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Ever notice those actors that you see all the time in movies but no one ever seems to know their names?

Like this guy...

Erick Avari
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6987/erikavarimw2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

My friends and I call him the "Man-ee-way Guy" because that's what he says in the movie Stargate.   :teddyr:

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Or how about this guy?

Kevin Sussman
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7857/11614159451press2122007uk0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

It seems like I spot him in every other movie and even TV commercials but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who knows his actual name.

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Or how about Sean Whalen?

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8423/mv5bmtg1mjc0odc5mf5bml5uz0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

This guy pops up in tons of movies and usually plays some kind of "weaselly" character.
I never knew his name until I decided to write this thread.   :tongueout:

How about you?
Know of any other actors who appear in lots of movies but nobody knows who they are?

James Rebhorn- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714310/#actor1970
There's no picture I can upload here, but there's some on his IMDB site.  He was in Meet the Parents, Kojak, Law and Order, Pete and Pete and a slew of others.  He's one of those guys I'd see and be like, "That guy's in everything."

(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f250/janakay13/christopher_mcdonald.jpg)
Christopher McDonald- Unfortunately, not a lot of people seem to know his name.  But, the dude's a brilliantly underrated actor who's got a list of credits a mile long. 

My favorite, "Hey! It's that guy!" was always Nicholas Worth before his death last year just two days after my birthday. For those that don't remember him from name, Nick was the bald goon in Darkman, the gay bond dodger in The Glove, the killer in Don't Answer the Phone, a thug in The Naked Gun, and had 80 or so other roles during his time on Earth.

(http://www.papermag.com/blogs/dontanswer4.jpg)

First name to come to mind was Mickey Jones, a guy you could practically expect to see in any movie with bikers, hillbillies, convicts or other rough-looking customers.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/MickeyJonesByPhilKonstantin.jpg)

For that matter, you could almost say the same thing about Bob Tessier.
(http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsT/16997-18826.gif)

My favorite, who it seemed used to be in every movie with action sequences, is Al "Ka Bong" Leong.  Here's his IMDB page (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0502959/) and his official(?) website (http://www.alleong.com/index.html).

The parts that jump to mind include (in chronological order):

• hatchet man in "Big Trouble in Little China (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/)"
• the guy who tortures Mel Gibson (go Al!) in "Lethal Weapon (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093409/)"
• Genghis Khan in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/)"
• the bad guy that steals the candy bar in "Die Hard (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/)"

You will recognize him when you see him.

That Guy actors rule...theres plenty but the first one I can think of this morning is Larry Cedar.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147738/

I remember that guy from Square One TV and he really made a niche for himslef as a that guy actor.

It's a bit difficult to decide who qualifies as a "that guy" in this particular group. Many of the character actors who are known by face only to the average viewer are well-known to enthusiasts like us.

For example, Michael Berryman:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Michael_Berryman_2007.png/220px-Michael_Berryman_2007.png)
He's "that guy" to many people, but a well-known actor around here.

how about dick miller? he pops up in a ton of stuff

VINCENT SCHIAVELLI (subway ghost in GHOST)
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/VINCENTSCHIAVELLI.jpg)

The epitome of "that guy"

A favorite of mine.  Also did Fast Times At Ridgemont High, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Man on The Moon amongst his best movies.

Schiavelli also plays the part of a servant in "Amadeus", and has the first lines of dialogue in the film.
peter j/denny c

For anyone interested, SCHIAVELLI died the day after Christmas, 2005.  He did a ton of TV work, including on "Star Trek: TNG". 

I think I saw him in a episode of McGyver once. 

There is another guy who I can't think of his name, but he is in a lot of TV commercials as of late.  He is in a TruValue TV commercial, a commercial for Toyota in Nascar, and I've seen him on ads for Embarq phone books. 

I have another, L.Q. Jones. He made several films with Peckinpah, then popped up here and there on small bits, even on TV. He usually plays parts were he wears cowboy clothes, even in contemporary movies. Here's an interview and pics:

http://www.einsiders.com/features/interviews/lqjones.php

He also directed the cult sci-fi movie "A boy and his dog", and can be seen on small roles on stuff like "Casino", "The Patriot" (Yep, Seagal's film) or the first Xorro movie with Antonio Banderas.

Good Thread.
There's this one guy, kinda short, a bit hammy.
Recently married, to a pretty cute chick.
Gets excited a lot.
Is into vaguely cultish religions.
Jumps on couches...
Oh, wait.
Never mind.


