as a secretary, a hostess and as an aerobics instructor. I bet that last one has helped her with some of her own stunts.
I’m not sure about this job. Apparently he used to make Christmas decorations. Would that be mass-market decorations, or unique one-of-a-kind decorations?
What a dirty job. Two duty jobs actually. He used to clean chicken coops and he also washed dishes.
She still has the widest smile. And that smile used to face people across the counter she served ice cream at Baskin Robbins.
I can’t help but think Walmart greeter, but that’s not what he wants. Something similar, he was a doorman at a hotel.
I wonder if his early work taught him any life skills. He worked as a porter in a mental hospital.
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While she may still look exactly the same as she did as a younger woman, she had significantly different job. She worked as a telemarketer.
While so many others had oddball jobs, Lopez and one that was fairly normal. She worked in a law office.
I think I can safely say we all know who he has. Before he entertained so many kids, he was a paperboy.
Berry worked on the other side of the coin. She worked for the tabloid paper, Daily Express.
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Apparently he was pretty desperate. First, he worked as a sweeper in a General Mills factory. Second, he sold his blood for extra cash.
Another famous person with humble beginnings. She is to work at McDonald’s.
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Kate was a competitive horse rider. I wonder if she started writing young and that was the reason behind both her and Scarlett Johansson being in The Horse Whisperer as young girls.
While this is certainly diverse. He was bartender, he was an altar boy at weddings and baptisms, and he was also a market researcher for Britain’s Royal Mail.
”Young man!” Okay I’ll stop. And to let you know I was about the same that he was a lifeguard at the YMCA as a young man.
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I wonder if this is another circus performer. Because before acting he was a juggler.
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I want to know if he made them too. He used to sell burritos out of his van.
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This may explain a whole lot of things. He used to work at a slaughterhouse.
I guess she always was a rebel. She used to work at Dunkin’ Donuts but she got fired.
I can’t even wrap my head around this. She was a debt collector before acting.
He’s sure making more than $18 an hour now. That’s when he made when he was young and worked sweeping dirt in a boiler room.
61. James Franco
I guess this shouldn’t be surprising. This is another actor that used to work at McDonald’s.
I wonder if this change whom she became an actress. She used to be a waitress but had quit because customers couldn’t keep their hands off her body.
A step up from McDonald’s in my opinion. She used to work at Dairy Queen.
And clearly she had some self-control. Because if I worked at a pizza place, I’d have been eating all the pizza and I’d be big as a house.
She worked for New York city booking agency, however she got her start when she was in a Bruce Springsteen video.
This is getting old. Guess where she worked? Yes, she worked at McDonald’s.
Hmm, I never would’ve guessed this. Amy used to work at Hooters.
She used to work as a chambermaid. And for those of you who don’t know what that is, that’s the major cleans your room at a hotel.
Another actor employed in the hospitality industry. Ferrell used to be a hotel valet.
Hard to believe that she was something so normal. She used to be a waitress.
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We sometimes forget that celebrities were once normal people just like us. That they had jobs they hated and sometimes struggled financially, to the point of desperation.
Here’s a list of 70 celebrities, and the jobs they had before they became famous and started making lots of money. A lot of the jobs are very commonly Quaker saying are working at McDonald’s, but some are also quite unbelievable. And in some cases, they may explain the famous person we now know.
