# Movie Marathon (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801 "2021-03-26T22:06:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 233

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4643 "2022-03-22T17:24:08Z")

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**Character actors**

1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_
2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_
3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_
4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_
5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_
6. Ian Wolfe - Carter in _Witness for the Prosecution_
7. Dick Miller - Mr. Futterman in _Gremlins_
8. J.T. Walsh - White House Chief of Staff in _Outbreak_
9. Lee Van Cleef - Houk in _Escape from New York_

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4644 "2022-03-22T17:34:17Z")

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**Character actors**

1. Luis Guzmán - played Ray Castro in _Traffic_
2. Danny Trejo - Don Sanchez in _Maximum Impact_
3. Henry Travers - Clarence in _It’s a Wonderful Life_
4. Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook in _The Maltese Falcon_
5. Stephen Root - Milton Waddams in _Office Space_
6. Ian Wolfe - Carter in _Witness for the Prosecution_
7. Dick Miller - Mr. Futterman in _Gremlins_
8. J.T. Walsh - White House Chief of Staff in _Outbreak_
9. Lee Van Cleef - Hauk in _Escape from New York_
10. Ernest Borgnine - Dutch in _The Wild Bunch_

Pass.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4645 "2022-03-22T17:54:52Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4646 "2022-03-22T18:35:33Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)

Category now complete.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4647 "2022-03-22T18:37:23Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4648 "2022-03-22T18:54:02Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4649 "2022-03-22T21:16:41Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)

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**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:** [March 22, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4650 "2022-03-22T21:18:57Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)
6. Heather Graham - _From Hell_ (yep, Cockney)

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4651 "2022-03-22T21:24:10Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)
6. Heather Graham - _From Hell_ (yep, Cockney)
7. Ben Kingsley - _Iron Man 3_ (some kind of weird… Arabic?)

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4652 "2022-03-22T21:25:46Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)
6. Heather Graham - _From Hell_ (yep, Cockney)
7. Ben Kingsley - _Iron Man 3_ (some kind of weird… Arabic?)
8. Mickey Rooney - _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (racistly Japanese)

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4653 "2022-03-22T22:03:35Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)
6. Heather Graham - _From Hell_ (yep, Cockney)
7. Ben Kingsley - _Iron Man 3_ (some kind of weird… Arabic?)
8. Mickey Rooney - _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (racistly Japanese)
9. Nicholas Cage – _Captain Corelli’s Mandolin_ (Italian – ‘by way of Borat’, according to one reviewer)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4654 "2022-03-22T23:17:02Z")

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**Featuring phony accents**

1. Sean Connery - _Hunt For the Red October_ (Russian)
2. Dick Van Dyke - _Mary Poppins_ (Cockney)
3. Kevin Costner - _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_ (English)
4. Keanu Reeves - _Bram Stroker’s Dracula_ (English)
5. Don Cheadle - _Ocean’s Eleven_ (Cockney again)
6. Heather Graham - _From Hell_ (yep, Cockney)
7. Ben Kingsley - _Iron Man 3_ (some kind of weird… Arabic?)
8. Mickey Rooney - _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ (racistly Japanese)
9. Nicholas Cage – _Captain Corelli’s Mandolin_ (Italian – ‘by way of Borat’, according to one reviewer)
10. Benicio Del Toro - _The Usual Suspects_ (Del Toro described it as “Black Chinese Puerto Rican Jew”)

**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4655 "2022-03-23T00:13:55Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4656 "2022-03-23T00:17:38Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie

I took this topic literally – I have been asked, several times, by strangers, if I was Colin Mochrie. 😃

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4657 "2022-03-23T00:19:50Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4658 "2022-03-23T01:14:00Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster
5. Chris Elliott

> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> I took this topic literally

I did the same. There’s still a resemblance, but in both our younger days we were the spitting image of one another. So much so that I’ve actually signed “autographs” as Chis Elliott.

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4659 "2022-03-23T08:18:00Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster
5. Chris Elliott
6. Fred Savage

The grown up version.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4660 "2022-03-23T11:21:05Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster
5. Chris Elliott
6. Fred Savage
7. Gene Hackman

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4661 "2022-03-23T12:48:56Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster
5. Chris Elliott
6. Fred Savage
7. Gene Hackman
8. Will Ferrell

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-2/938801/4662 "2022-03-23T15:24:37Z")

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**Movie actors or actresses that look like us**

1. Ernest Borgnine
2. Tom Hanks
3. Colin Mochrie
4. Robert Forster
5. Chris Elliott
6. Fred Savage
7. Gene Hackman
8. Will Ferrell
9. Louis C.K.

I’ve been told I look like him, and although I can see the resemblance, it’s not _that_ close.

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