40 Celebs Who Were Friends Before They Became Famous

40 Celebs Who Were Friends Before They Became Famous

Some friends start businesses together. Some friends start bands together. And some friends go the whole nine yards and get famous together. And we’re not talking mildly famous—we’re talking magazine-cover, Dolby Theater regular, household name famous.

DiCaprio and Maguire. Apatow and Sandler. Kidman and Watts. As it so happens, a whole lot of the Hollywood star-power friendships you know and love fomented in the fires of pre-fame youth. Herein, we’ve rounded up some most long-lasting friendships of the red carpet crowd.

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney

If you’ve seen Big Mouth or heard of Saturday Night Live, then you’re probably familiar with John Mulaney and Nick Kroll. But what you might not know is that before these two could take the comedy world by storm, they first had to conquer the Georgetown improv scene via the Georgetown Players Improv Group—and it was this college experience that helped both Mulaney and Kroll to become the famous funny men they are today.