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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just realised the guy who played Pat Garrett in Young guns 2 played Gill Grissum in CSI

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brad Pitt played the invisible guy in Deadpool 2

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Took me a while to realise the bad ass lady marine from Aliens was John Connor's mom in terminator 2.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Black Hawk Down. So many actors I didn’t recognise watching 1st, 2nd or even 3rd time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Took me a while to realise the bad ass lady marine from Aliens was John Connor's mom in terminator 2. "

she's also the lady cop who got blew up on her diving board in Lethal Weapon 2

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Brad Pitt played the invisible guy in Deadpool 2"
saw this on YouTube was a surprise

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

Lawrence Fishburne is Mr clean in Apocalypse now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Black Hawk Down. So many actors I didn’t recognise watching 1st, 2nd or even 3rd time "
same here didn't realise half the people in it the 1st time

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Cuba Gooding Jr was the kid in the chair getting a haircut in the original Coming To America

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cuba Gooding Jr was the kid in the chair getting a haircut in the original Coming To America "

I didn't know that

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

johnny depp as pvt lerner in platoon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didn’t see that lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"johnny depp as pvt lerner in platoon"

Really?

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Harry Dean Stanton is an FBI Agent in Godfather 2

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

"Lawrence Fishburne is Mr clean in Apocalypse now

A very young Harrison Ford plays the General's Aide de Camp

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Harry Dean Stanton is an FBI Agent in Godfather 2

He was.... just googled to see who he was lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robert Downey Jr was in Weird science

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Harry Dean Stanton is an FBI Agent in Godfather 2

He was.... just googled to see who he was lol"

Alien and Escape from New York is where most people would’ve known him from or the Dad in Pretty in Pink.

If you’re a film fan probably Paris/ Texas is his best performance.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Harry Dean Stanton is an FBI Agent in Godfather 2

He was.... just googled to see who he was lol

Alien and Escape from New York is where most people would’ve known him from or the Dad in Pretty in Pink.

If you’re a film fan probably Paris/ Texas is his best performance. "

Knew he was in Alien

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Gestapo agent Major Toht (Ronald Lacey) in Raiders of the Lost Ark was also Harris in Porridge and also The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Gestapo agent Major Toht (Ronald Lacey) in Raiders of the Lost Ark was also Harris in Porridge and also The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder."

Christ he is

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Richard Dreyfuss was a boarding house resident in the film.The graduate.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The big sister in Home Alone 3 is Scarlett Johansson

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Clint Eastwood drops the napalm in Tarantula!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs is Captain Stottlemeyer in Monk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs is Captain Stottlemeyer in Monk

Hes also a policeman in the first fast n furious film

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The guy that plays the bug in men in black is also the same guy who plays percy in the green mile and Fisk in the daredevil series.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

I never knew harrison ford, was in Apocalypse now.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

"I never knew harrison ford, was in Apocalypse now."

He's on screen for only a few minutes near the beginning.- The scene in the big caravan, where the General briefs the Captain on his mission.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Frederic Forrest as ‘Chef’ in Apocalypse Now played the Nazi shopkeeper in Falling Down.

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By *andsome HandMan
over a year ago

roundabout

"Took me a while to realise the bad ass lady marine from Aliens was John Connor's mom in terminator 2.

she's also the lady cop who got blew up on her diving board in Lethal Weapon 2"

And the Irish mum in Titanic

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By *yronMan
over a year ago

grangemouth

"Gestapo agent Major Toht (Ronald Lacey) in Raiders of the Lost Ark was also Harris in Porridge and also The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder.

Christ he is "

Paul Freeman played Rene Belloq in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and Reverend Shooter in 'Hot Fuzz'.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

I had no idea that Matt Bomer had been in Magic Mike

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Rewatched band of brothers lots of well known actors got their break from there that I wouldn’t of known at the time

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

A young Pierce Brosnan was in an episode of the Professionals

And Charles Dance too.

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By *orace pinkerMan
over a year ago

North west

Steve mcqueen was the thug on the roof who attacks Paul Newman in 'somebody up there likes me'

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By *orace pinkerMan
over a year ago

North west

"Gestapo agent Major Toht (Ronald Lacey) in Raiders of the Lost Ark was also Harris in Porridge and also The Baby Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells in Blackadder.

