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12 celebrities you didn't know were teachers before they became famous

Talia LakritzAug 12, 2022, 19:13 IST

Mayim Bialik and Gene Simmons both once worked as teachers.Casey Durkin/ABC via Getty Images ; Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images

Hugh Jackman worked as a gym teacher, and ran into a former student on the red carpet.
Mayim Bialik taught neuroscience classes before playing a neuroscientist on "The Big Bang Theory."

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Hugh Jackman worked as a gym teacher in 1987.

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Liam Neeson, who taught at St Mary's College in Fenham, England, told ESPN he once punched a student who brandished a knife at him.

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Sheryl Crow was a music teacher before she became a famous singer.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda taught seventh-grade English class while writing his first Broadway musical "In The Heights."

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Jesse Williams taught a variety of grades before making it big on "Grey's Anatomy."

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Sting taught at St Paul's First School in Cramlington, England, in the 1970s.

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Former child star Mayim Bialik taught college-level biology, chemistry and neuroscience classes before returning to acting in "The Big Bang Theory."

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Billy Crystal worked as a substitute teacher at his old Long Island middle school.

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Gene Simmons of KISS was once a sixth grade general studies teacher in New York City.

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Before writing hits like "Killing Me Softly," Roberta Flack taught English literature in Farmville, North Carolina.

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Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend once taught in a Brooklyn middle school as part of Teach for America.

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Jon Hamm told NBC's "Sunday Today" show in 2017 that he "might still" go back to teaching instead of acting.

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