# Actors you will always associate with one role **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146 "2013-02-02T21:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/21 "2013-02-03T03:29:04Z")
Richard Belzer as John Munch Georgia Engle as Mrs. Tottendale from **The Drowsy Chaperone** (you asked who _I_ associated with a role) Yul Brynner – the King of Siam Cathy Rigby – Peter Pan Don Adams – Maxwell Smart ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/22 "2013-02-03T03:32:01Z")
Because I saw **Star Wars** when I was young, as far as I was concerned Mark Hamill was really Luke Skywalker. If I saw him in anything else, it was just Luke, and unfortunately I always thought Luke was a lousy actor - he should have stuck with his Jedi Knighting career. But then I saw **Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back**. Now some sort of weird inversion has occurred, and when I watch any **Star Wars** movies, I can’t help but feel I’m watching Cocknocker playing Luke Skywalker. So now, to me, Mark Hamill is Cocknocker Skywalker, and he always will be. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/23 "2013-02-03T03:38:58Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Richard Belzer as John Munch To be fair, that’s the only character he ever plays, no matter what show he’s on. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/24 "2013-02-03T03:40:48Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Sean Penn is Spicoli. Billy Crystal will always be Jody. To me, Billy will always be Fernando. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/25 "2013-02-03T03:42:21Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > To be fair, that’s the only character he ever plays, no matter what show he’s on. 😉 It might even be that there’s a paranoid detective named Munch impersonating a comedian named Belzer. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/26 "2013-02-03T04:17:08Z")
I really have a hard time watching old movies with Leslie Nielsen in them and taking him seriously. He’s Dr. Rumack or Frank Drebin, and always will be. And yes, I’m serious. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/27 "2013-02-03T05:23:54Z")
Cathy Rigby will always make me think of Stayfree Maxi Pads. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/28 "2013-02-03T08:22:22Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Castle looks too BIG to be the same actor as Mal Reynolds. Did he pack on a lot of pounds in the interim? And a few inches in height? Or was the Serenity set so big that it dwarfed him? He has put on some weight. But he’s in his 40’s now. But the Castle episode where he was trying on his space cowboy Halloween costume? He can still pull it off. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/29 "2013-02-03T10:35:55Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When I say William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, etc, how would you begin their obituary? > > _Best known for his/her role in the television show \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\* as (whoever)…_ Yeah; my first thought upon seeing this thread was “Patrick Stewart = Captain Picard”. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/30 "2013-02-03T11:48:00Z")
To me, Marlon Brando will always be Don Corleone or Jor-El. And Robin Williams will always be Mork from Ork and Chevy Chase is Clark Griswold. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/31 "2013-02-03T12:27:42Z")
Giovanni Ribisi was on an episode of X Files where he used lightning to kill people. To this day, my wife and I refer to him as Lightning Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/32 "2013-02-03T12:44:03Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Yeah; my first thought upon seeing this thread was “Patrick Stewart = Captain Picard”. Which is a real shame, since he’s a very well-respected theater actor. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/33 "2013-02-03T14:47:23Z")
> [@hrhomer](#): > > Ted Levine will always be [Buffalo Bill](http://www.andyerupts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ted-levine.jpg). I used to watch **Monk** , and when he came on screen, all I could hear was “Oh, was she a great big fat person?” in that creeeeepy voice. “Lemme ask you something, Monk…would you fuck me? I’d fuck me. I’d fuck me so hard…” ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/34 "2013-02-03T15:03:34Z")
Just about anyone from Animal House, and always by their nickname (Otter, Hoover, Pinto, Flounder etc.) Except for that one Omega played by the Footloose guy. A few years ago, I would have said Ed O’Neill, but now I can watch Modern Family without thinking “Hey, it’s Al Bundy!” Where do you guys stand on Pat Morita? Is he Mr. Miyagi? Arnold? Ah-Choo? (I’m in the Arnold camp) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/35 "2013-02-03T15:15:34Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith (even if he’s Agent Smith in Rivendell, for instance). ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/36 "2013-02-03T15:22:09Z")
My wife has been on a Grey’s Anatomy kick lately. I don’t much care for the show, but I amuse myself by asking her whenever [Kevin McKidd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hunt) comes on screen questions like, “Oh, so Vorenus is banging that Korean chick?” “What’s Vorenus going to do now?” and “He’s Vorenus, why doesn’t he just put them all to the sword?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@The\_Conqueror\_Worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Conqueror_Worm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/37 "2013-02-03T15:31:18Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I can’t believe no one has mentioned Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith (even if he’s Agent Smith in Rivendell, for instance). I completely agree with this one and want to add my own “I can’t believe no one has mentioned…” **John Wayne** , turns out every role he ever play was \*\*Rooster Cogburn. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/38 "2013-02-03T15:33:38Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > My wife has been on a Grey’s Anatomy kick lately. I don’t much care for the show, but I amuse myself by asking her whenever [Kevin McKidd](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hunt) comes on screen questions like, “Oh, so Vorenus is banging that Korean chick?” “What’s Vorenus going to do now?” and “He’s Vorenus, why doesn’t he just put them all to the sword?” Same with Titus Pullo on _Dexter_! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/39 "2013-02-03T15:39:59Z")
> [@raindog](#): > > Dennis Franz will always be Andy Sipowicz The same here but only as Lt Buntz. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-will-always-associate-with-one-role/649146/40 "2013-02-03T16:00:14Z")
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