The "That Actor Was In What?!?" Thread
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2short2care,
Posted on: 2012-05-17 23:35 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
The woman who plays Bones was in Spider-Man 2, she was the gum chewing receptionist who told Peter, "You're late, I am not paying for those."
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
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I remember Ryan Reynolds from that show, but I can't remember the other guy and the girl.|
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The guy who played Green Lantern, and the guy who should have played Green Lantern, were both on the short-lived sitcom, "Two Guys, A Girl, And a Pizza Place."
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*looks up show*
Traylor Howard? Holy crap, Monk's second assistant was in Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place?
And Nathan Fillion had a role in that show? And Tiffani Thiessen?
*mind blown*
Goodbye, I guess.
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A Hamill voice that made me a do a recent double take: Skips the yeti on Regular Show.
Also: Donald Phaison, from Scrubs, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressley, and Selma Blair all had bit parts in Can't Hardly Wait.
It still blows my mind that the kid from Stand By Me is both Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: TNG and Fawkes from the Guild.
And having a 2 year old that loves Yo Gabba Gabba, it took me a while to figure out Mark who does the art segment in the show is Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo. On top of that, Mark's credits for scoring TV and movies include Rugrats, Eureka's main theme, the Sims 2, Rushmore, Life Aquatic and so much more.
Also the voice of the robot character Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba! is the lead singer of the Aquabats.
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Sweets from Bones was the trainee in Waiting who managed to pull off 'The Goat'.
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Originally Posted by 2short2care
The woman who plays Bones was in Spider-Man 2, she was the gum chewing receptionist who told Peter, "You're late, I am not paying for those."
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@Starflier
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Donald Phaison was also in Clueless with Alicia Silverstone.
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Originally Posted by ThrowDown_Kid
Also: Donald Phaison, from Scrubs, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressley, and Selma Blair all had bit parts in Can't Hardly Wait.
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He was also Jim in the much too short lived Kitchen Confidential with Bradley Cooper. (Which Fox cancelled after a whopping 4 episodes, after having put it on Hiatus for baseball after only 3 episodes. Seriously how on earth do you expect a show to work like that?)|
Originally Posted by Starflier
Sweets from Bones was the trainee in Waiting who managed to pull off 'The Goat'.
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Oh yeah, Nicholas Brendon (Buffy's Xander) was also in Kitchen Confidential.
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While I can't find any reference on Wikipedia, or IMDB, I was almost positive that Laurence Fishburne was playing a nameless thug in The French Connection (credited as 'Larry Fishburne').
Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me. It's been a while since I've seen that movie. 
Edit: I see he's not really old enough for that. So I probably just am going crazy. 
Thought for the day:
"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."
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There's a commercial for Franklin & Bash with a quick cut to two uniformed police officers walking towards camera. The lead officer was also Officer Carl on iCarly.
Joe Rogan on 'News Radio'.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
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*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
Teryl Rothery played Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1, a rather down to earth and practical character.
She also did the voice Kodachi Kuno in Ranma 1/2
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Recently rewatched some of Time Bandits and the voice of the Supreme Being was done by the dear departed Tony Jay who among other characters he portrayed was MEGABYTE from REBOOT!
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He was also on the much-too-short-lived, and under-appreciated "Freaks and Geeks," which was a jumping off point for a number of other young actors as well...|
Originally Posted by Starflier
Sweets from Bones was the trainee in Waiting who managed to pull off 'The Goat'.
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If you've never watched it, you should rent it immediately!
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Other recognizable actors who appeared in "Freaks and Geeks" include...
Trace "Dr. Clayton Forrestor" Beaulieu
Joel "Joel Robinson" Hodgson
Thomas F. "Biff Tannen" Wilson
Lizzy Caplan
Dave Allen (best known as "Gruber" on "The Higgins Brothers and Gruber")
Ben Foster
Shia LeBeouf
Rashida Jones
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I have no idea why these stick out to me...
Lawrence Fishburn and Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now
John Spencer (Leo from West Wing) is the missile silo operator that won't fire his rocket at the opening of Wargames.
"Can play" is not a binary. It's a float.
There are some pretty low values of "can play" out there.
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The guy that played the T1000 was one of the bad guys in Die Hard 2.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
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*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
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Speaking of Apocalypse Now, R Lee Ermey of Full Metal Jacket fame was an uncredited helicopter pilot in the movie.
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Originally Posted by Huron
I have no idea why these stick out to me...
Lawrence Fishburn and Harrison Ford in Apocalypse Now |
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It still blows my mind that the kid from Stand By Me is both Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: TNG and Fawkes from the Guild.[/QUOTE]
He's also Dr. Parrish on Eureka and the Hacker Chaos on Leverage and appears as a snarkier version of himself on Big Bang Theory
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Yeah, I love his appearances on Big Bang Theory, he makes for a great ******bag character in both the Guild and BBT.
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Originally Posted by Desi_Nova
He's also Dr. Parrish on Eureka and the Hacker Chaos on Leverage and appears as a snarkier version of himself on Big Bang Theory
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Eartha Kitt in Holes.
They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!
@Starflier
Speaking of Big Bang Theory, there's a flashback episode in one of the earlier seasons that depicts the first meeting between Leonard and Sheldon. As Leonard enters the apartment building to answer Sheldon's ad for a new roommate, Sheldon's previous roommate is moving out. The previous roommate is played by the actor who plays Glenn on Walking Dead.
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Ogre (from Revenge of the Nerds) on the Capital One commercials.
'Parker Lewis' on SG-1.
Steve Carell(?) in 'Dream On' and the actress that played his ex-wife on that show being on 'NewsRadio'.
Pro-wrestling stars showing up anywhere outside of the ring (and not in a good way); notable exceptions: The Rock, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Zeeeeuuuus!
^'Zeus' in 'The Fifth Element'.
Bruce Willis and 'The Return of Bruno'.
Eddie Murphy coming out with two albums (and a hit single).
Finding out the old white guy was actually Eddie Murphy at the end of 'Coming to America'.
Ray Lioto and his wife in 'Goodfellas' both showing up in 'Blow'.
Wrapping one's head around whether Pee Wee Herman was family or adult entertainment (his HBO shows; Cheech and Chong movies vs. the nerfed version of 'Playhouse'.
(More of a 'rawrr' moment; Angelina Jolie in 'Hackers')
Tin Tin in 'The Crow' being Lord Nikon from 'Hackers'
The dread from 'Alien Resurrection' becoming part of the cast from CSI.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
*Arc #95278-Gathering the Four Winds -3 step arc; challenging - 5 Ratings/3 Stars (still working out the kinks)
*Arc #177826-Lights, Camera, Scream! - 3 step arc, camp horror; try out in 1st person POV - 35 Ratings/4 Stars
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Tosh from Torchwood was also in Hackers
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Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
(More of a 'rawrr' moment; Angelina Jolie in 'Hackers')
Tin Tin in 'The Crow' being Lord Nikon from 'Hackers' |
They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!
@Starflier
Couple more...
Stacy's Mom in the video for the song Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne? That's Rachel Hunter.
The lead singer for the band that plays the song (and is making out with Kristin Kreuk on the little stage), "Scotty Doesn't Know" in Eurotrip? That's Matt Damon.
Wait, what?
John Noble, aka Walter from Fringe, was both Unicron in Transformers Prime and Denethor in the Lord of the Rings?
was...
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
When I learned that Hugh Laurie from House and Mr. Weasly from Harry Potter played Jasper and Horace from 101 Dalmations.