That's probably the best acting I've ever seen from Keanu Reeves.

Sorry, Matthew Fox starred in Party of Five... WAY... before Lost.

Carey's Grinch??? WTF??? NO one knew Carey before the Grinch role???

Misleading title from the original "These Rare Celebrity Audition Tapes Are Pretty Awesome" title.

Yes, count me in the list of people bumped by the inaccurate title. Several of those were auditions for actors when they were already well-known and some of those people never became stars.

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And Hugh Laurie before House. He'd become a star about 30 years before.

No kidding. The audition is notable because he nailed the American accent so well that the director forgot/didn't realize that it was Hugh Laurie, but he was quite well known before that. In fact he was on location filming a movie, and he apologises as that being the reason for his haggard appearance. Another happy coincidence, as they decided such a look was great for House.