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[[File:Notspock 4-3 8953.jpg|link=Mission: Impossible (TV series)|frame|[[Self-Demonstrating Article|Wait, when did Spock change his name?]]]]
{{quote|''It was Captain Kirk playing TJ Hooker, not [[William Shatner]] the actor. You're just thinking he's taken a month off... and come down to Earth and said 'I want to be a cop for a bit'.''
|'''[[Eddie Izzard]]''', ''Unrepeatable''}}
One of the most severe forms of [[Typecasting]], in which an actor or actress is not only defined as a certain character archetype, but literally in a specific role.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' parodied the dilemma of the cast of ''[[Star Trek]]'', where the entire cast of the [[Show Within a Show|in-universe sci-fi series]] is known for nothing else—and one of them laments that [[Classically-Trained Extra|he used to be in Shakespeare plays]] before he started on the series. Not only did several of the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' cast act in [[Shakespeare]] before their ''[[Star Trek]]'' roles (including [[William Shatner]] and [[Patrick Stewart]]), but so did [[Alan Rickman]], the actor who plays the complaining character who [[Lampshade Hanging|says this]].
** Despite his hatred for the role, Rickman's character is never seen without his [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|make up on]]. He even wears it ''at home by himself''.
* In ''[[Soap Dish]]'', everyone in the dinner theater washed
== Live-Action TV ==
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* Classic example: In the end, [[Bela Lugosi]] ''was'' [[Dracula]], no matter what he did. However, it was his son and his fifth wife, not Lugosi himself, who decided to have him buried in a Dracula cloak.
** Even Lugosi's friends and coworkers couldn't help but typecast him. Vincent Price wrote in his autobiography that at Lugosi's funeral, Peter Lorre, observing the cape, turned to Price and asked, "Should we stick a stake in his heart just to be sure?"
* In a similar way, the 60s and 70s [[Christopher Lee]] ''was'' [[Dracula]]. In the mid-70s he decided that this was an undesirable thing and [[Creator Backlash|dissociated himself from the character]]. He has been fairly successful in this as time has passed - younger film watchers are more likely to think of him as [[The Lord of the Rings|Saruman]] or [[Star Wars|Count Dooku]].
** He seems to have traded in his vampiric role associations for [[Typecasting]] as authoritative villains, including King Haggard and the grouchy bishop in ''Corpse Bride''.
* [[Kelsey Grammer]] will probably always be identified with his eponymous in ''[[Frasier]]''. After all, he not only played it for 11 years in that show, but portrayed the same character for 9 years before that in ''[[Cheers]]''.
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* While [[Tim Curry]] may have gained a good-sized cult following for his roles as [[Stephen King|Pennywise]] [[Monster Clown|The Dancing Clown]] and [[Legend (film)|The Lord Of Darkness]], it's safe to assume that most people will automatically [[Rocky Horror Picture Show|picture him in fishnets, corset, and high heels]] whenever his name is mentioned.
** It even got to the point where [[Creator Backlash|he became]] '''[[Creator Backlash|very]]''' [[Creator Backlash|reluctant to talk about]] being in ''Rocky Horror'' for years since the fans started to creep him out, and he even went so far as to put on weight in order to distance himself from the role.
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* Most of the actors from ''[[
** However, no matter how many corrupt, slimey old dirtbags Alda plays; no matter how fast he jumps to mind whenever a character of that calibre is created; "Alan Alda" will still always be a synonym for "sensitive guy".
* [[Megan Fox]] will probably be remembered as "that hot chick from ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]''". At the very least, that's how she's known now and considering her attitude towards [[Michael Bay]] she's probably not very happy about it.
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** It could be worse. He could be remembered as [[North]].
** Can't sleep! Elijah Wood will [[Sin City|eat me]]!
* <s> Frodo</s> Elijah Wood isn't the only ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' cast member to fall victim to this. Viggo Mortensen will always be Aragorn.
* Matt LeBlanc will always be [[Friends|Joey Tribbiani]]. He was practically playing himself on that show.
{{quote|"I'm not Joey. Don't you dare call me Joey. The papers say I'm finished, so don't call me f***ing Joey. I want to leave that all behind. I'm moving on.}}
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* For viewers old enough to see the original release of ''[[Star Wars]]'' without an accompanying parent, [[George Burns]] IS [[Oh, God!|God]]. For [[Bruce Almighty|moviegoers of a younger vintage]], [[Morgan Freeman]] fills that role.
* The voice actor for [[Half Life|Alyx Vance]] reports in the commentary saying that co-workers tend to peek out of the corridor when they hear her talk.
* It is generally agreed within the anime fandom that [[Rie Kugimiya]] [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|will be always]] be associated with [[Tsundere]] characters (particularly flat-chested [[Token
* John Laurie once lamented that, as much as he'd want to be remembered for his roles in Shakespeare plays, he'd always be remembered for playing Private Frazer in ''[[Dad's Army|Dads Army]]''.
* Gary Sinise has been so strongly identified as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' that he called his band "The Lieutenant Dan Band". May be subverted by younger viewers of ''[CSI:NY]''.
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