Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Jump-starts

As i sit here ignoring my homework, waiting for a friend to come over so that we can finish watching the 2nd season of The West Wing, my favorite television show, i find myself thinking about the many guest performers on the show who go on to have bigger roles in different shows. So i thought i'd take a minute to make a list of all the ones i could think of. Mostly as a cure for my boredom, but hopefully as a cure to yours as well.
  • Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica (admittedly, he wasn't a nobody - he did get an Oscar nomination back in 1989)
  • Jorja Fox, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Lisa Edelstein, House
  • Reiko Aylesworth, 24
  • Ian McShane, Deadwood
  • Emily Procter, CSI: Miami
  • Terry O'Quinn, Lost
  • Mark Harmon, NCIS
  • Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives
  • Mary Louise Parker, Weeds (again, not an unknown - she was already a Tony-winning stage actress)
  • Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
And i'm sure some others i can't think of right now. Not to mention some already prominent names like Taye Diggs, Matthew Perry, Alan Alda, Jimmy Smits, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Glenn Close (later on The Shield, currently on Damages), William Fichnter (currently on Prison Break), Philip Baker Hall, and Tom Skerritt, plus Elmo and Big Bird.

It's a really cool show.

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