# ID an Actor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482 "2016-02-29T05:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/1 "2016-02-29T05:58:35Z")
This is terribly vague, and I apologize in advance. I am trying to recall an actor, and my mental image is of a terribly weaselly looking guy- very narrow face, light brownish hair, and for some reason, wearing a blue suit. I think he is a lawyer or least a corporate type. Any thoughts? The character was probably in a major motion release. ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/2 "2016-02-29T06:10:29Z")
Is he the guy who does that thing in that movie or show or whatever? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/3 "2016-02-29T06:22:53Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > This is terribly vague, and I apologize in advance. Holy crap, you’re not kidding. Can we get an age range, or year when you think this image/movie/TV show came out? A country of origin, even. You have to have more than a generic description of a face. Steve Buscemi? John Glover? Eddie Marsan? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/4 "2016-02-29T06:27:01Z")
Well, often when someone asks about a weaselly-looking actor, they are thinking of [Rick Hoffman.](http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0389069/) So, him? ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/5 "2016-02-29T06:27:46Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is he the guy who does that thing in that movie or show or whatever? Yeah, that’s who I was thinking of at first. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/6 "2016-02-29T06:28:32Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > You have to have more than a generic description of a face. Well at least we know he had a face! That rules out the Faceless Men from Game of Thrones, so we know he isn’t Jaqen H’ghar. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/7 "2016-02-29T06:35:10Z")
Richard Belzer ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/8 "2016-02-29T06:39:22Z")
Here’s a picture of [Willem Dafoe](https://sustainablenano.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/murphy-spider-man.png) in a blue suit. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/9 "2016-02-29T06:42:37Z")
OK, and here’s one of [Chris Walken](http://imgfave-herokuapp-com.global.ssl.fastly.net/image_cache/1389809643622606.jpg). I think if we just figure out every actor who may or may not have at some point worn a blue suit in something, we’ll hit it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/10 "2016-02-29T07:59:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is he the guy who does that thing in that movie or show or whatever? I thought it was him at first, but now I’m having second thoughts. Or third. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/11 "2016-02-29T08:20:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is he the guy who does that thing in that movie or show or whatever? Yeah, but he’s best known for that other thing. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/12 "2016-02-29T08:49:18Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yeah, but he’s best known for that other thing. That isn’t him in that other thing. It’s the other weaselly faced guy that is a few years younger and I believe, despite his accent, is English. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/13 "2016-02-29T14:40:44Z")
Steve Buscemi? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/14 "2016-02-29T14:55:53Z")
Wallace Shawn? Although as he ages he’s less weasel like and more avuncular. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/15 "2016-02-29T14:58:07Z")
Guy Pearce? He might have worn a blue suit in LA Confidential. Here’s his IMDB page. > **[Guy Pearce - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001602/?ref_=tt_cl_t3)** > > Guy Pearce. Actor: Memento. Guy Edward Pearce was born October 5, 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK to Margaret Anne and Stuart Graham Pearce. His father was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to English and Scottish parents, while Guy's mother is... ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/16 "2016-02-29T15:11:49Z")
Not very recent, but maybe John Cazale, the guy who played Fredo in the Godfather 1 & 2? He passed away in 1978. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/17 "2016-02-29T15:16:31Z")
Zeljko Ivanek? [![](http://www.cheese-magnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The_Event_S1_Zeljko_Ivanek_002-1024x786.jpg) ](http://www.cheese-magnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/The_Event_S1_Zeljko_Ivanek_002-1024x786.jpg) (His character was one of my favorites on _Homicide_) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/18 "2016-02-29T15:24:12Z")
No one has gotten it yet, I’m afraid. American, usually in movies (i think) and it seems like he plays a corporate stooge type. Bad guy. I am terrible with age, so i can’t really narrow it down much - 30s or 40s maybe? Time frame - i have NO IDEA. I appreciate the heroic efforts based on virtually nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/19 "2016-02-29T15:33:24Z")
[Michael Emerson?](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256237/) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/20 "2016-02-29T15:39:01Z")
IMDB has a page for [Actors who typically play weak, weird, wienies, wimps, or weasels](http://www.imdb.com/list/ls004053712/). But you’re probably just thinking of Ted Cruz. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482.md?page=2)