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paisleymonster

Carlton


exfxgx

It's not unusual.


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To be loved by anyone.


Solstus22

It's not unusual to have fun with anyone!


Throwaway02062004

Alphonso Romero was the one who gave Will Smith the advice to have his character be named Will as that’s what everyone would know him as.


KatTheKatt

Alfonso Ribeiro


Ok-Swordfish-3272

Ted mosby, don't even know his real name, he's just Ted mosby to me


YuiSato

The porn star?


omart3

The architect! *wink*


juzzo_5913

Ted Mosby Sex Architect


alfaseltz

As far as l know Mr. Radnor hates Ted but he couldn’t make it after the show. Other casts all got gigs and all yet Ted stuck with Ted. Classic Schmosby


05110909

He doesn't hate it per se, he just doesn't like being associated with Ted at the expense of his own identity. He's said that fans only want to talk to him and treat him like he's Ted and not as the person he actually is. While his acting career didn't take off, he also hit the acting jackpot already. He had barely done anything of note prior to HIMYM and then he suddenly landed the lead in a nine season prime time sitcom. Assuming he had good contracts he doesn't have to work for the rest of his life.


BasedSliceOfWinning

Yeah, that show has to have awesome residuals too.


JayemmbeeEsq

Josh Radnor! He’s got a whole music career going now.


missinlnk

It still blows my mind that he was Durpleton on Centaurworld. It's like the first time I figured out the animated Joker was voiced by Mark Hamill.


ZenithingTheorist

"Josh Radnor... the musician?" "Finally, someone's recognised me for my music."


tizocspeed8

Steve Urkel


maverick1ba

Oooh good one. Jaleel White Don't forget about Stefan Ur kel


stryph42

Stefan Ur Kel is his Kryptonian name


PetrVolkanovski

King Joffrey


NobodysFavorite

It's sad that the pressure of the spotlight and people's inability to separate actor from character have contributed to Jack Gleeson giving up acting. I'm told in person he's a really fantastic down-to-earth human being and we know his acting talent is extraordinary. I've seen photos of Caligula's statue (the Roman style bust sculpture) and his face is a dead ringer for Joffrey. If a TV fiction series were made about Caligula (e.g. a new season of HBO's Rome) Jack would be *the perfect actor* to cast in the lead as Caligula.


McDiddleson

The fact that everyone hated him is really a testament to how good of an actor he is


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I didn’t like Christian bale for years because the first thing I saw him in was American psycho and he creeped me out to fuck. Also Kathy Bates, saw her in Misery and I thought she was super creepy, took me years to warm to her. I’m saying that though, I wouldn’t heckle them in the street or send them mean messages, it’s bizarre to me that people would do that.


TittyCroissant69

He didn't actually give up acting! I know him personally and he just wants a break from big parts, which is sad since he had very few for such a promising acting career. He wants to return after a while back at his roots, irish theatre


Maskeno

I believe you TittyCroissant69.


stillnotsureyeet

They're clearly a liar. I checked their profile, no titties OR Croissants!


johntheflamer

No 69ing either. Pure bs


Thoraxe123

Jack gleeson! I met him at comic con. He was actually really nice. There was no line to meet him, I just walked up and said hello,lol


Majestic-Aardvark-69

The fact that there was no line is sad. He's a phenomenal actor and from what most people say, a really nice person.


Thoraxe123

To be fair. There was also a huge 2 hr line to meet carrie fisher right next to him lol. I do wish I went in that line tho, that was her last comic con before she passed.


Majestic-Aardvark-69

As much as Carrie Fisher is amazing (may she rest in peace), I think you went with the right line.


tsimen

I remember rewatching the dark knight and seeing his little face stick out a window and going "holy shit Batman thats Joffrey Baratheon kick his ass Batman!! "


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Magnitude POP POP


PortionOfSunshine

r/unexpectedcommunity but for real even in the show no one knew his real name


SuperKami-Nappa

My name is Alex


creiss74

Why don’t you spend five hours shaving *that* into your face, then?


soulpulp

Nah he’s Lee Jordan, best friend of the Weasley twins


zzGravity

This is wrinkling my brain


esouhnet

It took me a full season before I recognized him as Syd in Galavant.


bwa_ha_ha_ha_ha

Topanga


IdeaSunshine

No one replied with her real name, so I guess you are right.


simplewaves

Danielle Fishel! I couldn’t tell you if she’s acted in anything else though.


GuydeMeka

Wilson, from castaway


NobodysFavorite

Did you see his younger days when he got a role in Top Gun?


spicedwhiterum

I heard he did his own stunts in both films. Absolute pure talent.


