test yaself...

kirn

got this in an e-mail:

there are 5 actors who have starred in all of the 3 films in a trilogy that is currently released.

ie: hugo weaving (matrix and lord of the rings) -> when M3 and Lotr3 are realsed.

who are they?

ObeyGiant

Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones & Star Wars)
Sylvester Stallone (Rambo & Rocky)
Mel Gibson (Mad Max & Lethal Weapon)
Clint Eastwood (Sergio Leone stuff & Dirty Harry)
James Earl Jones (Jack Ryan movies & Star Wars)

Kaboom!

hells angels

OG sortta shot that one down quick on ya kirn didn't he!!!:D

Rabies

Originally posted by hells angels
OG sortta shot that one down quick on ya kirn didn't he!!!:D

Through the amazing powers of Google

Would the Godfather trilogy be in that list ?

kirn

fair play.
4/5

james earl jones didn't act in star wars, he voiced. so incorrect.

one left...?

ObeyGiant

Oh, if you're going to get _technical_

Adrian from Rocky was in the three Godfather movies too.

kirn

Originally posted by ObeyGiant
Oh, if you're going to get _technical_

Adrian from Rocky was in the three Godfather movies too.

oh?
evidence?

she wasn't in all three godfathers was she?

plastic membrane

Talia Shire. She was in all three to be sure.

ObeyGiant

lynx -dump http://us.imdb.com/Name?Shire,+Talia | grep -i "rocky"
26. [107]Rocky V (1990) .... Adrian
33. [114]Rocky IV (1985) .... Adrian
34. [115]Rocky III (1982) .... Adrian
37. [118]Rocky II (1979) .... Adrian
41. [122]Rocky (1976) .... Adrian

lynx -dump http://us.imdb.com/Name?Shire,+Talia | grep -i "godfather"
19. [100]Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980, The (1992) (V) .... Constanzia
... aka Godfather Saga, The (1992) (V) (USA)
... aka Godfather Trilogy, The (1992) (V)
25. [106]Godfather: Part III, The (1990) .... Constanzia 'Connie'
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (1990) (USA: complete
44. [125]Godfather: Part II, The (1974) .... Constanzia 'Connie'
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (1974) (USA: complete
46. [127]Godfather, The (1972) .... Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi
... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1972) (USA: complete title)

Thanx 4 The Fish

I think that you may have missed the idea behing this OG, do it without resorting to googling or suchlike...

ObeyGiant

He asked for proof.
Durrrrrrrrr.

jonno

Originally posted by kirn
james earl jones didn't act in star wars, he voiced. so incorrect.

Well at the start of the thread you said

there are 5 actors who have starred in all of the 3 films in a trilogy that is currently released.

so that would imply that he was correct in stating that James Earl Jones starred in Star Wars. And anyway when actors voice characters it is acting becaus ethey are indeed performing

bobsmith833

I'm slightly confused by the wording of the question as well - all the answers suggested seem to be pairs of trilogies, yet the the question makes no mention of pairs. Therefore James Earl Jones would be a correct answer simply by dint of being in the Jack Ryan movies. Or have I misunderstood something?

Goodshape

Wouldn't really consider the Jack Ryan films a trilogy, just a series of films involving the same charactors.

And aside from that, there's four of them.

jonno

Originally posted by Goodshape
Wouldn't really consider the Jack Ryan films a trilogy, just a series of films involving the same charactors.

And aside from that, there's four of them.

Well Eastwood's films with Leone's would then be cancelled out straight away. They are a series of films with teh same character with the status of beng a trilogy.

Plus there is also four Lethal Weapons and five Rocky's - so don't get to technical or you'll wipe out all possibilities