Hot Gallery: Check Out Vinnie’s Gang Before They Became an Entourage

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Before Entourage: Kevin Connolly

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Kevin Connolly (Eric

Lesser-known as: The 6-year-old in the "Betcha Bite a Chip" commercial. Yep, that was him. He also had a long run on Unhappily Ever After (1995-1999), a Married With Children knockoff.

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Before Entourage: Adrian Grenier

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Adrian Grenier (Vincent

Lesser-known as: The dude in Britney Spears’ 1999 “Crazy” video. He also played Chase Hammond opposite Melissa Joan Hart in 1999's Drive Me Crazy. (What a crazy year!)
Fun fact: Unlike Vinnie’s more traditional parents, Grenier’s parents met in a commune and never married.

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Before Entourage: Kevin Dillon

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Kevin Dillon (Johnny “Drama” Chase)

Lesser-known as: Bunny, the psychotic soldier in Oliver Stone’s Platoon (1986) and drummer John Densmore in Stone’s The Doors (1991). He played a cop on the TV series That's Life (2000), which also starred Debi Mazar, Vince's badass publicist on Entourage.

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Before Entourage: Jeremy Piven

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Jeremy Piven (Ari Gold)

Lesser-known as: Mark (“I love you, man”) in Say Anything (1989) and Doug Hughley, the hilarious drugstore checkout clerk in 1992's Singles.
Snakkle Scoop: Pop culture critic Mark Blankenship, editor of The Critical Condition, tells Snakkle that he remembers Piven’s days on the 1998 sitcom Ellen. "At the time, he struck me as a talented and overlooked actor," Blankenship says. Ari Gold? Overlooked? (Insert unprintable epithet here.)

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Before Entourage: Perrey Reeves

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Perrey Reeves (“Mrs. Ari”)

Lesser-known as: Lauren in The Preppie Murder (1989) and in guest spots on the TV series The Flash (1990) and The X-Files (1994).
Possibly better-known as: Marissa Jones (Will Ferrell’s wife) in Old School (2003).
Fun fact: Reeves' parents didn't own a television when she was growing up.

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Before Entourage: Jerry Ferrara

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Jerry Ferrara (Turtle)

Much lesser-known as: Joey, a student on The King of Queens (2000). He did a 2004 episode of NYPD Blue and starred in the films Cross Bronx (2004) and Brooklyn Rules (2007). Now all the Brooklyn native needs is a project set on Staten Island so he can say he's hit all five boroughs.
Fun fact: Like Turtle, Ferrara has an entrepreneurial streak—he is a cofounder of Sal's Deli in Westwood, California.

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Before Entourage: Beverly D'Angelo

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Beverly D'Angelo (Barbara Miller)

Better known as: Chevy Chase’s wife (Ellen Griswold) in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), European Vacation (1985), and Christmas Vacation (1989).
Lesser-known as: Sheila Franklin in the 1979 film version of the musical Hair (that’s her singing her heart out in “Good Morning Starshine”) and as Stella Winston, the chain-smoking fairy godmother in Maid to Order (1987), starring Ally Sheedy.
Fun fact: D'Angelo grew up in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, and her grandfather was the architect for "The Horseshoe," Ohio State's football stadium.