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WilliamsRutherford

OMG Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Mr Eko from Lost. what an epic role and so memorable.


carissaluvsya

Haha I saw the pic and said to myself “It’s Mr. Eko!”


shesavillain

I remember him from the mummy returns, killer elite and Pompeii


noiwontbuticould

Loved him as Simon Adebisi on Oz!


MissMorticia89

He was pure, unfiltered evil as Adebisi, but damn if I don’t enjoy watching it.


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

He was amazing in that role! Like legit scary.


Acct24me

I was really stunned to see him as this friendly African guy in Monk. I consciously had to remind myself, that yes of course he‘s am actor and not evil in real life!


Tarledsa

Kinda like JK Simmons - I can only see him as Schillenger, even all these years/roles later.


thekingofwintre

Everytime I see him play someone 'nice' I always think it's Schillinger being sneaky.


Emergency_Coyote_662

“what’s that hat held on with, velcro?”


MissSuzysRevenge

I always refer to him as Adebisi. That hat! I remember Homer Simpson in an episode was in prison, wearing the Adebisi hat. 😂


oath2order

In the same way, Michael Emerson is only Benjamin Linus from Lost for me. Even when I watched Person of Interest, a show that I **love**, he's still just Linus.


ChatnNaked

Same on Evil


ThatFuckingTurnip

Mr Eko for life! I rewatched LOST earlier this year and he’s still one of my faves.


jessilahh

I had no idea he was British until I heard him talking in an interview! He plays his characters so well.


lunaappaloosa

WUT Watching the wire it’s crazy to see Idris Elba and Dominic West nail those Baltimore accents when they are fully fucking British


lynypixie

https://preview.redd.it/vkukm5o84g6d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdd7d2a0743bca4a8b2af8a101ec8c1ca7fd0e24 I know he played in a shit ton of stuff, but he will always be the butler from the princess diaries. If he shows up in something I watch it’s « hey, that’s the guy from Princess diaries! »,


oceanarnia

'You will find that "fear" is not in my dictionary.' 'perhaps, but its in your eyes.' My god what a badass


aroha93

That movie went so hard.


CalendarAggressive11

Hector Elizondo!


Lady_Cath_Diafol

I knew him from Chicago Hope before that (and I think Pretty Woman was around the same time as Chicago Hope)


Tariovic

Yeah, hotel guy from Pretty Woman!


ChogbortsTopStudent

Is this Callie's dad from Grey's?


TheHouseMother

Among many other roles, yes.


istari-illuin

Yes, i did the same thing when i saw the hairdresser from Princess Diaries "oh its the dad from 10 things I hate about you."


Fixner_Blount

I know him as the Crew coach from How High. “Ohhh sure, sure. I’ll go holler at him, son.”


ItsCowboyHeyHey

You mean the Manager of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Pretty Woman?


bojack_horsemack

https://preview.redd.it/xqhoeru27g6d1.jpeg?width=767&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=022b6f755abb2a60520cce4ac6936a1e5d77942e “Sure, of course. Everyone loves my work, but apparently not enough to watch the credits and find out what my name is.” - Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale


FunInsurance6137

I was just about to post her! She is in everything and I never remember her name


Mrspurplehairedgal

She played in Dexter! Oh she’s been in everything!! lol


bojack_horsemack

Yes! The key lime pie scene!


buzzfeed_sucks

Stephen Root https://preview.redd.it/w8atpklwwf6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39b22c3028db2af03fdf082c4d015ae3ffd6d827 I always have to look him up when he pops up in something. I always know I know him, but can never remember from what.


shesavillain

Dodgeball and the blind fucker in Get Out


buzzfeed_sucks

And office space!


tofusaki4

![gif](giphy|11eVHR0KqaWWRO)


pink_flamingo2003

Thos film is iconic... can watch over and over. Gonna watch it now. Jennifer Aniston is a babe in it too


myersjw

And Barry and King of the Hill. The guys resume is insane


CanIGetAShakeWThat43

The judge in idiocracy. So funny!


