# Can you ID this image? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670 "2012-04-13T16:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/1 "2012-04-13T16:29:15Z")
I’m putting this in Cafe Society since this looks like a still from a movie, but I could be way off the mark, so don’t let my assumption constrain you. [The image](http://i.imgur.com/QGWj2.jpg). (Background: a friend of mine occasionally tosses out challenges like this, and we’ve got no clue where to begin here.) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/2 "2012-04-13T16:35:15Z")
No clue, but it screams "SNL impersonation of political figure’ to me. Well…except for the lighting. Which is probably waaay off the mark. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/3 "2012-04-13T16:38:48Z")
I don’t know what it’s from, but the guy looks like [Sam Huntington](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403134/) from the US version of Being Human ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/4 "2012-04-13T16:42:05Z")
Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge. ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/5 "2012-04-13T16:42:25Z")
I kinda thought it looked like James Cromwell, just really young. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/6 "2012-04-13T16:42:32Z")
Nic Cage impersonator? Possibly **SNL** or **Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip**. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/7 "2012-04-13T16:46:57Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > I kinda thought it looked like James Cromwell, just really young. James Cromwell was once young? ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/8 "2012-04-13T16:49:25Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > James Cromwell was once young? I assumed. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/9 "2012-04-13T16:52:17Z")
My first thought was he looks like Steve Coogan. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/10 "2012-04-13T16:59:37Z")
Looks BBC-y to me. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/11 "2012-04-13T17:26:21Z")
Could be Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/12 "2012-04-13T18:56:50Z")
Could it be from Brazil? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/13 "2012-04-13T19:30:34Z")
That’s Steve “Og” Coogan, from the TV show **1920’s Style Death Rays**. This particular 20 minute sketch, _Marianas Trench_, aired once, in the 1960’s. ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/14 "2012-04-14T00:14:49Z")
I really liked the Coogan/Partridge lead and, after poking at Google images and YouTube, I was convinced. Alas! I’ve been informed that this is _not_ a picture of Coogan. What else? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/15 "2012-04-14T00:26:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > James Cromwell was once young? Sure! [Stretch Cunningham](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/215556/si/Cunningham) vs [Zefram Cochrane](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:ZeframCochrane2063-2.jpg). Not that he was young, as such, as Stretch - he was on AitF from 73 to 76, whereas First Contact came out in 96 - but he was certainly noticeably younger. As to the picture in the OP, I’m going to agree with everyone that it’s probably Steve Coogan, though not Alan Partridge - the hair doesn’t look right. ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/16 "2012-04-16T16:47:40Z")
Well, we didn’t get this one, but I now have the answer. It’s a still from [this movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083201/), from [this scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UoavV7D74BU#t=1556s) in particular. So… yeah… there probably wasn’t much hope on this one. Has anyone every actually heard of this movie, let alone seen it? ---
**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:** [April 16, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/17 "2012-04-16T16:56:35Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > Has anyone every actually heard of this movie, let alone seen it? Nope, but it looks pretty Canadian, all right! Saul Rubinek, a young Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Dale, Paul “Spider-Man/Hermey the Elf” Soles, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/18 "2012-04-16T17:08:58Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Sure! [Stretch Cunningham](http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/215556/si/Cunningham) vs [Zefram Cochrane](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:ZeframCochrane2063-2.jpg). > > Not that he was young, as such, as Stretch - he was on AitF from 73 to 76, whereas First Contact came out in 96 - but he was certainly noticeably younger. Geez, he was only in his mid-30s during AitF - either that’s not the best angle or he’s always looked a tad weathered. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/19 "2012-04-16T17:27:33Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > Well, we didn’t get this one, but I now have the answer. It’s a still from [this movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083201/), from [this scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UoavV7D74BU#t=1556s) in particular. So… yeah… there probably wasn’t much hope on this one. Has anyone every actually heard of this movie, let alone seen it? I saw it in Sunday school. We were learning about cults and how to avoid joining one. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-image/618670/20 "2012-04-16T17:42:58Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > That’s Steve “Og” Coogan, from the TV show **1920’s Style Death Rays**. This particular 20 minute sketch, _Marianas Trench_, aired once, in the 1960’s. And the background music for the sketch was “Rio” by Duran Duran.