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		The 25 best "That Guy" actors. It includes the guy from the thing, the guy who's always nervous, the guy who's always playing military roles, the Farmer's Insurance guy, and, for some reason, Tom Wilkinson (buzzfeed.com)		340
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John Buck 41		2012-07-16 08:11:08 PM

scottydoesntknow: John Buck 41: scottydoesntknow: The Flexecutioner: Tarl3k: List fails without That Guy With a Gun:

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oh yeah, Michael Biehn. totally should have been on there.

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Michael Ironside too.

Ironside is known for dying in almost every movie he's ever been in. I've always thought that someone in Hollywood had it in for him.

It's like "Hey what about Michael Ironside? He'd be perfect!"
"No, only if he dies. I love seeing that smug bastard get what he deserves!"

Didn't die in The Perfect Storm. Just lost an expensive swordfish boat that he didn't maintain well.

You must've missed the deleted scene where the local mafia shows up and double taps him for missed loan payments on the boats.

Must've been on the director's cut.

greggm59		2012-07-16 08:11:13 PM

Over 200 responses and no mention of Michael J. Pollard yet?

vudukungfu		2012-07-16 08:12:43 PM

DansLaLuna: Ummmmm...

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Guzman's a neighbor of mine and I still can't remember his first name when I see him at the bank.
Laughing.

theorellior		2012-07-16 08:19:00 PM

AliceBToklasLives: James Hong is "that guy" -- no one else comes close.

You could play maybe "Two Degrees of James Hong", but that's about it. Actually, if he was ever in a movie with Kevin Bacon, that just makes the whole game too easy.

star_topology		2012-07-16 08:39:33 PM

The best part of Mark Wahlberg's "Contraband" was seeing the Farmer's Insurance guy playing the part of the ship captain.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-07-16 08:43:02 PM

Nem Wan: FirstNationalBastard: He's been on Law and Order!

Everybody has been on Law and Order. Slight exaggeration, but I thought every New York actor wanted that show on their resume.

Alright, "he was a long running recurring character on Law and Order" is more appropriate since you are correct that every actor in New York was on L&O.

AliceBToklasLives		2012-07-16 08:44:44 PM

theorellior: AliceBToklasLives: James Hong is "that guy" -- no one else comes close.

You could play maybe "Two Degrees of James Hong", but that's about it. Actually, if he was ever in a movie with Kevin Bacon, that just makes the whole game too easy.

The Kevin Bacon Game Goes Nuclear

Zulu_as_Kono		2012-07-16 08:55:09 PM

GypsyJoker: Even has an Ebert Rule about him.

That's not a "that guy", that's Henry Dean Stanton, goddamn it.

CZMisfitsFan		2012-07-16 08:57:40 PM

Let us not forget this guy.
www.nndb.com

res_nihil		2012-07-16 09:01:02 PM

Brad Dourif fits in this category as well. One of the better uber-creepy guys in whatever movie he's in. Good voice actor too.

Zulu_as_Kono		2012-07-16 09:02:24 PM

Dammit, Harry, not Henry.

/typed Harry first, and was like, "nah, that's not right"

Disposable Rob		2012-07-16 09:10:06 PM

HopScotchNSoda: Disposable Rob: There's a pool of character actors you choose from when you need any certain type, but for "sleazy guy with dubious morals who works both sides

I see what you did there.
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I suppose this only further proves that Mark Sheppard has his own specific type, because I don't even know what that gif is from.

Oysterman		2012-07-16 09:11:16 PM

Took me a while to figure out where I recognized him from when I was watching Leverage last night. Sadly, it turns out I was thinking of his appearance on Psych and not Westley from Princess Bride

John Buck 41		2012-07-16 09:21:46 PM

CZMisfitsFan: Let us not forget this guy.
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I only remember him from The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane.

The Flexecutioner		2012-07-16 09:32:24 PM

Zulu_as_Kono: Dammit, Harry, not Henry.

/typed Harry first, and was like, "nah, that's not right"

cmon, get your "story straight".

/hes from kentucky
//great KET documentary on him

hamdingers		2012-07-16 09:34:05 PM

That guy

...and the guy I always thought was the same that guy, but was in fact a different that guy.

HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 09:44:33 PM

CZMisfitsFan: Let us not forget this guy.
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He's a funny guy. I like him. That's vhy I'm going to kill him last. -- Or at least have him show me good places to hunt slash.

