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18 Celebs Who Starred In Multiple Sitcoms & Made Our Lives Funnier Because Of It
It's no secret that sitcoms are often the "starting point" for some actors. Chris Pratt of Parks & Recreation might become Chris Pratt of the rebooted Indiana Jones and television Bryan Cranston might never have become Walter White without Malcolm in the Middle as a starting point. But there are also plenty of actors who love making people laugh on television, and have hopped from one sitcom to another. So which stars can't get enough of situation comedies? Click through to find out.
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Courteney Cox
Cox became a household name with the role of Monica Geller on Friends.
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Courteney Cox
Unlike her BFF Jennifer Aniston who stuck mostly to movies, Cox made another sitcom post-Friends with comedy Cougar Town.
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Kaley Cuoco
Cuoco has been in the sitcom game forever. Her first starring sitcom role was on the family sitcom 8 Simple Rules.
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Kaley Cuoco
Cuoco moved onto a buddy comedy with the role of Penny on the Big Bang Theory.
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Matthew Perry
Perry played Monica’s hubby Chandler on Friends, but it wasn’t his only sitcom role.
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Matthew Perry
Could he be more into sitcoms? After Friends he starred on sitcoms Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip, Mr. Sunshine, and Go On. He’s currently in the process of filming a reboot of the Odd Couple.
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James van der Beek
Though he’s most famous for his role as weepy Dawson on Dawson’s Creek, this guy has actually been on more than one sitcom. He played an exaggerated version of himself on the (tragically cancelled) Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23.
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James van der Beek
After Don’t Trust the B—- was cancelled, the actor starred on another short-lived comedy, Friends With Better Lives, which is ironic, because what he really needs to star on is a show with a better title.
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Damon Wayans Jr.
Wayans played Chicago businessman Brad for three seasons on Happy Endings.
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Damon Wayans Jr.
When his series was cancelled, Wayans returned to New Girl as Couch. It seems that things really worked out for Wayans — he appeared in the pilot of New Girl, but had to leave the series when Happy Endings got picked up.
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Adam Pally
Wayans wasn’t the only one scooped up by other sitcoms when the brilliant Happy Endings was cancelled.
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Adam Pally
Post-cancellation, Fox’s The Mindy Project hired Pally to play new OBGYN Peter.
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Mindy Kaling
Speaking of The Mindy Project, Kaling was both a writer and an actress for The Office before she nabbed her own show.
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Mindy Kaling
Kaling hired herself — obviously — to star on her very own sitcom The Mindy Project.
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Ashton Kutcher
He has plenty of movies under his belt, but he originally started out as dimwitted Kelso on sitcom That ’70s Show.
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Ashton Kutcher
Returning to his sitcom roots, the actor replaced Charlie Sheen post-breakdown when he left Two and a Half Men.
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Emily Osment
The actress got her start as Miley’s BFF Lilly on Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana.
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Emily Osment
Today she’s exploring a little bit less family-friendly material as a personal chef/hot mess on the sitcom Young & Hungry.
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Patricia Heaton
The actress played Ray’s wife Deb on Ray Romano’s Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Patricia Heaton
Heaton currently plays the main character Frankie on ABC sitcom The Middle, but that wasn’t her only post-Raymond sitcom role. She also appeared on the short-lived sitcom Back To You from 2007 to 2008.
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Neil Flynn
The former Scrubs star — maybe you remember him as the Janitor? — is now Heaton’s co-star.
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Neil Flynn
He’s currently starring opposite Heaton on The Middle as Frankie’s loving, if irritable, husband.
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Sarah Chalke
The actress put down her medical garb when Scrubs ended but not her sitcom dreams.
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Sarah Chalke
The actress starred on short-lived How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest of Your Life) and currently does voiceover work for Rick and Morty.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
It’s pretty impressive to be able to impress people in your future sitcom endeavors after leaving iconic sitcom Seinfeld, but this actress somehow managed to do just that.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Louis-Dreyfus currently stars on Showtime’s Veep and even scored an Emmy for her role. She’s also made appearances on sitcoms like 30 Rock and Arrested Development.
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Danny Masterson
Ashton Kutcher’s former That ’70s Show co-star is still all about the sitcoms.
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Danny Masterson
He’s currently starring on workplace comedy Men at Work.
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Kelsey Grammer
The actor starred on Cheers and spinoff Frasier (pictured above) as Dr. Frasier Crane, but he’s not done with sitcoms just yet.
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Kelsey Grammer
After starring on Showtime drama Boss, Grammer is back in the sitcom game opposite Martin Lawrence with lawyer comedy Partners.
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Portia de Rossi
The actress is the queen of cult sitcoms — she played self-absorbed Lindsay on Arrested Development and recently returned to the show for its Netflix-streamed Season 4.
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Portia de Rossi
The actress also starred on sitcom Better Off Ted which was cancelled after just 26 episodes despite its loyal fan base.
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Will Arnett
Arnett played Lindsay’s brother and “illusionist” G.O.B. on the Fox series Arrested Development.
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Will Arnett
He moved from one crazy family to another with his role on sitcom The Millers.
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Charlie Sheen
Sheen starred on Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2011 before moving on to another sitcom.
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Charlie Sheen
After a major feud with Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, Sheen quit the show and (somewhat ironically) went on to star on FX’s Anger Management.
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