before their star turns on stranger
things the hate chose cast lent their
talents to a variety of roles that are
drastically different from what fans
currently know them for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
surprising rolls done by stranger things
actors before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re focusing on roles embodied by
strange things season ones principal
cast shot or performed prior to their
overwhelming success on the celebrated
Netflix series number 10 Caleb
McLaughlin as young Simba The Lion King
on Broadway we mean ten over know before
melting hearts as headstrong yet loyal
Lucas and Claire caleb mclaughlin made
the network TV rounds appearing on Law &
Order SVU blue bloods and shades of blue
proving himself to be a talented young
dramatic actor
however you may not have known that
McLaughlin’s life in showbiz began on
the Broadway stage this multi-talented
tween boasts a Royal set of pipes and
showed off his singing abilities in the
role of young Simba in the Tony
award-winning musical sensation The Lion
King McLaughlin was working on his roar
night after night in front of sold-out
theater audiences before exiting stage
left and going off to co-star and
stranger things number 9
Finn wolf hard as Geordie Pinsky
supernatural army of troglobites charged
into the chamber wohlfahrt burst into
the pop-culture conversation as little
later Mike wheeler a confident
charismatic hero and role model for D&D
playin geeks of all ages while he’s
still just a kid Mike is forced to grow
up fast as he searches for his buddy
will Byers alongside Milly Bobby Brown’s
ending matic 11 who also happens to be
his first crush um well my name is Mike
Schur for Michael maybe wouldn’t call
you el wolfhard really sells his lead
protagonist role so it may come as a
surprise that one of his first gigs as a
working actor had the tiny talent
playing the victim wolfhard second
appearance on the small screen was on
the long-running fantasy drama series
supernatural in season 11 wolfhard
portrayed Jordy the victim of a very bad
babysitter
thank Cassie she comes at Christmas
number eight Cara Bono is dr. Faye
Miller madmen school night Michael
I just put Holly to bed stranger things
fans will recognize Bono for her role as
mrs. wheeler but this isn’t the first
time that the celebrated actress has
turned heads bro no first appeared on
HBO’s modern mafia masterpiece The
Sopranos playing Kelly Lombardo
Moltisanti wife of capo Christopher
Moltisanti I’m pregnant she followed up
the performance with an Emmy nominated
turn on Mad Men portraying dr. Faye
Miller a strong-willed ad strategist who
finds herself wrapped up in an affair
with a legendary lothario Don Draper so
which one of us is gonna look at the
clock first a career-driven woman dr.
Miller adamantly expressed her lack of
interest in having children which makes
Bono’s maternal turn on stranger things
all the more surprising number seven
gate Matarazzo as Gavroche let me say
Rob Lowe on Broadway fan favorite Gaytan
matarazzo immediately stole the show and
stranger things first season playing
precocious pubescent Dustin Henderson
who when tensions arise unexpectedly
takes on the role of mediator and moral
center within his closed group of
friends tell your mom prior to his
breakout performance gate was showing
off a certain set of skills that have
yet to be showcased on the retro sci-fi
fantasy series believe it or not maderos
o is a theatre actor who’s been singing
and dancing up a storm on the Broadway
stage since he was a tyke New York
audiences will remember his tear-jerking
performance as the orphaned Gavroche in
Limassol abla it’s really cool to like
have a job of something that I love
number six Noah Schnapp as Charlie Brown
the peanuts movie a demagogue it got me
no.not plays an important role on
stranger things though you wouldn’t say
that his performance realized too
heavily on dialogue making his voiceover
credit quite the surprise before taking
a trip to the upside down as well buyers
Schnapp visited the home of Snoopy
Woodstock and the rest of Charles Schulz
his beloved Peanuts gang Schnapp brought
the celebrated Charlie Brown to life in
the 2015 animated feature marking the
peanuts kids first big-screen outing
since the 1980s today’s
I can feel it a success with critics and
moviegoers the flick proved itself to be
an entertaining watch for fans both old
and new because I just came down with a
serious case of inadequacy number 5
natalya dire as Clarissa Granger Hannah
Montana the movie before kicking ass is
big sister Nancy wheeler Natalya Dyer
played another very important sibling
that is Clarissa was one half of the
Granger sisters to Montana mega fans who
also happened to be the daughters of the
villainous Oswald Granger a tabloid
journalist committed to revealing hannah
slash Miley’s secret double life 2009 to
Hannah Montana the movie was dyers
on-screen debut and she was only 12
years old when she appeared Dyer is
nearly unrecognizable in her blink and
you’ll miss a cameo having matured into
a talented young actor in the interim if
it works
number four David Harbor as Randall
Malone Brokeback Mountain we’ve
discussed this morning’s or for coffee
and contemplation prior to skyrocketing
to fame as Police Chief Jim hopper stage
and screen performer David Harbor made a
