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If you're watching ''[[Law and Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' or other [[Clueless Mystery]], it might result in [[Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize]].
 
Voice actors in [[Animated Shows]], as well as live action voice dubs for foreign-language shows, have the similar syndrome [[Hey, It's That Voice!]].
 
American stunt performers, particularly ones that belong to minority groups, tend to keep popping up in a variety of different TV shows and movies. James Lew, Al Leong and Jeff Imada are just three examples that spring quickly to mind. They often play [[Evil Minions]] but may sometimes be upgraded to [[The Dragon]] or even the [[Big Bad]].
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If you can't quite remember which show the actor was in, it can result in much time spent on [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB], trying to narrow down where ''else'' the viewer has seen that actor. If you get stuck, try [[You Know That Guy]] -- someone might help you.
 
Compare [[Actor Allusion]], [[You Look Familiar]], [[You Might Remember Me From]], [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] and [[Plays Great Ethnics]]. Inverse of [[Retroactive Recognition]]. Parent trope of [[WTH Casting Agency]]. When you just can't shake off the image of the older roles, it's [[Role Association]].
 
''Hey It's That Guy!'', now in [http://www.amazon.com/Hey-Its-That-Tara-Ariano/dp/1594740429/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247365283&sr=8-1 convenient book form]
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** A transit cop in [[The Fugitive (Film)|The Fugitive]]
 
* [[Jesse Heiman]]. [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Heiman:Jesse Heiman|He]] has played as an extra in [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035503/ more than 50 films and television shows]. His credits include ''[[The Social Network]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[Old School]]'', ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]'', ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' and ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''. Some examples of his work are [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdEBu7ODVk8 here].
 
* ''[[Cracked]]'' once made [http://www.cracked.com/article_15074_the-20-best-that-guys-all-time.html a list with 20 of those actors], and listed which actors they might be a [[Poor Man's Substitute]] for. The top entry was James Cromwell (whose best known role is the farmer in ''[[Babe]]'', or, if you're a [[Star Trek|Trekkie]], [[Star Trek First Contact|the man who invented warp drive]]).
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** Ed Smythe in ''Hannah and her Sisters''
** Sgt. Major Dickerson in ''[[Good Morning Vietnam|Good Morning, Vietnam]]''
** Bob Woodward in ''Wired'', the John Belushi biopic, possibly out-Woodwarding both [[All the PresidentsPresident's Men (Film)|Robert Redford]] and [[Dick|Will Ferrell]] in the process
** State Trooper Sherman Douglas in ''[[Misery]]''
** Jack Ruhle in ''Iron Maze''
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** Red Barr in ''[[Breakdown (Film)|Breakdown]]''.
 
* The ''ultimate'' Asian "That Guy" surely has to be [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Leong:Al Leong|Al Leong]]. If you see an Asian-looking [[Mook]] with a bald head, long hair, and long moustaches ''anywhere'' in a Hollywood action film, it was Al. Not many guys in Hollywood can attest to a screen resume as diverse as stealing chocolates in ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'', playing Genghis freakin' ''Khan'' in ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]]'', and torturing Mel Gibson in ''[[Lethal Weapon]]''. He's that invisible they hired him ''again'' as a nameless mook in ''[[Lethal Weapon]] 4'' and nobody noticed.
** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hong:James Hong|James Hong]] as well. If you've seen an American production with more than two Chinese characters, you've seen him (usually as some kind of authority figure, often, though not always, a villainous one).
** Another honorable mention: [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Kusatsu:Clyde Kusatsu|Clyde Kusatsu]]. Frequently cast as a doctor or judge but can show up just about anywhere. Holds the distinction of having played bit parts on ''both'' versions of [[Hawaii Five-O]].
 
* Many people remember Mark Rolston as either the guy who gets a [[Bloody Murder|faceful of acid]] in ''[[Aliens]]'' or the rapist in ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''. He has spent most of his career playing [[Mook|Mooks]] in assorted TV series and B movies.
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** ''[[The Wonder Years]]''
** ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film)|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]''.
** See also [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]. As a sidenote, Stein is perhaps the only person who could get away with appearing on a comedy sitcom in a chicken suit and still be able to publish serious articles on investment and politics.
 
