Actors/Actresses known better by their role name than real name (1 Viewer)

[playin4beer]

Spinoff of the thread on what role killed that person's acting career..

I was thinking of David Hasselhoff and was trying to remember his "Baywatch" name..  Then I was thinking of other actors/actresses and how I immediately thought of their bigger/biggest role's name before their real name.  IE: Boss Hogg, MacGyver, Stiffler...

What have you? 

When I think of George Clooney, I can think of several characters, but it's always "George Clooney" that comes to mind when I see his picture..

 

[elbowrm]

Screech.  

 

[RUSF18]

McLovin

 

[Sabertooth]

Bo and Luke Duke

Ralphie. 

 

[Tom Servo]

Fonzie

 

[wikkidpissah]

Sarah Conner

 

[RokNRole]

Mykelti Williamson - Bubba

 

[El Floppo]

Harry Potter and friends

 

[Tom Servo]

Lt. Uhura

 

[playin4beer]

Mykelti Williamson - Bubba

For me, it's Lieutenant Dan... Obviously I know it's Gary Sinise and he's played a ton of other roles, but whenever I'm talking about the actor himself, it's always "Lieutenant Dan"

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Capt. Kangaroo.

 

[playin4beer]

Capt. Kangaroo.

lol.. and Mr. Green Jeans

 

[otb_lifer]

Norman Bates

Fredo Corleone

Xena Warrior Princess

Stymie

Ed Norton

Meathead

Rollo

Murray the Cop

Alice (Brady Bunch)

Gilligan

 

[Sinn Fein]

Harry Potter and friends

Except Emma Watson...

 

[El Floppo]

Except Emma Watson...

Who?

 

[Thunderlips]

Not an actor....but Hootie from Hootie and the Blowfish. 

 

[Brony]

Napoleon Dynamite

 

[Sand]

Alan Alda will always be Hawkeye.  George Wendt will always be Norm.

 

[Brony]

Rerun

 

[playin4beer]

Not an actor....but Hootie from Hootie and the Blowfish. 

This depends on your age.. My daughters all love him and call him Darius.. I said something about "hey, there's Hootie!" when he was on tv and they looked at me like I had 2 heads..

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Rocky

 

[avoiding injuries]

Larry crowne

 

[KarmaPolice]

Stiffler

 

[belljr]

Spinoff of the thread on what role killed that person's acting career..

I was thinking of David Hasselhoff and was trying to remember his "Baywatch" name..  Then I was thinking of other actors/actresses and how I immediately thought of their bigger/biggest role's name before their real name.  IE: Boss Hogg, MacGyver, Stiffler...

What have you? 

When I think of George Clooney, I can think of several characters, but it's always "George Clooney" that comes to mind when I see his picture..

Its Mitch HTH

 

[brun]

Lassie 

 

[Sullie]

Al and Peg Bundy

Edith and Archie Bunker

Kojak

Mr and Mrs Roper

 

[otb_lifer]

Al  Bundy

you mean Jay Pritchett?

 

[RokNRole]

Except Emma Watson...

I only know her as Dream Girl

 

[cheese]

“Pam from the office” is in a new show

 

[dino259]

J. Peterman from seinfeld

 

[Don Quixote]

Commercial edition:

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Flo - Progressive Insurance

Everyone listed in the hot commercial women thread

 

[Statorama]

Stiffler

"You're watching Goon?  What's that?"  "Movie with that Stiffler guy playing hockey"

PSA: Check out Goon if you can.  Nice little flick.

 

[LOCO]

Everyone on the sopranos. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Commercial edition:

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Flo - Progressive Insurance

Everyone listed in the hot commercial women thread

Just dont say Lily from AT&T, maaan - for me, the sun sets & rises on Mionly Bathtub or whatever her name is.....

 

[GregR]

Larry. And his brother Darryl.

But not John Voldstad (his other brother Darryl).

 

[Statorama]

Everyone on the sopranos. 

I was watching some movie over the holidays...."Hey, that guy in the background is Johnny Sack!"

 

[McJose]

Squiggy

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Willy Wonka

 

[otb_lifer]

J

Mionly Bathtub or whatever her name is.....

 ... and on this day, her pr0n non de plume was born.

?

 

[Ilov80s]

Willy Wonka

I don't know, Johnny Depp is pretty freaking famous 

 

[Ilov80s]

Commercial edition:

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Flo - Progressive Insurance

Everyone listed in the hot commercial women thread

Is there any pure commercial actor that people actually know by their real name??

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Martha Dumptruck from Heathers

 

[otb_lifer]

 Heathers

 

[otb_lifer]

Is there any pure commercial actor that people actually know by their real name??

Ron Propeil/Billy Mays/Irwin Mainway down?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Whenever I see Jennifer Grey in a movie I always refer to her as Jeannie Bueller, though I assume most people call her Baby. 

 

[badmojo1006]

George Jefferson

Fox Mulder

Hiro from Heroes

 

[dino259]

Willy Wonka

Never seen blazing saddles?

 

[otb_lifer]

Whenever I see Jennifer Grey in a movie I always refer to her as Jeannie Bueller, though I assume most people call her Baby. 

Jeannie  >>>>>>>>>>  Baby, and it ain't even that close, i just had no desire to keep hitting this > tab. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Ron Propeil/Billy Mays/Irwin Mainway down?

Who is Irwin Mainway? You are right on the other two although they just played themselves so I don't know if they were actors so much as salesmen on TV.

 

[Don Quixote]

Commercial edition:

The Most Interesting Man in the World

Flo - Progressive Insurance

Everyone listed in the hot commercial women thread

Is there any pure commercial actor that people actually know by their real name??

I don't know, but I don't think the people that I mentioned (besides maybe some of the women in the hot commercial women thread) are pure commercial actors.  Jonathan Goldsmith has over 100 credits on IMDB going back to 1963, and Flo has over 50 credits herself.