We love when we see our favorite actors in roles we knew before we knew them. It's so fun to go back and watch old movies and television shows with new eyes, like when reruns of Roseanne are on and we all realized that our beloved Leonard from The Big Bang Theory was also the boy of our teenage dreams, David.
That probably wasn't the first thing you ever saw actor Johnny Galecki in, though!
That's why so many actors and actresses have some pretty embarrassing early credits on their IMDb pages or show up in some pretty silly commercials!
Sometimes, though, those early roles are actually really cool.
After starring in one of the world's most popular sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory, for 12 seasons, I would sure hope so!
That's why this year when we all sat down and broke out the Christmas movie collection on December 1, so many of us had our eyes drawn to one character in particular.
Most notably was his appearance on Roseanne as David Healy, Darlene's adorable boyfriend.
Side note: Did you ever notice how many former Roseanne stars were on Big Bang? Darlene and Jackie also both made appearances as Leslie Winkle and Mary Cooper!
That's right — Johnny met his unfortunate and tragic end at the hands of The Fisherman in the 1997 horror classic as Max!
But he was in something you've definitely seen, way before that.
Russ was the adorable son and youngest child of the Griswold family in the iconic Christmas flick, but fans have just realized that this adorable little kid and Leonard Hofstadter are one and the same!
"Every year I am reminded that Johnny Galecki is in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation before I promptly forget only to say "Hey, that's Leonard!" the first time I see him on screen," shared one fan.
It's also hard to recognize him as a child, but I really think if Russ had some big dark frames we would've realized this whole thing a lot sooner.
The Griswold children were played by different actors in most of the movies!
Luckily, Johnny got to be in what I consider to be the best one.
Unless of course you're more eagle-eyed than the rest of us and already knew that it was Johnny in the part.
Was this a new revelation to you, or did you always know? Let us know in the comments below!
