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Who are your favourite "oh, that person!" in movies?

posted 5 years ago by samoanjoes (50984)
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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Philip Baker Hall
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Baker_Hall

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

He is one of those actors but not for me personally because I'm a huge fan of Paul Thomas Anderson and he's in his first three films.

[–] nyctc7 (41280) 5 years ago

He doesn't judge a man by the length of his hair or the kind of music he listens to. But you put on a pair of shoes when you walk into the New York Public Library!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

That is one tough monkey..

[–] Stratego (29252) 5 years ago

Leland Orser.

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

It took me forever to find out his name. I used to keep saying: "that guy from Taken".

[–] Stratego (29252) 5 years ago

And I still can't remember his name! For me he's that guy from Se7en. I do remember that he used to be married to that Irish chick from Touched by an Angel.

The thing is that he's just famous enough to ruin a twist like the one in The Bone Collector.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

he was great in Faults (2014) - a movie no one has seen.

[–] Stratego (29252) 5 years ago

Me neither!

[–] Knish (1721) 5 years ago

Shae Wigham, that dude seems to have small roles in everything. I first saw him in tigerland and he shows up in so many movies.

He seems to be more famous after boardwalk empire.

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

Yeah. He only had small parts early in his career, but the guy has been getting big roles in the last 10 years.

[–] Stratego (29252) 5 years ago

Beth Grant.

EDIT: Totally missed you already mentioned her!

[–] GlenEllyn (21089) 5 years ago

Lois Smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Smith

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

She's a good one. Other than Minority Report, I can't remember what else I saw her in.

[–] GlenEllyn (21089) 5 years ago

She was in Twister, Fatal Attraction, and also Lady Bird to name a few others.

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

I saw Twister and Lady Bird and don't remember her in those. I guess that's what makes her one of those character actors.

[–] GlenEllyn (21089) 5 years ago

She was Aunt Meg in Twister.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71785) 5 years ago

I know exactly what you mean, Clark and Martindale are both great examples
I call them 'That Guy' or 'That Lady'

In a way these sort of actors are as important as the big, iconic stars as they very deftly fill out the smaller side parts in films...The hero cop is always going to need a partner in the patrol car, that sort of thing...I respect these 'That Guy' actors as much as the super stars

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

They're all unsung heroes.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71785) 5 years ago

Agreed
We're so busy throwing roses and accolades at the Streeps and Clooneys of the world that it's easy to forget the excellent supporting actors who make movies work

Cheers to the actors we can't really name but have loved in a hundred different films🍺🍺

[–] nyctc7 (41280) 5 years ago

Brendan Gleeson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Gleeson

(Hamish from Braveheart)

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

He's a legend in my book.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

very good list you've put together. lots of people where you know the face automatically, but often don't know the name.

my own 'that guy...'

the recently deceased dick miller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Miller

[–] samoanjoes (50984) 5 years ago

I didn't know his name until right now.