# Help me identify this guy with very little information **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821 "2010-06-19T23:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tayto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tayto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tayto)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/1 "2010-06-19T23:43:02Z")
This is killing me. I couldn’t possibly be more vague here but bear with me. I saw an American actor this afternoon in Dublin city centre (Ireland). I can’t place him and it’s driving me nuts. He’s short, I’d say no more than 5’ 6", very slight build, with close to shoulder length brown hair and a neat beard. He’s well known, I want to say more from the 90s than more recent years, although I’m quite possibly out of touch. I’m wracking my brains trying to think of something he’s been in but will probably have one of those Eureka! moments a fortnight from now. The name Parker Stevenson came to mind but it’s not him. Could be something Parker though. Or not. Put me out of my misery, please. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/2 "2010-06-20T00:21:42Z")
More details? Any distinguishing features (big nose, thick eyebrows, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/3 "2010-06-20T00:24:04Z")
Wild guess, but perhaps David Spade? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/4 "2010-06-20T00:31:02Z")
I’m gonna go with Colin Farrell. He matches the description, and Dublin is his hometown. [![](https://pjensi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/colin-farrell-02.jpg) ](https://pjensi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/colin-farrell-02.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/5 "2010-06-20T00:35:48Z")
Jason Schwartzman. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/6 "2010-06-20T02:27:48Z")
Tobey Maguire? He played Peter Parker. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/7 "2010-06-20T02:42:01Z")
Based on the name you guessed, and the description - I’m going to offer up [Fisher Stevens](http://www.tvfanatic.com/files/fisher-stevens.jpg)? What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/8 "2010-06-20T02:55:42Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m gonna go with Colin Farrell. He matches the description, and Dublin is his hometown. Uh, you think an Irish actor who is 5’10" and who became popular this decade fits the description of American actor who is no more than 5’6" and was more popular in the 90s? ---
**Author:** ![Peanut7316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@Peanut7316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut7316)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/9 "2010-06-20T05:36:02Z")
I was gonna go with Fisher Stevens as well. That’s what the name reminded me of, and he does fit the description. ---
**Author:** ![Tayto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Tayto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tayto)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-guy-with-very-little-information/543821/10 "2010-06-20T10:05:01Z")
It is Fisher Stevens! Thank you so much Bob and Peanut. The itch has been scratched. Your prize is knowing you have made an Irish woman briefly content, until she spots someone else she can’t place… The man is tiny though. You’d snap him like a twiglet. Thanks all.