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animalmother 08-07-05 12:30 AM

sean penn in carlito's way

SuprVgeta 08-07-05 09:42 PM

Mischa Barton as the "girl getting poisoned" in The Sixth Sense. I hadn't seen the movie since it came out, but watched most of it on T.V. the other night and recognized her on my second viewing of the film.

RockStrongo 08-08-05 02:07 PM


Originally Posted by rennervision
When Dirty Harry's last movie The Dead Zone came to DVD, I noticed for the first time that the rock star lipsynching in the Welcome to the Jungle music video was none other than Jim Carrey.

Yeah, I remember him in that too....its funny cause a few years ago, when it was being replayed here on a local channel, the commercials were advertising it as a clint eastwood/jim carrey movie, thought jim's part is very, very small.

brainee 08-08-05 02:38 PM

Mel Gibson in the movie version of "The Singing Detective". I knew he was in the movie too, but it didn't come to me when his character first appeared.

Numanoid 08-08-05 03:06 PM


Originally Posted by jaeufraser
I always enjoyed Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, but only upon watching it recently did I realize that the dumbass trailer trash army brother was Jack Black.

I watched that entire film without realizing that Jack Nicholson was also playing the part of the Vegas cowboy.

pdinosaur 08-08-05 03:15 PM


Originally Posted by RockStrongo
a clint eastwood/jim carrey movie

this sounds like pure genius. i'm thinking cops and robbersons meets the wild west.

Rypro 525 08-08-05 06:02 PM

I was watching road trip last night and realized that the girl that was blind is the same girl that plays Clhoe on 24.

Kevin M. Dean 08-08-05 10:15 PM

When watching Season 2 of Buck Rogers months back I noticed Dennis Haysbert (President Palmer on 24) was on the bridge crew of the Explorer.

brainee 08-08-05 10:57 PM


Originally Posted by Kevin M. Dean
When watching Season 2 of Buck Rogers months back I noticed Dennis Haysbert (President Palmer on 24) was on the bridge crew of the Explorer.

Here's another Dennis Haysbert one for me -- I didn't realize until very recently that he was Pedro Cerrano ("Curveball, bats are afraid") from "Major League".

tommyp007 08-09-05 02:33 PM

Heather Graham playing the Drew Barrymore part near the beginning on Scream 2

baracine 08-10-05 01:19 PM

I can't believe nobody spotted - or mentioned - Meryl Streep as a very old rabbi in the opening scene of the TV mini-series Angels in America.
http://www.merylstreeponline.net/ima...istreep2np.jpg

Neitzl 08-10-05 02:01 PM

I just recently watched a few episodes of Roseanne and lo and behold...
Melora Walters as Debbie one of the hairdressers when Ro worked in the beauty parlor.

Evil 08-10-05 03:24 PM

Victor Garber

Kick ass spy daddy Jack Bristow on "Alias"

and

Gentlemen that went down with the ship in "Titanic"

and

Jesus in "Godspell"

So I guess that means we get a kick ass gentlemanly Jesus.......

Rypro 525 08-10-05 03:44 PM

speaking of alias, i just watched JFK recently and noticed that the guy who plays sloan has a 5 second part as a witness.

Kevin M. Dean 08-10-05 04:05 PM


Originally Posted by Rypro 525
speaking of alias, i just watched JFK recently and noticed that the guy who plays sloan has a 5 second part as a witness.

Ron Rifkin was also in an old scifi film called Silent Running.

paradicelost 08-11-05 09:18 AM


Originally Posted by ToddSm66
Dean Stockwell as Nicky Charles, Jr. in Song of the Thin Man

Joaquin Phoenix in SpaceCamp
http://www.river-phoenix.org/bookshe...el/0-09-18.jpg

Wasn't he Leaf Phoenix back then though.

I was watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer(the movie) and noticed Ben Affleck as one of the Basketball players.
David Boreanaz was Kelly's boyfriend in the episode where the family takes her to the movies on her birthday.

Lastblade 08-11-05 10:01 AM

The bad Russian Cop dude from the Bourne Supremacy, he is the same dude from the Lord of the Rings, Eomer, and the same dude in Riddick... That dude looked very different in all 3 movies. DUDE! :D

Kevin M. Dean 08-11-05 04:47 PM

Dude Alert!

RockStrongo 08-24-05 09:55 AM

Maybe someone already said it, but...

Warren in "Theres something about Mary" was Dan in "Deadwood".

cleaver 08-24-05 02:50 PM

In honor of Brock Peters passing, Brock Peters in Star Trek 4. Just found out.

IDrinkMolson 08-24-05 03:35 PM

Just watching Ray on HBO HD the other night, didn't realize that his agent is the kid from Numbers tv show.

dryars 08-24-05 03:42 PM

Nina Hartley was William H. Macy's wife in Boogie Nights.