Edit:
I have one now. I see him all the time, most recently as Larry the Health Inspector's retarded neighbor.

What about this guy?
William Hickey
(http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/Movies/Actors3/HickeyWilli66031736_150x200.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382676/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382676/)

He's alway played the old weird guy with his unique delivery.

EDIT:
Thought of another one ..

Michael Ironside
(http://xigre.com/datatxt/media/2/20070617-Michael%20Ironside%20as%20Gen.%20Jack%20Granger.jpg)

Here's a two more I remembered...

Mike Starr
(http://www.underthecitymovie.com/bios/starr_bio_l.jpg)

I never knew his name until I looked him up just now.  I always seem to remember him from Dumb & Dumber and Goodfellas.

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Joel McKinnon Miller
(http://www.d.umn.edu/unirel/homepage/07/jmiller4.jpg)

I remember him as the garage attendant from The Truman Show.  He also plays Don on HBO's Big Love.

Mike Starr's in a lot.  I liked  him in Ed Wood as well, although it was a brief appearance.

There's a great one you've overlooked , Sid Haig.  This guy's been in all kinds of stuff for the last forty years.


Check out his IMDB file, he's been in everything, Star Trek, The Lucy Show, Batman, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, and heck he's even in THX1138.  Most folks know him now because of stuff The Devil's Rejects.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354085/

Speaking of overlooked ... jeez how could I forget Geoffrey Lewis. He's been in everything from Alias Smith and Jones, high Plains Drifter, The Devil's Rejects, The Butcher and tons more. I think he been in several Clint Eastwood films.

(http://www.celestialnavigations.com/images/artists_lewis2.jpg)

Don't know him without hair?

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7412/frfr10uq2zy2.jpg)

There is another guy I can't think of his name, squirrelly look fellow played a lot of bum roles or farm peasant. Ah just remembered ...

William Sanderson

(http://www.memphis.edu/magazine/v27i2/sanderson2.jpg)

Also played J F Sebastian in Blade Runner.

Here's another one - Robert Costanzo.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2504602127_1bfce69913.jpg?v=0)

No matter how many roles I see him in William Sanderson will always Larry, the guy from Newhart, with his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl.

Here's another one I thought of...

James Hampton
He usually plays the dad in most movies I've seen him in.

(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9822/jameshampton17f29736.jpg) (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/jameshampton17f29736.jpg/)

Richard Masur
He's known for playing the dad in Encino Man and License to Drive.

(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6694/cfc3bc7a7bd3acba17f71a9.jpg) (http://img16.imageshack.us/i/cfc3bc7a7bd3acba17f71a9.jpg/)

Dennis Fimple..This guy has been in about every tv show made during the 70s and 80s.
He also starred in one of My favorite B Horror movies from the 70s. Creature from Black Lake.

(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/ometiklan/dennis.jpg)

Richard Masur is awesome! :thumbup:

... and lets not forget he also played Rutherford from Risky Business (1983)

Also Clark, the guy that took care of the dogs from The Thing (1982)

My favorite was Mr. Anderson from License to Drive (1988) like Ash said.

Marshall Bell
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/463598443_d2c498b884.jpg)

Jack Elam, with his creepy left eye, he started as the gunfighter who normally got shot by the hero before  so many movies where he became the grizzled sidekick in the 60s and 70s. 

Jack Elam is amazing!

The first 15 minutes of Once Upon A Time in the West is priceless! Seriously, every actor must wish they were as fascinatingly ugly as Jack Elam.

Also, Marshall Bell really creeps me out. Every time he shows up you know something really bad is just around the corner. I agree he's a great actor, but never has such an ordinary looking guy projected such menace. If you haven't seen Behind the Mask yet, go watch it.

Yeah!  Commisioner Stenchler from Sega CD's Sewer Shark!

Buck Flower comes up a lot. Of course, I'm sure everyone on THESE boards knows him by name.

Irwin Keyes is another good one.

Thinking of movie dads reminded me of Paul Dooley.
(http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsD/4767.gif)

He was the organ grider in Batman Returns.

He was also the spectral hobo who taught Patrick Swayze how to effect the physical world in Ghost and the heroin-addicted ex-children's T.V. star-cum-hitman in Death To Smoochy.

I love how, in THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI, his Red Lectroid form retains his sort of "sad sack" appearance. 

He also tried to kill James Bond in "Tomorrow never dies", and was a psychiatrist threaten with death by Mickey and Mallory in "Natural Born Killers".

