13 surprising roles Noah Centineo had before becoming a Netflix rom-com star
Samantha Sutton
- Noah Centineo is best-known for his roles in Netflix's original rom-coms like "To All The Boys I've Loved Before" and "The Perfect Date."
- The young actor has also been on a lot of TV shows and in movies over the past few years.
- He had a leading role on Freeform's "The Fosters" and he was also on Disney's "Jessie."
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Throughout 2018 and 2019, Noah Centineo's career seemed to quickly blossom.
The actor had scored leading roles in a bunch of Netflix's original rom-coms, including "To All The Boys I've Loved Before," "The Perfect Date," and "Sierra Burgess Is a Loser."
Recently, he appeared in the long-awaited "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" sequel, "P.S. I Love You."
And although he's now on his way to becoming a household name, Centineo has actually been acting since 2009.
Here are some of Centineo's little-known past projects, which had him flying just under the radar before his big break.
Read the original article on InsiderCentineo had one of his biggest roles on Freeform's "The Fosters."
This is still one of Noah's biggest parts to date and it lasted from 2015 to 2018.
But not everyone may have realized that Jesus Adams Foster was Centineo, or that he later reprised this role on the spinoff "Good Trouble."
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Centineo starred in "SPF-18" (2017), a coming-of-age story when he was 21 years old.
He played the popular surfer boy, Johnny Sanders Jr. in this coming-of-age film, which fans can currently stream on Netflix.
When he was 21, Centineo had a nine-episode arc on "T@gged."
Go90 definitely has some sleeper hits, and Centineo's nine-episode stint on this thriller — which, in short, is about by the dangers of social media — had him playing a tutor named Hawk.
In 2014, an 18-year-old Centineo appeared on one episode of "See Dad Run."
Centineo popped up for one episode in this Nick at Nite show. He played someone that the main character's daughter was crushing on.
Centineo makes a scandalous appearance on "Newsreaders" at 18.
Fans of this Adult Swim comedy might recognize Noah as one of the high-school kids being interviewed on the episode "F-Dancing, Are You Decent?"
His character gets into a scandalous new dance trend.
Centineo starred in the Disney Channel movie "How to Build a Better Boy" (2014) at 18.
Centineo isn't the "better boy" in this Disney Channel Original Movie. Instead, he plays the jock that the main character crushes on (before she and her friend decide to, uh, build a better boy).
When he was 18 years old, Centineo played a jerk on "Jessie."
Making yet another cameo on a Disney show, Centineo played the jerk Rick Larkin on the episode "Hoedown Showdown."
Centineo had a very small cameo on Disney's "Shake It Up" when he was 17.
In 2013, Centineo appeared at the very, very end of the episode "Psych It Up," as a potential love interest for CeCe (played by Bella Thorne).
While on the show, he held an adorable dog named Taco.
Centineo played Blaine Hotman on Nickelodeon's "Marvin Marvin" at 17.
On this family-friendly show, Centineo played Blaine Hotman — who is a far cry from Peter Kavinsky.
Blaine Hotman was completely self-centered and makes fun of Marvin (an alien posing as a teenager). He also gets covered in a drink during his time on the show.
Centineo co-starred in "Can't Take It Back" (2017) when he was 17.
Centineo was a secondary character in this Shudder film, which is all about cyber-bullying and ghosts. It also stars YouTuber Logan Paul.
When he was 15, he guest-starred on "Austin & Ally."
He appeared on the Disney Channel series in 2011 and 2012 and he played Ally's crush Dallas, the guy who works at the cell-phone-accessories kiosk.
Centineo starred in "Turkles" (2011), a low-budget comedy, when he was 15.
Early on in his career, Noah starred in this low-budget comedy about a group of kids on a mission to find out who has been stealing (or, rather, poaching) sea-turtle eggs.
The trailer alone is worth a watch.
Centineo's first role was in "The Gold Retrievers" (2009) when he was 11 years old.
"The Golden Retrievers" is a kids movie about a boy (plus his dog and "the new girl") who's hoping to help his financially-struggling family by finding a hidden treasure.
Centineo was the lead in the film and he starred alongside Steve Guttenberg and Billy Zane
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