18 Times Celebrities Knew Each Other From High School
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Going to your high school reunion can be a real gamble. Sure, you may not be happy with your life, but there will always be someone who just plain didn’t accomplish as much as you did or ever will. Yet still somehow, he gets more respect because he caught the winning pass at the Homecoming Game a decade ago, even though you now own a house and he still lives in his cousin Mark’s basement. I mean, come on now.
Then there are the people from your school who “made it.” These folks from your alma mater are famous celebrities now. It’s usually one, but imagine if there were two celebs not only from your school, but they literally passed each other in the halls at the same time! It’s happened.
Here are some of the few celebrities that knew each other from school before they went on to do great/entertaining things.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck While attending Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, they became lifelong friends when Affleck defended Damon during a fight. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/3/854663.jpg)
Source: Team Coco/YouTube
Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes Both rappers attended Eli Whitney High School at the same time, and had a rap battle in the lunchroom. Jay-Z says he won. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/6/854676.jpg)
Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live (via YouTube)
Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman Both Aussies met at North Sydney Girls' High School, back in their home country. Watts dated Kidman's brother for a short while. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/8/854678.jpg)
Source: The Early Show (via YouTube)
Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett-Smith
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Tupac Shakur and Jada Pinkett-Smith The actor and the hip-hop star became lifelong friends at the Baltimore School of the Arts. Pinkett-Smith wrote a poem to honor Shakur on what would have been his 50th birthday. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/4/854674.jpg)
Source: Los Angeles Times
Jeremy Piven and John Cusack
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Jeremy Piven and John Cusack They became close friends at Evanston Township High School. Sadly, the two drifted apart as their careers went in different directions CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/7/854677.jpg)
Source: Scubby
Neil Patrick Harris and Freddie Prinze Jr.
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Neil Patrick Harris and Freddie Prinze Jr. When Curtis arrived as a freshman at Beverly Hills High School, Princess/General Leia was starting her junior year. ACADEMY OF TELEVISIO ARTS & SCIEN CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/0/854680.jpg)
Source: BuzzFeed
Hal Sparks and Rainn Wilson
![Celebrities who were high school buddies FO OX Hal Sparks and Rainn Wilson The actor and the stand-up comic turned actor both attended New Trier High School in Illinois. Wilson has even spoken at past high school graduations as an alumnus. Ford CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/1/854671.jpg)
Source: Scubby
Rami Malek and Rachel Bilson
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Media Rami Malek and Rachel Bilson The two were theater kids at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA, and became friends during a school production of The Crucible. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/4/854664.jpg)
Source: BuzzFeed
Adam Levine and Jonah Hill
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Adam Levine and Jonah Hill Both carpooled together to Brentwood School and stayed at each other's homes. They've remained close, and Hill even officiated Levine's wedding. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/8/854668.jpg)
Sources: Howard Stern/SoundCloud, Insider
John Krasinski and B. J. Novak
![Celebrities who were high school buddies John Krasinski and B. J. Novak They Newton South High School together, and even played on the same little league team! It's got to be odd to not only come from the same place but also work on the same show, The Office. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/5/854665.jpg)
Source: Boston.com
Kevin James and Mick Foley
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Kevin James and Mick Foley The comedian and the pro wrestler competed on the wrestling team at Ward Melville High School. And guess what - James was better at it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/0/854670.jpg)
Sources: Pro Wrestling Stories/Twitter, eWrestlingNews
Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Lauryn Hill and Zach Braff The two attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey at the same time, and according to Braff, Hill attended his bar mitzvah. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/2/854672.jpg)
Source: Showbiz CheatSheet
Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston The two were a part of Eton College's theater department. At a school play, Hiddleston played the front right leg of an elephant Redmayne's character was riding on. G THE WAY OME CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/6/854666.jpg)
Source: BBC/YouTube
Josh Hartnett and Rachel Leigh Cook
![Celebrities who were high school buddies W Josh Hartnett and Rachel Leigh Cook Before taking over several teen movies in the 2000s, Hartnett and Cook went to South High School in Minneapolis. Cook admits that she had a small crush on Hartnett at the time. В С BROADSW digital cinema m EVENT но LMS CE CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/3/854673.jpg)
Source: People
Nicolas Cage and Gina Gershon (feat. Lenny Kravitz)
![Celebrities who were high school buddies of Nicolas Cage and Gina Gershon (feat. Lenny Kravitz) Gershon and Cage were together in a school production of Oklahoma - while Kravitz was playing drums in the pit. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/9/854679.jpg)
Zendaya and Gabby Douglas
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Zendaya and Gabby Douglas The actor and the gymnast were both in the Class of 2015 at Oak Park Independent School. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/7/854667.jpg)
Source: E! Online
Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg They had some friends in common at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School, where Diaz was on the cheerleading squad. Snoop says he never asked her out because she was younger than him. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/9/854669.jpg)
Source: Yahoo Entertainment
Carrie Fisher and Jamie Lee Curtis
![Celebrities who were high school buddies Carrie Fisher and Jamie Lee Curtis When Curtis arrived as a freshman at Beverly Hills High School, Princess/General Leia was starting her junior year. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/5/854675.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter