Spot That Actor - Where Were They Before?

From Sex and the City to Heroes to Mad Men, these television actors have been around. They are the faces that look familiar but we've no idea their name, or may be we came across it once but discarded it as useless information.

How many of these names do you recognise and how many do you remember from their previous roles?

I take a look at some of the popular shows on television and the supporting actors and actresses and where they were before.

• John Slattery - Before he was Roger Sterling on Mad Men, he was Victor Lang on Desperate Housewives (married to Gabrielle).
• Barry Watson - Before he was Todd in Samantha Who?, he was Matt Camden in 7th Heaven.
• Bridget Moynahan - Before she was Erin Reagan in Blue Bloods, she was Natasha in Sex and the City (Mr Big’s wife).
• David Anders - Before he was John Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries, he was Julian Sark on Alias and Adam Monroe on Heroes.
• Gale Harold - Before he was law professor Julian Parish in Hellcats, he was Jackson Braddock in Desperate Housewives (Susan’s boyfriend) and Brian Kinney in Queer as Folk.
• Jane Leeves- Before she was Joy in Hot in Cleveland, she was Daphne Moon on Frasier.
• Jennifer Esposito - Before she was Detective Jackie Curatola in Blue Bloods (Danny’s partner), Stacy Paterno in Spin City (Mike’s assistant) and Andrea in Samantha Who? (Sam’s best friend).
• Kim Raver - Before she was Teddy Altman on Grey's Anatomy, she was Nico Reilly in Lipstick Jungle, Audrey Raines on 24 and Kim Zambrano on Third Watch.
• Lyndsy Marie Fonseca - Before she was Alex in Nikita, she was Colleen Carlton on The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (Katherine’s daughter), and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother.
• Chris Bauer - Before he was Detective Andy Bellefleur in True Blood, he was Fred Yokas (married to Faith) in Third Watch.
• Jane Lynch – Before she was Sue Sylvester in Glee, she was Dr. Linda Freeman in Two and a Half Men (Charlie’s therapist)
• Masi Oka – Before he was Max Bergman in Hawaii Five-0, he was Hiro Nakamura in Heroes.
• Melinda Clarke – Before she was Amanda on Nikita, she was Faith Taylor on Days of our Lives, Julie Cooper-Nichol on The O.C. and Lady Heather on CSI.
• Richard Kind – Before he was Paul Lassiter in Spin City, he was Dr. Mark Devanow in Mad About You.
• Rob Morrow – Before he was Don Eppes on Numb3rs , he was Dr. Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure.
• Ron Rifkin - Before he was Saul Holden in Brothers & Sisters, he was Arvin Sloane on Alias.
• Samuel Page - Before he was Sam in Desperate Housewives (son of Rex Van de Kamp and stepson of Bree Hodge ) he was ADA Casey Woodland in Shark.
• Sarah Chalke – Before she was Stella Zinman on How I Met Your Mother, she was Dr. Elliot Reid on Scrubs and the "second Becky" on Roseanne.
• Sasha Alexander – Before she was Special Agent Kate Todd in NCIS, she was Gretchen Witter in Dawson's Creek (Pacey’s sister).
• Shemar Franklin Moore - Before he was FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, he was Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless.
• Stephen Collins - Before he was Charlie in Brothers & Sisters (Saul’s boyfriend), he was Reverend Eric Camden on 7th Heaven.
• Amber Evangeline Valletta plays Lydia Davis on Revenge and she was Allegra Cole in the movie Hitch.
• James Remar is Dexter's dad but he played Samantha's on again off again tycoon boyfriend Richard in Sex and the City. 
• Holland Virginia Taylor was the cougar Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Charlie's Mum, Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men. 

Will any of these actors be big like George Clooney, afterall he came from television once upon a time - I'll leave you to ponder that question?