Famous Actors and actresses who started in a fmv game or a web series

One of the biggest stars in Hollywood, it will be a big surprise that he started in 1996 as a bounty hunter who lost his identity in the video game Privateer 2: the darkening. After that he started in several bbc sitcom and then in early 2000s he became a star in the movies like Bourne Identity, King Arthur, and Children Of Men.

Many of you will be surprised that your favorite trooper started his career as an extra in the 1995 video game Wing Commander 4 The Price Of Freedom. Two years later he became a star as the hero Rico in the trilogy of Starship Troopers. It’s amazing from standing outside the spotlight in the best fmv game of all time to having the spotlight in one of the greatest sci-fi action movies of all time.

another amazing story, Josh Lucas started in the 1994 video game Wing Commander 3: heart of the tiger, there he played a small role of a egoistic rookie pilot Flash who gave the player a hard time. Amazingly after the games release he got starred in several named movies like American Psycho, Incredible Hulk, and even got a lead role in Stealth. To think it all started in a fmv is amazing.

Started as a child actress in MYST 4 Revelation, young Juliette took many players heart by storm and then continued her career in Canada. While most child actors usually quits after they get older, Juliette continues still today in several tv series and drama.

An Euroasian actor that started in a guest role in a fan production web series called Star Trek Osiris, which is known for being unwatchable, even Johan said he was embarrassed to even show a clip so he just added homemade auditions to YouTube which caught the attention of a Chinese producer who hired him for a 6 years career in Mainland China. He got his spotlight with movies like Last Kung Fu Monk, The Resistance, and Marriage Cuisine. He also got the Chinese name Li Shuai as an honorable reward. He later moved to Japan where he was interviewed by FMgig radio about his life as an actor in China. He also was in an article about him by Asian Film Fans titled Stranger in a Strange land.

After starting stiff with two fmv games Star Wars Rebel Assault 2 and Top Gun The Game, nobody thought of anything of Jamison until he starred a guest role in the 24 series and then his career boomed. He continues to work at this day and amazingly is as being a typical fmv actor he proved in 24 to be a rather good actor and survivor from the fmv world.

Web series is normally known for being a big career suicide specially in the 2000s. Because most of them had no budgets and it looked like a bunch of unemployed friends who had nothing better do and made silly video clips put it as a series in the net and called it a day. But Felicia Day proved it wrong, in the web series The Guild which most actors filmed at their homes , she took the internet by storm with her good acting timing as the online player that get a surprise from another player. She made a good performance and she got rewarded later in the tv series like eureka and supernatural.

When this actress performed in Critical Path game in 1994, no one would believe she would make it to the top. Eileen started in a poorly produced game with over the top acting and potato looking special effects. But in the shocker she got a brilliant career in the next decade, from Law And Order to Iron Man and recently Gotham. If you went back in time and told the players in 1994 that one of the over the top actresses in Critical Path will be in big movies 10years later they would response like they heard a joke. But lessons learned never underestimate until after the 2nd chance.

Although he started his career on television since age 11 in 1985 his breakthrough never hit in England. In 1994 he took the role as Zip in the video game Burn Cycle. Even though at that time fmv games had a bad reputation he nailed his performance as the greedy informer who helped the player with a bargain, most of the time the player hated the character that he always wanted a trade but they loved his acting, the cool boyish style and 90s pop culture. Although he played a part in Lexx in 2002, Richard choose to retire afterwards. Now he lives in south London with his girlfriend. Even though he didn’t get a big hit in the industry but he is known as the best fmv actor in history.

A sad News is this beautiful actress has left us, this year she died in a horse accident. Her legacy is being a gorgeous lady from heavy metal 2000 to naked gun 33 1/3, and even in Beverly Hills cop 3. But we all will know her from the video game Johnny mnemonic from 1995. The game is mostly known for being too dark to play and poorly edited but that’s because it wasn’t meant to be a game in the first place, it’s an independent movie that got the red light and instead of all suit they gave the cut scenes to a game developers to create the game, which explains why everything got bad. In this game she played the role of Pretty a woman terminator who hunt Johnny. She did an excellent performance to remember and nobody can forget her awesome line “Hi I’m Pretty and you’re not”. RIP Julie.