20 celebrities who got their start at a Disney theme park

By Orlando Weekly Staff on Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:52 pm

Everyone has to start somewhere and before many of these celebrities made it big, they were cast members, musicians, dancers or tour guides at one of the Disney theme parks.

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Before has was the voice of Genie in Aladdin, Robin Williams was the voice of the Jungle Cruise. Photo via ABCNews.com

Back in the '70s, Michelle Pfeiffer played Alice in Alice in Wonderland during the Main Street Electrical Parade. Photo via fapop.com

Wayne Brady played Tigger at Walt Disney World. Photo via BET.com

Steve Martin worked at the Fantasyland Magic Shop from 1955 to 1958. Photo via Biography.com

Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson once played Aladdin and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle at Disneyland. Photo via backstreetboys.com

Harlan Ellison worked as a writer for Walt Disney Studios for less than one day and was actually fired 4 hours into his shift for making a joke about the Seven Dwarves having a gang bang with Snow White. He wrote about here. Photo via Wired.com

Before he got his groove back with Stella, Taye Diggs was performing at Tokyo Disneyland. Photo via thegrio.com

Kevin Kostner was a guide in The Jungle Cruise in 1978. He also met his future wife Cindy Silva at Disney, who was working as Snow White. Photo via reelz.com

Befoer Joanna Kerns was the mom on Growing Pains, she played the Blue Fairy from "Pinocchio" in the Main Street Electrical Parade. Photo via classictv.com

Alyson Reed once performed as Alice in Wonderland at the Disneyland theme park. But you probably now her best from High School Musical. Photo via hotflick.com