Who is the most typecast actor/actress ever?

(I searched for typecast but did not find anything that asked this question broadly).

Here's an experiment: go up to someone who knows movies but isn't a walking lexicon. Ask them to name a movie in 15 seconds or less where Jeff Goldblum did not play a mathematician or scientist. I got stumped


So, my vote goes to Jeff Goldblum. I'm sure you guys can name a lot of others as well: character actors, etc.

I'd have to say that Chris Cooper is getting dangerously close as being typecast as military leader / government agent. There's only been one (maybe two) movies that have broken this streak:

Breach
The Kingdom
Syriana
Jarhead
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Identity
The Patriot
Me, Myself, and Irene
American Beauty

(Out of "popular" movies, he didn't play this character in Seabiscuit*. He also didn't in Adaptation or Capote*.) *AFAIK

Vince Vaughn -- the fast-talking ladies man, in just about everything except The Lost World and The Locusts.

Frank Vincent - Mob guy

Adam West - Batman

It's funny but I've always personally typecast Chris Cooper as the abusive 1950's father...I don't know why but everytime I see him I wait for him to verbal and/or physically abuse his children.

Ashley Judd

Orlando Bloom.

They actually did a thing on him in People magazine that he always has a horse, armor and/or sword in every movie.

Reginald Veljohnson has played a cop MANY, MANY times.

Yeah, so has Dennis Franz.

Gah! Beat on Reggie by 4 minutes! He's always the first name that leaps to my mind.

How about Dennis Farina as a mobster? Law & Order notwithstanding.

And i don't think Morgan Freeman has played a wise mentor enough.

The late John Cazale.

Denzel. The guy with a chip on his shoulder. I win.

Joe Pesci.

R. Lee Ermy is typecast a lot.

He was only in 5 feature films: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter. All 5 were nominated for Best Picture and The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Deer Hunter won. Considering his very brief career, I wouldn't consider him typecast at all.

Hard to believe he was the one who help "find" Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Meryl Streep.

As for my submission, I would go with Owen Wilson.

Danny DeVito - Short fat guy.

Lol, you win.

Sean Connery...

1. Old guy who was wronged by people years ago so he went away and now the world needs him.

2. Old guy who knows better than everyone...but he's tired of the world...so he went way...and now the world needs him

steve buscemi for the win.

game over.


*edit*
honorable mention goes to michael berryman. seriously, when has he NOT played a weirdo? and yes, i understand his "look" is a medical condition and i'm not belittling him for it.

Marlee Matlin. She always plays a deaf chick.

Seann William Scott

Hugh Grant: bumbling, nervous, charming, scarf-wearing English guy.
M. Emmet Walsh: creepy, slimy low-life

Oddly enough, he was pretty normal in The Devil's Rejects.

Adam Baldwin -- has he ever played a character who wasn't an asshole?

first name that came to my mind after reading the thread title. Although, admittedly, the name that came to my mind was "Stiffler".