# Name is familiar, but I can't place the face **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 7, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446 "2008-05-07T16:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/21 "2008-05-08T21:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Um, they’ve all played characters named Lee? [/QUOTE] Nope. Not just similarly named characters, same character. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/22 "2008-05-08T21:22:20Z")
I guess I should add: like I said, it’s tough, unless you’re very familiar with Chinese history or an avid martial arts film fan. I’d accept a description of who the character is. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/23 "2008-05-08T21:27:43Z")
The Monkey King? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/24 "2008-05-08T21:32:44Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] The Monkey King? [/QUOTE] Later dynasty. Think late Qing. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/25 "2008-05-09T06:14:03Z")
Easy one, but: Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/26 "2008-05-09T13:45:48Z")
Or howsabout Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/27 "2008-05-09T13:54:09Z")
Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/28 "2008-05-09T13:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] A toughie: Bruce Lee, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan. [/QUOTE] Wong Fei Hung? Not sure if Bruce played him, but Jackie did in Drunken Master, and Jet in… oh man, I forget the name… How about this: David Warner, Kermit The Frog, Mickey Mouse ETA: Once upon a time in China! that was the name… Now I feel dumb for forgetting. I’ve been watching a lot of Jet Li lately on the Kungfu channel and the titles kinda blur… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/29 "2008-05-09T13:58:16Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Or howsabout Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck? [/QUOTE] Jack Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/30 "2008-05-09T14:00:39Z")
[QUOTE=gonzoron] David Warner, Kermit The Frog, Mickey Mouse [/QUOTE] Bob Crachit ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/31 "2008-05-09T14:06:45Z")
How about … John Huston, Donald Duck and Jon Voight ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/32 "2008-05-09T14:07:50Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] Jack Palance, Louis Jourdan, Frank Langella [/QUOTE] Dracula? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/33 "2008-05-09T14:24:08Z")
How about Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Susan Lucci? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/34 "2008-05-09T14:51:01Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] How about Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Susan Lucci? [/QUOTE] Scrooge. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/35 "2008-05-09T14:56:42Z")
[QUOTE=Eutychus] How about … John Huston, Donald Duck and Jon Voight [/QUOTE] Noah? (not sure about Donald Duck) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/36 "2008-05-09T15:07:34Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Noah? (not sure about Donald Duck) [/QUOTE] Yep … he was cast as Noah in the “Pomp and Circumstances” section of “Fantasia 2000.” ---
**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:** [May 9, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/37 "2008-05-09T16:26:33Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] …Michael Audreson and Robert Hardy? [/QUOTE] Still unanswered. Raymond Massey, John Anderson, Frank Wilcox, Sam Waterston? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/38 "2008-05-09T17:49:34Z")
[QUOTE=gonzoron] Wong Fei Hung? Not sure if Bruce played him, but Jackie did in Drunken Master, and Jet in… oh man, I forget the name…ETA: Once upon a time in China! that was the name… Now I feel dumb for forgetting. I’ve been watching a lot of Jet Li lately on the Kungfu channel and the titles kinda blur… [/QUOTE] Very good guess, but no, not Wong Fei Hung. Jackie and Jet have played him (and Sammo Hung, and a bunch of others), but not Bruce. If you’ve seen a lot of Jet Li movies lately, think of one with a very, very similar plot to a Bruce Lee movie. You probably won’t have seen the Jackie Chan one, it was his first starring role, and it got bad reviews and did very poorly. **Czarcasm’s** earlier guess was pretty good too, as it turns out: Jet Li plays the Monkey King in his new movie with Jackie Chan, “The Forbidden Kingdom.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/39 "2008-05-10T00:17:32Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Still unanswered. Raymond Massey, John Anderson, Frank Wilcox, Sam Waterston? [/QUOTE] Abraham Lincoln. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-is-familiar-but-i-cant-place-the-face/448446/40 "2008-05-10T01:31:35Z")
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