# Which actor is this in this picture?

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**Tags:** actor-characters\
**Created:** [June 25, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074 "2023-06-25T05:01:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/1 "2023-06-25T05:01:04Z")

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It’s image #27. Does anyone know which actor is between Anthony Michael Hall and Robert Downey Jr.?

[https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/this-famous-child-star-completely-blew-it/ss-AA1cZlDP?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=077a831c6da74a088700d2675f33c519&ei=275#image=1](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/this-famous-child-star-completely-blew-it/ss-AA1cZlDP?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=077a831c6da74a088700d2675f33c519&ei=275#image=1)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/2 "2023-06-25T05:10:35Z")

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[Robert Rusler](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0750852/)

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/3 "2023-06-25T05:16:17Z")

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That was quick. Thank you TroutMan!

Which movie did you remember him from? Was it Weird Science, or something with Molly Ringwald?

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**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:** [June 25, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/4 "2023-06-25T13:54:50Z")

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Both the name and face were vaguely familiar. I looked him up on imdb – he’s the guy who played Warren Keffer on S2 of Babylon 5. IIRC,

he was a character that the “suits” wanted to add to the show. Straczinsky obliged, but then killed him off at the end of the season.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/5 "2023-06-25T14:39:23Z")

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I’ve never actually heard of him. 🙂

I used Google Lens.

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/6 "2023-06-26T03:05:15Z")

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I’m glad you did. 🙂

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-is-this-in-this-picture/986074/7 "2023-06-26T03:10:35Z")

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I remember him from Weird Science, and maybe Nightmare on Elm Street. I was mistaken about a Molly Ringwald movie. I probably also saw him in TV shows.