https://www.looper.com/1394765/big-name-actors-started-careers-in-commercials/

Plenty of actors have gotten their careers started by appearing in national TV commercials. Here are some of the biggest stars who started with ads.

Was Dustin Hoffman already a star when he appeared in a Volkswagen commercial?

I wouldn't have known Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. They had so much hair in their ads.

Bryan Cranston was a big commercial star and his most famous commercials were Children's Tylenol commercials and he starred in them in "I believe" 1988 to 1994 and little did we know that these commercials would turn Bryan Cranston into a successful sitcom star. Another actor that was a commercial actor was Danny Masterson and way before That 70's Show Danny Masterson was featured in a commercial for Stove Top Stuffing in 1989. And perhaps the most popular commercial to feature Ted Danson pre-Cheers was two he did for Aramis Cologne in 1980-81. It's amazing how a celebrity can get their acting career started by appearing in commercials because when you are starting out in show biz commercials are the easiest to begin with