Famous actors you've never heard of [Archive]

PapaBear

07-17-2006, 06:20 PM

I saw the name Charles Napier on a credit and looked him up.<img height="276" src="http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/napier/napier_1.jpg" width="200" border="0" />I've seen this guy in so many damn movies and TV shows (he has 177 credits on imdb), but I never knew who the hell he was.What actors and actresses have been in a shitload of movies/shows, that few people can actually name?

fezident

07-17-2006, 06:32 PM

I always see "John Rhys Meyers" or something like that in the credits.  I don't know who that is.     Also, every NY area traffic report mentions "the inbound-outbound Gowanas".   I have no f'cking clue where that road is or where it leads.

CuzBum

07-17-2006, 06:36 PM

D-Day from Animal House is in a ton of shit.

tele7

07-17-2006, 06:38 PM

This guy.<img src="http://a.abc.com/primetime/alias/images/profiles/bio_garber.jpg" border="0" />Jonathan Hyde.  

This message was edited by telecaster7 on 7-17-06 @ 10:41 PM

CuzBum

07-17-2006, 07:01 PM

I absolutely love this guy's acting, he can make a movie for me.<img src="http://ronfcehp.free.fr/hpcoupedefeu/nouveauxacteurs/brendangleeson/gleeson3.jpg" border="0" />Brendan Gleeson

Judge Smails

07-17-2006, 07:33 PM

Wallace Shawn:<img src="http://www.pen-ne.org/insidestory/images/w_shawn.jpg" border="0" />I was watching Desperate Houswives with the chick yesterday and Wallace Shawn was on it.  I just looked him up on IMDB and it's INCONCEIVABLE how much good stuff he's been in.

BrownTown

07-17-2006, 08:36 PM

fezident wrote: Also, every NY area traffic report mentions "the inbound-outbound Gowanas". I have no f'cking clue where that road is or where it leads.  Interstate 278 between the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and the Verrazano Bridge is the Gowanus Expressway. I278 east of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel has the more popular name of the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway.

PapaBear

07-17-2006, 09:27 PM

judge_smails wrote: Wallace Shawn:<img src="http://www.pen-ne.org/insidestory/images/w_shawn.jpg" border="0" />I was watching Desperate Houswives with the chick yesterday and Wallace Shawn was on it.  I just looked him up on IMDB and it's INCONCEIVABLE how much good stuff he's been in. Excellent choice. That guy rules.

barjockey

07-17-2006, 09:59 PM

<img height="134" src="http://www.cathuria.com/bcd/LastSecretAgent.jpg" width="180" border="0" />this guy used to crack me up

tele7

07-17-2006, 10:06 PM

barjockey wrote: <img height="134" src="http://www.cathuria.com/bcd/LastSecretAgent.jpg" width="180" border="0" />this guy used to crack me up Damn!  He was in the movie "Skateboard" from the 70's.  He was the manager of the skateboard team.  Perfect.

EliSnow

07-18-2006, 05:33 AM

PapaBear wrote: I saw the name Charles Napier on a credit and looked him up.<img height="276" src="http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/napier/napier_1.jpg" width="200" border="0" />I've seen this guy in so many damn movies and TV shows (he has 177 credits on imdb), but I never knew who the hell he was.What actors and actresses have been in a shitload of movies/shows, that few people can actually name?I believe that for awhile (I think until he died), he was in every Jonathan Demme movie.  For instance, in Philadelphia he was the judge.  In Silence of the Lambs, he was one of the guards killed by Lector.

EliSnow

07-18-2006, 05:39 AM

telecaster7 wrote: This guy.<img src="http://a.abc.com/primetime/alias/images/profiles/bio_garber.jpg" border="0" />Jonathan Hyde.  This message was edited by telecaster7 on 7-17-06 @ 10:41 PM That's Victor Garber from Alias:  <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001255/">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001255/</a>This is Jonathan Hyde:<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/brucepic.gif" border="0" />Both were in Titanic, and in IMDB were listed right next to each other, which is how you may have been confused.

EliSnow

07-18-2006, 05:46 AM

For awhile, I made a hobby out of recognizing and knowing the names of character actors who appear in a lot of stuff.  It was very helpful in playing a variation of the Kevin Bacon game (link any two actors in six movies or less) when I would be out drinking with buddies.   My favorite character actor is Michael Ironside:<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/Ironside.jpg" border="0" />

torker

07-18-2006, 01:42 PM

<img height="102" src="http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/photos/jcromwll.jpg" width="101" border="0" />       vs              <img height="100" src="http://www.martin-scorsese.net/henancius/carlito/images/cast_rebhorn.jpg" width="90" border="0" /> James Cromwell                          James Rebhorn

TheQuestion

07-18-2006, 01:45 PM

Most confusing thread title ever.But I know exactly what you mean.Problem is, I have no idea how to look up people when I don't know their name.

