# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/21 "2016-02-29T15:41:39Z")
Does he shill / sell crap on TV? Is the stuff hes sells more like zit creme or hypochondriac pills? Or is it more like Colonial Penn Life Insurance? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/22 "2016-02-29T16:46:44Z")
Al Traina? ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/23 "2016-02-29T18:25:25Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yeah, but he’s best known for that other thing. Careful. We have libel laws. ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/24 "2016-02-29T18:42:17Z")
The very first thing I thought of, although he almost never plays that sort of character, was Billy Crudup as a lawyer in **Spotlight**. See [here](http://lovelace-media.imgix.net/uploads/1192/8d50f450-5fbb-0133-6e07-0aecee5a8273.png?w=670&fit=max&auto=format&q=70). ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/25 "2016-02-29T19:23:44Z")
[Mr. Burns’ lawyer](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Blue-Haired_Lawyer)? Maybe you had the suit and hair color mixed up? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/26 "2016-02-29T19:32:05Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Al Traina? 😃 Harry Dean Stanton? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/27 "2016-02-29T19:35:27Z")
Maybe it would help if we knew what brought up the question? Did you see another guy in a commercial or movie that looked like this guy, so it brought up the mind-worm? What did the smile/sneer look like? Were the eyebrows arched and distinctive? What was he doing with his hands? – Surely, not, that thing!! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/28 "2016-02-29T19:40:14Z")
ID an actor? Well, he thinks he id. ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/29 "2016-02-29T19:46:38Z")
Miguel Ferrer in Robocop? ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/30 "2016-02-29T19:50:55Z")
Oh yeah I got it!!! It’s… (cough) … (cough)… (dies) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/31 "2016-02-29T19:51:32Z")
[James Woods](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/f/fc/James_Woods_real.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100916120810)? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/32 "2016-02-29T20:08:35Z")
[Bruce Dern?](https://www.google.com/search?q=bruce+dern&espv=2&biw=1745&bih=861&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5-Mno4p3LAhUJVz4KHQfUB9IQ_AUIBigB) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/33 "2016-02-29T20:14:37Z")
Better Call Saul? Looks weasel to me. TCMF-2L ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/34 "2016-02-29T20:15:15Z")
[James Rebhorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rebhorn)? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/35 "2016-02-29T20:20:11Z")
[Larry Miller?](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588777/?ref_=tt_cl_t4) ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/36 "2016-02-29T20:23:04Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > 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. Ah, I always get those two mixed up (or is it three?) ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/37 "2016-02-29T20:43:23Z")
I figured it out - the guy i was picturing was WLillian fichtner > **[William Fichtner - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001209/)** > > William Fichtner. Actor: Crash. A small-town guy with a big heart, William Fichtner has been captivating the hearts of Western New Yorkers for decades. Bill was born in 1956 on Long Island, New York, to Patricia A. (Steitz) and William E. Fichtner.... I have no idea what movie i was thinking about but that’s the guy. Thanks everyone! ---
**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/38 "2016-02-29T20:47:10Z")
Of course! William Fichtner was my first guess but it seemed too obvious. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/39 "2016-02-29T21:57:41Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I figured it out - the guy i was picturing was WLillian fichtner > [William Fichtner - IMDb](http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001209/) > > I have no idea what movie i was thinking about but that’s the guy. Thanks everyone! From Perfect Storm and Armageddon. Minor but memorable parts. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482/40 "2016-02-29T22:21:43Z")
Well. Can’t argue with that weaselly-faced description. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-an-actor/747482.md?page=3)