# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/61 "2007-02-15T17:31:48Z")
I had to watch a few episodes before I realized that Bradley Whitford, who plays Josh Lyman on **The West Wing** , was also the uber-fratboy Roger Latimore in **Revenge of the Nerds II** , as well as the scumbag boyfriend from **Adventures in Babysitting**. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/62 "2007-02-15T17:44:17Z")
[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] My favorite role of his was Frank Holman on “Crime Story.” I never missed an episode when it was set in Chicago. When they moved it to Vegas, it just got too bizarre. Levine and John Santucci (played Pauli Taglia on “Crime Story”) added a lot of color to that show. ---
**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, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/63 "2007-02-15T17:56:50Z")
[QUOTE=FilmGeek] 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. [/QUOTE] He was also in Altered States, as the assistant, and Seinfeld as NBC president Russel Dalrymple. In fact, his credits include Room 222, The Mod Squad, and Love American Style. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/64 "2007-02-15T19:15:19Z")
Bob Balaban also played Dr. Chandra (who, I would’ve thought, should be Indian, from his name) in **2010: The Year We Make Contact** ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/65 "2007-02-16T00:03:59Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] 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”. [/QUOTE] Just last week, one of my coworkers told me he had the same revelation! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/66 "2007-02-16T04:16:57Z")
Years ago, I watched the movie _Elizabeth_. Fine acting all around, especially from the guy who played the Spanish ambassador Alvaro de la Quadra. [This](http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/keys/4122/spanish.gif) is a bad picture, but it’s the only one I can find of him; his accent was so perfectly convincingly dead-on I _swore_ he was a native Spaniard. Later on, I watch the fourth season of 24. Something about Paul Raines, Audrey’s husband, looks vaguely familiar. So I go and look him up on [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289656/), sift through his credits, and then suddenly shriek “Oh my _God_” at the computer screen. It’s uncanny. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/67 "2007-02-16T09:52:18Z")
As much as I hate whoring around in the same thread, I offer another: Lucille Bluth (the Mom) from **Arrested Development** was the crazy chick from **Play Misty For Me**. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/68 "2007-02-16T10:43:03Z")
Hey, just yesterday I was watching \*Big \*on On Demand (shut up, I’m sick, and it’s like comfort food for my eyes) and who was Josh’s secretary but Kitty Forman hersself, Debra Jo Rupp from _That 70’s 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 16, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/69 "2007-02-16T17:31:37Z")
[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] Ted Levine also played Starbuck in the tv version (A&E? USA?) of Moby Dick several years ago - the one with Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133/70 "2007-02-16T17:42:58Z")
Will Patton played the head coach in _Remember the Titans_, then was almost unrecognizable as the head baddie in _The Punisher_. Dad loves both of those movies and was suprised to find out both roles were played by the same guy. I also had to check IMDB during his recent guest shot on _Numb3rs_. Speaking of _Numb3rs_, I know he’s been in other things, but just recently I realized that David Krumholtz was the guy who stabbed Lucy and Carter on _ER_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-thats-the-same-actor/392133.md?page=3)