Max Awesome		2012-07-16 09:47:26 PM

The Flexecutioner:

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Michael Ironside too.

Yes! Michael Ironside! I was just about to do a google search for this guy. He was in everything when I was a kid, but I never knew his name.

I always thought he was a pretty decent actor too. Played awesome bad-guys.

jsindal		2012-07-16 09:52:20 PM

YattaJackson: Same with this guy too - he's like rodney dangerfield

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He's got credits in 71 things in 15 years, that's 4.25 things on average each year, except in the last 4 years, there's more than 7-10 each year and a few tv show leads... yet, name?

Thomas Lennon - will always remember him from his many characters on "The State."

$240 worth of pudding

/awww yeah

HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 09:54:13 PM

Austin Pendleton
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William Hickey
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mekki		2012-07-16 09:55:13 PM

Needs Kevin Durand

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When you need a tall as Godzilla, imposing heavy, you call this guy.

Max Awesome		2012-07-16 09:57:38 PM

Adebisi: mitchcumstein1: And Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will always be Adabisi.

I'M A CLASSICALLY TRAINED ACTOR WHO'S APPEARED IN DOZENS OF FILMS AND TV SHOWS AND ALL ANYONE REMEMBERS IS ADEBI... damn it, you're right.

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I never understood that weird little hat-thing. Even when he was brutally butt-raping a dude that thing still stayed stuck to the side of his head. Was it crazy-glued on or something?

la_cyberchicana		2012-07-16 10:02:55 PM

That Guy in Training: Brandon T. Jackson

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Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Lottery Ticket ... guy seems to get a lot of work, but always as the sidekick. That's okay; he's a fine character actor.

Keigh		2012-07-16 10:06:41 PM

Silly Jesus: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 850x694]

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Isn't that the Subway Hero?

HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 10:08:03 PM

jsindal: Thomas Lennon - will always remember him from his many characters on "The State."
$240 worth of pudding
/awww yeah

He, Kerri Kenney, and Michael Ian Black were great in the spin-off series from the Slate sketch, "The Mr. and Former Mrs. Laupin Variety Program", known as Viva Variety.
Plugging Viva Variety brand cigarettes
Kerry Kenney braless with high-beams.

toejam		2012-07-16 10:09:26 PM

Ben Gazzara

dstanley		2012-07-16 10:12:39 PM

CZMisfitsFan: Let us not forget this guy.
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"Luther!! Are you angry with me?"

W.C.fields forever		2012-07-16 10:17:28 PM

Zulu_as_Kono: GypsyJoker: Even has an Ebert Rule about him.

That's not a "that guy", that's Henry Dean Stanton, goddamn it.

Scanned by 2 and a half men the other day.Charlie is hanging with Elvis Costello,
Sean Penn and Harry Dean Stanton.

Alan:Is that? (points to Elvis C)
Charlie nods.

Alan : and ? (points to Sean P)
Charlie nods.

And isn't that(points to Harry Dean S)
Charlie: yeah,he used to be.

toejam		2012-07-16 10:17:47 PM

HopScotchNSoda: William Hickey

Is that the "ass to ass" guy from Requiem For A Dream?

lack of warmth		2012-07-16 10:18:02 PM

Tom Sizemore deserves a mention for if anything else, his role as Sgt. Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan.

I do enjoy JK Simmons, however John McGinley is a better actor.

phimuskapsi		2012-07-16 10:21:58 PM

Kip Raines from Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, etc.

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jimpoz		2012-07-16 10:26:10 PM

'ello bruddah.

Spanky McStupid		2012-07-16 10:26:47 PM

Clyde Kusatsu

www.gay.net

James Shigeta

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Obvious

Keigh		2012-07-16 10:30:10 PM

phimuskapsi: Kip Raines from Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, etc.

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hey get out of my head. I was thinking about him about 6 posts ago. But I know he's Giovanni Ribisi, because I had a crush on him after he played Phoebe's brother

HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 10:33:20 PM

toejam: HopScotchNSoda: William Hickey
Is that the "ass to ass" guy from Requiem For A Dream?

