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Actors/actress whose face you know more than their name.

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  • 31-05-2015 9:49am
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    darkdubh
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    Dedicated to those character actors who are rarely in leading roles,whose name you might have trouble recalling but straight away recognise their face.
    Vincent Schiaveli,best known as the subway ghost in Ghost.Was also in Amadeus and can be seen as one of the inmates in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.


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    darkdubh
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    Michael Berryman,also in OFOTCN and The Hills Have Eyes(the original).


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    darkdubh
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    French actor Dominique Pinon,played the lead in Delicatessen.Also in Diva and Betty Blue(in the directors cut only).

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    Harry Palmr
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    Ah you know - him, yes that fella. He's the one.


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    darkdubh
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    John Quade,familiar from loads of Clint Eastwoods 70s movies.For years knew his face but could never recall his name(thanks Google)



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    whomitconcerns
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    Terrence Howard..ah yeh its your man from that film/show....


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    darkdubh
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    Hes become well known in recent times for Hellboy and Sons Of Anarchy but for years Ron Pearlman was that guy with the weird face in The Name Of The Rose and Quest For Fire.

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    PirateShampoo
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    Clint Howard, i didn't have a clue he was Ron Howard's brother.

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    Agent Coulson
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    The face no one would know.... Mickey Rourke pictured this week.

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    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a650287/could-you-name-this-barely-recognisable-hollywood-actor-mickey-rourke-sure-looks-different.html#~peoy2UVL6k7RnO


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    GAAman
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    :eek: I thought that was Sacha Baron Cohen!


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    darkdubh
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    A homegrown version would be David Pearse.Instantly recognisable face from bit parts in stuff down the years,only know his name from that RTE drama series about pub quizzes.

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    tricky D
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    Stephen Tobolowsky probably best known as Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, turns up in loads and loads of small parts here there and everywhere, but more notable is that his filmography is MASSIVE: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864997/

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    Chip Whitley
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    Stephen Tobolowsky was great in Californication too.

    Two actors that I always recognise immediately but had no idea of their names are:

    Zeljko Ivanek
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    24, Heroes, Lost, The West Wing, Hannibal, Seven Psychopaths, Argo.

    and James Rebhorn, who sadly passed away last year.
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    Law & Order, 30 Rock, Homeland, Independence Day, Carlito's Way, Meet the Parents, The Game.


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    Birneybau
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    Miguel Ferrer:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ferrer

    Also, George Clooney's cousin.


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    shazzerman
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    Birneybau wrote: »
    Miguel Ferrer:

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ferrer

    Also, George Clooney's cousin.

    He'll always be Albert Rosenfield to me. Hope Lynch brings him back.


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    Birneybau
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    shazzerman wrote: »
    He'll always be Albert Rosenfield to me. Hope Lynch brings him back.

    The @sshole in Robocop for me.


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    Liam O
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    This guy is the biggest of all them.

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    ziedth
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    Before he was Tywin Lanister i prob would have said Charles Dance. He is prob more known now.


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    darkdubh
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    Liam O wrote: »
    This guy is the biggest of all them.

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    The guy from Perfect Storm who looks a bit like Christopher Walken.


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    Plates
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    Until Whiplash came along, JK Simmons was definitely in this category:


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    darkdubh
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    Plates wrote: »
    Until Whiplash came along, JK Simmons was definitely in this category:


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    He'll always be Schillinger in Oz to me.


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    Plates
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    Danny Trejo


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    Plates
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    Timothy Spall


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    darkdubh
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    Plates wrote: »
    Timothy Spall


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    Hes pretty well established and has had a good few leading roles.


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    Plates
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    Hes pretty well established and has had a good few leading roles.



    Still, I'd say a good 90% of people couldn't name him, or couldn't picture him if you told them his name.


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    peteeeed
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    bob balaban going back as far as close encounters

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    darkdubh
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    Geoffery Lewis,familiar for playing sneaky types,often alongside Clint Eastwood(High Plains Drifter,Any Which Way But Loose).Also dad of Juliette Lewis.



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    peteeeed
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    clancy brown
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    shawshank redemtion ,Starship Troopers , Highlander


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    darkdubh
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    Another homegrown example,Darragh O Malley.Sharpes second in command and the angry Irishman who threatens the two lads in Withnail And I.


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    peteeeed
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    my irish pick would be liam cunnigham

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    Plates
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    How about Dan Hedeya:


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