Happy 9-02-10 Day: Celebs Who Got Their Start On '90210'

By Maggie Coughlan Posted Sep 2nd 2010 12:01AM

If you grew up in the '90s and you owned a television, it's safe to say that to you, '90210' is more than just a zip code.

While the show itself was a 10-year-running TV institution that launched the careers of Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Luke Perry, Ian Ziering and Tori Spelling, West Beverly High was also home to endless cameos by then-lesser-known actors.

Little did the producers of '90210' know that while casting these minor roles, they were helping create stars in Ryan Seacrest, Matthew Perry, Seth Green, Hilary Swank, Jessica Alba and countless others!

In honor of today's date, 9/02/10, join PopEater in paying tribute to a classic. See which celebs got their start on '90210' after the jump!

Do you believe in destiny? Apparently, the creative minds behind '90210' did. In this clip, Ryan Seacrest plays the host of a dating show.

Long before 'Friends,' Matthew Perry put his teal shorts on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us, to play an overachieving tennis star and subject of an explosive investigatory Brandon Walsh interview.

David Arquette plays Dennis, a short-lived character with a history of domestic abuse and a love for leather.

Brenda and Kelly swoon over every last detail before their blind dates with supposed Princeton students. Turns out the Princeton School in Encino, CA, is known for "making boys into men" and Seth Green into an adorable nerd.

The clip may be in Italian, but there's no denying that the waitress at the '90210' version of the Olive Garden is most definitely Hilary Swank.

Long before the birth of daughter Honor, Jessica Alba played a homophobic young mother who rethinks her decision to give her child up for adoption.

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Thursday 02 September

By Raejean

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And the careers are over!

By heatonr6

i couldnt agree more

By Rock

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I believe Dwight Schrute should have been a contestant and could have won hands down and in doing so taught the world the newest dance craze, "The Scranton Shuffle".Question, Schrute's favorite song to dance to?, "BEET IT".

By icdou007

Smart AOL I never thought of the date like that. Fun! That show was great. I watched from the beginning to the end. I love to see the old ones and the old clothes and music. Good times!

By max

um its saids to vote for who u think will win ....ok wheres brandy ?

By lipanconjuring

Tori Spelling looks more like a horse even after all the surgeries.

By Doctor

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ZIP CODE? IF IT WERE A ZIP CODE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED NINE ZERO TWO ONE ZERO. "O" (pronounced owe) is a LETTER, "ZERO" IS A NUMBER. WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT?

By Klateu

Aaron Spelling must be a total Buffoon for not realizing the difference between "O" the letter, and ZERO the number.

By angelgirlriley19

Certain areas people interchange the zero for an O. My zip has a zero and people do the same thing here. It's not just him, plus nine zero two one zero doesn't sound as catchy

By Steve

Uhh IS THIS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE NEWS TODAY IS TODAYS DATE MATCHES THE FORMER TV SHOW 90210.. OMG GET LIVES PEOPLE REALLY!!!!!!

By madmax

Just stop hating on a show that you watched back in the day, every week, male or female! Zero, the letter "O" Spelling got the big bucks. Don't click on this if you could care less.

By teaalg

Forgot Brian Austin Green from the cast...who has turned into a nice specimen of a man :) Loved him on the Terminator tv show.

By John F.C. Taylor

Hey Doctor! Why the shouting? Or is your caps lock key busted? No need to shout even though you are correct in stating it's a five digit number and not a mix of digits and letters. Sort of like shouting about 2000 not being the start of the new millenium. You can be right, but most people aren't going to pay attention anyway.

Friday 03 September

I have my caps locks on because I cannot believe that they are making such a big deal about this when there are real problems going on in the world, 90210 ok WOW its just numbers its the date of September 2nd 2010.. whats so amazing about that haha

By exoticdoc2

You're cheating a being selective with the numbers. It is either 090210 or 9210 to be consistent.

By BG

I want to know what's happened to some we don't hear about like Garth & Jason Priestly. What are they up to now?

By Really??

Bristol Palin really?

By cl

Grey's father was a somewhat famas singer, dance on broadway. I thought she had some profesional training. Doesn
t tahat make it unfair, even if she is not as young as she use to be.

By gencott

You guys forgot Vivica A Fox(Sherice Ashe),Peter Krause(Jay Thurman),Natalia Cigliuti(Chloe Davis),Randy Spelling(Ryan Sanders),Jessica Collins(Jody Carlisle),Dean Cain(Rick),Rebecca Gayheart(Toni Marchette Mckay),Nicholle Tom(Sue Scanlon),Casper Van Dien(Griffin Stone),Sharon Case(Darla Diller),Kari Wuhrer(Ariel Hunter),John Hensley(Richard Ballen),Nicole Gorester(Jill Reiter),Heather McAdam(Sarah),Daniel Dae Kim(Dr. Sturla)and Robert David Hall(Teacher)

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