I don't remember that scene in Natural Born Killers.
Was it one of the deleted scenes?

No, it was a very short scene, he was one of the pundits interviewed in one of the montages.

Thought of a couple more...

John Heard

(http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5061/101d1d670b.jpg) (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/101d1d670b.jpg/)

He's been in a bunch of movies and played the dad in Home Alone.

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Lane Smith

(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6557/lanesmith311d200054.jpg) (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/lanesmith311d200054.jpg/)

I didn't know he died back in 2005.  He was a good actor.

I didn't know he was dead! Loved that guy!

Christopher George

(http://content7.flixster.com/photo/46/96/52/4696529_tml.jpg)

It took me a few films to commit his name to memory.  I remember seeing him in quite a few 80's splatter flicks like City of the Living Dead and Pieces.  And he was married to Lynda Day.  :cheers:

John Saxon

(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/IMAGES/MMPH/164164.jpg)

I could never remember this guy's name for a long time.  I always referred to him as "the dad from Nightmare on Elm Street."   After seeing Cannibal Apocalypse and Tenebre I never forgot his name.

Yup, John Saxon was Roper in Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon (1973)

Hey! Do you think John Saxon is this guy?    http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,127114.0.html

Richard Riehle

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5755/tom222479e88.jpg) (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/tom222479e88.jpg/)

He played the guy who made the "Jump to Conclusions" mat in Office Space.
His last name is pronounced the same as the word "really".

Matt Frewer
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mattfrewer.jpg/220px-Mattfrewer.jpg)
He's kind of an interesting one because he was an 80s icon (albeit in a heavily made up and processed form), then seemed to get more obscure, doing guest appearances on TV, voice work, and smaller movie roles. I suppose he's a good character actor who happened to get lucky with a character. It's probably because of the Max Headroom makeup that he's not as well known as he might be, but I imagine it also kept him from being too closely associated with the character after moving on.

David Warner.

A lot of times, I hear him referred to simply as "the scientist guy from TMNT2."

Supergirl and Dawn of the Dead spring to mind !

He was Moloch in Watchmen too!

Louis Guss

(http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsG/7152.gif)


Dub Taylor

(http://www.williamsmith.org/image35V.JPG)

Anybody mention Jesse White?
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bHSVCs9rX0A/R1TDUuaTMBI/AAAAAAAACMI/Y4GyiN0J_24/s1600-R/jessewhite.jpg)

Freddie Hice is in TONS of stuff. You'd probably best remember him as Bobby in Robocop ("Can you fly, Bobby?"). Technically, he's a stunt guy, but you can always pick him out in movies as Henchman #3 and things like that. Same thing with Al Leong, only it's Asian Henchman #3 for him. He's probably best remembered as Genghis Kahn in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.

John Dehner.
From The Twilight Zone to The Night Stalker..Before and after.


(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/ometiklan/john-dehner.jpg)

Brendan Hughes:

(http://www.afn.org/~vampires/Tdf2.jpg)

He would pop up in movies throughout the mid 80s and early 90s ever so often.

Ha! I always love seeing that guy in movies. He is instantly recognizable, I remember him most of all from Die Hard. I also love that his nickname is Al 'Ka Bong'  :teddyr:


One guy I had to do a little research on to find out his name was Anthony James. He always plays a killer/hitman/thug, and with his lanky frame, and angular features makes a very frightening bad guy! I remember him mostly from his turn as the leader of the baddies in The Ravagers (1979), and numerous tv shows. He also plays the chauffeur in Burnt Offerings. His last film role was in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. Apparently he has retired from acting and is an artist.

John Glover kind of lost his "That Guy" status with his recurring role on Smallville, although that role still fits with the smarmy businessmen and creepy bad guys he plays so well.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v368/sauveterre/Knits%20n%20Things/Blog/2006.jpg)

Ladies & Gentlemen, I present to you the ULTIMATE "That Guy"...

Mr. David Patrick Kelly

(http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsK/9226-20850.gif)

And let Us not forget... Burt Mustin.

(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/ometiklan/burt5.jpg)

Fred Willard, who could forget his totally random and improvised lines in Christopher Guests Mockumentaries!
              (http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/fred-willard-2.jpg)

Anthony James had a very memorable cameo in Naked Gun 2 1/2. He played his normal thug hitman role, but halfway through his assassination becomes caught up in singing "Feelings."