Christ he is

Paul Freeman played Rene Belloq in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and Reverend Shooter in 'Hot Fuzz'."

Alfred molina also played his guide who died at the beginning, full of poisoned darts

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

"I had no idea that Matt Bomer had been in Magic Mike

Love him

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"I had no idea that Matt Bomer had been in Magic Mike

Love him "

He is rather hot

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody was played by the kid in Jurassic Park (grown up of course).

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By *orace pinkerMan
over a year ago

North west

"John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody was played by the kid in Jurassic Park (grown up of course)."

Yeah, that freaked me out when I found out

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By *e Platypuss de ErotiqueMan
over a year ago

Bristol

Comedy funster Dan Ackroyd is in "Temple of Doom" he's the guy who gets Indy, Willy and Short Round on the plane after escaping the casino at the beginning of the film.

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

The dad in The Wolf of Wall Street was Marty DiBergi in This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner).

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

"I had no idea that Matt Bomer had been in Magic Mike

Love him

He is rather hot

Have you watched white collar?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Rewatched band of brothers lots of well known actors got their break from there that I wouldn’t of known at the time"

I loved those films

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Aidan Gillen and Jack Gleeson from Game of Thrones both appear in the Batman Trilogy.

Jack Gleeson is in the first one as the little boy that Batman gives one of his gadgets to.

Aidan Gillen is in the third one as the CIA agent in charge of the plane that Bane crashes at the start.

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

"A young Pierce Brosnan was in an episode of the Professionals

And Charles Dance too."

I'm pretty sure it was Pierce Brosnan who played an IRA hit man in the Long Good Friday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody was played by the kid in Jurassic Park (grown up of course)."

Spotted that straight away. Jurassic park was one of my favourite films as a kid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A young Pierce Brosnan was in an episode of the Professionals

And Charles Dance too.

I'm pretty sure it was Pierce Brosnan who played an IRA hit man in the Long Good Friday."

Yep. It’s him

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Pat Roach is the only person, other than Harrison Ford, to appear in the first three Indiana Jones films.

He was nearly also Darth Vader

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By *nfin8yWoman
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Not in a film but Meryl Streep playing a rabbi in Angels In America.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder.

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

"I had no idea that Matt Bomer had been in Magic Mike

Love him

He is rather hot

Have you watched white collar?"

That’s where I saw him and had no idea he’d been in Magic Mike

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

Took me years to find out Brad Pitt was the hot young guy in Thelma & Louise.

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

* Samuel L Jackson is in True Romance who gets shot by Drexel!

* The sailor that closes the bilge bay door in Crimson Tide is the kid from The Champ

* Jake Gyllenhaal is Billy Crystal's boy in City Slickers.

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

"John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody was played by the kid in Jurassic Park (grown up of course).

Spotted that straight away. Jurassic park was one of my favourite films as a kid.

He's also a programmer /room mate in The Social Network and a big part in The Pacific.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Samuel L Jackson popping up in Goodfellas for 2 minutes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robin Williams as Mrs Doubtfire!! I couldn't believe it.

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By *ilverSwordMan
over a year ago

Belfast-ish

Chicken run haha

Mel Gibson is rocky

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *r. Pepper...Man
over a year ago

liverpool

"Harry Dean Stanton is an FBI Agent in Godfather 2

He was.... just googled to see who he was lol

Alien and Escape from New York is where most people would’ve known him from or the Dad in Pretty in Pink.

If you’re a film fan probably Paris/ Texas is his best performance. "

There's a recent song out called harry dean Stanton by a liverpool artist. It's on YouTube. Pretty good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shaun Toub who plays Ho Yinsen in the Iron Man films is the guy from behind the counter in the chemist scene in the first Bad Boys film. Wasn't until I re-watched Bad boys I realised that I knew him.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cuba Gooding Jr was the kid in the chair getting a haircut in the original Coming To America "

I didnt realise Eddie Murphy was also the old Jewish guy in the the barbershop.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just seen Sharon stone in police academy 4, forgot she was in it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Brad Pitt played the invisible guy in Deadpool 2"

I could not tell you I never seen him

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder."

