Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

[PVarck31]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

I can't believe people see George Cloony as anyone other than Dr. Ross from ER.

[sven]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

Henry Winkler: The Fonz

He'll always be Barry Zuckercorn to me.

EDIT: Damn didn't realize I was already beaten.....

[Blzer]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

I can't believe people see George Cloony as anyone other than Dr. Ross from ER.

My older sister watched the golden days of E.R., and I guarantee that even she wouldn't agree with this assessment. His poise and brio as Danny Ocean is what makes me think of his character in every movie following, especially whenever he does that little smirk or decides to lead a group in engaging conversation.

Plus, like Al Pacino, I see him more as another character because of his now aged appearance, at least compared to what he did look like. It changes your perception on the person and how you see the person and which character he best correlates with in your mind.

[bigfnjoe96]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

Here are some of my all-time favorites:

Anthony Hopkins- Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
Val Kilmer- Doc Holliday (Tombstone)
Al Pacino- Tony Montana (Scarface)
Robert De Niro- Noodles (Once upon a time in America)
Denzel Washington- Alonzo (Training Day)
Eddie Murphy- Reggie Hammonds (48 hrs)
Mel Gibson- William Wallace (Braveheart)
Russell Crowe- Maximus (Gladiator)
Kirk Douglas- Spartacus
Clint Eastwwod- Blondie (Good, Bad, Ugly)

[VDusen04]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

Aside from BigJoe's last post and a handful of others, it seems a lot of the examples are all stars of popular television shows and series. Whereas a movie features an actor playing one character for 90 minutes, an actor in a television series will often take on the role of a specific character for years and I think that's why certain people tend to morph into their TV character over time. Zach Braff becomes J.D., rather than an actor who played a character in a show.

[Blzer]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

Aside from BigJoe's last post and a handful of others, it seems a lot of the examples are all stars of popular television shows and series. Whereas a movie features an actor playing one character for 90 minutes, an actor in a television series will often take on the role of a specific character for years and I think that's why certain people tend to morph into their TV character over time. Zach Braff becomes J.D., rather than an actor who played a character in a show.

Well in some ways, that's partly the point of this thread. I mean obviously long-time running shows where an actor plays someone for a long time and doesn't have much else on their resume will be recognized as that, but when you see them all over the place elsewhere and you just tell yourself that not only is he J.D., but he is not Zach Braff and he is not the character that you see him as in the current show/movie that you're watching. So as you said, he morphs into the character no matter where you see him. It was something about the way you watched him somewhere that made you always feel like you see that character before the current character that he/she is or the actual actor that he/she is.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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I know he doesn't do many roles but whenever I see Bronson Pinchot I always know him as Balki Bartokomous from Perfect Strangers.

[Bellsprout]

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I can't believe people see George Cloony as anyone other than Dr. Ross from ER.

He left that show in 1999. I was 10.

He's Danny Ocean.

[PVarck31]

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He left that show in 1999. I was 10.

He's Danny Ocean.

You know, I thought about that after I posted it. I am sure people who see him as other characters are much younger. In 1999 I was 19 lol.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I never watched ER or the new Ocean films, so Clooney is Ulysses Everett McGill to me.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

Re: Actors in which you can't get a character of theirs out of your head?

Cast of Seinfeld, That 70's Show, Married...With Children, Star Trek TNG, along with Hugh Laurie as House, Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer. All I can think of right now.