Gallery: Before They Were Famous: Your Fave Comic's First Movie Roles

It’s bittersweet when you reminisce on big stars’ humble beginnings in film.  When we look back at our favorite comedians' first movie roles, we remember all the reasons we fell in love with them in the first place.

Before they were household names, they were just comics trying to get on. But from these first roles, we could see why they were, as Martin would say, “about to blow uuuuuup!”

Remember the first movies Mike Epps were in that caught our eye? Yeah, he was in "Bait" and "3 Strikes," but we first took note of Mike in "Next Friday," when we were introduced to Craig's baby mama-dodging cousin Day Day who had us cracking up for most of the movie.

Now just imagine how it was when you first caught Eddie Murphy or Damon Wayans' on the scene? There's something nostalgic about looking back on our favorite comedians' first movie roles.

So let’s take this trip down memory lane together, shall we?