# What actor does this British actress remind me of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594 "2016-07-10T18:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/1 "2016-07-10T18:59:40Z")
Okay, movie buffs, another challenge. The actress [Sinead Cusack](http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/01/24/15/Sinead%20Cusack.jpg) is in the series “Marcella”, which I’m presently watching. She reminds me strongly of a male actor of about the same age, who I can’t recall the name of. I don’t know if he’s from the UK or is American. He almost always plays dramatic roles, usually as the father or the older friend, etc. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/2 "2016-07-10T19:06:11Z")
[Aidan Quinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Quinn) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/3 "2016-07-10T19:11:20Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > [Aidan Quinn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Quinn) Not even close. Like I said, he’s at least her age. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/4 "2016-07-10T19:31:57Z")
I totally saw it the moment i opened the link but now I can’t think of his name. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/5 "2016-07-10T19:33:01Z")
William H Macy? ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/6 "2016-07-10T19:44:26Z")
I saw it too; best I could come up with off the top of my head, though I know it isn’t quite right, is Willem Dafoe. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/7 "2016-07-10T19:48:11Z")
Anthony Hopkins? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/8 "2016-07-10T19:48:52Z")
Steve Zahn. Derek Jacobi. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/9 "2016-07-10T19:59:54Z")
Harris Yulin. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/10 "2016-07-10T20:01:13Z")
Maybe Nigel Havers? ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/11 "2016-07-10T20:05:40Z")
[Ian McShane?](https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/ian-mcshane.jpg?w=670&h=377&crop=1) ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/12 "2016-07-10T20:27:57Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Harris Yulin. Harris Yulin was my first thought, too. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/13 "2016-07-10T20:30:15Z")
Spiccoli? I’m so wasted!! ---
**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:** [July 10, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/14 "2016-07-10T20:42:45Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Spiccoli? I’m so wasted!! I could see Sean Penn as bearing some resemblance. I’m not sure if that’s who Chefguy is thinking of, though, given the “usually as the father or older friend” stipulation: > [@Chefguy](#): > > Okay, movie buffs, another challenge. The actress [Sinead Cusack](http://static.standard.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/01/24/15/Sinead%20Cusack.jpg) is in the series “Marcella”, which I’m presently watching. She reminds me strongly of a male actor of about the same age, who I can’t recall the name of. I don’t know if he’s from the UK or is American. He almost always plays dramatic roles, usually as the father or the older friend, etc. > Any help? Is there a chance that when you say “of about the same age,” that you’re thinking of _roles played_ when about the age she is now? What I’m suggesting is that you could be thinking of her father, Cyril Cusack, who appeared in dozens of movies–almost always dramatic roles, and not infrequently as the “father or the older friend.” Two roles a lot of people have seen him in: as the older mentor of the hero in \*Fahrenheit 451 \*(he was 56) and as the gunsmith in _The Day of the Jackal_ (he was 63). He did look a lot like her. > **[Cyril Cusack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Cusack)** > > Cyril James Cusack (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre, of which he was a lifelong member. In 2020, Cusack was ranked at numb Born to I... ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/15 "2016-07-10T21:48:25Z")
[William Atherton](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atherton) ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/16 "2016-07-10T22:15:28Z")
Richard Lynch? [https://www.google.com/search?q=richard+lynch+actor&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwir0cTW9enNAhUK2B4KHU4JBrsQ\_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=649#imgrc=YwDb2i6ZazD8cM%3A](https://www.google.com/search?q=richard+lynch+actor&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwir0cTW9enNAhUK2B4KHU4JBrsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1024&bih=649#imgrc=YwDb2i6ZazD8cM%3A) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/17 "2016-07-10T22:29:26Z")
[Michael Des Barres](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220735/)? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/18 "2016-07-10T22:46:11Z")
There’s an actor that immediately comes to mind, but I can’t remember his name. The eyes and the wrinkles around the eyes are the key feature that looks similar. The actor reminds me of [Michael Moriarity](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605363/) but he’s not the one. I hope the name I’m looking for comes to me. He’s a character actor of roughly the same age. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/19 "2016-07-10T23:49:29Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Harris Yulin. That’s [the guy](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/buffy/images/2/2c/Yulin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080524000106)! Never would have guessed his name, and I couldn’t remember what I’d seen him in recently. And he’s American, which is why my search of British actors came up with zilch. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594/20 "2016-07-11T21:41:21Z")
Another vote for Yulin.