Actors you can't picture in another role?

[LeftyMom]

So while I was watching Tina Fey do Sarah Palin on SNL (I could phrase that in a less pervbait way, but I don't care really) there was an ad for the new Brad Pitt movie, and it had J. K. Simmons in it, and I'm like "OMG! Run before the Aryans shank you!" because I can't not picture him as Vern Schillinger from Oz.

Kinda like when whatshisface was on The X Files and I couldn't watch because I was horribly anxious that he'd turn his hand into a sword and stab Scully in the eye.

Does anybody else run into this problem with certain actors?

[jobycom]

1. Mark Hamill will always be Darth Vader's son, even when he plays Cockknocker.

[stuntcat]

33. yah

he's the first person I think of for this question.

[elshiva]

2. Andy Hallett, he can NEVER be anyone else besides Lorne from Angel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Hallett



buffy/

[behave]

3. Reagan/Bonzo.

[Orsino]

5. Yeah, that movie he made about being president was great. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Way too long though.

It took me 8 years to get through that horrible movie. The only thing worse was the sequel starring Bonzo's descendant.

[crimsonblue]

4. Paul Reubens....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I am not sure but, can Debra Messing be anybody but Grace?

:shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. She actually can.

The Wedding Date was really good...And she's really good in The Starter Wife.
Duckie

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. I think she played Mary Magdalene in some Jesus movie

It was a made for network TV type, not one of the evangelical films. Don't think a nice (and very hot) Jewish girl like Debra would do one of those. Who knew JC was into redheads? :shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. I am looking...

I still see Grace. Meh. maybe it is just me.

[Sebastian Doyle]

20. Maybe they can make a new TV series out of it

Jesus & Grace? :shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. yeah

:D

The Grace of Jesus :shrug:

[BeachBaby]

9. David Schwimmer.

He played the sweet, angst-ridden, sensitive, emotional character of Ross Gellar in the series "Friends".

A few years ago, HBO ran a mini-series called "Band of Brothers" - it's a WWII docudrama based on the autobiographies of several men who served in EZ Company Airborne. Schwimmer played, or should I say TRIED REALLY HARD to play a nasty, relentless, control-freak, lying sack of shit officer. I watched the entire series twice - and he just wasn't doing it for me.

He will always be Ross. :)

[Bullwinkle925]

10. E.T. . . . . . . .

I can't see him in any other role . . .

but that's just my mental limitations I guess?

:shrug:

[flvegan]

12. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Sorry Christine, you'll always be Elaine to me.

[terrya]

13. George Reeves will always be Superman to me.

I honestly don't remember him doing anything else but playing Superman on the television series.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Yeah. He actually sticks out like a sore thumb in Gone with the Wind.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Haha, I had the same reaction when I saw Simmons in Spider-Man and Juno.

On a similar note, when I first started watching Lost I had a similar reaction to Harold Perrineau and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje because they were both in Oz as well, haha.

[briv1016]

15. Hugh Laurie and the rest of the cast from House.

[Kutjara]

26. Well, I remember Laurie from his UK television work...

...in shows like "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" and "Blackadder" going back to the 80s, so it's hard for me to see him playing anything but a lovable buffoon.

[Crunchy Frog]

29. Hugh Laurie will always be the Prince Regent to me.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Jerry Seinfeld as "Jerry Seinfeld." It's like he was born to play the role. nt

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. Well, since Jerry & Elaine have already been mentioned

Let's just say that pretty much any member of the Seinfeld cast is probably going to be stuck in their old characters forever. Which is why TV shows with Michael Richards and Jason Alexander didn't do very well.

[Paladin]

18. A Shout-Out For J.K. Simmons

His Vern Schillinger role on "Oz" was one of the creepiest acting jobs I've ever shivered through---completely evil, totally convincing. Fortunately, Simmons is a good enough actor that he's since pulled off more traditional acting gigs.

Can't say the same for a couple of baddies in two Clint Eastwood flicks: Jessica Walter as the crazed female fan in "Play Misty For Me" and Andy Robinson as the nutcase killer in "Dirty Harry." They did their roles so convincingly that their careers suffered....

[Jamastiene]

19. Jerry Mathers

He is only ever going to be Beaver to me.

[DS1]

22. HA! Also from Oz

Kirk Acevedo is now in the FBI in Fringe, but I'll always remember him freaking out in Solitary after cutting the guard's eyes out

[Dr. Strange]

24. Larry Linville

[YankeyMCC]

27. Jonathan Harris aka Dr Zachary Smith nt

[edbermac]

28. Every member of Star Trek TOS.

[Mad_Dem_X]

30. Jennifer Aniston will forever be Rachel.

She needs to stop trying to do movies, because she will always be Rachel.

[Burma Jones]

31. It takes a little while for me to see past Tony Soprano when I see

James Gandolfini in something.......

Hey, they can't all be Johnny Depp......

[AlCzervik]

32. Rowan Atkinson will always be the Blackadder.