# Actors that will always be that one particular role for you, no matter what.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027 "2014-10-11T07:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027/101 "2014-10-19T19:23:20Z")

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> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> Sean Bean is always Boromir to me.
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> Ted Levine, however, is always Frank Holman, the small-time crook from _Crime Story_ in my book.

Sean Bean is Richard Sharpe. Now and forever.

Everyone in Band of Brothers will always be their character in BoB. Even those that went on to bigger roles. Doesnt matter.

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**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027/102 "2014-10-20T02:38:23Z")

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> [@Loopus](#):
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> It actually took me several episodes of _Nashville_ to notice that Deacon Claybourne was Chip Esten from _Whose Line_, but once I did I couldn’t un-notice it.

Yep…and that’s why he probably won’t be on the new Whose Line.

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**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027/103 "2014-10-22T16:30:37Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Although he was Capt. Archer on _Enterprise_ and was in _Men of a Certain Age_ and now _NCIS New Orleans_, Scott Bakula will always be Dr. Samuel Beckett from _Quantum Leap_ for me.

This. Every time I see Scott Bakula in another role, I just assume that Sam has leapt into them to fix something.

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**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-that-will-always-be-that-one-particular-role-for-you-no-matter-what/701027/104 "2014-10-22T22:39:36Z")

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No matter how many roles he plays, **Tom Hanks** will always be **Forrest Gump** to me

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