# Another round of "that's the same actor?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133 "2007-02-14T02:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 14, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/41 "2007-02-14T23:52:26Z")
[QUOTE=DataZak] Capt. Stottlemeyer from _Monk_ and “Buffalo Bill” Gumb from _Silence of the Lambs_ were both played by [Ted Levine](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505971/). Never knew that until recently. He’s gained weight, hasn’t he? [/QUOTE] I keep waiting for the day that Stottlemeyer says “Hey Monk, lemme ask you something…would you fuck me? I’d fuck me. I’d fuck me hard.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/42 "2007-02-14T23:53:33Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] Upon seeing a poster for the Scooby-Doo movie that was released some years ago on my roommates door (why he has this poster, none of us know, even he admits he can’t recall how he got it, but figured he might as well put it up,) I got to thinking who the actress who played Velma was. I looked it up on imbd and found out that she’s [Linda Cardellini](http://imdb.com/name/nm0004802/). I knew I recognized that name, so I scrolled down and say she played the daughter on the short lived series “Freaks and Geeks.” I had been watching the DVDs of that show a couple of weeks ago and the same stuck. I was like “huh…I guess that is the same person.” Then I noticed she was also in ER, as some nurse…wait, she plays Sam! Holy heck! [/QUOTE] She was also the hot little waitress in _Brokeback Mountain_. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/43 "2007-02-15T00:11:50Z")
There has to be some way to get Captain Stottlemeyer to say “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” I want the best screenwriters in the business working on this. The same actress who played [Constanze](http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/AmadeusWolfgangConstance.asp) in _Amadeus_ also played the shy, mousy [Officer Eve Eggers](http://www.elizabethberridge.net/CAST03.JPG) on _The John Larroquette Show_. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/44 "2007-02-15T00:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] The same guy who played the asshole reporter in the first two _Die Hard_ movies also played the asshole EPA inspector in _Ghostbusters_ and the asshole professor in _Real Genius_. It’s not that he’s that hard to recognize, but they were small enough roles that it took me a while to make the connection. The submarine expert who shows Jack the spy photos at the beginning of _The Hunt for Red October_ is also the principal in _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_. [/QUOTE] Speaking of “Real Genius”, I was surprised to find out that the guy who played Lazlo (the guy who lives in the closet) was the same guy who played Uncle Rico in “Napoleon Dynamite”. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/45 "2007-02-15T01:29:35Z")
[QUOTE=Dooku] Yeah, hard to believe that Thor from **Adventures in Babysitting** was Private Pyle in **Full Metal Jacket** that same year. [/QUOTE] And did you catch him channeling Orson Welles in **Ed Wood**? Fabulous acting job… Catch Kathy Bates in **My Best Friend Is a Vampire**. She’s skinny enough so that you might not recognize her but for her voice. Hot, too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/46 "2007-02-15T01:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Currently, he’s a math professor on _Numb3rs_–but not the quirky one. [/QUOTE] And a scheming Chief of Staff on **24** (I assume we’re talking about Peter MacNicol?). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/47 "2007-02-15T01:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] There has to be some way to get Captain Stottlemeyer to say “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” I want the best screenwriters in the business working on this. The same actress who played [Constanze](http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/Drama/Drama/AmadeusWolfgangConstance.asp) in _Amadeus_ also played the shy, mousy [Officer Eve Eggers](http://www.elizabethberridge.net/CAST03.JPG) on _The John Larroquette Show_. [/QUOTE] Levine was also in the made for TV From the Earth to the Moon. He played Alan Shepard. And Berridge was in the much overlooked Five Corners. To see her transform from Composer’s wife into Bronx slut was something else. It was an interesting movie. Jodie Foster was the only big name in it. There was some unknown named Turturro and some guy named Robbins. I wonder whatever happened to them. Oh yeah – the Robbins guy was in The Sure Thing. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/48 "2007-02-15T02:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] And a scheming Chief of Staff on **24** (I assume we’re talking about Peter MacNicol?). [/QUOTE] And “from the upper vest side” Yanosh in **Ghostbusters II**. Christine Baransky was also fantastic in **The Ref** with a wonderful Kevin Spacey. Bob Balaban was the shy cartographer who translated for Francois Truffaut in **Close Encounters of the Third Kind** and was Phoebe’s dad on **Friends** and was in **City Slickers II** and **Lady in the Water** and **Waiting for Guffman** (along with the other mockumentaries by Christopher Guest). Also in dozens of other movies you’ve seen. He’s everywhere. He’s also kind of a staple in no-budget indie films. James Caviezel was in **The Rock**. You only see his eyes, but he’s got a line. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/49 "2007-02-15T02:13:59Z")
