I know that guy [Archive]

The Condor

07-27-2013, 09:47 AM

Character actors; we all know them and appreciate a lot of their work. I came to realize the other day, however, that I only know some of them by a certain role and not by their names. For example, I always refer to Steve Jenkins, who has had a fairly distinguished career and an Oscar nomination, as "Dr. Doback" for his role in Stepbrothers. Another would be Clancy Brown, the voice of SpongeBob's Mr. Krabs and an accomplished actor, whom I know simply as "The Kurgan" for his work as the baddie in The Highlander.

Does anyone else have a guy in mind or do this as well?

Heisenberg

07-27-2013, 10:11 AM

Christopher Lambert was always Lord Raiden to me

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpnpsfMoLY1qd8t4mo1_500.gif

Rammsteinmad

07-27-2013, 11:32 AM

Jon McGinley... who nobody knows unless you say "Dr. Cox".

McLegend

07-27-2013, 12:17 PM

The Warden from Shawshank.

road doggy dogg

07-27-2013, 12:46 PM

Jon McGinley... who nobody knows unless you say "Dr. Cox".

I loooove Dr. Cox (LOVE DEM COX), McGinley was friggin' awesome in those Miller Lite commercials too as the "MTL" commissioner.

Triple Naitch

07-28-2013, 10:24 AM

Jason Biggs will always be Pie Fucker.

The Condor

07-28-2013, 12:23 PM

For classic TV buffs, Burt Mustin is a gimme.

Nowhere Man

07-28-2013, 09:18 PM

Clancy Brown is mine, but instead of the Kurgan, I only ever think of him as Lex Luthor.

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 12:20 AM

David Boreanez I always think of as Angel, and Nathan Fillion as Mal Reynolds. Even when I see them on their "new" long running successful shows, I am like "It's THOSE GUYS!"

The Condor

07-29-2013, 10:48 AM

I think Peter Stormare would definitely qualify. I keep coming up with new faces.

parkmania

07-29-2013, 03:35 PM

Christopher Lambert was always Lord Raiden to me

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpnpsfMoLY1qd8t4mo1_500.gif

Nah, Raiden was played by Connor McCleod.

Boondock Saint

07-29-2013, 03:55 PM

Check out the recent documentary "That Guy Who Was In That Thing"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402200/?ref_=sr_1

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 04:11 PM

I think Peter Stormare would definitely qualify. I keep coming up with new faces.
"The guy who fed Steve Buscemi into a woodchipper in Fargo"

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:32 PM

Can you guess his name without cheating?

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgwMzc5NzM1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMzA0ODk0._V1._SY314_CR4,0,214,314_.jpg

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:37 PM

or this guy?http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4827999601165375&pid=15.1

McLegend

07-29-2013, 05:41 PM

Matthew Frewer.

I know I spelled it wrong.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:42 PM

What about this guy?https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHlRyRzs4EitTX4a78ESMKdexKmDgqZQHideHJr032axrNKZjK

McLegend

07-29-2013, 05:44 PM

Geoffrey Jones...

Also spelled wrong

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:44 PM

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4849006263206487&pid=15.1&w=126&h=191&p=0

McLegend

07-29-2013, 05:45 PM

Can't name him.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:46 PM

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4910381349863606&pid=15.1

McLegend

07-29-2013, 05:47 PM

Aw shit he's in everything.

He even married Grandma Winslow. Son of a bitch.

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:50 PM

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4849006263206487&pid=15.1&w=126&h=191&p=0
He looks really familiar but I can't name him. Wasn't he the Secretary of Defense in Independence Day?

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:51 PM

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4641323174461548&pid=15.1

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:52 PM

He looks really familiar but I can't name him. Wasn't he the Secretary of Defense in Independence Day?

I feel like hes a corporate bureaucrat in every movie I see him in.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:52 PM

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4699897916623328&pid=15.1

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:52 PM

I know him, that's James Hong.

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:53 PM

Vincent Schiavelli, shame he's dead.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:53 PM

http://ts3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.4777782828075334&pid=15.1

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:54 PM

I know him, dunno his name though. Scary Black Convict #1 in The Dark Knight.

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 05:54 PM

What about this guy?https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHlRyRzs4EitTX4a78ESMKdexKmDgqZQHideHJr032axrNKZjK

Jasper Jones. The dude from Mom & Dad Saved the World

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:55 PM

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4930846871521566&pid=15.1

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:56 PM

Keith David!

