Heroes
Everyone lie with Disney Channel Original Movies ( DCOMS ) , and many remain popular favorites , even 10 after their release . FromHalloweentowntoHigh School Musical , DCOMS hold up an important place in American pop music culture .
They also swear out as a great launch program for young actors looking to break into the industry . In fact , some of the big names in Hollywood got their starting line in a Disney Channel Original Movie . Here are 10 famous actors , and the DCOMS that gave them their first heavy break .
Brenda Song
days before Brenda Song would star inThe Social Networkand Hulu’sDollface , she had her first big acting gig in the yr 2000 withThe Ultimate Christmas Present .
In the flick , Song plays Samantha Kwan , who , along with her best booster , finds a secret weather machine that Santa is designing to ensure the entire world gets a snowy Christmas ( which , in the real earth , would have a ruinous shock on the satellite ) .
Kaley Cuoco
Another DCOM from the year 2000,Alley Cats StrikestarredKaley Cuoco , who go on to pull ahead fame inThe Big Bang Theory . In the motion picture , two rival townspeople are vie for a prize after a basketball biz between the township ’s high school ends in a linkup . The towns decide to get back the tie through a bowling match .
Cuoco play for the West Appleton bowling squad , who go on to deliver the goods the tournament . In the years betweenAlley Cats StrikeandThe Big Band Theory , Cuoco landed a starring role in8 Simple Rules , alongside the late John Ritter .
Zac Efron
Hollywood hunk Zac Efron shot to fame after his starring function in the smash hitHigh School Musical . The movie ’s title is pretty straightforward , it ’s a melodious about a mellow school order on a melodious … but what was shocking was the immense success of the film .
The premiere was consider by 7.7 million households and remains one of the internet ’s giving rating smasher of all time . Since then , numerous actors from the film , such as Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale , have gone on to become prominent figures in Hollywood , but none have accomplish the superstardom of Zac Efron .
Kat Dennings
Many people will recognise Kat Dennings . She starred in the sitcom2 Broke girl , as well as photographic film likeNick and Norah ’s Infinite Playlist . But years before she bring down these roles , she starred in theHalloween DCOMThe Scream Team , about two grandkids who have to aid their gramps move on to the other side after he dies .
The movie was loaded with excellent endowment , like Kathy Najimy , Eric Idle , and Tommy Davidson . Currently , Dennings is co - starring in Hulu’sDollface , with fellow Disney potassium alum Brenda Song .
Hayden Panettiere
2004’sTiger Cruisetells the story of the Navy ’s real Tiger Cruises , which is when the kinfolk members of service masses can last out aboard naval vessels for a few days to see what lifespan in the armed forces is like .
In the film , Panettiere is staying aboard a ship with her father when they get word about the 9/11 terrorist attacks . Just a few years after her Disney debut , Panettiere would get her big happy chance by land a lead role in the showHeroes , followed later by her part inNashville .
Nick Jonas
The Jonas Brothers shot to fame after appear in the DCOMCamp Rockin 2008 , alongside Demi Lovato and Alyson Stoner . The brothers have had an extremely successful music career , as well as numerous function in movie and television system .
While Kevin Jonas has provided a few voice character , and Joe Jonas has gone on to exploit withThe Voice , it ’s Nick Jonas who has egress as the prominent role player in the family . From 2014 to 2017 he star in the seriesKingdomand he ’s also one of the leads in the newJumanjireboots .
Brie Larson
Over a decennium beforeBrie Larson became a global genius from her Oscar - winning role inRoom , she star in the DCOM , Right on Track .
The film told the true story of Courtney and Erica Enders , two girls who broke into the male person - overshadow earth of drag racing . Larson starred alongside7th Heaven ’s Beverly Mitchell to portray the two sisters . As all cinephiles know , Larson now make the role ofCaptain Marvelin the MCU .
Taylor Handley
Taylor Handley has starred in plastic film likeChasing Mavericks , but he is believably best screw in the repugnance community for his roles inBird BoxandTexas Chainsaw Massacre : The Beginning . He got his outset back in 2000 in the DCOMPhantom of the Megaplex , about a giant cinema that ’s terrorized by a villainous masked trickster .
Despite being remembered by fans as one of Disney ’s best Halloween DCOMs , the movie in reality premiered in November of 2000 , a small over a workweek after the holiday .
Aly And AJ
The babe Aly and AJ Michalka got their startin the 2006 DCOMCow Belles , which pore around two bad girl who are sent to work at a dairy farm farm to learn responsibility . From there , the baby acquire a successful medicine career and continued acting .
AJ get on to star in the popular sitcomThe Goldbergs , as well as its spinoff , Schooled . Aly has since starred in movies likeEasy Aand serial publication likeHellcats . In 2018 , the sister even team up up to contend onCelebrity Family Feud .
Emmy Rossum
In the DCOMGenius , Charlie , a 13 - class - older whiz kid , enrolls in college … but soon takes on a risky male child picture to make friend . His research lab at the university is beneath an ice - skating skating rink … the very one where Claire ( Emmy Rossum ) likes to skate .
Since her debut on the Disney Channel , Rossum has star inThe Phantom of the Operaand in Showtime ’s remake ofShameless .
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