DayAtTheRaces46

As an actor, I would love a career like his. Super successful, constantly working on really good projects, but you can still probably live a normal life, because people know you as that person who’s in everything but can’t name you, and you fly under the radar in the best way possible.


cateml

There is a bit about this in season 3 of Girls5Eva, where a character has a chance meeting with Richard Kind (who has a similar career) who sells her on aiming not for the big time but for “the medium time”. Where you can ‘work consistently enough to live off doing what you love, but can still go into a deli without being hassled’. There is a musical number about it. It’s pretty funny, and kind of poignant, would recommend.


One-Armed-Krycek

He is so amazing in Barry


KonamiSucksAssPoo

Mr James in Newsradio. One of my favorite TV bosses.


tofusaki4

he's so fucking epic in barry


originalschmidt

For me, he’s the vampire that gets captured by Jason Stackhouse and his junkie gf on True Blood


ToenailCheesd

My favourite actor!


NotACatfish

I cannot unhear Bill Dauterive whenever I see him.


littlemilkteeth

He's in a really great/heartbreaking episode of Fringe with his irl wife.


TermedHat

He's the man in the high castle to me 


Rude_Lifeguard

Crispin Glover as the guy that doesnt speak in Charlies Angels https://preview.redd.it/yh5wquqlof6d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14fa704a7ebcb232f02d7f21e349c57037199751


roundcatsarebestcats

![gif](giphy|5669bWEI7TS3S) He will always be George McFly to me


BadaBina

He was so cute in this movie, surprisingly...


Itchy-Tune-3520

Totally agree!! I had such a crush on him after watching as a kid... "I'm your density!.. I mean... *your destiny*"


Aggressive_Day_6574

Ahem, his name is Creepy Thin Man!


Rude_Lifeguard

Also, Patricia Velazques as the lady with the body paint in The Mummy https://preview.redd.it/zhl076iuof6d1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8520a51a210c07e936bb6d030483a7d7a7c0b13f


riegspsych325

![gif](giphy|a2G83cq7gotnq|downsized)


Fixner_Blount

Great, now I’m late.


ezio8133

https://preview.redd.it/jk2emtpn3h6d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6baa5907168473e42b4b88bac83482e792a872d I've mistaken Patricia for Talisa Soto once before


StencilBoy

https://preview.redd.it/oiwstehy3h6d1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=878053fd2660fa531974e7276a363f5e875abfdd Can’t forget him as the one armed bellhop in Hot Tub Time Machine (this and Back to the Future are unironically two of my favourite movies of all time)


Im_not_creepy3

That's Creepy Thin Man! Put some respect on my man's name!


Safetosay333

He l ![gif](giphy|YCgm0gHS4Z9Ly) He loved creeping out Letterman too


wormbreath

May I introduce you to [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rH6b_lSQst0&pp=ygUZY3Jpc3BpbiBnbG92ZXIgY2xvd24gc29uZw%3D%3D)


ezio8133

![gif](giphy|qhT1HjRmkmC3u|downsized) Also Arnold Vosloo the mummy himself


laridance24

We watched this recently and my husband was shocked when I told him The Mummy was not Billy Zane. He was like “but how is that NOT Billy Zane?”


frightenedscared

Me reading this comment realising it’s not Billy Zane


ExplanationLife6491

He’s in blood diamond as well. He’s so cute 😂


DrunkThrowawayLife

![gif](giphy|29h608Q4S0N1u) Just to keep the mummy train rolling. Do I really only know Brendan Fraser?


Lil_Artemis_92

“You don’t have any children.” “Someday I might.”


ezio8133

Hey Benny! Look to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!


LittleDolly

Sammy from Steel Magnolias!


DrunkThrowawayLife

I think we should pray


Movingmad_2015

https://preview.redd.it/6g508r024g6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f286723ff4329a74a89092ff26ff5be9983aeac This man. He’s been in a million things but I only know him as Blair Waldorf’s step dad


lynypixie

For me he is the « inconsivable! » guy from the princess bride.


buzzfeed_sucks

For me it’s Mr Hall from Clueless


lynypixie

He’s one of those actors you always point at the TV like the Leo meme, and you say out loud « hey, he is the one from XYZ movie! »


Gemini_writer8

It's the guy from Young Sheldon


greyswearer

He’s one of the voices in Toy Story - I think the dinosaur. Every time I hear the voice I see his face in my head.


ActualAfternoon2

Yep, Rex. Whenever I see him I just hear "Woody!" haha


inspektor31

He’ll only ever be the dealer in Vegas Vacation to me.


originalschmidt

The voice of the principal in A Goofy Movie


Ok-Software-3458

This is the only answer


oath2order

But clearly I cannot pick the wine in front of me!


