A lot of well known actors got their start in notable hit movies and obscure ones in the 1980s. Here are some examples:
1980 Drew Barrymore - Altered States Joan Cusack - My Bodyguard Tom Hanks - He Knows You're Alone William Hurt - Altered States Timothy Hutton - Ordinary People (Oscar winner) Ralph Macchio - Up the Academy Dolly Parton - Nine to Five Michelle Pfeiffer - The Hollywood Knights Robin Williams - Popeye
1981 Tom Cruise - Endless Love Sean Penn - Taps Kathleen Turner - Body Heat Denzel Washington - Carbon Copy Sean Young - Stripes
1982 Ellen Barkin - Diner Phoebe Cates - Paradise Glenn Close - The World According to Garp (Oscar nominee) Michael Keaton - Night Shift Kevin Kline - Sophie's Choice Matthew Modine - Baby It's You Demi Moore - Young Doctors in Love Eddie Murphy - 48 Hrs. Molly Ringwald - Tempest Forest Whitaker - Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1983 Steven Bauer - Scarface Matthew Broderick - Max Dugan Returns Nicolas Cage - Valley Girl John Cusack - Class Ray Liotta - The Lonely Lady Rob Lowe - The Outsiders Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface Andrew McCarthy - Class Kelly McGillis - Reuben, Reuben Lea Thompson - Jaws 3D
1984 Jon Cryer - No Small Affair Johnny Depp - A Nightmare on Elm Street Corey Haim - First Born Val Kilmer - Top Secret Kyle MacLachlan - Dune Virginia Madsen - Electric Dreams John Malkovich - Places in the Heart (Oscar nominee) Frances McDormand - Blood Simple Charlie Sheen - Red Dawn Elisabeth Shue - The Karate Kid Helen Slater - Supergirl
1985 Sean Astin - The Goonies Josh Brolin - The Goonies Linda Fiorentino - Vision Quest Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple Ethan Hawke - Explorers Brigitte Nielsen - Red Sonja River Phoenix - Explorers Christian Slater - The Legend of Billie Jean
1986 Marlee Matlin - Children of a Lesser God (Oscar winner) Jerry O'Connell - Stand by Me Elizabeth Perkins - About Last Night Bill Pullman - Ruthless People Winona Ryder - Lucas Kristin Scott Thomas - Under the Cherry Moon
1987 Patricia Arquette - A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Courteney Cox - Masters of the Universe Bruce Willis - Blind Date
1988 Annette Bening - The Great Outdoors Heather Graham - License to Drive Juliette Lewis - My Stepmother is an Alien Alan Rickman - Die Hard Julia Roberts - Satisfaction Steven Seagal - Above the Law Uma Thurman - Johnny Be Good
1989 Teri Hatcher - Tango & Cash Rosie Perez - Do the Right Thing Rene Russo - Major League Emma Thompson - Henry V
Can everyone else think of actors who made their movie debuts in this decade?
[ 01. September 2011, 18:16: Message edited by: Leo Logan ]
Posted by Chris the CandyFanMan (Member # 3197) on :
Macaulay Culkin with Rocket Gibraltar (was it '87 or '88? I can't quite remember.
Wasn't Six Pack Anthony Michael Hall's debut (if not, it must have been pretty close to that)?
What were Corey Feldman and Ally Sheedy's debuts, which I'd presume would be in the decade as well?
Posted by Leo Logan (Member # 9206) on :
Hey Chris. Here are some answers.
"Rocket Gibraltar" came out in 1988 that featured Macaulay Culkin in his first role.
"Six Pack" was in fact Anthony Michael Hall's first ever movie debut in 1982.
Corey Feldman's first role was as the voice of Young Copper in the 1981 Disney film "The Fox and the Hound" but his first on-screen role was in "Gremlins" in 1984.
Ally Sheedy's first role was in the 1981 TV movie "The Best Little Girl in the World" but her first theatrical role was in the 1983 drama "Bad Boys" with Sean Penn, which came out a few months before "WarGames".
Posted by Lovers with Cassie (Member # 7794) on :
quote:Originally posted by Leo Logan: Corey Feldman's first role was as the voice of Young Copper in the 1981 Disney film "The Fox and the Hound" but his first on-screen role was in "Gremlins" in 1984.
Leo, Corey Feldman first turned up in "Time After Time" in 1979. He played a boy in the museum.