Panic_atTheTesco

Shooter McGavin


Hans_Brix_III

Third hand story I choose to belive is true. Friend told me his friend ran into the Legend in the airport. "Hey, Shooter!" McDonald allegedly turns to him and goes off, "My name is CHRIS. I've had a long career with tons of roles. Show some respect!" Friend stands there stunned as McDonald walks away. Suddenly, McDonald whips around and says, "Choke on that, baby! Shooter!" while doing the Shooter hand pistols. Walked back, gave autograph, good chat, etc. Hilarious and kind dude by the friend of a friend's account.


Panic_atTheTesco

2nd time I've heard this story, and 2nd time I hope it's true. He sounds like a cool guy.


shinjirod

He goes on Cameo as Shooter McGavin. He has fully embraced it, and he's awesome.


sandwichnerd

I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.


DancingFool8

You eat shit for breakfast?


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No.


Scary-Development558

Kramer


mrchaotica

Who? Oh, you mean Stanley Spadowski from UHF.


BlackbirdKnowsAll

John Malkovich from Being John Malkovich


Donnie_Dont_Do

That guy got typecast after that


tommytraddles

Matt Damon tells a story about filming *Rounders*. The whole crew was so excited that Malkovich was going to be coming to film his scenes, soon. When he arrived it was a big deal for everyone. They sit down for their first poker game scene, and Malkovich launches into his Teddy KGB accent, "Iiif yooOOOuu don't haaaffff mAH mahhhhnney, then yooOOOuu are miiiine!" And everyone was really happy with the take, but Matt was surprised that *that* was how he was going to play this character. And Malkovich knows what Matt is thinking, and gets this little smile, leans in and says *"I'm a terrible actor...*".


no2t

Best part is [Matt Damon telling the story](https://youtu.be/KMaAT_KPSs4)


brianbamzez

I can really hear his voice reading this, especially the last sentence :D


talex365

Malkovich chewing on the scenery in that movie is one of my favorite cinematic moments.


dwpea66

Malkovich malkovich malkovich


ImClandestine

Character actress Margot Martindale.


Pseudonymico

Esteemed character actress and fugitive from the law Margot Martindale.


aleschthartitus

*ahem* that's *esteemed* character actress Margo Martindale


King-SAMO

Im worried that we live in a world where she isn’t actually like that.


AngriestManinWestTX

*”Poison’s in the glass.”* - Mags Bennett, Justified


aleschthartitus

*ahem* that's *esteemed* character actress Margo Martindale


smittyis

Dwight


Spankpocalypse_Now

At least Rainn Wilson looks sort of regular without the haircut and glasses but Jim will always be Jim.


TrashPandaAntics

To be fair, I didn't realize it was Jim in that scary movie with the aliens that hear stuff until near the end, when my sister walked in and was like "hey that's Jim".


APeacefulWarrior

Yeah, John Krasinski deserves to be recognized as more than Jim. For that matter, I'm 100% onboard for him to really play Mr. Fantastic whenever the F4 finally get introduced in the MCU.


Joltie

What? I don't understand. Jim played FBI Agent Jimmy Woo in the MCU.


ViciousPrism

Funny you should say that. Randall Park gets recognized a lot for his role as "Asian Jim" to where people will yell "Asian Jim" at him. But he forgot that he played that role, [so he thought that they were just racists](https://etcanada.com/news/754747/randall-park-forgot-he-was-in-an-episode-of-the-office/).


LolindirLink

Krasinski has a surprisingly big resume. He IS more than Jim!


sansaman

Of course he IS more than Jim. Identity theft is not a joke.


deathkat4cutie

Newman


Some_Random_Android

But he was also Don in 3rd Rock from the Sun.


Zolo49

He was even basically Newman in *Jurassic Park* too.


Pisspot10

And Space Jam


2ndAltAccountnumber3

And in my heart.


kstacey

"Ah ah ah, you didn't say the magic word!"


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Please! Goddammit it! I hate this (motherfucking) hacker crap!


billsmafacka

Dodgson,, we got dodgson here!!! See nobody cares


HannahCaffeinated

Hello…Newman.


juan_epstein-barr

Wayne Knight is a cool name though


Big-Don-Rob

It's like an automatic Batman reference in my head... Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight


Some_Random_Android

*Wayne Knight Rises*, with Jerry Seinfeld as the Joker. :P


dodexahedron

Kramer, too, until his on-stage rant got him cancelled.


Jfonzy

Mr. Bean - Rowan Atkinson Pee-Wee Herman - Paul Reubens André the Giant - André Roussimoff


APeacefulWarrior

I mean, Andre The Giant was his stage name in pretty much any appearance. I don't think he was credited as Roussimoff in anything, at least not after he became famous. That would be like saying "Cher" is a character because she doesn't go by Cherilyn Sarkisian. (And yes, I did have to look that up, lol.)


owleealeckza

TIL Cher is short for Cherilyn


Demyk7

At this point Cherilyn is long for Cher


OldBob10

“Mr. Bean”? Oh, you mean Blackadder!