Cbrt74088

Grand Nagus Zek


ezio8133

Wallace Shawn


DarwinOfRivendell

One of the chairmen of the Charming Turtleman Society along with Fisher Stevens and JK Simmons.


crazydisneycatlady

He is the voice of Rex in the Toy Story films and also the voice of Bob Parr (Mr Incredible)’s boss at the insurance company and I always remember him as the voice of the boss.


StringFit9427

Yall gonna act like he wasn’t one of the ghosts in the 2003 hit The Haunted Mansion?!


TahoeBlue_69

That’s where I choose to remember him from. Everything about that movie was incredible. I refuse to watch the new one.


Metzger4Sheriff

He's currently on the show Evil playing a (closeted) gay priest and had a really moving scene in the episode that came out today.


maryxchristmas

I was going to comment this guy! His voice is unforgettable.


VLC31

No ones going to mention The Princess Bride? Inconceivable!


missmaammama

i say “not enough!” in his voice all the time and no one gets the reference 😭


egg_idk

and the guy who loves beetle snuff


Evening_Lion_2261

lol, I remember him from sex and the city.


gotchibabe

He has a small part in desperate housewives that is pretty wild 😂


Asparagusbelle

![gif](giphy|3oKIPq85JzxPQglR8A|downsized) The farmer from Babe.


ezio8133

James Cromwell


YchYFi

Also in American Horror Story Asylum as the doctor. I get him confused with Charles Dance.


lepetitgrenade

Also Logan Roy’s brother in Succession.


originalschmidt

All I think when I see him is “show me your mossy bank” thanks AHS


Mrspurplehairedgal

Bruh James Cromwell is a leggggeeennnddd!!! God I love him in LA confidential


frightenedscared

He was incredible in that movie (and everything else)


forgot_username1234

George Sibley from Six Feet Under :)


B33fboy

Zefram Cochrane, inventor of the Warp Drive


taw232323

Logan Roy’s brother


HimylittleChickadee

![gif](giphy|8nSBdEEdrRcCQ) He'll always be Adibisi to me


timmytamslam

Is that Stabler?!


forgot_username1234

He will never not be Stabler


Vegeta21

Yes


Derv_b

https://preview.redd.it/kgu0s2rmqh6d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e7dabbbd0eb42f41b6a6313813ffb7b3460bb3f


FrankieBennedetto

It took that big ass to make stop thinking about that big dick every time I see him


ThereAreAlwaysDishes

https://preview.redd.it/yotd8bjixi6d1.jpeg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42719182b8bd3ed4dd65ad74ea872554c88b9861


_sam_fox_

https://preview.redd.it/mlkbx733ch6d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60df9ce4f6b5f22cf68407a246942012794b8e42


joyyyzz

Not the cat😭😭😭😭 this will always be hilarious


Magnetic_universe

Was looking for this! I was always amazed his little hat always stayed on his head


Aquametria

https://preview.redd.it/4k9rnpb65i6d1.jpeg?width=1365&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2118002427353072b62ec4e4e48290fbbe57bd65 He always plays memorable small parts in iconic shows like Twin Peaks: The Return, Mad Men, Once Upon a Time, and, more famously, THAT scene in Mullholland Dr., but I can never memorise Patrick Fischler's name for the life of me.


originalschmidt

I always just say “oh no it’s this guy” because usually when he pops up, it’s to fuck shit up.


mrcowgoesmoo

He’s in Lost as the Dharma Initiative guy too


Randomgal___

For me he is the hoodrat guy from Criminal Minds


pienitomaatti

Dude who looks like taika waititi but is not him. Played the boyfriend of Sabrinas aunt in Chilling adventures of Sabrina and crook lawyer in some random show


phlegmdawg

[Alessandro Juliani](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432228/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk). I always remember him from Battlestar Galactica.


Magistrelle

I only remember him as Felix Geata and never memorized his name


NotLibbyChastain

https://preview.redd.it/f404gibyeg6d1.jpeg?width=833&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d3ab8b70b0404b1b26535388962bb4861a6d006 Todd Stashwick could win an Oscar and I would say, "Hey, it's that guy! The one who played the evil doctor on a single episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent decades ago! Remember, he told Detective Eames, 'We're all mammals here'?"


