Celebrity Food Commercials: 15 Before-They-Were-Famous Video Clips
Old-Time Ads with Famous Stars
While celebrities are always spotted chowing down at the best restaurants, many of them got their start as a different kind of foodie — the spokesperson.
We've got video footage of some of the most embarrassing, adorable, and silliest pre-fame commercial clips of the 80s and 90s. From Brad Pitt for Pringles to Lindsay Lohan for Jello, we have everything you need to satisfy your craving for a little celebrity nostalgia.
Brad Pitt
Product: Pringles
Year: 1989
Back in 1989, Brad Pitt was already a charmer. He used his perfect bone structure and beach-ready bod to land himself a role as the Pringles pretty-boy.
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Drew Barrymore
Product: Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Year: 1979
Before she was one of Charlie's angels, Drew Barrymore got an early start as an angelic little girl in need of some cheering up in this classic Pillsbury Doughboy commercial.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Product: Burger King
Year: 1981
Although she wouldn't become Buffy for a few more years, Sarah Michelle Gellar got her start slaying McDonald's as a Burger King spokes-girl.
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Keanu Reeves
Product: Corn Flakes
Year: 1987
Before Keanu Reeves entered into the Matrix, he rebelled in a different way — by stealing a bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes!
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Matt LeBlanc
Product: Heinz Ketchup
Year: 1987
Foreshadowing his food-centric character on Friends, Matt Leblanc took a few bites out of a Heinz ketchup–topped hot dog for a taste of screen time in 1987.
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Jason Alexander
Product: McDonald's
Year: 1985
Jason Alexander brings the moves in this early-career commercial for the McDonald's McDLT. While it's no longer a menu option, the McDLT was a popular item that allowed the customer to keep the hot and cold parts of their burger separate until just before the first bite!
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Raven Symone
Product: Cool Whip
Year: 1990
Raven Symone found her calling eating Cool Whip on camera before her breakout role as Olivia on The Cosby Show.
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Haley Joel Osment
Product: Kraft Cheese
Year: 1992
Before he saw dead people, Haley Joel Osment's biggest worry was that his Kraft cheese would get stolen by a lovable dragon.
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Ben Affleck
Product: Burger King
Year: 1989
Affleck got his start as an impromptu Burger King delivery boy in this sweet commercial about a lovestruck guy who can't catch a break.
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Bruce Willis
Product: Seagram's Wine Coolers
Year: 1986
Who knew that Bruce Willis, star of the action-packed Die Hard films, sings and drinks wine coolers? Watch him do both in this Seagram's ad from '86.
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Elijah Wood
Product: Pizza Hut
Year: 1990s
Elijah Wood found success in the acting world well before he became Frodo in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, landing parts such as this Pizza Hut commercial.
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Demi Moore
Product: Diet Coke
Year: 1988
Before Demi Moore made it big, it seems she spent her time fighting off cats that were after her Diet Coke.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Product: Pop-Tarts
Year: 1991
When he was ten years old, the lovable Joseph Gordon-Levitt certainly didn't need an Inception to convince his dad to eat a Pop-Tart.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Product: Bubble Yum
Year: 1988
Before becoming famous for falling in love in Titanic, Leo Dicaprio's other talents included blowing giant bubbles with bubblegum.
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Lindsay Lohan
Product: Jello
Year: 1996
Before she was making headlines, Lindsay Lohan lent her cute, freckle-speckled face to more than 60 commercials.
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