No, Hickey died three years before Requiem for a Dream came out. He was nominated for an Oscar for playing Don Corrado Prizzi in Prizzi's Honour, was the senile & deaf old Uncle Lewis in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, the self-described failure in the bar near the end of the original The Producers when Max & Leo toast what they think is their failed production ("To failure!" "To failure!" "Oh, thank you."), Old Man Beckersted in One Crazy Summer and many many more. While starting in the 1950s, he worked constantly in the 80s and 90s.

zeppo		2012-07-16 10:39:12 PM

Late 60's/early 70's TV, if you needed a guy who was either a) a hopeless drunk on the edge of DTs or b) on the verge of a nervous breakdown, this was That Guy:

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which is why he was PERFECT as Decker.

Somebody mentioned Burt Mustin being on Dragnet a couple of times...well....NObody appeared on Dragnet just once. Webb basically had his own little rep company - most of whom were his drinking buddies. Guys like Olan Soule, Barney Phillips and Art Ballinger showed up five or six times a year. Or if you were lucky like This Guy

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you worked it into a regular gig on Adam 12, and THEN after A-12 ends, you get a regular gig on EMERGENCY, Webb's OTHER show.

He even showed up a couple of times on TNG as a cop! (name was William Boyett btw)

And lets not forget 70's sitcom's favorite neurotic:

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and their favorite dirty old man, either

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HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 10:44:47 PM

Heyyyy, 1980s reminds me of another:

Keith Gordon
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You couldn't watch a movie in the mid-80s without seeing him playing an emotionally intense dork. He was in practically everything from 1979 until 1991. Carrie, Back to School, The Legend of Billy Jean, Dressed to Kill. He's now mostly a director, and apparently in high demand.

Meanwhile, the go-to guy for playing a goofus in the mid-80s was Tom Villard.
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El Dudereno		2012-07-16 10:48:58 PM

nmiguy:

Get a job, sir!

HopScotchNSoda		2012-07-16 10:54:11 PM

Then there was Norman Alden:

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"I'll get you a Pepsi, but you'll pay for it," in Back to the Future

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Electra Woman & Dyna Girl's answer to Alfred Pennyworth, Professor Frank Heflin.

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Aquaman on The Superfriends

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Sergeant Krebs on Hogan's Heroes

JasonOfOrillia		2012-07-16 10:55:32 PM

phimuskapsi: Kip Raines from Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, etc.

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I've seen Ribisi in a number of films and I'm impressed with the breadth of his acting ability. The last two roles of his that I've seen are Moberg in the Rum Diaries and Kendall in Basic. it's hard to tell that it is the same person for both. Couple that with his performance in Tykwer's Heaven and you have one good actor.

BeatrixK		2012-07-16 11:57:12 PM

Silly Jesus: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 850x694]

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I will always know this guy as Carrie's fark buddy from Sex and the City.

Needlessly Complicated		2012-07-17 12:22:05 AM

Will Forte

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Robert Maschio?
Ok, maybe not

/hot

PillsHere		2012-07-17 12:30:36 AM

Didn't read the thread, but if you don't know who JK Simmons is you must be living in a cave. Pun intended.

r1chard3		2012-07-17 12:31:40 AM

Sybarite: I understand most of those, but I was surprised to see Gary Cole and Fred Ward on the list. I thought everyone knew who they were.

My first thought; Fred Ward actually stared in some movies.

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r1chard3		2012-07-17 12:37:51 AM

Gig103: What did they do to the photo of Ray Wise? His head looks massive and photoshopped

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It's called ACTING!!!!

:)

thisispete		2012-07-17 12:43:41 AM

Bruce Greenwood played a decent Jack Kennedy in Thirteen Days - a wothwhile movie if you can get past Kevin Costner's Diamond Joe Quimby accent.

r1chard3		2012-07-17 12:50:34 AM

the Ur "that guy"

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Fano		2012-07-17 01:02:05 AM

FirstNationalBastard: And apparently, this list thinks that "that guy"s didn't exist before 1980!

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/Burt Mustin, biatches! He was everywhere!

Also suspicious this is a thread stolen from TvTropes, and leaves out Mako, Lance Hendriksen, and Al Leong (sorry for continuing the 80s theme) Trying to remember the hispanic actress that was a maid in like 800 films from 1940 on... and the guy that was the Irish cop in like a zillion movies from the same period.

EnderX		2012-07-17 01:18:45 AM

Remo Williams!!! I don't think so!

tira		2012-07-17 01:27:08 AM

I came for the Mark Sheppard, and thumbs up.

Also, Bill Nighy,
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Or if you're in Japan
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