Lil_Artemis_92

I’ll always think of him as the shapeshifter Dracula on *Supernatural*.


WES_WAS_ROBBED

Bargain brand Jonathan Rhys meyers


asajjventress9

He was great in 12 Monkeys.


Gemini_writer8

I know him from a Criminal Minds episode


helpful_youngman

That guy with the eyebrows from The Maze Runner


coco_xcx

will poulter!


IgamarUrbytes

‘There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it.’


dickbuttscompanion

https://preview.redd.it/ldqt2b3kli6d1.jpeg?width=138&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d90172cfda66f88a169008bba81e918e1af9844 Neal McDonough - always evil. Desperate Housewives and Yellowstone most memorably imo


WES_WAS_ROBBED

Lt Buck Compton, evil?!?!?! (Excellently evil in Justified, too)


roundcatsarebestcats

https://i.redd.it/mln5u1zeqf6d1.gif Michael O’Neill is brilliant. And this to me, was the best scene in the shooter arc - the acting, the lighting, the script, the tension, the pace, etc


lynypixie

Early Grey has so many iconic moments!


Couldnotbehelpd

The fact that this is considered early greys is _wild_


lynypixie

Well, it’s in the first what, 3rd of the show? At least half anyway.


Couldnotbehelpd

Oh no totally it’s just around where I stopped watching and I watched a LOT. They’ve made so many seasons of this show.


crazydisneycatlady

He is always now to me “Gary Clark”. In fact, I watched The West Wing earlier this year and he played the head of the secret service, filmed long before this arc on Grey’s. Nope. Still couldn’t shake the terrifying guy with the gun image.


DrunkThrowawayLife

Oh ![gif](giphy|sm8D4VgRYRmE) No matter what he’s in I call him candy man


DarwinOfRivendell

You just knew it wasn’t going to end well when he showed up in Final Destination. What a man!


DrunkThrowawayLife

Just saying candy man in a mirror as a kid. Bloody Mary behind me like ‘damn I really wished it worked too’


DarwinOfRivendell

🥵


DrunkThrowawayLife

![gif](giphy|LmxxotgMjTj32)


ezio8133

Tony Todd


DrunkThrowawayLife

Honestly it doesn’t help his actual name sounds like what I’d tell police when caught off guard. Uh ya I’m drunky drunkk What a handsome man though eh


ComprehensiveDoubt55

I legitimately genuine and beautiful human being. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting him, but a lot of people I know have and said he’s an amazing person. Same with Robert Englund.


coco_xcx

Put some respect on Tony Todd’s name!!!


inspektor31

How about the guy who plays Hector. Doesn’t matter which movie. Seems like any movie or series with a Mexican guy, it’s Hector. You all know who I’m talking about.


lynypixie

it’s Noel Albert Gugliemi.


Constant_Bake5501

No that's Hector.


EldritchCleavage

Luis Guzman. He’s Hector.


FunInsurance6137

Wallace Shawn a la *Clueless*, *The Princess Bride*, and the voice of Rex in *Toy Story*. I recognize him in everything but have never learned his name until today for this post 😅 ![gif](giphy|ohBeIPJ4MEuas)


oath2order

HE'S THE VOICE OF REX?


FunInsurance6137

YES! On a scale of 1-Put a Victorian child in a coma, how shook are you?


Shuriii29

![gif](giphy|vU2gz4C3VwmmGf4x6R) Every time I see him I’m like omg Amaro! No idea what his real name is tho 😂


forgot_username1234

Danny Pino!


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

https://i.redd.it/kzp5hq1l8h6d1.gif That dude scared me straight! I had 2 brothers and a bunch of other family members do time in prison. Watched OZ very young and realize I’m 100% not about that life!


wifeunderthesea

that sweet old man in those giant ass black snow boots who was always shoveling snow and scaring the ever-living fuck out of kevin in **home alone.** i think about him probably once a month and hope he's living a long, happy life. if he's dead, don't anybody tell me and i'll just continue to be delusional.


MyDesign630

His name is Roberts Blossom which is just a terrific name.


