“That Guy”!

By Miss Cellania in Film on Feb 22, 2010 at 10:33 pm

Here’s a site where you can look up character actors by their pictures, because you don’t know their names.

Have you ever been watching TV or a movie and pointed to the screen and said, “Hey! It’s That Guy!”? Well, here is where you’ll find him. This page is dedicated to the character actors collectively known as “That Guy”.

That Guy is easy to recognize and difficult to place. You can describe him but not name him.

You’ll know a lot of the faces, and now you’ll know their names as well, and each is linked to their Internet Movie Database (IMDb) page. Pictured is Ed Lauter, who has appeared in 193 movies and television shows! Link -Thanks, Holistic CPA!

Tags: actors, character actors, Hollywood. movies

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Frau
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I remember a few years back – Southwest Airlines in flight magazine did a “That guy” article. It featured the top ten “that guy” guys.
Fantastic that there is a site for it now.
Needs a follow up “Hey. It’s that chick.” site.
LMS
Feb 22nd, 2010 at 11:31 pm
When I worked at Showtime, we would broadcast “That Guy Thursdays”. It was awsome. The same deal.
Johnny Cat
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:03 am
These are known in the business as character actors. The phenomenon of the prominence of facial recognition to verbal reaction ratio though, that can be annoying. Try watching a movie with someone who recognizes the guy in that one scene… oh he’s the guy from that one movie (what is it?) it’s driving me nuts… etc.

One of my favs is this guy David Bowe. He went from UHF to commercial domination, but also turns up in movies from time to time.
Franklin Harris
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:14 am
Robert Lansing needs to be added to the list, especially since I always used to get him confused with a guy who is on the list, Peter Mark Richman.
yvgeny
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 4:41 am
“That Guy” seems to be a popular phrase for character actors. I saw this book a few years ago on that subject: http://www.amazon.com/Hey-Its-That-Tara-Ariano/dp/1594740429
seldomnice
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:36 am
@yvgeny: that book was based on a section of Ariano et al’s popular website created over ten years ago -
http://www.fametracker.com/hey_its_that_guy/
T Herling
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Where’s Earl Holliman? Strother Martin? Parley Baer? Tito Vuolo? and to leave out Charles Lane, (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485272/) perhaps the most ubiquitous character actor, is unforgivable.
mary bernard
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
what about women character actors? There are many women I see time and time again dependably showing up in smaller roles.
Gauldar
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:25 pm
@mary bernard

Sounds like a great idea, thanks for volunteering.
Ben Eshbach
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Such a great site!

Would J.T. Walsh belong on the list?
chillman
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Yeah all men and all white
Tracie
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm
@chillman

I guess you missed the few Asians, blacks and Hispanics I found in that list…I think there’s even a Native American or two.

And the word “guy” in “Hey, it’s That Guy!” generally means the actor will be a man.
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Feb 23rd, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Great link wish i had that database for years.
mikerbaker
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Missing is the cast of Hanna Barbera’s Top Cat. Look up a picture of the voice cast and you’ll recognize most of them as That Guys. In particular:

Arnold Stang
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822205/

Allen Jenkins
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420765/

Marvin Kaplan
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438322/
Franklin Harris
Feb 24th, 2010 at 12:23 am
Someone else That Guy! needs: James Hampton, Doug McClure, and Gary Collins.
Andrew D
Feb 24th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
My goodness, I am in love with this site.

-Andrew
Ray
Feb 26th, 2010 at 5:00 am
What about Joss Ackland? Shouldn’t he be up there too? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000722/
hmunster123
Nov 9th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Hi,

Does anybody know a person that can see an old movie and instantly recognize some of the actors(character actors). I’m trying to find out who some of the uncredited actors are in “The Graduate”. I’ve used IMDB but it’s none of the actors they have listed, they do have some uncredited actors listed also but none that I’m looking for. Thanks.

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