Furtherman

07-18-2006, 01:52 PM

fezident wrote: I always see "John Rhys Meyers" or something like that in the credits.  I don't know who that is.Do you mean the great John Rhys-Davies?<img height="201" src="http://www.mrindianajones.com/images/mystery/davies.gif" width="126" border="0" /><img height="188" src="http://www.propworld.nu/bilder/Gimli_guest.jpg" width="174" border="0" /> or Jonathan Rhys-Meyers... an Irish actor.  He was in Mission Impossible III and Match Point.

XMRonFez

07-18-2006, 01:52 PM

judge_smails wrote: Wallace Shawn:<img src="http://www.pen-ne.org/insidestory/images/w_shawn.jpg" border="0" /> He was The Grand Nagus...  <img height="240" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Zek.jpg" width="168" border="0" />

XMRonFez

07-18-2006, 01:58 PM

Christopher McDonald... I found his name by searching for "Shooter McGavin"...<img height="206" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/McCormick22.jpg" width="155" border="0" />

fezident

07-18-2006, 02:50 PM

Furtherman wrote: fezident wrote: I always see "John Rhys Meyers" or something like that in the credits.  I don't know who that is.Do you mean the great John Rhys-Davies?<img height="201" src="http://www.mrindianajones.com/images/mystery/davies.gif" width="126" border="0" /><img height="188" src="http://www.propworld.nu/bilder/Gimli_guest.jpg" width="174" border="0" /> or Jonathan Rhys-Meyers... an Irish actor.  He was in Mission Impossible III and Match Point.GOD DAMN IT. Now I don't know who or what the hell I'm talking aboot.

PapaBear

07-18-2006, 07:47 PM

EliSnow wrote: PapaBear wrote: I saw the name Charles Napier on a credit and looked him up.<img height="276" src="http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/napier/napier_1.jpg" width="200" border="0" />I've seen this guy in so many damn movies and TV shows (he has 177 credits on imdb), but I never knew who the hell he was.What actors and actresses have been in a shitload of movies/shows, that few people can actually name?I believe that for awhile (I think until he died), he was in every Jonathan Demme movie.  For instance, in Philadelphia he was the judge.  In Silence of the Lambs, he was one of the guards killed by Lector.  I'm pretty sure he's still alive. And this will make Narc happy... he's been on the Simpsons 4 times.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" />

EliSnow

07-19-2006, 05:09 AM

PapaBear wrote: EliSnow wrote: PapaBear wrote: I saw the name Charles Napier on a credit and looked him up.<img height="276" src="http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/napier/napier_1.jpg" width="200" border="0" />I've seen this guy in so many damn movies and TV shows (he has 177 credits on imdb), but I never knew who the hell he was.What actors and actresses have been in a shitload of movies/shows, that few people can actually name?I believe that for awhile (I think until he died), he was in every Jonathan Demme movie.  For instance, in Philadelphia he was the judge.  In Silence of the Lambs, he was one of the guards killed by Lector.  I'm pretty sure he's still alive. And this will make Narc happy... he's been on the Simpsons 4 times.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" />Checked imdb.com.  It appears you are right, although I thought I heard he died.  A little another known fact about Mr. Napier:<blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px">Napier starred in one of the first widely shown films to contain full frontal male nudity: <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/title/tt0064160/">Cherry, Harry & Raquel!</a> (1970). It was such an event that "Variety", the Bible of Hollywood trade papers, contacted Napier's mother to find out her reaction to her son appearing in what was known in the exploitation industry as a "pickle shot."[/quote]

EliSnow

07-19-2006, 05:15 AM

Here's another character actor that I bet everyone has seen in some movie as a henchman or a thug:<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/EliSnow/rclare13a.jpg" border="0" />Al Leong

This message was edited by EliSnow on 7-19-06 @ 9:16 AM

Fallon

07-19-2006, 08:53 AM

Danny Trejo
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cougarjake13

07-19-2006, 01:51 PM

i'd love to tell you the name of my famous actor i've never heard of but i've never heard of him so i cant tell you his name<img height="100" src="http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetCougarJake13.jpg" width="300" border="0" />

dereckfishboy

07-19-2006, 02:10 PM

Fallon wrote: Danny Trejo
<img border="0" src="http://turalyon.free.fr/blog/Kingpin/danny_trejo.png" />   I loved playing as him in "Def Jam - Fight for New York"  for X-Box

badorties

07-19-2006, 03:12 PM

fezident wrote: Furtherman wrote: fezident wrote: I always see "John Rhys Meyers" or something like that in the credits.  I don't know who that is.Do you mean the great John Rhys-Davies?<img height="201" src="http://www.mrindianajones.com/images/mystery/davies.gif" width="126" border="0" /><img height="188" src="http://www.propworld.nu/bilder/Gimli_guest.jpg" width="174" border="0" /> or Jonathan Rhys-Meyers... an Irish actor.  He was in Mission Impossible III and Match Point.GOD DAMN IT. Now I don't know who or what the hell I'm talking aboot.<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001667/" target="_blank"><img height="176" src="http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/9e/180px-Jonathan_Rhys-Meyers.jpeg" width="180" border="3" /></a>he was the love interest coach in 'bend like beckham', played elvis in the big CBS miniseries last year and the real lucky bastard in 'match point' ... and as wee lad he assassinated the big fella in 'michael collins'