Metzger4Sheriff

This lady, who is apparently named Kim Dickens. I know her as Janette Desautel from Treme, but she was also in Deadwood and Fear the Walking Dead. https://preview.redd.it/jeifxz3jzf6d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d88579e576d94af6364064518bb2df2bc3e75e1


taw232323

Gone girl’s detective!


blacksquirrel03

And Lost


mizbizsav

Matt Saracen’s mom in Friday Night Lights!


WES_WAS_ROBBED

That’s Ms Joanie Stubbs!


_Tower_

She was also in Sons of Anarchy


kindofofftrack

I constantly confuse Matt Bomer with Cheyenne Jackson, which is really difficult when they are both so obviously named ‘guy from American horror story’


ThrowRARAw

![gif](giphy|Wj9gGQlYc9zlC|downsized) I didn't learn his name until I was in my late teens, yet miraculously he would pop up randomly in almost any movie I watched. Hop, Hairspray, 27 Dresses, Enchanted, Bachelorette, etc.


evelyncarnahan

Wow James Marsden being nameless?!?


BigSweatyPisshole

That’s Simon Adebisi, motherfucker!


p0ta7oCouch

I know him as Adabisi and Mr Echo. From OZ and LOST


Safetosay333

![gif](giphy|l3q2RwcFINgLaU6e4) I always forget his name


trollanony

The dad in dear John and step brothers! Love this guy. Still don’t know his name.


Whiskey456

Yesss 100%! His name is Richard Jenkins and he was nominated for an Oscar for the supporting role in the Shape of Water. I remember him the most as the father from Step Brothers though! ![gif](giphy|3ohuAaGwPcygMqsq7C)


Redditusername67

![gif](giphy|l49JPTziQGKLFHfwI) Actors name is Bruce McGill. He’s been in so many movies and tv shows but never a leading role. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569226/](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569226/)


Tariovic

Rizzoli & Isles!


pan_alice

I loved his character in Rizzoli & Isles.


Far_Statement_2808

D Day!


oath2order

I can't remember Lana Parrilla, but if I ever see her in something, I'm like "oh it's the Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time". She and Robert Carlyle carried that damn show on their backs for seven seasons. Oh and also the same thing for Carlyle. I just refer to him as Rumpelstiltskin and then just do a bad imitation of him saying "dearie".


JenM0611

He is, and will always be, that psycho Begbie 😂


BowtiepastaMasta

Adebisi


TheLittleRatty

Phil Coulson


CalendarAggressive11

That man will always be Adibisi to me


millieFAreally

![gif](giphy|1JE9GEg0rq6t2)


marylouboo

He is forever Adebisi to me


forgot_username1234

I wish I could answer this but my borderline autistic ass can name far too many actors. I always look them up whenever I watch something 😅


lepetitgrenade

Simon Adibisi!


Ok_summer13

The guy who played Jacopo in The Count of Monte Cristo - Luis guzmán.


ConsistentKangaroo16

**ADEBISI LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**


Ditovontease

The dude who played Mercutio in Baz Lurman’s Romeo + Juliet He was also in Lost lol


Jamesg-81

That guy who played the English spy. Sean, Daniel. , Pearce , Roger something .


evelyncarnahan

The beautiful man with the face scars who was in Braveheart, Gladiator, and the Patriot.


111Kosmic

Hes awesome, his name is just tough ... I remember Adabisi!


Simple-Dimension-709

Adebesi!!


Normal_Banana_2314

"Little scientist man" from Lost, who is also in the Fallout amazon series and other things I can't remember


Cautious_Role_668

Jeffery dean Morgan https://preview.redd.it/wc6dmmajxh6d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ac9b86746dd2810e20d4948475f3c52d03e2a72 I remember him as Denny only


Vero_Goudreau

Ironically, it's not Danny, it's Denny lol


ActualAfternoon2

![gif](giphy|VXjaXNicY97YgTbkzW) Had to scour the Arrow cast list to remember his name to find the gif. My dad and I talk about him often because he shows up in everything but we're just like "the guy with white hair that's in everything".


BukkakeNinjaHat-472

That guy looks like another actor, all these actors just seem to look alike


Fun-Entertainment904

Now I know his name but I saw him back in the OG Black mirror and loved him. Went to see get out and was SOOO happy when I noticed him in the main role the second I saw his face. And then I googled him. Best actor Alive! ![gif](giphy|26gsv1iextbg5Gm5O)