Live Poll: Memorable Acting Debuts (Part 2)

Many actors start out with smaller roles before getting their movie breakthrough, but the following actors made a big impression on their very first onscreen acting job. Which of these memorable first roles do you like the most? List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls599734496/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/7DR4zxOkO1c/ I had almost finished my list when I found this poll by napierslogs: https://www.imdb.com/poll/EUuBzUsxd9M My question is slightly different but it's the same poll idea, so I made a Part 2 and removed the overlapping options. Sadly, I can't ask napierslogs for permission. These roles are the actors' first acting credit, the only exception I made was for Anna Paquin and Miranda Cosgrove who had a voice role prior to their movie role.

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Lazenby did porn in Australia, lol. I was thinking Johnny Depp in Elm Street, but I see it was already in Part 1.

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It's somehow drepressing that the career some of them didn't last successful for long. I think best example is Edward Furlong. He had a big deal with Terminator 2, later he appeared in American History X, a role, I admire him for. I even think that was his best role. But what does he do today? He acts in many productions which don't cross a rating of 5+/10. Some of them are even 3.x/10. That's sad for my humble opinion. But to be true, I also think he isn't a real a-class actor. He will always be b-class, playing in c-class movies. That's for some others, too. Rupert Grint for example. Same. While Daniel Radcliffe gets better and better. I'd place him in same category as Elijah Wood.

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Good idea and good list. And a tough choice: I'm deciding between four, lol. 'So glad to see McDormand in 'Blood Simple' and the little boy from 'Capernaum.' FYC: Brooklynn Prince in 'The Florida Project' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144/mediaviewer/rm1005936128/?ref_=ttmi_mi_37_2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144/mediaindex/?ref_=ttmi_mi&contentTypes=still_frame&relatedNames=nm7737419

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Thanks! :) I thought about Brooklynn Prince, but she has another movie listed as her first acting credit (Robo-Dog: Airborne). It came out the same year, but I'm not sure I can include The Florida Project since it's technically her second credit.

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Haing S Ngor was an easy pick for me

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Homepage poll! 😀

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@Jessica, 20 September 2025 Memorable Acting Debuts (Part 2) https://www.imdb.com/poll/7DR4zxOkO1c/ https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/live-poll-memorable-acting-debuts-part-2/6874f8eac180a1467446acf1 Djesika has had 4 polls featured on the IMDb Home Page. https://imdbstats.com/user/ur52829101/?sort=votes,desc First Appearance on Home Page: 20-September-2025 Live: 23-August-2025 https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/faq-polls-featured-at-imdb-home-page/5f4a7ad38815453dbabcc291

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