This message was edited by badorties on 7-19-06 @ 7:15 PM

flavopop

07-19-2006, 03:30 PM

Unfortunatley, Wallce Shawn is MUERTO...He died a year or two ago.  The guy was friggin brilliant.  INCONCEIVABLE.!!!<img src="http://www.pen-ne.org/insidestory/images/w_shawn.jpg" border="0" />RIP funnyman

flavopop

07-19-2006, 03:35 PM

OH SHIT..I was totally thinking of the wrong dude!  I STINK!  Sorry Wally?LIVE LONG FUNNYMAN!<img src="http://www.pen-ne.org/insidestory/images/w_shawn.jpg" border="0" />

tele7

07-19-2006, 04:11 PM

<img src="http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/22/valley_girl.jpg" border="0" />Elizabeth Dailyaka- Dottie from Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

PapaBear

07-19-2006, 05:13 PM

telecaster7 wrote: <img src="http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/22/valley_girl.jpg" border="0" />Elizabeth Dailyaka- Dottie from Pee Wee's Big Adventure.I've always been way hot for her. She was also in Valley Girl in panties and a bra.*edit* Still looking pretty damn good at 44...<img height="450" src="http://images.zap2it.com/20050930/ewparty05/050_elizabethdaily_ewparty05.jpg" width="300" border="0" />

This message was edited by PapaBear on 7-20-06 @ 12:55 AM

WhistlePig

07-19-2006, 07:03 PM

How about Sam Rockwell? He's been in a few "bigger" movies like Confessions of a
Dangerous Mind but has been in a shitload of small independents like Lawn Dogs
and Box of Moonlight.

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SinA

07-19-2006, 08:47 PM

M. Emmet Walsh<img height="200" src="http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/3754/po.21311.jpg" width="150" border="0" />amazing <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001826/" target="_blank">career</a>, almost always as a bit part

cougarjake13

07-22-2006, 02:44 PM

sven ole thorsen<a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0861752/">http://imdb.com/name/nm0861752/</a>he was in a lot of arnold swarzanegger's movies like both conans , collateral damage, end of days, eraser, last action hero, twins, red heat, running man, predator, raw dealactually when you think about it he owes his career to arnoldsome movies not with arnold include lethal weapon, lw3, hunt for red october, gladiatornever was the main guy in any movie but he has carved out a nice niche for himself<img height="200" src="http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/48613/po.81313.jpg" width="150" border="0" />

EliSnow

07-22-2006, 04:55 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: sven ole thorsen<a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0861752/">http://imdb.com/name/nm0861752/</a>he was in a lot of arnold swarzanegger's movies like both conans , collateral damage, end of days, eraser, last action hero, twins, red heat, running man, predator, raw dealactually when you think about it he owes his career to arnoldsome movies not with arnold include lethal weapon, lw3, hunt for red october, gladiatornever was the main guy in any movie but he has carved out a nice niche for himself<img height="200" src="http://gfx.filmweb.pl/p/48613/po.81313.jpg" width="150" border="0" />On another message board I used to post at, Sven (and Al Leong) were two actors we talked about a lot as "Movie Jobbers."   They were in a lot of movies playing the evil henchman that always were killed by the main hero, whether it be Arnold, Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson or whomever was the star of the movie.  They did the job, and for that, they will be remembered.

Ogre

07-22-2006, 05:50 PM

<img height="139" src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/62/81/88m.jpg" width="100" border="0" />John Vernon.  AKA Dean Vernon Wormer of Faber College,  also The Mayor in the original Dirty Harry Movie.  He's done TV from the 1960s to today.  According to IMDB he also was the voice of Big Brother in the 1956 release of 1984.  Lots of animation voice over to his credit as well.  185 filmography entries unfuckinbelievable. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006893/" target="_self"> here</a>

This message was edited by Ogre on 7-22-06 @ 9:51 PM

FreshJ

07-22-2006, 05:59 PM

<img width="100" height="132" border="0" src="http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/77/18/00/10m.jpg" />Ethan Suplee, while he may be more famous now, about a year ago no one knew he exisited.

newport king

07-22-2006, 06:34 PM

<img height="219" src="http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e27/nixter187/zabka.jpg" width="202" border="0" />billy zabka

FMJeff

07-22-2006, 09:09 PM

<img height="232" src="http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/030307/181224__reilly_l.jpg" width="192" border="0" />John C Reillyhe's in everything, nobody knows who he is.

tele7

07-22-2006, 11:47 PM

FMJeff wrote: <img height="232" src="http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/030307/181224__reilly_l.jpg" width="192" border="0" />John C Reillyhe's in everything, nobody knows who he is.John C Reilly.  The drum intro.  The single screaming guitar note.  The song.  The vocals.  The lyrics.  The dancing.  Michael Penn.  <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3C9Bng7NPPY&search=boogie%20nights">http://youtube.com/watch?v=3C9Bng7NPPY&search=boogie%20nights</a>