# Oh that's who that was?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935 "2025-05-06T00:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/61 "2025-05-12T07:11:34Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > A couple of weeks ago, I channel surfed into a movie called, “Endless Love”. There was a scene that contained some young guy who had a small part that wasn’t at all necessary to the movie. I had to do a double take to realize it was Tom Cruise. Except his one speech was necessary. The main guy is grumbling about how his girlfriend’s parents are forcing them to take a thirty-day break. Cruise’s character ambles up and says, “When I was ten years old, I started a fire, and instead of getting in trouble, I was a hero!” That influences the main guy to start a fire on the GF’s family’s front porch, and presumably win her/them back. Of course it goes horribly wrong… (That’s also a different setup than in the novel the movie is based on. In that, he wasn’t thinking about heroics; he just wanted the family to leave the house and face him. But the movie dialogue had to spell out a reason for him to set the fire, other than the fact that he was unstable.) ---
**Author:** ![TheTyrant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thetyrant/32/19111_2.png) [@TheTyrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTyrant)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/62 "2025-05-12T07:26:19Z")
I was watching The Expanse for the first time for a while back, and there’s a spy in a few episodes named Kenzo played by Elias Toufexis. _“Where the f do I know this guy from?”_ It was killing me. As it turns out, he voiced Adam Jensen in the Deus Ex “prequels”–Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. His voice is unmistakable. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/63 "2025-05-12T11:32:10Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > That influences the main guy to start a fire on the GF’s family’s front porch, and presumably win her/them back. Of course it goes horribly wrong… Well, I soon surfed away from it to be honest, thus missing that part and its subsequent point. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/64 "2025-05-12T11:45:58Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Years ago when I was on dial up, I found an online comic book called Chesire Crossing. It was a story involving characters from The Wizard Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, Peter Pan, plus just Mary Poppins. The creator obviously could not draw. The art was made on MS Paint or such. It was almost entirely geometric shapes that had been carefully placed and then filled with color. But, the writing was fantastic! The creator had clearly done their reseach and understood the source material. It was a new, inventive and exciting story. But none of it violated canon. I recommended it to all my firends. > > Only this past month or so did somebody tell me that the creator of Chesire Crossing was Andy Weir, the wrter of The Martian. I was aware of the Weir connection. But it was just a week ago that I learned the artist for _Cheshire Crossing_ (the book version) was Sarah Andersen, who also does [_Sarah’s Scribbles_](https://www.gocomics.com/sarahs-scribbles). I’ve read _Fangs_ so I was aware she did artwork different than the style she uses in her webcomic but I didn’t recognize her as the artist in _Cheshire Crossing_. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/65 "2025-05-13T00:50:15Z")
> [@epbrown](#): > > Oldman is a bit of a chameleon, so it’s understandable. He’s almost unrecognizable in “True Romance.” This is the one I was coming to post. I didn’t realize that was Gary Oldman until days later when a friend mentioned it. In fairness, though, that was back in 1993 before most of Oldman’s body of work we know and love today. At the time I only really knew him from Dracula and State of Grace. Plus maybe JFK. I _think_ I had also seen Sid and Nancy, but wouldn’t have known or associated him with that. True Romance was so long ago that it was not only before The Fifth Element, it even predated Leon (The Professional)! ---
**Author:** ![TheTyrant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thetyrant/32/19111_2.png) [@TheTyrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTyrant)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/66 "2025-05-13T06:06:40Z")
True Romance honestly had a _lot_ of up-and-comers and \*“oh hey it’s _that guy_”(s). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/67 "2025-05-13T06:34:41Z")
Including Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/68 "2025-05-15T22:45:06Z")
Long after I watched _The Witcher_ I realized Queen Calanthe was played by the same woman who played the younger sister in _Last of the Mohicans._ (Jodhi May) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/69 "2025-05-18T00:14:34Z")
In the criminally underviewed [The Nice Guys](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk), there’s a scene where Holland March (Ryan Gosling) falls down a hill, ends up against a tree, and discovers that there’s a dead body also leaning against the same tree. In a “blink and you miss it” cameo, that body is played by Robert Downey, Jr. He’s in mostly profile, has no dialogue at any point in the film, and he has dried blood on his face, but it’s him. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/70 "2025-05-18T00:37:17Z")