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 05:56 PM

Kieth David

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:56 PM

http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4878091789600015&pid=15.1

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 05:56 PM

Destoyer wins because he spelled "Keith" right.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:57 PM

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4794735070152034&pid=15.1

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 05:58 PM

This sort of stuff tortures me when I watch TV shows and movies. I see someone, I recognise them and it really pisses me off if I can't work out where I know them from.

Just watched an old X-Files episode and it took me ages to realise that I knew someone in it as Don Draper's neighbour in the last season of Mad Men.

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 05:59 PM

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4629786879461048&pid=15.1

Should be an easy one

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 05:59 PM

http://remysstuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/leslie-nielsen-frank-drebin.jpg

Always think of as "Leslie Neilson", and not as his characters.

McLegend

07-29-2013, 05:59 PM

http://ts3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.4777782828075334&pid=15.1

I know his nickname is Tiny.

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:00 PM

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsG/tve6515-20051101-1836.jpg

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 06:01 PM

http://cdn.cnwimg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jesse-heiman.jpg

This fat kid who is an extra in EVERYTHING, who also is apparently not a kid, but like 35 years old.

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:01 PM

I like how this thread has gone from "Guy who you only know as one role" to "Guys who are in everything but nobody knows the name of"

Nice change of direction.

The Condor

07-29-2013, 06:01 PM

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4629786879461048&pid=15.1

Should be an easy one

Jack Palance

The Condor

07-29-2013, 06:02 PM

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsG/tve6515-20051101-1836.jpg

Henry Gibson?

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 06:02 PM

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 06:03 PM

I like how this thread has gone from "Guy who you only know as one role" to "Guys who are in everything but nobody knows the name of"

Nice change of direction.

Lasted longer than most TPWW threads

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 06:04 PM

True, unlike so many which promised so much and delivered so little.

The Condor

07-29-2013, 06:05 PM

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4849006263206487&pid=15.1&w=126&h=191&p=0

He was in Blank Check and Big Lake but I have no idea.

The Destroyer

07-29-2013, 06:07 PM

He was also in Homeland I think, but I really don't know his name.

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:13 PM

Ugh, I'm thinking of an actor who was always in stuff. Older guy, usually pretty grumpy. He was in an episode of a teen show from the 90's, probably Fresh Prince or Saved by the Bell, where he was in hospital and one of the characters were looking after him in one of those episodes where the whole cast somehow gets an intern job in a hospital. He died at the end of the episode I think. No idea how I can word it to search on google though. Got a feeling it's not Saved by the Bell though cause I'd most probably remember it better.

Lock Jaw

07-29-2013, 06:13 PM

Is that the neighbor guy from Honey, I Shrunk the Kid? I don't know his name, but I always think of him in that role whenever I see him. Which isn't a whole lot. He was on one episode of Star Trek: TNG, and the miniseries "Taken".

Referring to this one:
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4849006263206487&pid=15.1&w=126&h=191&p=0

McLegend

07-29-2013, 06:25 PM

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:28 PM

Never seen that.

Ugh it's annoying me now. Trying to think of what shows I used to watch and then type in "... hospital episode" into google, but I'm not finding the episode yet. Tried Saved by the Bell, sbtb: The New Class, Hang Time, USA High, Fresh Prince, Kenan and Kel. Can't really think of many others I watched that it could be. Gonna go crazy if I don't figure it out.

Tried reversing my search as well by looking for the actor but all I can think is that he was old, grumpy and in a bunch of stuff. Typed in stuff like "old grumpy actor from 90s" and "actors who were in everything in the 90s" but nothing yet. Going crazy.

CSL

07-29-2013, 06:39 PM

http://ts3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.4777782828075334&pid=15.1

he broke Hulk Hogan's neck but luckily the Hulkster recovered a few minutes later to really dish it out to The Million Dollar Man

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:40 PM

Oh fucking hell I think it was Jack Carter I was thinking of

http://photos.exposay.com/Jack_Carter/jack_carter_CJAkW.jpg

Remembered that he sang "What a Wonderful World" in the episode I was thinking of, so googled up times that had been used. Got lead to an episode of Saved by the Bell: The New Class.

CSL

07-29-2013, 06:41 PM

jesus, he already looks dead in that picture

Corporate CockSnogger

07-29-2013, 06:45 PM

Hm, apparently he's still going strong. 90 years old now.

JimmyMess

07-29-2013, 06:50 PM

http://remysstuff.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/leslie-nielsen-frank-drebin.jpg

Always think of as "Leslie Neilson", and not as his characters.

