I know that guy
 

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?

Christopher Lambert was always Lord Raiden to me

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

The Warden from Shawshank.

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

Jason Biggs will always be Pie Fucker.

For classic TV buffs, Burt Mustin is a gimme.

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

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!"

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

Nah, Raiden was played by Connor McCleod.

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

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

"The guy who fed Steve Buscemi into a woodchipper in Fargo"

Can you guess his name without cheating?

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or this guy?http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48279...65375&pid=15.1

Matthew Frewer.


I know I spelled it wrong.

What about this guy?https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...HJr032axrNKZjK

Geoffrey Jones...

Also spelled wrong

Can't name him.

Aw shit he's in everything.

He even married Grandma Winslow. Son of a bitch.

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.

I know him, that's James Hong.

Vincent Schiavelli, shame he's dead.

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

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

Keith David!

Kieth David

Destoyer wins because he spelled "Keith" right.

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.

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Should be an easy one

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

I know his nickname is Tiny.

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

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.

Jack Palance

Henry Gibson?

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Lasted longer than most TPWW threads

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

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

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

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.

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:
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Growing Pains had a very similar episode to what you are describing. It was when Chrissy was born.

I don't what that's guy name is though.

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.

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

http://photos.exposay.com/Jack_Carte...rter_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.

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

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.

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How recent is that? Max Headroom looks anorexic!

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


My turn:
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Danny Trejo.

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.

Or the fanny from Wall Street.

Tom "Tiny" Lister

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.


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

Uhh except it's not John Candy.

Ed O'Neill will always be Al Bundy

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

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.

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

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

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

YOU GAVE ME DOLL HAIR!

I love Clint Howard.


Anyways.

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

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

Like one of the wives or something.

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

Wasn't he a teacher in a movie who kept getting peas thrown at him? or was paranoid about peas being thrown at him?

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Tommy Lister Jones Jr.

He was also Adam Sandlers brother Cassius in Little Nicky.

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Dan Hedaya

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