name for himself as a critically lauded
character actor the seasoned thespian
has proved his talents as a team player
through a slew of supporting roles in
high-profile feature films and Broadway
plays while there are so many surprising
roles to choose from
it was harbors brief but moving
performance as a closeted cowboy Randall
Malone in the Heath Ledger Jake
Gyllenhaal forbidden love story
Brokeback Mountain that shows his wholly
impressive range we ought to go down or
some weekend number three Millie Bobby
Brown as Lizzie modern family fans know
her as 11 the strong silent a go eating
kid with psychokinetic abilities but
this isn’t the British breakout stars
first rodeo Brown had previously wowed
Anglo files with her electrically
charged performance in the 2014 BBC
series intruders a proven dramatic actor
you might be surprised to learn that she
briefly showed off her comedic chops in
the ABC television sitcom Modern Family
Brown played Lizzie a young girl whose
bike is borrowed by Rico Rodriguez’s
Manny Delgado as he joins Phil and Luke
Dunphy on a high-speed chase to catch a
drone number 2 Matthew Modine as Alec
McCall funky monkey I want to save your
son well it doesn’t look like celebrated
actor Matthew Modine will be reprising
his role as dr. Martin Brenner and
stranger things 2nd season his creepy
multi-layered performance will go down
in history as one of his best Modena’s
starred in a number of classics but it’s
difficult to imagine that the super
serious dramatic actor once played a
goofy dad cracking wise with a genius
chimpanzee in the lowbrow
straight-to-video stinker if we had to
sum up mode Dean’s role in just one word
it would have to be bananas
number one Winona Ryder as Amanda
Grayson Star Trek Winona Ryder ruled the
80s and 90s with iconic performances in
both cult classics and blockbusters her
portrayal of the distraught yet
determined
Joyce Byers has solidified her status as
one of the most dynamic actors in the
game if I think there’s a chance that
we’ll still out there Ryder has taken on
a number of unexpected roles throughout
her storied career but nothing surprises
us more than her portrayal of Spock’s
elderly mother Amanda Grayson in JJ
Abrams 2009 Star Trek reboot no need to
be anxious instead of casting an older
performer Abrams chose Ryder who
required hours of transformative makeup
and prosthetics when no no rocking liver
spots and gray hair is enough for her to
secure her number one spot on our list
whatever you choose to be do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
things the hate chose cast lent their
talents to a variety of roles that are
drastically different from what fans
currently know them for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
surprising rolls done by stranger things
actors before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re focusing on roles embodied by
strange things season ones principal
cast shot or performed prior to their
overwhelming success on the celebrated
Netflix series number 10 Caleb
McLaughlin as young Simba The Lion King
on Broadway we mean ten over know before
melting hearts as headstrong yet loyal
Lucas and Claire caleb mclaughlin made
the network TV rounds appearing on Law &
Order SVU blue bloods and shades of blue
proving himself to be a talented young
dramatic actor
however you may not have known that
McLaughlin’s life in showbiz began on
the Broadway stage this multi-talented
tween boasts a Royal set of pipes and
showed off his singing abilities in the
role of young Simba in the Tony
award-winning musical sensation The Lion
King McLaughlin was working on his roar
night after night in front of sold-out
theater audiences before exiting stage
left and going off to co-star and
stranger things number 9
Finn wolf hard as Geordie Pinsky
supernatural army of troglobites charged
into the chamber wohlfahrt burst into
the pop-culture conversation as little
later Mike wheeler a confident
charismatic hero and role model for D&D
playin geeks of all ages while he’s
still just a kid Mike is forced to grow
up fast as he searches for his buddy
will Byers alongside Milly Bobby Brown’s
ending matic 11 who also happens to be
his first crush um well my name is Mike
Schur for Michael maybe wouldn’t call
you el wolfhard really sells his lead
protagonist role so it may come as a
surprise that one of his first gigs as a
working actor had the tiny talent
playing the victim wolfhard second
appearance on the small screen was on
the long-running fantasy drama series
supernatural in season 11 wolfhard
portrayed Jordy the victim of a very bad
babysitter
thank Cassie she comes at Christmas
number eight Cara Bono is dr. Faye
Miller madmen school night Michael
I just put Holly to bed stranger things
fans will recognize Bono for her role as
mrs. wheeler but this isn’t the first
time that the celebrated actress has
turned heads bro no first appeared on
HBO’s modern mafia masterpiece The
Sopranos playing Kelly Lombardo
Moltisanti wife of capo Christopher
Moltisanti I’m pregnant she followed up
the performance with an Emmy nominated
turn on Mad Men portraying dr. Faye
Miller a strong-willed ad strategist who
finds herself wrapped up in an affair
with a legendary lothario Don Draper so
which one of us is gonna look at the
clock first a career-driven woman dr.
