Who Is The Actor In The IBM TV Ads?

[Ash]

I'm sure most of you've seen these ads for IBM on TV recently.

It has the CEO of a corporation sitting at the end of a long table surrounded by his underlings and in each commercial (there are 4 or 5 of them I think) they introduce some new made up thing to him to help improve business.

Such as:  
Magic pixie dust.

Business binoculars.

Or even the Magic Business Genie.  In that ad the CEO tells the other guy to rub the lamp and when he does, a cell phone of another employee at the table rings.  He says, "It's the genie."  and hands the phone to the CEO.

My question is this:  Who is that actor that plays the CEO??

I swear I've seen him in other movies and TV shows but I can't remember his name.

Anyone??

[Ash]

Wait....I think I figured it out......

I'm pretty sure it's Marshall Bell.

Go here to see his pic:

http://www.bikez-n-stuff.com/movies/mbell.htm

He played Quato in Total Recall.
Remember?  He had that mutant on his stomach.

He also played the general in Starship Troopers that burst out of a storage locker scared s**tless and the seargent slapped him.

He also played Gordie Lachance's dad in Stand By Me.

Do you guys think that's him in those IBM commercials?

[Dunners]

Yup thats him.

He was also the villan in 'twins'

the villan in 'airheads'

and in a few episodes of the X-files

[JohnL]

>It has the CEO of a corporation sitting at the end of a long table surrounded by
>his underlings and in each commercial (there are 4 or 5 of them I think) they
>introduce some new made up thing to him to help improve business.

I've seen;

Pixie dust
Business binoculars
Universal business adaptor (UBA)
Magic business genie
Business reality detector

 The last is my favorite; "Phil, what do you think?", (looking panicked) "I don't think, I'm just a yes man", machine chirps, "It works!"