# 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:** 2
**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:** [April 22, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/21 "2014-04-22T22:35:22Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > Asta (the dog from the Nick and Nora shows) is George in Bringing up Baby. Blood, from _A Boy and His Dog_, was also Tiger on _The Brady Bunch_. > [@Cartoonacy](#): > > 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. And Mr. Hutchinson on _Fawlty Towers_. _The Avengers_ is great for this. I saw an episode with Brian Blessed a few weeks ago, but I didn’t know it at the time. Now I have to be sure to see that episode when it comes back around again. I know what you’re all thinking; how the hell did I not recognize Brian Blessed? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/22 "2014-04-22T22:42:21Z")
Until reading the Modern Family thread today, I didn’t know the guy who played Al Bundy in Married, With Family was in Modern Family. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/23 "2014-04-22T22:51:14Z")
Wash from **Firefly** was Wat in **A Knight’s Tale**? Well I’ll be fonged! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/24 "2014-04-22T22:55:41Z")
> [@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)”). And she was one of Frasier’s girlfriends-of-the-week: the one who was a mismatch for him, as she was an earthy hippie girl who cut off all her hair on a whim. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/25 "2014-04-22T23:30:30Z")
The girl whose toothbrush Jerry dropped in the toilet on Seinfeld was Kristen Davis (aka, Charlotte from Sex and the City)–it was years b/w watching that episode and me getting into Sex and the City. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/26 "2014-04-22T23:42:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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. As well as Concentration Camp Earnhardt in **To Be or Not To Be**. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/27 "2014-04-22T23:45:14Z")
It took an embarrassingly long time for me to figure out that the actor who plays Richard Webber on _Grey’s Anatomy_ is also Alvin Kersh from _The X-Files_. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/28 "2014-04-22T23:50:35Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The musclebound meathead Lump from **The Ladykillers** > > [the ladykillers - Google Search](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](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2416158720/nm0403652?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_sf_8) He was also the deaf paratrooper in Saving Private Ryan. ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/29 "2014-04-22T23:51:16Z")
As long as we have so many Seinfeld ones. Man Hands is the same person as Pam 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 23, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/30 "2014-04-23T00:01:35Z")
Teri Hatcher, who played Lois Lane in _Lois and Clark_, among other roles, was also recurring love interest Penny Parker from _MacGyver_. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/31 "2014-04-23T00:48:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Teri Hatcher, who played Lois Lane in _Lois and Clark_, among other roles, was also recurring love interest Penny Parker from _MacGyver_. And also “They’re real and they’re spectacular” on Seinfeld. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/32 "2014-04-23T02:02:48Z")
While watching iCarly with my nephews… “HEY! That principal is Tuvok!!!” My nephews… “Who the hell is Tuvok??” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/33 "2014-04-23T02:25:33Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Wash from **Firefly** was Wat in **A Knight’s Tale**? Well I’ll be fonged! And Roland, the other ‘squire’ from **A Knight’s Tale** , was played by Mark Addy, who was recently promoted to King (Robert) in **Game of Thrones**. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/34 "2014-04-23T02:59:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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. My username is [mentioned in that movie](http://youtu.be/KnnhCSiN-hA). It’s one of the racing rats. That’s not where I got the name, but it always amuses me. “Give me Equipoise, 10 on the nose!” > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Steve the pirate in Dodgeball is George’s friend Noah on Suburgatory. The actor is Alan Tudyk. I know him mainly from the hilariously warped [Tucker & Dale vs. Evil](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465522/reference). > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > And Roland, the other ‘squire’ from **A Knight’s Tale** , was played by Mark Addy, who was recently promoted to King (Robert) in **Game of Thrones**. Who also stripped in the Oscar-winning [The Full Monty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119164/reference). (It won for Anne Dudley’s score. It was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and best Original Screenplay. That still amazes me. A tiny British indie? Really??? And a comedy to boot!) ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/35 "2014-04-23T03:03:06Z")
I noticed a lot of mentions of Trainspotting actors. Few of them surprised me, but many of them have been on several TV series or movies since then. Kevin McKidd has done 6 years of Greys Anatomy (wife watches), Percy Jackson (son reads/watches), Brave (daughter loves), Journeyman (I watched). Johnny Lee Miller did Eli Stone and a bunch of movies. Prior to that I knew his name for being married to Angelina Jolie but didn’t connect him as the guy from Trainspotting. Robert Carlyle stars on the show Once Upon a Time. I’ve heard that Ewan McGregor guy did a couple films. The actress who played the teenage girl from Trainspotting, Kelly MacDonald, voiced the main character in “Brave.” Apparently she has 48 episodes of “Boardwalk Empire,” and was 5th billed in “No Country for Old Men”- I didn’t realize that one. Ewen Bremner has a lot of credits, but I don’t recall seeing him in anything. So I guess I didn’t realize that guy from Trainspotting was also a guy I don’t remember in Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, Snatch, The Rundown, Match Point, and Death at a Funeral. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/36 "2014-04-23T04:45:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > She was also a secret service agent in **The West Wing**. As others have said, Lisa Edelstein played Cuddy on _House_ and played Sam’s prostitute girlfriend on _The West Wing_. It was Jorja Fox, who later played Sarah on _CSI_, who played a secret service agent on _The West Wing_. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/37 "2014-04-23T04:50:10Z")
In _Zoolander_, Derek’s [brothers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU0NLheu8mU) were played by Judah Friedlander (_30 Rock_) and Vince Vaughn. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/38 "2014-04-23T14:19:12Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Wash from **Firefly** was Wat in **A Knight’s Tale**? Well I’ll be fonged! AND he was King Candy in **Wreck-It Ralph**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/39 "2014-04-23T15:51:59Z")
Lester Nigard in the new series Fargo was blowing me away and I was surprised I’d never seen him before. He is, of course, Martin Freeman, aka Bilbo Baggins and other roles. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692/40 "2014-04-24T10:41:08Z")
It took me a few years to notice that Fred on _Roseanne_ was Danny Noonan from _Caddyshack_. And I’m probably not alone in that the first time I watched _Coming To America_, I didn’t notice that the old jewish guy in the barber shop was Eddie Murphy until the credits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-_____-is-the-same-actor-actress-who-was-_____-in-_____/686692.md?page=3)