Big TV stars don't usually take work doing commercials unless they're the centerpiece of an ad campaign or the spokesperson for a particular product. But for smaller stars trying to put food on the table, any gig that comes along is worth it.
Here are five ads featuring some of our favorite secondary players from some of our favorite shows. Some of these were made before the actors landed their big roles, and some were made after... probably so they could pay for their new hot tubs.
Chuck's Joshua Gomez
Product: Avis Where2
Breaking Bad's Matt L. Jones
Product: Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
Community's Danny Pudi
Product: T Mobile Blackberry
Better Off Ted's Malcolm Barrett
Product: AT&T;
Lost's Francois Chau
Product: Bud LightI was stunned when I first saw Lost's mysterious Dr. Marvin Candle/Pierre Chang pitching Bud Light. Which actor were you most surprised to see?
love the joshua gomez commercial and the "butt dialing" one too so funny!
With the exception of the guy from Lost I don't know who any of these people are & I've actually watched Breaking Bad
The Joshua Gomez' commercial, hilarious.
At the first moment Joshua Gomez looked more like Chuck than like Morgan. Really weird!
Michael C Hall also did a comercial for a car. It was kind of weird to see the guy who plays a serial killer advertise a car. Though it is effective I almost wanted to buy the car, you know if I had a drivers license and money to buy it
Danny Pudi was also McDonald's Decision Guy, who made decisions quickly until faced with the McDonald's menu.
I knew I saw Barret somewhere before..
for a second there morgan (joshua gomez) looked a lot like a young ben stiller don't cha think LOL?
so that's what Morgan looks like without a beard...for some reason it just seems wrong.
Changtacular commercial!