* Vincent Schiavelli aka The Man with the Sad Eyes or The Guy With A Droopy Face (a result of Marfan syndrome), Receding Hairline Yet Long Hair and Sometimes A Moustache. This sad face gave him a number of roles as distressed characters, the mentally not-all-there but his way of talking and mad scientist hair cut also got him the exact opposite roles of mentorly elder figure.
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** Mr. Vargas, ''[[Fast Times At Ridgemont High]]''
** Fredrickson, ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest]]''
** A [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]] -like character in ''[[Barney Miller]]''.
** He was even a Bond bad guy in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (Film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]''!
** John O'Connor in ''[[Buckaroo Banzai]]''
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** A KKK spokesperson in ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'' - a rare truly contemptible character for him, as opposed to just punchable.
 
* Wallace Shawn has such a discernible high pitched nasal voice that even his tv appearances feel like [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]. The voice of Rex from ''[[Toy Story]]'' has the face of Vizzini from ''[[The Princess Bride (Film)|The Princess Bride]]'' where the only thing worse than the erroneousness of how he said "inconceivable" was how he squeaked it out. However this voice also lends him to the more lovable small man role.
** The rather sweet teacher Mr. Hall in ''[[Clueless]]''.
** Recurring character Engels on ''[[The Cosby Show]]''.
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** The anti-Ford insurance investigator Jim Sterling in ''[[Leverage]]''
** The chief crossroads demon, Crowley, in ''[[Supernatural]]''
** The ex-FBI who, while not villainous, plays along as one for a time, and has less qualms with guns than the Doctor does, in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''.
** The Regent Benedict Valda in ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' -- not evil, but still a [[Jerkass]].
** A dubious fashion photographer in ''[[CSI]]''.
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** [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|A Canadian Guy]] who has trouble with Colin Farrell in the movie ''[[In Bruges]]''.
 
* A Progressive Insurance Commercial does a literal [[Shout -Out]] to this trope in a "Flo The Progressive Girl" commercial. Flo and a customer break into an "[[The Eighties|80s Montage]]", and in the middle of it, Booger from '[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' appears, and the music actually sings, "Hey, it's that guy!"
 
* [http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/kevin-hart-makes-a-big-impact-in-tiny-roles.php Comedian Kevin Hart] has literally made an acting career out of being a [[One-Scene Wonder]]. His roles incluude C.J. in two different ''[[Scary Movie]]'' movies, Smart Tech customer in ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' and roles in various [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] movies.
 
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Vaugier:Emmanuelle Vaugier|Emmanuelle Vaugier]]. Appeared in the ''[[Saw]]'' movies, ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'', ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'', ''[[One Tree Hill]]'', ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'' and others. Pretty but apparently not memorable.
 
* [[Patrick Warburton]] has the perfect voice for lunkheaded, huge-chested animated characters:
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** Joe Swanson, Handi-capible paraplegic police officer on Family Guy.
 
* Need a loud but good-hearted (Jewish, Greek or Italian) mother-type? [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Lainie_Kazan:Lainie Kazan|Lainie Kazan]] is the one to go to.
 
* Bill Hader could be considered another example. Though a cast member of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' he also makes numerous cameos or minor roles in comedy movies such as
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** Ned Ravine in ''[[Fatal Instinct]]''
 
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Balfour:Eric Balfour|Eric Balfour]] has been from programs as varied as ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under]]'', ''[[Twenty Four24 (TV)|Twenty Four]]'' and even a Canadian skin flick called ''12 Songs''.
 
* You plan on casting a villain in a crime thriller? Never fear, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338886/ Peter Greene] is here!
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* Michael Wincott is that tough bad guy :
** Guy of Gisborne in ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''
** A vet in ''[[Born On the Fourth of July]]''
** Manager Paul Rothschild in ''[[Film/The Doors|The Doors]]''
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** Richard Coeur de Lion in ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]''
** Otto Frank in the ''Diary of Anne Frank'' television miniseries
** Father Octavian in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' two-parter "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone"
** Vaughan Edwards in ''[[Spooks]]''
** Sir Richard Carlisle in ''[[Downton Abbey]]''
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