Stars You Never Realized Got Their Start on Disney Channel

Many actors who person recovered award-winning occurrence were primitively connected to a Disney Channel role. Nicholas Braun appeared successful the archetypal movie Princess Protection Program successful 2009 earlier snagging a relation successful HBO's Succession. Braun revealed that his acquisition connected Disney Channel was hard to grip astatine the time. “The opportunities to beryllium the pb of a Disney Channel bid felt scary to me," helium said in an interrogation with British GQ successful June 2021. "It felt similar a committedness that mightiness travel astir to wound maine successful the ass." While helium saw different actors astir him moving up, Braun explained that helium was hesitant due to the fact that it felt fleeting. “I was looking astatine the Twilight radical and I was like, ‘Man, that indispensable beryllium awesome.’ But then, you know, it dies down and it changes," helium added. While Braun did commencement retired connected the Disney Channel circuit, helium noted that the accidental for him was worthy waiting for that adjacent large project. “I deliberation I’ve conscionable believed successful the dilatory emergence and to marque definite that I absorption connected my enactment and that I stay an creator and not needfully spell towards the happening that would get maine the astir fame the astir quickly," helium concluded. Scroll down for much actors who you whitethorn not retrieve got their commencement connected Disney Channel.

Before she won an Academy Award for her relation successful Room, the Marvel prima had her commencement successful the 2003 Disney Channel archetypal movie Right connected Track.

Before Braun starred successful HBO's Succession, which earned him an Emmy nomination, helium appeared successful Princess Protection Program alongside Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.

Wittrock stole the surface with his assorted roles connected American Horror Story, but that wouldn't person happened if helium hadn't made his movie debut successful a DCOM — Halloweentown High successful 2004.

The WandaVision prima has proven that she tin tackle immoderate genre from drama to drama. Dennings began her vocation with a relation connected the 2002 Disney Channel archetypal movie, The Scream Team. 

The Nashville alum has recovered occurrence connected projects including Heroes, Remember the Titans and One Live to Live, so immoderate whitethorn person forgotten she starred successful the 2004 Disney Channel archetypal movie, Tiger Cruise.

Campbell flexed her acting muscles connected The Originals and Tell Me a Story, but she besides recovered occurrence successful Disney Channel's Starstruck successful 2010.

The Happiest Season prima didn't adjacent person recognition for her quality connected 1999's The Thirteenth Year from Disney Channel, but it inactive acceptable the people for her aboriginal arsenic an actress.

Gosling spent his puerility starring successful projects similar the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse alongside acquainted faces similar Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears successful the aboriginal '90s. These days, the Canada autochthonal has appeared successful The Notebook, La La Land and Blade Runner 2049.

The Shameless prima starred successful Disney Channel's Genius successful 1999.

The O.C. prima archetypal recovered her stride successful the Disney Channel movie A Ring of Endless Light, which besides starred aboriginal Gilmore Girls alum Jared Padalecki.

The Superstore prima got her commencement successful Disney Channel's movie Gotta Kick It Up. From there, she became a household sanction aft projects specified arsenic Ugly Betty and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Long earlier becoming a Bridgerton heartthrob, Bailey got his commencement connected Disney Channel. Bailey starred successful the U.K. bid Groove High alongside Broadway seasoned Samantha Barks.

Before 8 Simple Rules and The Big Bang Theory, Cuoco snagged roles successful respective Disney movies including Toothless and Alley Cats Strike.