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Old 04-20-2012, 10:58 AM
Zeldar Zeldar is offline
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That Guy -- Updated with photos

Just for something to do, look over the photos in this list and do a count on:

a) those whose faces you recognize
b) those whose names you know
c) roles you have seen them do

If you have similar list(s) of That Guy types, post a link to it/them.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:20 AM
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Interesting list. I knew 10 by name and face, 8 just face.

I don't think Walton Goggins (Justified) and Danny Trejo (way too many to remember) belong on there anymore.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:41 AM
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I knew 7-8 by face, 5-6 by name. I think Michael Rapaport shouldn't be on the list either.

Since I don't watch cable TV my chance of recognizing the majority of those actors is almost zero.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:23 AM
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I didn't keep track of the actual #'s but I knew by face or name at last half of those, maybe more. It pays to watch a lot of cable dramas.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:31 AM
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I didn't keep track of the actual #'s but I knew by face or name at last half of those, maybe more. It pays to watch a lot of cable dramas.
Amen to that! HBO and FX especially.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:26 AM
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I recognised the British actors, Mikkelsen, and Trejo, but not the others.
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Old 04-20-2012, 12:19 PM
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Meh. That's not a terribly obscure list. I recognized quite a few of them:

Mads Mikkelsen - the bad guy from Casino Royale
David Thewlis - Lupin in the Harry Potter movies
Tom Hulce - Pinto in Animal House, title role in Amadeus
Walton Goggins - semi-bad guy in Justified
Clancy Brown - costar of Buckaroo Banzai; does the voice for Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob
Jason Isaacs - Tavington in The Patriot, Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter, detective on Awake
Brad Dourif - Wormtongue in The Two Towers, shipboard serial killer on Star Trek: Voyager
Danny Trejo - gruff-but-lovable uncle in Spy Kids movies (Yes, I know he's done other stuff, but I haven't seen it)
Michael Rapaport - recurring role on My Name is Earl (ditto)
David Wenham - Faramir in LOTR movies
Stephen McHattie - Hollis in Watchmen

J.T. Walsh was notoriously That Guy (I remember him best from Outbreak): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.T._Walsh

And see this: http://www.fametracker.com/hey_its_that_guy/

James Rebhorn also falls into That Guy territory for me - he's been in a lot of stuff (for me, most notably in The Game): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rebhorn

And Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple, Blade Runner): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Emmet_Walsh

And Stephen Tobolowsky (classic role as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/

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Old 04-20-2012, 12:23 PM
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Great stuff, Elendil's Heir! Especially that link to the Big List!
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Old 04-20-2012, 12:27 PM
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I'm better at recognizing people by face, so I knew...
That guy from Sons of Anarchy (Mark Boone Junior)
That guy from King Of The Hill...and 75 other things (Danny Trejo)
That guy from The War at Home...and Friends (Michael Rappaport)
That guy from The Walking Dead (Norman Reedus)
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Old 04-20-2012, 12:35 PM
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I would never have recognized Chris Eccleston with his beard, nor Vinnie Jones from that much too close-up pic.
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