I also caught him as the main bad guy in a tawdry movie '70s film called The Teacher, where an older woman seduces TV's Dennis the Menace!

Cool thanks Mofo, its been a long time since I've seen any of the Naked Gun films so I'll have to look for him in it.

Brian Doyle Murray
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3967955329_5e4f0d30a2.jpg)
I watched him pop up in movies for years before I ever made the connection that he's Bill Murray's brother. Shows real talent if you can have a more famous relative and still manage to achieve "that guy" status.

I actually had a "that guy" moment when Morgan Sheppard showed up on a Criminal Minds episode I watched earlier tonight.
(http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/images/WilliamMorganShepard.jpg)
I remembered immediately that he's probably one of the top "that guys" for me. Of course, as with many of the actors in this thread, I read up on him some time ago and he technically stopped being "that guy." So really, I had a "hey, it's Morgan Sheppard" moment. Same thing though. :teddyr:

How about Marc Lawrence, who always played a tough guy, mobster type. My biggest recollection of him is the 1978 Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn movie Foul Play.

Clu Gulager..
Return of the living Dead. Was probably His most famous work.

(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii180/ometiklan/clu.jpg)

Don Calfa

(http://www.rowlandharris.com/actors10.jpg)

Bob Gunton

(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2950/shawshank38.jpg) (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/shawshank38.jpg/)

I had no idea what his name was until now.
He played the warden in The Shawshank Redemption.

That's a good one Circus, he always sorta creeped me out.

He was great as The Devil in that short-lived Brimstone TV series.

James Tolkan, everyone's favourite gruff, bald-headed authority figure.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4095479906_722b5159c6_o.jpg)

Harve Presnell

(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9239/harvepresnell.jpg) (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/harvepresnell.jpg/)

He played the grandfather in Fargo and was generally known for playing a grumpy old man.
I didn't know that he died this past June.

Yup lol. I remember him best as Sully from Commando (1985)

(http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/5205/34440050.png) (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/34440050.png/)

Cindy: What happened to Sully?
Matrix: I let him go. ...

Speaking of Schwarzenegger movies, anyone mention Bill Duke yet?
(http://www.officialbillduke.com/images/billduke_photo3.jpg)

My favorite "Hey! Its That Guy" would have to be George "Buck" Flowers. He usually played a drunk or homeless person. His probably most famous scene was in Back To The Future as the homeless man(Red) who is sleep on the bench and yells out "Crazy drunk driver!"

He also played the crazy homeless man in Escape From New York

(http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/01/23-End/sam_mcmurray.jpg)
Sam McMurray

"Mind you don't cut yourself, Mordecai!"

(http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsM/11735-13444.gif)

Yeah, I love that guy. I remember seeing him in an Married With Children episode.

Reg E. Cathey
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/The_Wire_Norman_Wilson.jpg)
Oddly, just like my mother nomination Larry Cedar was on Square One TV.


David Cross
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll160/burningsappho/552px-DavidCross2007.jpg)
He's in everything over the past 10 years it seems.  Good voice over guy too.

Joe Morton

(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6416/joemorton.jpg) (http://img690.imageshack.us/i/joemorton.jpg/)

He played Keanu Reeve's police captain in Speed.
I had no idea what his real name was until now.

Christopher Mcdonald

(http://www.aefpr.com/_site/img/clients/chris_mcdonald.jpg)

Usually plays an a-hole. Mostly known for his character in Happy Gilmore.

Bill Duke is a scary as all get-out. When Bill Duke shows up in a movie, you know some bad stuff is about to go down.

Not sure if they've been brought up but pretty much ALL the guys from Spinal Tap are "that guy" actors.
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I'd say Michael Mckean (aka David St. Hubbins) more than them all though.  He's in EVERTHING it seems.  They're all graet character actors. 

(http://content9.flixster.com/photo/11/29/15/11291551_tml.jpg)

Giovanni Lomnbardo Radice (City of the Living Dead; Cannibal Apocalypse; House at the Edge of the Park; Cannibal Ferox)

Bringin' this one back.
First, he's that guy that always had me going "Hey, it's Peter Marshall. Wait, no it isn't." at first glance.
Edward Faulkner, seen here with The Duke.
(http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/centennial/images/wayne_and_faulkner.jpg)
Mike Mazurki
You knew there was something bad going on if Mike showed up.
(http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mikemazurki1.jpg)

Robert Loggia

(http://content.clickbooq.com/638/photos/aeb11e15e0.jpg)