I watched Murder She Wrote as a kid (YEAH!) and he had a couple of guest roles on the show... anyways it was on randomly when I was older and I caught the eps with him on them... and he's totally playing his role straight, but I was dying laughing, couldn't handle him.

Incredible.

That's my story.

Anwyays.

http://dickmiller.net/images/Dick%20Miller%20Medium%20Single.jpg

parkmania

07-29-2013, 06:50 PM

or this guy?http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4827999601165375&pid=15.1

How recent is that? Max Headroom looks anorexic!

parkmania

07-29-2013, 07:03 PM

http://dickmiller.net/images/Dick%20Miller%20Medium%20Single.jpg

I cheated because I see him all the time and always think he's related to James Garner.

My turn:
http://showwatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dannytrejoKY042012.jpg

Frank Drebin

07-29-2013, 07:15 PM

Danny Trejo.

El Capitano Gatisto

07-29-2013, 11:26 PM

Jon McGinley... who nobody knows unless you say "Dr. Cox".

Sgt. Red O'Neill in Platoon, that's how I always thought of him until Scrubs caught on big. Tom Berenger's mate. Tom Berenger is always Tom Berenger.

whiteyford

07-30-2013, 04:31 AM

Or the fanny from Wall Street.

whiteyford

07-30-2013, 04:32 AM

I know his nickname is Tiny.

Tom "Tiny" Lister

Bad News Gertner

07-30-2013, 05:54 AM

First one who comes to mind is Mike Hagerty.

He's been is EVERYTHING: Friends, Married With Children, Curb Your Enthuiasm, The Wonder Years, Star Trek, Wayne World etc.... If you watched t.v during the 90's you've seen him in something.

Always remember him as the plumber who dies in "Martin", when Martin uses a plunger on his fat stomach.

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsH/tve24081-19951005-444.jpg

Curtis Anderson

07-30-2013, 06:03 AM

Umm that's John Candy. He was in a lot during the 90s.

road doggy dogg

07-30-2013, 08:18 AM

Uhh except it's not John Candy.

Bad News Gertner

07-30-2013, 10:32 AM

Ed O'Neill will always be Al Bundy

Emperor Smeat

07-30-2013, 12:48 PM

For a long time used to think of John McClain every time Bruce Willis showed up in a movie.

Lock Jaw

07-30-2013, 12:50 PM

Only in movies where he still has hair, though. When he doesn't have hair, I just think of him as "Bruce Willis". Dunno why.

parkmania

07-31-2013, 12:37 AM

The Condor

07-31-2013, 12:07 PM

The name Wallace Shawn means nothing. The word "inconceivable" means everything.

parkmania

07-31-2013, 12:28 PM

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/clint-howard-cinderella-man-los-angeles-premiere-red-carpet-a9BxDW.jpg

JimmyMess

07-31-2013, 03:07 PM

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/clint-howard-cinderella-man-los-angeles-premiere-red-carpet-a9BxDW.jpg

YOU GAVE ME DOLL HAIR!

I love Clint Howard.

Anyways.

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1995_Clueless/995CLS_Dan_Hedaya_001.jpg

Bad News Gertner

07-31-2013, 11:37 PM

All this talk of Bruce Willis made me think of the show "Moonlighting" which sent me on to this guy:

http://content8.flixster.com/photo/53/85/08/5385086_ori.jpg

FUN FACT: This guy is currently the voice of Dan on the cartoon Dan Vs.

Lol isn't that Booger from Revenge of the Nerds?

Sixx

08-02-2013, 10:42 AM

YOU GAVE ME DOLL HAIR!

I love Clint Howard.

Anyways.

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1995_Clueless/995CLS_Dan_Hedaya_001.jpg

This is someone's dad from "Yes, Dear".

Like one of the wives or something.

The Condor

08-02-2013, 10:49 AM

He was the asshole neighbor in the Addams Family too. Didn't he play Richard Nixon in a movie, too?

JimmyMess

08-05-2013, 11:12 AM

Dark-Slicer Diago

08-06-2013, 08:07 AM

http://ts3.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.4777782828075334&pid=15.1
Tommy Lister Jones Jr.

He was also Adam Sandlers brother Cassius in Little Nicky.

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1995_Clueless/995CLS_Dan_Hedaya_001.jpg
Dan Hedaya

The dad from the Clueless movie as well as Will Farrell and Chris Kattans dad in A Night At The Roxberry.