# I just realized \_\_\_\_\_ is the same actor/actress who was \_\_\_\_\_ in \_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692 "2014-04-22T16:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/1 "2014-04-22T16:24:24Z")
I was watching _House_ and just realized Dr. Cuddy is the same actress who was one of George’s girlfriends on Seinfeld (the Risotto Girl in “[The Mango](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mango)”). Fill in the blanks. I was watching [this movie/TV show] and just realized [this character] is the same actor/actress who was [that character] in/on [that movie/TV show]. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/2 "2014-04-22T16:40:28Z")
She was also a secret service agent in **The West Wing**. The biggest shock for me was that the actor who played the younger brother in **Titus** was Scut Farkas from\*\* A Christmas Story.\*\* Second was learning that Jayne in **Firefly** was the title character in **My Bodyguard.** ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/3 "2014-04-22T16:42:50Z")
[Amy on HBO’s “Veep”](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/files/2013/07/Emmy_Nominations-0bed6_image_982w.jpg) is [Anna Chlumsky from the movie _My Girl_.](http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/article_photos/anna-chlumsky-my-girl-article.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/4 "2014-04-22T18:25:19Z")
Frodo Baggins was the kid from Deep Impact. ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/5 "2014-04-22T18:29:58Z")
I just realized that Kevin McKidd, who played Lucius Vorenus in HBO’s Rome was the sad sack druggie that dies from the cat poo in Trainspotting. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/6 "2014-04-22T19:16:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > She was also a secret service agent in **The West Wing**. Nope. She was the law student call girl that Sam liked. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/7 "2014-04-22T19:26:57Z")
Ewan MacGregor (Obi Wan Kenobi) was the detoxing druggie in Trainspotting. Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager (Tim Russ) was the guy combing the desert in Spaceballs who says, “man, we ain’t found shit!” He was also in the movie Star Trek: Generations as a human. Christopher Judge (Teal’c from Stargate SG-1) (starring Richard Dean Anderson) was in an episode of MacGyver (starring Richard Dean Anderson). Michael Shanks (Dr. Jackson from Stargate) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six from Battlestar) have both had runs in Burn Notice. Which of course also has Bruce Campbell in it. Asta (the dog from the Nick and Nora shows) is George in Bringing up Baby. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/8 "2014-04-22T19:45:02Z")
I found out that Johnny Depp was in _Platoon_. I think of him as standing out from the crowd, but I watched the entire thing and didn’t recognise him. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/9 "2014-04-22T19:50:12Z")
> [@NVME702-redux](#): > > I just realized that Kevin McKidd, who played Lucius Vorenus in HBO’s Rome was the sad sack druggie that dies from the cat poo in Trainspotting. My wife watches _Elementary_ a lot. It was after seeing several episodes that I realized Johnny Lee Miller, who plays Sherlock Holmes, was Sick Boy in _Trainspotting_. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/10 "2014-04-22T20:12:28Z")
I’m a few episodes into (the first season of) American Horror Story and the guy with half of his face burned off looked familiar. Now, based on that, I never, ever would have placed it. If I had given myself some time, I could have figured it out based on his voice, but I paused it and jumped on IMDB. It’s Russell from True Blood. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/11 "2014-04-22T20:13:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Michael Shanks (Dr. Jackson from Stargate) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six from Battlestar) have both had runs in Burn Notice. Which of course also has Bruce Campbell in it. Tricia Helfer was also Kerrigan in Starcraft II. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/12 "2014-04-22T20:25:35Z")
Abigail Breslin who played Olive in Little Miss Sunshine was also in Signs (Bo) and Zombieland (Little Rock). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/13 "2014-04-22T20:42:37Z")
_Game of Thrones_’ Margaery (whom I simply think of as Lady Cleavage) is the WAC who tried putting the moves on Steve Rogers in _Captain America: The First Avenger_. IMDb also tells me she had a big role in _The Tudors_, but I never watched that. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/14 "2014-04-22T21:07:45Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I was watching _House_ and just realized Dr. Cuddy is the same actress who was one of George’s girlfriends on Seinfeld (the Risotto Girl in “[The Mango](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mango)”). > > Fill in the blanks. > > I was watching [this movie/TV show] and just realized [this character] is the same actor/actress who was [that character] in/on [that movie/TV show]. > [@minionkat](#): > > Nope. She was the law student call girl that Sam liked. She was also the transgender client/girlfriend on Ally McBeal ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/15 "2014-04-22T21:14:02Z")
Several years ago (as I reported on this Board) I was surprised to learn that Sig Ruman, who played Groucho Marx’ nemesis Hermann Gottlieb in **A Night at the Opera** , also played Sergeant Schultz in **Stalag 17** \* \*The Billy Wilder/William Holden prison camp movie. I point this out because the last time I brought this up, someone who didn’t read too carefully objected that John Banner played Sergeant Schltz. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/16 "2014-04-22T21:27:47Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager (Tim Russ) was the guy combing the desert in Spaceballs And played D.C Montana on _The Highwayman_. (Yes, somebody watched it.) Last week I was watching an episode of _The Avengers_ from 1968, and couldn’t place a familiar-looking actor. I looked it up and found that he was Bernard Cribbins, who played Donna Noble’s grandfather Wilfred on _Doctor Who_ 40 years later. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/17 "2014-04-22T21:45:11Z")
Just the other day I realized that the young son in _The Rookie_ grew up to become born-again Angus T. Jones from _Two and a Half Men_. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/18 "2014-04-22T21:47:54Z")
The musclebound meathead Lump from **The Ladykillers** [https://www.google.com/search?q=the+ladykillers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=IOJWU\_-5COSMyAGgtICABQ&ved=0CAkQ\_AUoAg&biw=1241&bih=639#q=the%20ladykillers%202004&revid=463430405&tbm=isch&facrc=\_&imgdii=\_&imgrc=Zop2JhE2CbMJKM%253A%3BKarl0ylD-8kf8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fblahmovies.files.wordpress.com%252F2010%252F07%252Fladykillers.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcelluloidzombie.com%252Fthe-movie-remake-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it%252F%3B509%3B287](https://www.google.com/search?q=the+ladykillers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=IOJWU_-5COSMyAGgtICABQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1241&bih=639#q=the%20ladykillers%202004&revid=463430405&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=Zop2JhE2CbMJKM%253A%3BKarl0ylD-8kf8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fblahmovies.files.wordpress.com%252F2010%252F07%252Fladykillers.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcelluloidzombie.com%252Fthe-movie-remake-if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it%252F%3B509%3B287) is actually Opie from **Sons of Anarchy** > **[Ryan Hurst](https://www.imdb.com/media/rm2416158720/nm0403652?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_sf_8)** > > Ryan Hurst in Sons of Anarchy (2008) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/19 "2014-04-22T22:14:45Z")
Steve the pirate in Dodgeball is George’s friend Noah on Suburgatory. The actor is Alan Tudyk. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/20 "2014-04-22T22:22:00Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Steve the pirate in Dodgeball is George’s friend Noah on Suburgatory. The actor is Alan Tudyk. In order to earn your Doper card, you’d recognize that name from somewhere first…Frozen! (or Firefly, whatever) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692.md?page=2)