# Name the actor by surnames of roles played **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005 "2009-03-02T13:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/121 "2009-03-04T15:56:03Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Harrison Ford Yep. Was it too easy? #35 Clark Harte Grodin bin Yusuf Osborn Schreck ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/122 "2009-03-04T16:09:23Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Yep. Was it too easy? > > #35 > > Clark > Harte > Grodin > bin Yusuf > Osborn > Schreck I’m gambling that “bin Yusuf” is a bit of humor and am going with Willem Dafoe. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/123 "2009-03-04T16:43:59Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m gambling that “bin Yusuf” is a bit of humor and am going with Willem Dafoe. Correct on both points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/124 "2009-03-04T16:46:33Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m gambling that “bin Yusuf” is a bit of humor and am going with Willem Dafoe. I’m stumped. What’s going on here? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/125 "2009-03-04T16:55:51Z")
> [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](#): > > I’m stumped. What’s going on here? Willem DeFoe played Jesus in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Jesus Christ’s name in Aramaic was “Yeshua bin Yusuf,” or “Joshua, son of Joseph” (spellings vary). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/126 "2009-03-04T16:59:37Z")
Schreck: Christopher Walken as Max Schreck in _Batman Returns_. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/127 "2009-03-04T17:05:20Z")
It’s been so long since I’ve seen _Batman Returns_ I didn’t even remember Christopher Walken being in it. 🙂 The Max Schreck on my list was Willem Dafoe in _Shadow of the Vampire_. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/128 "2009-03-04T17:05:58Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Willem DeFoe played Jesus in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Jesus Christ’s name in Aramaic was “Yeshua bin Yusuf,” or “Joshua, son of Joseph” (spellings vary). :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/129 "2009-03-04T18:04:09Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [URL=“[http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Golightly&x=7&y=2](http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Golightly&x=7&y=2)”] > Here’s Puzzle #34: > > Carter > Sharp > Green > Woods > Walker > Williams I have spent hours (!) finding Reese Witherspoon’s match to these names. Excellent selections, **Sternvogel**. You’d be surprised how many “close but no cigar” matches I’ve run across. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/130 "2009-03-04T18:09:13Z")
Do I have to wait until the previous one is answered? #36 - action movies! Harris Dallas Kimble Sattler Ralter ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/131 "2009-03-04T18:09:43Z")
Puzzle Number 37 (I believe) Kenyon Baxter Davis Murphy Rhodes Taylor Diamond ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/132 "2009-03-04T18:15:11Z")
Baxter: Steve Carell’s title character in _Evan Almighty_, Evan Baxter Rhodes: Dolly Parton’s character in _Nine to Five_, Dora Lee (sp?) Rhodes ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/133 "2009-03-04T18:20:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Baxter: Steve Carell’s title character in _Evan Almighty_, Evan Baxter > Rhodes: Dolly Parton’s character in _Nine to Five_, Dora Lee (sp?) Rhodes All seven characters were played by the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/134 "2009-03-04T18:24:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > All seven characters were played by the same person. But Steve Carrell’s boobs aren’t…oh. Nevermind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/135 "2009-03-04T18:26:05Z")
Bloody hell. Really? ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/136 "2009-03-04T18:29:44Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Bloody hell. > > Really? Really. It’s even in the OP. And all the games played so far. Honest. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/137 "2009-03-04T18:33:11Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Do I have to wait until the previous one is answered? > > #36 - action movies! > > Harris > Dallas > Kimble > Sattler > Ralter May we assume that these are not different roles played by the same actor? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/138 "2009-03-04T19:13:51Z")
Puzzle Number 38 Spence Murphy Finn Graham Teller Bradley ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/139 "2009-03-04T19:20:01Z")
[quote=“Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright, post:130, topic:488005”] Do I have to wait until the previous one is answered? #36 - action movies! Harris - Denzel Washington in Training Day Dallas - Tom skerrit in Alien Kimble - Harrison Ford in The Fugitive Sattler - Laura Dern in Jurassic Park Ralter - John Morton in Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005/140 "2009-03-04T19:26:23Z")
[quote=“Sparky812, post:139, topic:488005”] > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Do I have to wait until the previous one is answered? > > #36 - action movies! > > Harris - Denzel Washington in Training Day > Dallas - Tom skerrit in Alien > Kimble - Harrison Ford in The Fugitive > Sattler - Laura Dern in Jurassic Park > Ralter - John Morton in Star Wars Great! For another thread. This one has a different concept at work. The OP is worth a read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-actor-by-surnames-of-roles-played/488005.md?page=8)