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3 Huge Actors Who Tried Stand-Up Comedy First, Including a Future Batman

Telling jokes isn’t for everybody

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A person’s career path isn’t necessarily dictated by the jobs they work early on in life. For example, it might surprise you to learn that a number of successful comedians, like Ricky Gervais and Lewis Black, didn’t have aspirations of doing comedy at all, and were looking to break into the entertainment industry in other ways.

On the flip side, several people who went on to become household names in different areas originally tried their hands at telling jokes for a living. Here are a few big-name actors who got their start doing comedy.

Before Ron Perlman became known for his roles in Sons of Anarchy and the........

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