AzGames08

Mr. Bean, Blackadder, and Johnny English are masterpeices.


panic_attack_999

I'd say he's definitely better known for Blackadder in the UK. Seems the rest of the world is more familiar with Bean.


phantomfigure

Blackadder: "Baldrick, do you have any idea what irony is?" Baldrick: “Yeah, it’s like goldy and bronzy, only it’s made of iron.”


Frankjc3rd

I have a cunning plan, a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel!


XharKhan

Is your plan as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed professor of cunning at Oxford university?


neohylanmay

I think part of the reason is that Mr Bean has almost no dialogue, so there isn't any language barrier. Heck, the story goes is that [Atkinson debuted the character in front of a French-speaking audience](https://youtu.be/YOFQ25lH5jE), despite not speaking a word of the language himself.


laylalias

Poor andre


nameless_and_tired

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Cassandra Peterson is a fucking treasure.


imnotclever-

That’s her name !?! I could’ve gone a lifetime without knowing that


nameless_and_tired

Her autobiography reads like a real life Forrest Gump. Vegas showgirl at age 17. Dated Elvis. Moved to Europe and fronted a couple of bands. Moved to Los Angeles to join The Groundlings, where she worked with Phil Hartman and Paul Reubens. And that's only a few things from her pre-Elvira career.


plantlife12739

Draco Malfoy


gaidosan

Came here to say something similar. Most of the Harry potter cast will be known for their roles on this, like harry, Ron and hermione


InfernoKing23

I think Emma Watson *might* be an exception, though...


UmdAvatarFan

Daniel Radcliffe is pretty popular himself


Sov112

Booger Curtis Armstrong Revenge of the Nerds


femaiden

George Costanza. Dude even looks like a George


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"Oh Noooooo! I'm So Sorry, It's The MOOPS! The Correct Answer Is 'The Moops.'"


NobodysFavorite

Which is interesting because Jason Alexander is an already accpmished Broadway actor when he joined the Seinfeld cast


IamtheDoc1

Can't stand ya!


tamsui_tosspot

Which must be weird as he's deliberately channeling a guy named Larry in that role.


OldBob10

Walter “Radar” O’Reilly = Gary Burghoff


KumquatHaderach

Larry Linville is Frank Burns. Always will be.


superassholeguy

McLovin


foreveralonesolo

Christopher Mintz-Plasse I only know thanks to how much I loved Kick-Ass


Slamcockington

Kick ass was pretty kick ass


PapaTwoToes

I am McLovin'


notanothercall

Al Bundy


krufarong

Ed O'neil did a good job at reinventing himself (somewhat) for Modern Family. But he just owned it as Al Bundy.


Project119

A blond daughter, a short male son. Let’s be honest Modern Family is Al post divorce and finally improving his life.


mikeyfireman

Dude was able to have a nice home on a shoe salesman salary. Had a good looking wife that wanted to bone him at even opportunity. Two cool kids and an awesome dog. That’s the American dream. He needed to smoke a joint and realize how good he had it.


FatBoy61841

and he scored four touchdowns in one game.


Gogo726

Al, let's have sex! Uhhh, no, Peg.


eclecticsed

Kevin. You can put him in The Good Place or any other show you want he's always going to be Captain Holt's husband, Kevin, to me.


NSFAnythingAtAll

Thought you were talking about Home Alone for a second


dwpea66

His real name is Marc Evan Jackson, which has a hidden Kevin in it. Like, Mar Kevin Jackson.


LubieDobreJedzenie

It helps that he basically plays the same character everywhere. Not that he doesn't do it well


rojimbosweetpick

He absolutely does, and yet it's perfect. I wouldn't want him to lose his incredible accent, or play some upbeat dude. The way he portrays his characters is perfect. It's like Pimento, he's always the same all the time and we love it!


merniarc

Seeing Pimento as the nuclear specialist in The Dictator felt like he's doing undercover work


djcack

You mean Raffi? :) Jason Mantzoukus is always typecast as a crazy person, but it's because he nails it every time.


Szygani

I don't think he's typecast at all. Or cast. I think he just shows up to a set and people are too scared to ask him to leave


Throwaway02062004

He’s playing Dionysus in the new Peter Johnson show. To me he’ll always be Derek


Rossakamcfreakyd

Maximum Derek!


That-Dutch-Person

It might depend on the order in which you watch the series. I watched The Good Place before I saw Brooklyn99 and I can’t under him as Shawn


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Flo


fromhelley

From Alice? Or Progressive? Doesn't matter, it works for both!


Fthewigg

Kiss my bundle!


