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??
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?
Yup thats him.
He was also the villan in 'twins'
the villan in 'airheads'
and in a few episodes of the X-files
>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!"