"Gilmore Girls" launched a lot of careers.
Stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel both went on to other successful projects ("Parenthood" and "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," respectively) and became notable names. Jared Padalecki is still starring on the long-running, cult hit "Supernatural."
Liza Weil has a successful partnership with Shonda Rhimes, appearing in every Shondaland show. Any good WB viewer would have already recognized Danny Strong from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but now the actor is known for cocreating "Empire."
And, of course, there's Melissa McCarthy, one of the biggest names in comedy now.
Before they made it big on their own, dozens of other famous names could also be seen on the hit WB/CW show that will soon be revived on Netflix. The parts were small but look big now.
Check out these 20 famous actors, from Jon Hamm to Seth MacFarlane, who appeared on "Gilmore Girls" before they broke out.
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Jon Hamm: Season 3, Episode 5
Before he was Don Draper, Hamm played Peyton Sanders, a man Lorelai (Graham) meets at an auction (she eventually gets his number). Unfortunately, his charms didn’t work as well on “Gilmore Girls” as they did on “Mad Men.”
Krysten Ritter: Season 7
Before she was “Jessica Jones” and the “B---- in Apartment 23,” Ritter was just Lucy, Rory’s (Bledel) friend from Yale. Ritter showed promise in this role — more so than in her “Veronica Mars” stint the year before — but her character was bogged down in a weird storyline about her boyfriend keeping his non-relationship with Rory a secret.
Danny Pudi: Season 6, Episodes 13 and 14; Season 7, Episodes 6 and 7
The “Community” star is fairly well-known now, but back in 2006, he was Raj, a contributor for The Yale Daily News who gifted Rory a giant blue pencil on her last day as editor.
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