I made it all the way through the HBO series _Togetherness_ without realizing that the scheming rival mom Anna was played by the same actress as Jenny from _The League_. (Katie Aselton, who’s married to Mark Duplass, the male lead on both shows.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/71 "2025-05-18T16:12:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In the criminally underviewed [The Nice Guys](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk), I had never even heard of this movie until we found it on streaming last year. It was one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long time. I have no idea why this wasn’t more popular. ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/72 "2025-05-18T21:51:37Z")
I notice this kind of thing all the time. IMDb has made it much easier in recent decades, but I still try to do it by memory if I can. A few that come to mind: A few years ago I saw the classic _Outer Limits_ episode “Demon with a Glass Hand”. robert Culp is instantly recognizable, but I wondered if the actress who played Consuela ever did anything else, so I looked her up on IMDb. Did she ever. **Arlene Martel** did guest roles on dozens of shows back in the 60s and 70s (sometimes credited as Tasha Martel). She was Spock’s fiance on _Star Trek_, and I’ve seen her in _I Dream of Jeannie_, _The Rockford Files_, _Banacek_, _The Love Boat_, and probably others. I always wonder if it’s a compliment to actor to tell them that you’ve seen them for years and never recognized them. In a recent thread about _The ood, the Bad, and the Ugly_, someone was surprised to discover that Tuco was played by (one of) the same actor as Mr. Freeze on _Batman_; the brilliant **Eli Wallach**. I’ve seen him in other parts and I have to remind myself that it’s the same guy. He could disappear into a role. One other that I remember was watching _Breaking Away_ a while ago. The townie kids have a couple run ins with some frat bros from the local college, and one of them look familiar. Took me a while, but I figure it out on my own; he was Ellis, the asshole in _Die Hard_ who pretends to be John’s friend and gets shot by Hans. The actor’s name is **Hart bochner**. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/73 "2025-05-19T09:26:36Z")
Arlene Martel was in more than one episode of _ **Columbo** _. She sometimes ended up on the cutting room floor, but her name was kept in the credits. Eli Wallach was also Don Altobello in _ **Godfather III** _. The man could switch nationalities whenever he needed to. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/74 "2025-05-19T14:18:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > In a recent thread about _The ood, the Bad, and the Ugly_ I seemed to have missed that episode of _Doctor Who._ What season was it in? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/75 "2025-05-19T16:11:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A few years ago I saw the classic _Outer Limits_ episode “Demon with a Glass Hand”. robert Culp is instantly recognizable, but I wondered if the actress who played Consuela ever did anything else, so I looked her up on IMDb. Did she ever. **Arlene Martel** did guest roles on dozens of shows back in the 60s and 70s (sometimes credited as Tasha Martel). She was Spock’s fiance on _Star Trek_, and I’ve seen her in _I Dream of Jeannie_, _The Rockford Files_, _Banacek_, _The Love Boat_, and probably others. Another Robert Culp episode of “Outer Limits” had aliens who looked like rocks and then were able to take over the body of a human who touched them. His wife/girlfriend in that episode was played by Salome Jens. I recognized the name from Star Trek: DS9 - she’s the female “Founder” leading the invasion of the Alpha quadrant. But if I hadn’t seen her name in the credits I would have never recognized her, since they had her under a lot of alien makeup in DS9. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/76 "2025-05-19T16:25:38Z")
I didn’t realize until years later that the guide who goes with Indy to retrieve the idol in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark was played by Alfred Molina, but that’s only because it was his very first role. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/77 "2025-05-19T16:27:04Z")
Watching Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning to prep for this weekend, there was one lady in the NSA briefing. Damn she looked familiar and I could even picture in my mind what her other character looked like. An hour later I yell out “[Oberon Martell’s wife!](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890055/)” ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/78 "2025-05-19T16:39:03Z")
In the movie “Hugo”, the Station Inspector is played by Sacha Baron Cohen. I didn’t recognize him until I saw the credits. > **[Hugo (2011)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/mediaviewer/rm1948168704/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)** > > Sacha Baron Cohen and Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/79 "2025-05-19T16:40:37Z")
I believe the episode is Corpus Earthling ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935/80 "2025-05-19T16:41:11Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > I didn’t realize until years later that the guide who goes with Indy to retrieve the idol in the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark was played by Alfred Molina, but that’s only because it was his very first role. You never get a look at his face, but the guy who shows Indy, Willie, and Short Round to the airplane so they can leave China at the beginning of _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom_ is Dan Aykroyd. And a pre-fame Miley Cyrus is in _Big Fish_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-thats-who-that-was/1017935.md?page=5)