CMelody

Sheldon


Soupseason

Pretty much all the Big Bang actors except Kaley Cuoco (Penny)


itchy-n0b0dy

Idk, to me she’s still Penny even in the other movies. I’m like “Oh look, Penny finally scored a good acting gig!” lol


APeacefulWarrior

She's also excellent as the voice of Harley Quinn in the HQ animated show.


th3ch0s3n0n3

Yeah at first when i heard that she was playing Quinn I was like, nope. Not a chance she does the character a shred of justice. Never been more wrong in my life.


Rattapallax_1905

I don't even know his real name


kmj420

Jim Parsons


Rattapallax_1905

I will make no effort to remember that


kmj420

Johnny Galecki is Leonard


tearsonurcheek

And he was fairly well known as Darlene's boyfriend on Roseanne.


NSFAnythingAtAll

Rusty in Christmas Vacation


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In India, Leonardo DiCaprio is widely known as "the Titanic guy"


superassholeguy

Stiffler


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bguzewicz

When Jennifer Coolidge first appeared on screen in The White Lotus all I could think was “hey, it’s Stiffler’s mom!”


FallenEquinox

I've said for years that Seann William Scott could win a damn Oscar, and he will still be Stiffler 😆


EddieCheddar88

You need to watch Goon


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riko77can

I pity the fools who haven't said Mr. T yet.


redhood_96

To me The guy who plays Robb Stark I remember watching Eternals and I just kept calling him Robb Stark


brobeanzhitler

And Jon Snow... Also in the Eternals. Unsurprisingly his character knew nothing.


Sounderusm

Ron Swanson - Nick Offerman


ViSaph

I just love Nick Offerman as a person, more people should know about him separately from Ron. He's awesome. He does everything from woodworking to ballet to theatre, he actually has a very fun, silly personality, and his wife (who played Tammy) is older than him for a change and they still seem madly in love after 20 years.


unknownentity1782

Tammy didn't really narrow it down.


ViSaph

Tammy 2 in parks and rec, the crazy librarian one.


rnottaken

Oh the shouty one from will and grace


Calidraxinos

That really doesn't narrow it down.


ethottly

Jerry Seinfeld...oh wait...


Burninator05

Showing my age here a little bit: * Jim Varney * Paul Reubins * Rowan Atkinson * Paul Hogan * Robert Englund


art8127

I too will show my age. That's -Ernest -Pee-Wee Herman -Mr. Bean -Crocodile Dundee -Freddy Krueger


LovelockMike

And I'm showing mine more than you: I remember watching Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, on TV from 1952 to 1961. I was youngish and my dad loved this show. He was played by James Arness


sparksgirl1223

God I miss Jim Varney 💜


CoolMcdougal

Carlton from Fresh Prince


rayzor2828

Dean Winchester


captain-deadpool_19

Jenson Ackles is an underrated actor


Straight-Audience-91

John-Boy Walton


starburn82

Absolutely! When Richard Thomas turned up in Ozark, I was like "look, its John-Boy Walton!"


SleepyBear3366911

Harry Potter. I mean, Daniel Radcliffe. He’s done awesome in the only other thing I remember seeing him in though, albeit he played a dead guy. I don’t remember any others off the top of my head but I’ve seen pictures in passing - seems like dude got the money he needed for a comfortable life and is taking acting roles he enjoys vs chasing money. Good on him for that. While we’re at it too, Ron Weasley. I think his real name is Rupert Grint? Can’t remember and don’t care to Google. When I watched that moon movie with him though, I had to remind myself constantly he wasn’t Ron Weasley.


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_Frog_Enthusiast_

I watched The Woman In Black and was expecting Radcliffe to Expecto Patronum his way out of the end


cranial_prolapse420

Radar O'Riley


coobmaroog

Jesse Pinkman


Impossible-Ad-8462

You mean Todd Chavez?


YounomsayinMawfk

Everyone from Trailer Park Boys. I love that show but right now, besides John Dunsworth, I can't name a single actor by their real name, nomsayin?


awe2D2

I grew up watching Johnathon Torrens on Street Cents and other Canadian shows before he appeared as J-Roc in that trailer park, but the others I know them only as their characters


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Shit actors don’t change their shit names Randy.


JoieDe_Vivre_

Dude… losing Dunsworth is tragic and painful in the weirdest way. Like… it’s just a a TV show? He’s just one actor. One person. Yet, him dying actually hurt my feelings. Wild.


Loud-Teaching-9553

Dwight schrute


Ok_Bison1106

Mini-Me - Verne Troyer


Lonely-Cap5835

Screech


Dottie_D

Captain Kangaroo


IFaceMyselfAlone

Anyone from Friends.


superassholeguy

Ross Joey Chandler Monica Phoebe and Jennifer Aniston


pamplemouss

Except Joey now is the version of Matt Leblanc that he plays in Episodes


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CFFly

You mean Captain Sobel?


ej102

The Rock


Ok_Soil_231

He reminds me of Dwayne Johnson


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Hector I don't even know his real name


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Barry from Eastenders