Yo, before Aaron Paul began dealing blue meth as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad, he was accused of being the E-String Strangler on Veronica Mars. Bitch!
D’oh! Not many people recognize the face that goes with the voice of Homer Simpson (we’ve spotted him previously here), but this is in fact Dan Castellaneta, who sometimes also provides the voice of Aladdin’s genie, as a Sociology professor on Veronica Mars.
Years before becoming lawyer Cary Agos on The Good Wife, Matt Czuchry played a writer named Norma Phipps who introduced himself as Charlie Stone, Logan Echolls’ half brother on Veronica Mars.
Charisma Carpenter appeared for several years as the ever-evolving character of Cordelia Chase in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. More recently, however, she regularly appeared on Veronica Mars as Kendall Casablancas, gold-digging stepmother to Dick and Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas.
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Ian Somerhalder (Lost, The Vampire Diaries) were both attacked by cellular devices in the thriller Pulse. We’re going to assume this movie is what Siri suggests when you ask her how to uninstall Siri.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is famous for his roles as Randy Taylor in Home Improvement, and voicing Young Simba in The Lion King but towards the end of his acting career he played FBI Agent named Ben in an episode of Veronica Mars.
Max Greenfield from The New Girl has guest-starred all over the place. Notable roles include Deputy Leo from Veronica Mars, Nick Pepper on Ugly Betty, Young Sandy Cohen on The OC, and Calvin’s love interest on Greek.
Before Eric Stonestreet was the lovably chubby gay father in Modern Family, he played “Staffer #1” in the “King Corn” episode of The West Wing. Here we see him reading off the plethora of corn food the campaign can expect to eat while in Iowa (above).
Also in the episode is Aaron Ashmore (Veronica Mars) as Trevor, but as he’s the less famous twin brother of Shawn Ashmore (Animorphs, X-Men), we’re going to lump him in to this post as well (below). At least his character has a name, though!
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) makes a very brief appearance during the credits of Louis CK’s Pootie Tang as a spoiled girl who doesn’t like Pootie’s music. Sepatown!
Kyle Gallner, best known as Cassidy “Beaver” Casablancas on Veronica Mars, was the little kid in Wet Hot American Summer who told Paul Rudd’s character, “It’s your job to make sure the kids don’t drown.”
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It’s a double whammy! These are just two of the many, many stars who have the privilege of listing Veronica Mars on their resumes. First, it’s Adam Scott (previously seen on Boy Meets World), star of the canceled-way-too-soon Party Down and current new addition to the hilarious ensemble on NBC’s Parks and Rec. And second, check out Gossip Girl’s Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) sitting in a *gasp* public school classroom!
We already had this video in our drafts, but thanks to november-ludgate for reminding us to post it!
It’s hard to even recognize High School Musical’s Lucas Grabeel without his sparkly hats and hip thrusts, but here he is as a baseball player in season 2 of Veronica Mars.
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Alona Tal is best known for her roles as headstrong Jo Harvelle in Supernatural or good girl Meg Manning in Veronica Mars, but she gave comedy acting a go in a brief role as a Connecticut native and girlfriend to the president of the College Conservatives in the short-lived (albeit fantastic) show Party Down.
Armie Hammer seems to be the go-to college jock. Before playing rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in the brilliant The Social Network, he appeared as football player Kurt in an episode of Veronica Mars.
