I was posting something else and thought of another actor who is a perfect candidate for this thread.
Ian McDiarmid
He had a pretty major role in the Star Wars saga (was anybody else in five of the movies?) and I don’t remember seeing him in anything else. IMDb lists quite a few roles for him. The only one I’m sure I’ve seen is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, but obviously he didn’t make much of an impression.
I remember him being in that movie – i recognized the name on the credits, and wanted to see what he looked like without the makeup. But I only recognized him by the weird name.
And, of course, he wasn’t originally in Empire Strikes Back. he got a back-door pass into the Special Edition.
I like BBT as an actor. And I really like Sling Blade the movie (and the character). It’s just that regardless of how many times I see the movie, I can’t see Billy Bob Thornton. If Sling Blade the character were to walk into my office right now, I wouldn’t recognize him as BBT.
You’re one of those people! Welcome to the same group that both my parents fall in. Apparently, they live next door to the guy, and think that southern accent is amazing.
I think I may have mentioned this in a thread about a year ago, but after my wife and I watched the “John Adams” HBO miniseries on DVD, I went to IMDB to look up Stephen Dillane, who played Thomas Jefferson in the series, because I thought he did a fantastic job. It looks like he has a pretty extensive resume, but nothing I recognized or would have seen him in before.