**Siobhan J. Fallon** played the school bus driver in Forrest Gump, and Mrs. Edgar in Men in Black. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/50 "2007-02-15T02:43:59Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] And the girl who plays Claire was the daughter of Coach Yoast (the white coach,) in **Remember the Titans** , and also played a self-abusive little girl in an episode of **Law and Order: SVU**. [/QUOTE] [ashamed that I know this] Not to mention the skating coach’s daughter in **Ice Princess** [/ashamed that I know this] ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/51 "2007-02-15T03:18:11Z")
[QUOTE=Pixiesnix] Not to mention _The Green Mile_. It took three viewings of that movie to recognize him as Zaphod Beeblebrox. [/QUOTE] And he was Chuck Barris in\* Confessions of a Dangerous Mind\*. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/52 "2007-02-15T03:20:56Z")
[QUOTE=MaxTheVool] [QUOTE=bouv] And the girl who plays Claire [on Heroes] was the daughter of Coach Yoast (the white coach,) in **Remember the Titans** , and also played a self-abusive little girl in an episode of **Law and Order: SVU**. [/QUOTE] [ashamed that I know this] Not to mention the skating coach’s daughter in **Ice Princess** [/ashamed that I know this] [/QUOTE] She also played Ally’s daughter in the last season of _Ally McBeal_. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/53 "2007-02-15T03:46:30Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Anthony Michael Hall, the king of nerds in _Sixteen Candles_, _The Breakfast Club_, and _Weird Science_, now plays psychically-powered detective Johnny Smith in “The Dead Zone.” [/QUOTE] THAT one really threw me for a loop when I puzzled it out. I was watching Dead Zone and had no clue who the lead was. He did or said _something_ and I thought, “wait, that almost looked like… oh whoa, it is!” I’m a little embarrassed to say that when he was a teenager, I thought there was seriously something wrong with him physically, he was SO geeky, and I would never have imagined he’d look _normal_, let alone rather good-looking! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/54 "2007-02-15T04:40:37Z")
I think I’ve spotted a massive change in facial appearance. In ‘Showgirls’, Elizabeth Berkley is the ‘lead’. To me her face appears narrow and deep (and Gina Gershon blows her away for looks and acting 🆒 ). > **[Ryan Tower on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869918/mediaindex?path=gallery&path_key=0114436)** > > Ryan Tower photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. But in ‘Any Given Sunday’, Berkley propositions Al Pacino and looks gorgeous. 😕 (Sadly I can’t find a picture - but if you’ve seen the film…) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/55 "2007-02-15T05:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] THAT one really threw me for a loop when I puzzled it out. I was watching Dead Zone and had no clue who the lead was. He did or said _something_ and I thought, “wait, that almost looked like… oh whoa, it is!” I’m a little embarrassed to say that when he was a teenager, I thought there was seriously something wrong with him physically, he was SO geeky, and I would never have imagined he’d look _normal_, let alone rather good-looking! [/QUOTE] The oddest change is when he played the jerkish, slightly abusive, tough-guy boyfriend of Winona Ryder in **Edward Scissorhands**. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/56 "2007-02-15T05:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=Malienation] And did you catch him channeling Orson Welles in **Ed Wood**? Fabulous acting job… [/QUOTE] I thought they had spliced in some actual Welles footage. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/57 "2007-02-15T05:56:33Z")
I watched _Gremlins 2_ about a million times before I finally figured out why Marla the Chain-smoking Redhead looked so familiar. She was the blonde in _Sixteen Candles_, the one who ends up with Anthony Michael Hall. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/58 "2007-02-15T13:53:38Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] The oddest change is when he played the jerkish, slightly abusive, tough-guy boyfriend of Winona Ryder in **Edward Scissorhands**. [/QUOTE] Yeah, he had an uncomfortable span as a jock post-Hughes. Anyone remember [Johnny Be Good](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095409/)? No, of course you don’t, because it sucked. I only remember it because it was where I saw my first bare boobies in a movie theater. What I’m amazed to see looking at his IMDB listing is that he never stopped working, really. I thought he was basically an old teen actor who lay fallow for years and then made a comeback with Dead Zone. Nope. He’s been working steadily on several projects a year all this time. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/59 "2007-02-15T16:52:46Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Yeah, he had an uncomfortable span as a jock post-Hughes. Anyone remember [Johnny Be Good](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095409/)? No, of course you don’t, because it sucked. I only remember it because it was where I saw my first bare boobies in a movie theater. What I’m amazed to see looking at his IMDB listing is that he never stopped working, really. I thought he was basically an old teen actor who lay fallow for years and then made a comeback with Dead Zone. Nope. He’s been working steadily on several projects a year all this time. [/QUOTE] Including a throwback role as (who else?) Bill Gates. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/60 "2007-02-15T17:25:28Z")
Edie McLurg, best known as Mr. Rooney’s [secretary](http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/ferrisassistant1a.jpg) in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was also one of the school girls who tormented Sissy Spacek in Carrie. She didn’t have that big of a part, but you’d think I would have realized it was her after having viewed the movie, oh, about two hundred times now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133.md?page=4)