Miller adamantly expressed her lack of
interest in having children which makes
Bono’s maternal turn on stranger things
all the more surprising number seven
gate Matarazzo as Gavroche let me say
Rob Lowe on Broadway fan favorite Gaytan
matarazzo immediately stole the show and
stranger things first season playing
precocious pubescent Dustin Henderson
who when tensions arise unexpectedly
takes on the role of mediator and moral
center within his closed group of
friends tell your mom prior to his
breakout performance gate was showing
off a certain set of skills that have
yet to be showcased on the retro sci-fi
fantasy series believe it or not maderos
o is a theatre actor who’s been singing
and dancing up a storm on the Broadway
stage since he was a tyke New York
audiences will remember his tear-jerking
performance as the orphaned Gavroche in
Limassol abla it’s really cool to like
have a job of something that I love
number six Noah Schnapp as Charlie Brown
the peanuts movie a demagogue it got me
no.not plays an important role on
stranger things though you wouldn’t say
that his performance realized too
heavily on dialogue making his voiceover
credit quite the surprise before taking
a trip to the upside down as well buyers
Schnapp visited the home of Snoopy
Woodstock and the rest of Charles Schulz
his beloved Peanuts gang Schnapp brought
the celebrated Charlie Brown to life in
the 2015 animated feature marking the
peanuts kids first big-screen outing
since the 1980s today’s
I can feel it a success with critics and
moviegoers the flick proved itself to be
an entertaining watch for fans both old
and new because I just came down with a
serious case of inadequacy number 5
natalya dire as Clarissa Granger Hannah
Montana the movie before kicking ass is
big sister Nancy wheeler Natalya Dyer
played another very important sibling
that is Clarissa was one half of the
Granger sisters to Montana mega fans who
also happened to be the daughters of the
villainous Oswald Granger a tabloid
journalist committed to revealing hannah
slash Miley’s secret double life 2009 to
Hannah Montana the movie was dyers
on-screen debut and she was only 12
years old when she appeared Dyer is
nearly unrecognizable in her blink and
you’ll miss a cameo having matured into
a talented young actor in the interim if
it works
number four David Harbor as Randall
Malone Brokeback Mountain we’ve
discussed this morning’s or for coffee
and contemplation prior to skyrocketing
to fame as Police Chief Jim hopper stage
and screen performer David Harbor made a
name for himself as a critically lauded
character actor the seasoned thespian
has proved his talents as a team player
through a slew of supporting roles in
high-profile feature films and Broadway
plays while there are so many surprising
roles to choose from
it was harbors brief but moving
performance as a closeted cowboy Randall
Malone in the Heath Ledger Jake
Gyllenhaal forbidden love story
Brokeback Mountain that shows his wholly
impressive range we ought to go down or
some weekend number three Millie Bobby
Brown as Lizzie modern family fans know
her as 11 the strong silent a go eating
kid with psychokinetic abilities but
this isn’t the British breakout stars
first rodeo Brown had previously wowed
Anglo files with her electrically
charged performance in the 2014 BBC
series intruders a proven dramatic actor
you might be surprised to learn that she
briefly showed off her comedic chops in
the ABC television sitcom Modern Family
Brown played Lizzie a young girl whose
bike is borrowed by Rico Rodriguez’s
Manny Delgado as he joins Phil and Luke
Dunphy on a high-speed chase to catch a
drone number 2 Matthew Modine as Alec
McCall funky monkey I want to save your
son well it doesn’t look like celebrated
actor Matthew Modine will be reprising
his role as dr. Martin Brenner and
stranger things 2nd season his creepy
multi-layered performance will go down
in history as one of his best Modena’s
starred in a number of classics but it’s
difficult to imagine that the super
serious dramatic actor once played a
goofy dad cracking wise with a genius
chimpanzee in the lowbrow
straight-to-video stinker if we had to
sum up mode Dean’s role in just one word
it would have to be bananas
number one Winona Ryder as Amanda
Grayson Star Trek Winona Ryder ruled the
80s and 90s with iconic performances in
both cult classics and blockbusters her
portrayal of the distraught yet
determined
Joyce Byers has solidified her status as
one of the most dynamic actors in the
game if I think there’s a chance that
we’ll still out there Ryder has taken on
a number of unexpected roles throughout
her storied career but nothing surprises
us more than her portrayal of Spock’s
elderly mother Amanda Grayson in JJ
Abrams 2009 Star Trek reboot no need to
be anxious instead of casting an older
performer Abrams chose Ryder who
required hours of transformative makeup
and prosthetics when no no rocking liver
spots and gray hair is enough for her to
secure her number one spot on our list
whatever you choose to be do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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