Odd Jobs Celebrities Did Before Fame

Feeling annoyed of your job? Then, here are some pretty odd jobs celebrities did before they hit stardom.

Tom Cruise

 

Tom Cruise is one of the highest paid actor in Hollywood. But before he made his name on the big screen, Tom Cruise had to do a couple of odd jobs to work his way. The 3-time Golden Globe Award winner worked as a paperboy for the Louisville Courier-Journal during his time in Kentucky. At an early age, he also joined a seminary to become a priest.

Eminem

 

Young Eminem went through a hard time making a name in a industry where he was all alone. He had no father and so he had to do several odd jobs to help his broke mother. At the age of 16, Eminem worked at a factory called Gibbs Machinery.  There he swept floors and took out trash. He also worked as a cook at a family restaurant in Michigan.

Madonna

 

After young Madonna moved to New York city to live her dream, she found it no easy to survive in the big city. So, she started a job at Dunkin Donuts in Times Square where she served coffee and doughnuts. Lady M was fired off from Dunkin' after she squirted jelly all over a customer.

Whoopi Goldberg

 

American comedy actress Whoopi Goldberg probably did the weirdest job of all, she actually worked with the dead. Before landing in the limelight, the Academy Award Winner worked in a morgue. Her job was that of a mortuary beautician, dressing up and putting make up on the deceased.

Hugh Jackman

 

Hugh Jackman hasn't always been the tough guy we see in Wolverine. In fact, Hollywoods's most dashing mutant, once played a much more jollier role - that of a clown. Hugh Jackman used to dress as Coco, the clown at children parties. According to him,

 “I was Coco the Clown and I had no magic tricks and I remember a six-year-old standing up at a party saying 'Mummy this clown is terrible, he doesn't know any tricks' and he was right."

 

Johnny Depp

 

Johnny Depp may be today's most versatile actor in Hollywood but he once held a not so awesome job. The man behind Captain Jacksparrow in 'The pirates of the Caribbean' was once a pen salesman. He used to call customers in an attempt to convince them to buy pen from him.

Brad Pitt

 

The star of 'Moneyball' once earned a living by dressing as a chicken for El Pollo Loco chicken restaurant. He also worked in the stripper industry, not as a stripper, but as a limo driver.

Sylvester Stallone

 

Sylvester Stallone, the commando in Rambo, was as intrepid in real life as he showcases in his movies. Although his real life involved no firearms, he sure spent days along side some real beasts. In his young days, the hunk made ends meet by cleaning lion cages in the central zoo. Probably that's where he got all his moxy.

Jon Hamm

 

Jon Hamm, before playing the womanizing Don Draper in tv series "Mad Men", actually worked in the porn industry. He used to dress porn sets before being casted in a play which actually revealed his true talents. He recalls:

“I’m sure there are more terrible day jobs in L.A. (but) it was horribly depressing.”

 

Patrick Dempsey

 

Patrick Dempsey, television's most charming surgeon in the hit series "Grey's Anatomy", was a professional juggler. He even went to national competitions to showcase his skills. Juggling is one of Dempsey's many talents. As most of his fans know, he's a serious race car driver, owns his own coffee chain Tully's and was also a champion downhill skier.

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Top 10 Unusual and Odd Jobs

From golf ball divers to chicken sexers - this is our pick of the top 10 most unusual and odd jobs from around the world so if you're sitting in your office cursing your job, thank God you don't have to do any of these.

Cow Inseminator

The cattle industry has grown to become one of great industries of the world. The breeding of top quality cattle is a vital part of the industry which has given rise to a new science. The process is quite sophisticated and even employs computer systems for its tasks. But no computer can do the job of a cow inseminator. Imagine yourself having your arm shoulder deep in a female cow- this is exactly the job of a cow inseminator. The objective is to fertilize the cow with a donor semen. Surely an odd experience for the cow as well.

Airplane Repo

If you own an airplane and you fall behind airplane loans, then you can find yourself come face to face with an airplane repo. This odd job is filled with amazing thrills and adventures and an airplane repo lives a life of a real life James Bond. However, the risk is worth it as the job pays 10,000$ to 90,000$ a year.
If you're planning for a career as an aircraft repo, then be prepared for tough work, though. Some repo men get shot at or tossed in a foreign prison. 

Golf Ball Diver

No, don't think of it as a combination of golf and scuba diving, this is completely GOLF. A golf ball diver's job is to dive into golf course lakes in search of lost golf balls. They collect them and clean them and put them to sell. Simple enough.

Watching Paint Dry

This is probably one of the most boring jobs in the world. This man's job is to see how long it takes for a paint to dry. This can sound dull but is a very important job for paint industries.

Human Scarecrow

Do you live in the country and annoyed of people telling you have no career, then here's a job for you. You know crows are a nuisance for farmers, eating their precious crops. You can now be a solution. Dressed in loose trousers and old fashioned straw hats, here's a chance to show your worth by scaring those pesky crows as a human scarecrow. So, how do you like your new job.

Odd Job Journalist

We all know about odd jobs all around the world but here is a job for you in which you actually go through all the odd jobs in order to earn yourself some handful money. Yes, its actually the job of an odd job journalist in which you have to write about all the odd jobs around the world. This really sounds some heck of a job.

Chicken Sexer

As we all know that chicks are really cute but how will it hit you if someone asks you separate those young cute chicks according to their sex. You might find it odd but people known as chicken sexers are actually paid to separate those young cute chicks according to their sex. A pretty odd job but more than that a real difficult one I must say.

Cartoon people/Mascots

Remember when you were young and visited some carnivals with your parents, you meet one of your favorite cartoon characters. Actually these are not the real cartoon characters surely but are some people who are actually present in there. An entertainment for you but not for the one who is actually doing it.

Furniture Tester

Every single human in this world just wants to get paid for just sitting. But, there are some lucky human beings present who are actually being paid for just sitting. The furniture testers are paid for testing furniture by just sitting on them. A heavenly job which every single person in the universe would love to do but a real odd one I must say.

Fortune Cookie Writer

As a child, I always wondered who the heck is behind these fortune cookies. Now I know that there is no divinity involved but just a simple guy who calls himself the fortune cookie writer. If you also have the skills to write someone else's fortune, then don't be late for applying this FORTUNE job.