Dammit, this was going to be mine.

Spent the whole film trying to figure out where I recognised the actor from then was gobsmacked when I saw the credits.

I'm sure this all has been done on a WatchMojo video

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The guy that plays the bug in men in black is also the same guy who plays percy in the green mile and Fisk in the daredevil series."

also played Detective Goren in tv series Law and order, criminal intent;

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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

"The guy that plays the bug in men in black is also the same guy who plays percy in the green mile and Fisk in the daredevil series.

also played Detective Goren in tv series Law and order, criminal intent;

And private pyle in full metal jacket

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By *exyfuncouple-40Couple
over a year ago

Bloxham

Tom hardy band of brothers

Vin diesel in saving private Ryan

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ian Brown is in Harry Potter

Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson are in Hot Fuzz

Dan Ackroyd is in Indiana Jones

Johnny Dep is in Platoon and A Nightmare on Elm Street

Samuel L Jackson is in Goodfellas and Kill Bill

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The water-skier on the river in Apocalypse Now is Clint Eastwood's companion in Josey Wales.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The Italian mobster in Enemy of the State is Tom Hanks fellow soldier in Saving Private Ryan.

The astronomer who dies in the SUV crash in Deep Impact is the nerd who crashes his scooter into the diner at the start of American Graffiti.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jean Claude Van Dam played the predator in the original film before he either walked or was fired (accounts vary) part way through filming, the scenes where the predator is transparent but you see no dreadlocks is him...

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By *oncupiscent_dreamMan
over a year ago

City

"Just realised the guy who played Pat Garrett in Young guns 2 played Gill Grissum in CSI"

He's in the original silence of the lambs film too called manhunter, he's also in "to live and die in la"

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By *ecky and justCouple
over a year ago

Godalming

Had to really think to find one that hasn’t been mentioned.

Kristen Stewart, from the twilight series was the annoying young daughter in the film ‘Panic Room’ with Jodie Foster.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kevin bacon and dakota Johnson in Black Mass with Johnny Depp

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By *3nsesMan
over a year ago

Dublin

Byran Cranston is also in Saving Private Ryan. He is in charge of sending the letters to families and flags the fact the 3 brothers all died.

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By *k2018Couple
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Keeping with the Indiana Jones theme.

John Rhys-Davies who played Sallah in Raiders and Lost Temple, is also Gimi in Lord of the Rings, and General Leonid Pushkin in The Living Daylights.

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

Old episodes of Murder She Wrote and Columbo are fantastic for spotting actors and actresses who went on to other things .

Columbo: Spielberg, Jeff goldblum, Kim catrall, Paltrow,

Murder she wrote: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryan Cranston, Linda Hamilton, courtenay cox, clooney.

But best of all, both series have Frank Drebbin.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

In the superb film, Kind Hearts and Coronets, from 1949, the outstanding actor, Alec Guinness, plays the majority of characters in the film; seven or eight I think.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

In the film, The House on 92nd Street, from the 1940s, almost all the FBI characters in the film were actually played by real members of the FBI.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

The renowned director, Alfred Hitchcock, played cameo roles in many of his most famous films. In the superb, North by Northwest, he can be seen trying to get onto a New York bus with his dogs.

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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago

Newry Down

Two famous actors appeared as policemen in two separate and very different films very early in their careers, uncredited.

Michael Caine appeared as a young cop in The Wrong Arm of the Law, a Peter Sellers classic, about bogus cops robbing thieves.

Nicholas Parsons, appeared as a young cop in The Long Arm aka The Third Key.

This superb film is about a guy who makes a third key for each safe he produces and then robs them after retiring and faking his death. Jack Hawkins and John Stanton star in a documentary style thriller that is frequently broadcast on TPTV.Well worth a look.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

That Baptiste was the bad guy from the first Bad Boys film.

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By *lbinoGorillaMan
over a year ago

Redditch

Robert Duvall was the taxi driver who drove Steve McQueen around in the film Bullitt

His first on screen appearance, I think

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By *eyondhornyMan
over a year ago

Abercynon-ish

The new Captain America in Falcon and Winter Soldier is Kurt Russell's son, the jawline gives it away.

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