"WTF do you think you're doing?"
"WTF do you think I'm doing?"

:lol:

monkeyboy 08-24-05 04:13 PM

Dylan Baker, the molester from 'Happiness' is also cousin Owen from 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles', the guy that gives them a lift from the motel to the "people train" in Stubbville.....

Dark_Sithlord 08-24-05 06:43 PM

The Boeing 747, dubbed Air Orca, which is owned by Orca Bay Entertainment, was repainted to serve as Air Force One in the movie Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford.

Kudama 08-27-05 01:03 AM

Just watched Bourne Identity again. I didn't realize it was Clive Owen as the innept *(compared to Bourne) sniper rifle favoring assassin. Great part IMHO.

Spoiler:
*Sniper killed by a shotgun and whatnot. Great scene.


(Also the guy from The Shield, American Beauty and that vapid chick...and, oh fuck it.)

I DID NOT REALIZE!

Pillowhead 08-27-05 02:00 AM

I could't believe Wilford Brimley was in "John Carpenter's The Thing"
Spoiler:
Putting his fingers in that dude's face was nasty

Tarantino 08-27-05 02:55 PM

I was watching the newly bought New Jack City special edition the other day when in the scene where Nino is talking to the neighborhood, you can see a crackhead walking around in the background named <b>Adam Sandler</b> for a second. Maybe he was on the set visiting his friend Chris Rock (who I'd also forgot was in it, along with Judd Nelson)?

= J

Rypro 525 09-05-06 05:44 PM

I am watching Blade Trinity on one of the encore networks and noticed the dude who is Drake, is also Lincolin Burrows on Prison Break (he's got the same hair, same walk ect. Also noticed Triple H as one of the bad vamps.

dick_grayson 09-05-06 07:00 PM

speaking of Point Break, the security guard at the ending bank robbing scene (the guy who doesn't want to back up the undercover cop) is Kevin on the US version of the Office

dpz301 09-05-06 07:11 PM

some women at best buy didnt know chappelle was in robin hood men in tights, haha.

kms_md 09-05-06 11:06 PM

katie holmes as april in pieces of april. as many times as i have watched that movie i never put it together.

masbrad 09-06-06 12:47 AM

late last night I was watching a re-run of the x-files and noticed the young boy in it was Shia LaBeouf.

FinkPish 09-06-06 01:48 AM


Originally Posted by dick_grayson
speaking of Point Break, the security guard at the ending bank robbing scene (the guy who doesn't want to back up the undercover cop) is Kevin on the US version of the Office

According to IMDB (which I realize isn't 100% accurate), that's wrong. It has this guy listed.

Brooklyn 09-06-06 03:10 AM

Elijah Wood in Back To The Future II (the little kid at the Wild Gunman videogame).

smirnoff 09-06-06 05:53 AM

Christopher Lee - Man with the Golden Gun

Not the Count Duoku/Saruman I'm used too, evidently.

Bareit 09-06-06 10:57 AM

Orlando Bloom as Blackburn in Blackhawk Down .
Anthony Keidis(of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) as one of the surfer gang members in Point Break .

Rypro 525 09-06-06 12:10 PM

also more prison break, the guy who plays Michael Scolfield was in the season 2 buffy episode about the mutant fish (and his morph was in the opening credits for the entire 3rd season.

Mopower 09-06-06 02:31 PM


Originally Posted by pdinosaur
Well, I'll go with Jared Leto, specifically Fight Club and Panic Room.

It's only later on that I heard he has a fetish for self mutiliation in his films


I was watching a video from this band called 30 Seconds to Mars and thought that the lead singer looked like Jared Leto then I found out that the lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars IS Jared Leto.

Aetherus 09-06-06 06:43 PM

Some actors I missed the first time:

Heat: The replacement driver is Dennis Haysbert (24).

Black Hawk Down: One of the Delta soldiers is Eric Bana (Hulk, Troy). The Ranger captain is Jason Isaacs (The Patriot).

Titanic: The captain of the ill-fated ship is Bernard Hill (King Theoden from the Lord of the Rings movies).

Excalibur: Uther (Arthur's father) is Gabriel Bryne (Usual Suspects), Gawain is Liam Neeson, (Episode I: The Phantom Menace), Leondegrance (Guenevere's father) is Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Morgana is Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect). Whew!

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: One of Captain Aubrey's crew is Billy Boyd (Pippin from the Lord of the Rings movies).

Clear and Present Danger: The Black Ops captain is Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order). Jack Ryan's daughter is Thora Birch (Ghost World).

Virtuosity: The virtual villain is Russell Crowe (Gladiator).

Jacob's Ladder: Jacob's "son" is Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone).

Ralph Jenkins 09-06-06 07:14 PM

David Schwimmer of "Friends" appears as a cop in the Jack Nicholson movie <i>Wolf</i>.


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